Social Anxiety Support

ShinAkuma · 10-18-2009, 06:23 AM

Do you live in a subdivision without sidewalks, no public transportation available, no corner stores, a lot of dead end streets? I refer to this as a rat maze simply because when you walk outside, you end up walking in circles, unable to reach a real destination B, you get a feeling of being lost, like you are walking outside without a purpose. This is a very anti-social place to in.

Cool SAD sufferer · 10-18-2009, 06:26 AM

I live in one of these areas but I don't walk around it.

Ospi · 10-18-2009, 06:28 AM

I used to, though since it was so empty I usually knew where everything was and where I was heading :P

TheRob · 10-19-2009, 10:35 AM

I once worked in a building that felt like the Poseidon Adventure, because the basement always flooded and the stairs seemed to be in a different area of each floor (six floors). No chandeliers on the floor, though...

quietgal · 10-19-2009, 11:20 AM

I basically grew up in that kind of place. When we moved there it was the newest suburb that had just been developed about 40 minutes out of Houston and we were on the frontier, so to speak. It was twenty minutes by car to the nearest real grocery store. It was a huge sprawling suburb that I'd get lost in riding my bike because all the houses and all the streets looked exactly the same. It was like one of those fake towns they used to build on atomic weapons testing sites.

shyvr6 · 10-19-2009, 12:14 PM

Nope

copper · 10-19-2009, 04:42 PM

I would hate to live in that kind of place. One time I got lost in one of them in the burbs of Des Moines trying to find how to get back on the freeway. All the houses looked the same and I swear the kids in the front yard did to. I got lost for almost an hour. I kept driving into dead ends. I live in an old neighborhood where most of the houses were built before WWI including my house which was built in 1910. There are no dead ends. Every street goes somewhere.

sanria22 · 10-19-2009, 05:28 PM

I do. I'd much rather live in a place where a cornerstore actually exists. It's SUV land out here.

Chrysalii · 10-19-2009, 05:48 PM

Yes, I live in such a subdivision...actually it's a "planned community", and a very strange place to live in (which oddly has one of the more affordable apartment places(in this town anyway), which I currently live in...again... I grew up on this road, then moved later moved back when I moved out of home).
so many cul de sacs. One day I took a drive around here, and I almost got lost (I have a good sense of direction).
Stranger still, it's an old World War era munitions dump (or factory, I can't seem to confirm which it was, the website says "World War II Ordnance Works" so a bit of both), which makes it kind of run to explore in the woods and such. Right behind my apartment is a hill with a series of concrete caves., and this weird ruins, and strange walkways. Actually really cool, I should take some pictures, we used to play there when I was younger, then they put up those no trespassing signs. People still hang out in them. I think it started my fascination with abandoned infrastructure.
Pretty, and creepy even without the history thing, just being one of those suburban subdivisions...you know that kind of creepy when everything is calm, but it's unsettling...then the WWII thing adds to it.

...I opened this topic, and "Subdivisions" (Rush, Signals) was playing.

SciFiGeek17 · 10-22-2009, 04:00 AM

I use to live where I could ride my bike, but since we moved early this year, there's no where to go. The road isn't really a road, its filled with dirt, mostly and unevan. And there isn't really a nice place to walk.

So, yeah, i can relate! I don't miss the old house, but I miss the solid roads to ride my bike on!

Dempsey · 10-22-2009, 05:17 AM

We have plenty of those areas around here. They are terrible to drive through.

Genelle · 10-23-2009, 06:43 PM

I do now, it's 10kms to the nearest supermarket..
It's not too bad though, there's a park here, but a lot of dead end roads and no footpaths.
But not a lot of people which is good.
The only bad thing is that everyone knows everyone, so if you see someone around here, you sort of have to wave/say hi/make small talk.

10-18-2009, 06:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
ShinAkuma Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 282	Do you live in a Rat Maze? Do you live in a subdivision without sidewalks, no public transportation available, no corner stores, a lot of dead end streets? I refer to this as a rat maze simply because when you walk outside, you end up walking in circles, unable to reach a real destination B, you get a feeling of being lost, like you are walking outside without a purpose. This is a very anti-social place to in.

10-18-2009, 06:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ospi Status: Swoit Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 1,499	I used to, though since it was so empty I usually knew where everything was and where I was heading :P __________________ "Racing is life. Anything that happens before or after...is just waiting"

10-19-2009, 10:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
TheRob Status: In orbit, always Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mission, KS Age: 33 Posts: 258	I once worked in a building that felt like the Poseidon Adventure, because the basement always flooded and the stairs seemed to be in a different area of each floor (six floors). No chandeliers on the floor, though... __________________ "Your solution is both fair and democratic ... and I want no part of it."

10-19-2009, 11:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
quietgal Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New Jersey Gender: Female Age: 23 Posts: 586	I basically grew up in that kind of place. When we moved there it was the newest suburb that had just been developed about 40 minutes out of Houston and we were on the frontier, so to speak. It was twenty minutes by car to the nearest real grocery store. It was a huge sprawling suburb that I'd get lost in riding my bike because all the houses and all the streets looked exactly the same. It was like one of those fake towns they used to build on atomic weapons testing sites. __________________ The only way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time. SuperBetter! A multi-player way to beat SA

10-19-2009, 12:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
shyvr6 Status: Makin Waves Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Somewhere on a map. Gender: Male Posts: 9,645	Nope __________________ Music

10-18-2009, 06:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
Cool SAD sufferer Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 356	I live in one of these areas but I don't walk around it.

10-19-2009, 04:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
copper Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Keweenaw Peninsula Michigan Age: 39 Posts: 7,768	I would hate to live in that kind of place. One time I got lost in one of them in the burbs of Des Moines trying to find how to get back on the freeway. All the houses looked the same and I swear the kids in the front yard did to. I got lost for almost an hour. I kept driving into dead ends. I live in an old neighborhood where most of the houses were built before WWI including my house which was built in 1910. There are no dead ends. Every street goes somewhere. __________________ troll: man, we got a lot of snow yooper: eh? troll: three feet, man! yooper: yah troll: no school, man, it was sweet yooper: you closed school for three feet of snow?!?!??!? troll: you like excessive punctuation, don't you?

10-19-2009, 05:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
sanria22 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: MN Gender: Female Age: 23 Posts: 907	I do. I'd much rather live in a place where a cornerstore actually exists. It's SUV land out here.

10-19-2009, 05:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
Chrysalii Status: Obscured By Clouds Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Baldwinsville, NY Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 1,503	Yes, I live in such a subdivision...actually it's a "planned community", and a very strange place to live in (which oddly has one of the more affordable apartment places(in this town anyway), which I currently live in...again... I grew up on this road, then moved later moved back when I moved out of home). so many cul de sacs. One day I took a drive around here, and I almost got lost (I have a good sense of direction). Stranger still, it's an old World War era munitions dump (or factory, I can't seem to confirm which it was, the website says "World War II Ordnance Works" so a bit of both), which makes it kind of run to explore in the woods and such. Right behind my apartment is a hill with a series of concrete caves., and this weird ruins, and strange walkways. Actually really cool, I should take some pictures, we used to play there when I was younger, then they put up those no trespassing signs. People still hang out in them. I think it started my fascination with abandoned infrastructure. Pretty, and creepy even without the history thing, just being one of those suburban subdivisions...you know that kind of creepy when everything is calm, but it's unsettling...then the WWII thing adds to it. ...I opened this topic, and "Subdivisions" (Rush, Signals) was playing. __________________ R.I.P. Nibbles (Mid Summer 2003 - October 21, 2009) Good bye, my bunny, my friend.

10-22-2009, 04:00 AM	#10 (permalink)
SciFiGeek17 Status: Learning To Accept MySelf Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: USA Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 43	I use to live where I could ride my bike, but since we moved early this year, there's no where to go. The road isn't really a road, its filled with dirt, mostly and unevan. And there isn't really a nice place to walk. So, yeah, i can relate! I don't miss the old house, but I miss the solid roads to ride my bike on!

10-22-2009, 05:17 AM	#11 (permalink)
Dempsey Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Sydney Australia Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 637	We have plenty of those areas around here. They are terrible to drive through.

10-23-2009, 06:43 PM	#12 (permalink)
Genelle Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Victoria, Australia Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 143	I do now, it's 10kms to the nearest supermarket.. It's not too bad though, there's a park here, but a lot of dead end roads and no footpaths. But not a lot of people which is good. The only bad thing is that everyone knows everyone, so if you see someone around here, you sort of have to wave/say hi/make small talk. __________________ My youtube channel Twitter