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The SomerZ Summer, yay! Level: 45  Posts: 490/862 EXP: 618182 For next: 41982 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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| Now, as you all may or may not know, I don't exactly live in a very populated place. My hometown, Halden, is a municipality consisting of some 27 000 inhabitants. Though small town life may have its perks, it definitely also has its downsides. This town has two small malls, in each mall is a record shop. Aside from these two record shops, there are no places to buy music in Halden. The shops, despite being from two rival music chains, look practically identical, and has pretty much the same selection in music. Each place consists of one rack titled Pop/Rock, one rack of Oldies, and one rack of Cheap CDs. I believe that's it, anyway. There's also a little section for alternative music, but the music there is about as alternative as something which isn't very alternative (basically, the alternative section is filled with nu-metal bands). Now, I was in Bergen, the second largest town in Norway, on vacation a little while ago. While there, I visited a record shop, and I must say, I have seen the light. The place had an insane amount of CDs and Music-DVDs. Ash, Bush, Oasis, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Blur, Starsailor, stuff you'd never find anywhere near Halden. I even found Prata Vetra (Latvian band, name translates to Brain Storm in English) there (I didn't even know they sold their CDs in Norway). I stood there with a small wallet, but a big appetite for music. I could only afford two CDs, but I found at least 30 I wanted (and knew I couldn't get at home). I ended up buying Ash's Intergalactic Sonic 7"s and Bush's The Science Of Things. Now, I know that you would tell me I could buy CDs online, and thus shouldn't whine. But since I currently have no Visa-card, I cannot pay for anything online, so that's not an option. Basically, I guess I just needed to rant a little about the horrible conditions in small-town Norway. I'm sure I'm not the only one, though, who lives in a place where good music is hard to come by. So I guess some of y'all can relate.  |
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Apple Kodondo Level: 38 Posts: 327/594 EXP: 350163 For next: 20284 Since: 03-27-04 From: Washington. Since last post: 264 days Last activity: 152 days |
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| I grew up in a roughly small town. (10-15,000 people). Actually, I lived on the outskirts of it, still none the less, I would have to go 2 towns over just to be able to buy music since the only other places would be the stuff at Safeway (Yes, they do sell music there once in a blue moon... well poppy mainstream shit) or a carage sale. Not much pickings. Now I live in a decent sized town with Portland across the bridge, I can find ALOT of shit I wouldn't be able to otherwise. Most music stores don't offer what I want but If I do some hard searching (and make my mother waste lots of gas) I can find about half of what I'm looking for. The other haf, I need to resort to the internet. I, also, have no credit card or anything. Oh well. I ended up buying 7 CDs for 50 bucks after tax ^^. The USED bin is a god sent. All CDs looked really good, every track played with out skipping, and they cost 4-7 bucks a peice. Can't go wrong  |
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Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76  Posts: 848/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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Glad I don't live in a small town. My town is not too big but not too small..even though it is kinda big considering I haven't seen the whole thing yet  . Or maybe I have..pop. 369,365, I think thats it.I love music and I couldn't live without it. Good thing there's a variety of places I can buy some  . I usually don't like the oldies or anything but I'm good with the kinda music I'm into and that's easy to find. You guys don't have any of those big chain retail stores where they sale music or do you have to go out of your way? Or else it doesnt have what you want =/ |
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The SomerZ Summer, yay! Level: 45 Posts: 498/862 EXP: 618182 For next: 41982 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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Actually, the two shops are both parts of two different chains, but not any of the big Norwegian chains. To get to any of them, I guess I'd have to go to this town Fredrikstad, which is only 30 minutes away, but I have no car, so  |
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Uncle Elmo Hammer Brother Partly Sweet, Helpful, good at advice and a half decent writer. Also modest. Level: 49 Posts: 527/1062 EXP: 845899 For next: 37984 Since: 03-15-04 From: Prestatyn, Uk Since last post: 23 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Umm... 20,000 is a SMALL town? Oh bugger..... you se I live in a Large town and we have 20,000 resident, where I USED to live was small and it had 1,000, THAT we consider a small town. Oh we did have the best Record Shop in the entire North West though - Cob Records. if they can't get it, it doesn't exist. |
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DarkSlaya POOOOOOOOOOOORN! Level: 88 Posts: 871/4249 EXP: 6409254 For next: 241410 Since: 05-16-04 From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| I never lived in a small town. I always lived here, in Montr | |||
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Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76 Posts: 864/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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| 3 million people? Way more than where I ever lived. I was gonna mention that too..around 20,000 isn't too small. Compared to this town north of where I live called Colusa..now that is small. It has around 1,000 or less. Now they don't even have a record store..I think . Haven't been there in awhile but I sure couldn't live there. I'd die  . It takes less than 10 minutes to drive through the main street. |
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DarkSlaya POOOOOOOOOOOORN! Level: 88 Posts: 875/4249 EXP: 6409254 For next: 241410 Since: 05-16-04 From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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Originally posted by Bella And I know someone who was born in a town where there is alot more people (In the Bangladesh (?)) |
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Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76 Posts: 870/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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| In a town like that, then you'd know for sure they'd have all the music you needed at any of their 100 chains of music stores . There's big populations most likely in the capitol of a country or something or people just travel there because the rest of the country sucks. |
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drjayphd Beamos What's that spell? pimp! Level: 56  Posts: 529/1477 EXP: 1387410 For next: 10766 Since: 03-15-04 From: CT Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| If it makes you feel any better, we're about 60,000 strong in my hometown. Of course, we do have a fairly big mall, AND two major cities nearby (Hartford and New Haven), never mind NYC. ;D The uberstores have sunk their flag in the area (Target's across the street from the mall, and Wal-Mart has a store in the next town over, ironically ALSO jokingly called Wallyworld) so that comes in handy. |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 954/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| As you know, I live in Oshawa. We have a surprisingly active music community here. No matter what you're looking for, you can find it. Vinyls from the 80s. Starr Records. Looking for military marches? Check the Army Surplus. Regular music? HMV. Rarer and rarer? Check out De Ja Vu? Plus, if I get stuck, I can just hop over to Toronto (bigger than Montreal) and get WHATEVER I need there. |
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The SomerZ Summer, yay! Level: 45 Posts: 500/862 EXP: 618182 For next: 41982 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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| Actually, you know, 27 000 isn't small from a Norwegian point of view, either. Halden (where I'm living) is actually one of the 20 or 30 biggest "cities" (we call them cities, most people would call them towns) in the nation. Of course, we don't really have any big cities from an international point of view. Oslo is the largest with only half a million. The reason this gives a small-town-feel, however, is twofold. First of all, that's always what I hear people from the US, Germany, Japan etc. classify it as when I talk about it. They've always told me 27 000 is small town-ish, so I go by that. Second of all, the town has a lot less shops than most other places of the same size. Halden lies 15 minutes from the border to Sweden. Right across the border is a huge shopping-area. Sales taxes in Sweden are far lower than Norway, and tons of Norwegians go to Sweden to buy their stuff. Since we are so close, many people here do their everyday shopping in Sweden, thus the market for shops in Halden is a lot smaller than in your normal 27 000 inhabitants-town. Again, though, I can't go to Sweden as I like, because I have no car. |
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