Philadelphia

Well, nothing much to this blog post, and unfortunately, there may not be more for some time yet. I've just moved to Philadephia and things are... a little different here. In fact, now that I think about it, it's a great setting for one of my time-honored rants. And so rant I shall.

People and driving. People in each state complain about other drivers, and I understand that PA is probably not one of the worst states, nor is Philadephia one of the worst areas (I believe Washington DC holds #1), but it's pretty fucking bad. I was born in a city, and lived most of my life in a city, but in a different country. I'm from Russia, and there, if you can afford a car, you're pretty fucking careful with it.

Buying a car in Russia is extremely expensive. Most people buy a car in the United States (I've even heard of a few buying them from Germany or England, but I imagine that buying from there would be even more expensive than just buying in Russia), then ferrying it over to Russia, and then it's still a lot cheaper.

People also drive better there, in general. Our test for obtaining a driver's liscense is a lot harder than anything in the States, and it's a lot less stupid, too. They don't test you on if you remember why the color of this sign is red or green. They actually test you on your driving ability, especially in bad weather. If Mother Nature won't aid the test, they have things to simulate ice, snow, and rain.

Now, in America, on the other hand... people don't really care. I'm willing to bet that a good 70% of the population can't drive properly, and for some reason, people in the city just assume that because they're in the city, the rules and laws of the road don't apply anymore. While I will rant and rave that most of it is the fault of the idiots who are behind the wheel, not all of it is. Sometimes, I think it's just a bad planning out of the roads and such.

For example. The famous, dangerous, and trecherous Left Hand Turn. In Maryland, on the crossing-light, people making a left hand turn could make the turn as soon as the light was green, providing that there was no flow of opposing traffic, which is extremely unlikely. They were also given an arrow, which had opposing traffic stop and allowed the person to comfortably and safely make a left-hand turn.

But no... where they actually NEED to have something like that, like the FUCKING CITY, they don't. Idiots.

The prices in PA are A LOT lower than they are in Maryland, and the food is just as good, if not better. For exmaple, buying ground beef was a problem in Maryland, especially in some of the less expensive stores. I like making beef cutlets and tacos sometimes, and since I want them to taste good, I buy the best grade ground beef there is.

What those assholes do in Maryland is this: They take the old groun beef, ball it up, and then they cover it with the fresh, new, good-looking ground beef, package it up, and sell it. Doesn't always matter where I buy from. They do it in Giant, Safeway, Superfresh, Food Lion, etc. That's not just cheap, it's also dangerous. Ground anything, whether it's beef, pork, chicken, or turkey, is more likely to have bacteria and all sorts of nasty crap, because it's more fucking processed.

They don't do that here, in Philly. I bought some ground beef, opened it up, and was amazed. Let's see... what else. I like eating Stouffer's creamed spinich thingy. In Maryland (Howard County, folks) the price for one such small package is about $3.89, $2.99 if it's on sale. Here, in Philly, without a sale, it cost me $1.56. FOR THE SAME FUCKING THING. And this list can go on and on.

I mean, I understand that people in Maryland make more money than they do in Pennsylvania, but not by much!

And that's all for today, folks. On the next episode of Rosiel Rants!, we will have a guest: Fellow Blogger, Faye! We'll even have interview questions, and there will be a nice little sampling of her perfected rants. Don't forget to visit her blog, linked here in the Other Blogs section of the site.

Over and out.