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Please tell us about the place where you live. What's the weather like? What are the people there like? What languages are spoken there? What places in your area would you recommend that travelers visit? Do you have any comments & words of advice for travelers planning to go there?

It's dreadful here. Never visit this city unless you enjoy an overwhelming amount of noise, swarming masses of people, a constant stench of car exhaust, and weather that changes from one extreme to another in five minutes. The people are oblivious to the fact that there's a world outside of their precious pavement and high-rises, and the lack of concern for others is simply ridiculous. Stabbings, shootings, violence of stupid magnitudes on the front page of the Edmonton paper every morning. Unbelievable. There are punks in the parking lot across the street, fighting and yelling, there are cars with obscenely loud mufflers screeching their tires at three in the morning, there are people downstairs and across the hall laughing and blasting their music until past midnight. It's crowded, it's stuffy, and in case you haven't noticed, I very much hate it. evil I want to go back home to my quiet little village of 800 people! It was so nice there! crying

I actually live in an outback town in the west-most point of Queensland.
Australia.
I love the country, its hot, but I like heat much, MUCH more than the cold. The only bad part is watching the Aborigional culture die before my eyes. You can see 18 year old couples drink while walking with their 5 kids to the shops. Its so sad to see such a rich and ancient culture slowly die from alcohol and overseas influences having a bigger impact on them more than their own culture. I wish I could do something to help this, but I wouldnt know where to start. Not only this, but I read articles of people living on the eastern coast of Australia being so influenced by U.S media, that they act no more Australian than someone from the united states. I have no idea where my country is going anymore, at least I stay true to my families/countries culture.

I didn't know that it was like that ... sad That's sad. sad

There must be something that can be done! sad A government program to preserve the culture, perhaps? There's got to be something! sad

*sighs* Sometimes, modern ways, technology, etc. do more harm than good. sad It's kind of like Pandora's box, though - the world is changing and will continue to do so, but when a whole culture goes under, that's just ... that's tragic! emo

I guess that happens a lot with cultures in which people live off the land or live nomadically. Modern technology and culture comes in, and the original culture starts to disappear. In some ways, the world is becoming more and more of a melting pot - boundaries and old ways of doing things are breaking down - in some ways that's good, but in other ways (like with what's happening where you live), it's very, very bad ...

One of the big things I have noticed with democracy, is that in the big picture it is no different from the old 'king and queen' system. The only difference is that you have to gain power in a different way and that people feel like they have a real say in their countrys affairs.