>>499605I actually have a sort of Aunt who moved out to Portland, and loves it out there. And after talking to her I've been wanting to go hiking in Maine. But it's just such a haul to get out there, I've resigned myself to never making it. Maybe some day.
>At least you aren't douchy about it.Pic related is me at six years old, and that was my third visit to that spot. I literally grew up getting /out/, and it has left me with a love for the land that's deep, deep part of me. I know what it's like to love the place you're from, and to love the wilderness you roam in a deep almost primal way. It's something I can't imagine myself without, and something I respect in others. If I know you well enough, I might bullshit some, like what's already been said in this thread, but I'd never shit on anyone's love of place. It's not a competition, or a pissing contest; who cares if you through-hiked the AT, or that can live forever in the woods with nothing but a hammock, a spool of paracord and a bic lighter, or how you once lapped water from a muddy hoof-print and were glad for it. It's about being there to see the sun come up over the land you love, and knowing that in that moment there's no finer place to be in all the world.
And that's why you need to expect some pushback when you come here with claims like the ones the OP makes. People love their homes and will stick up for them, so getting mad when they say you're a faggot is pointless.
Unless they're faggot transplants from Tampa, or Cincinnati, who moved to Boulder, or Moab, or whatever because going /out/ in the right places somehow makes them better than normal people. Fuck them. I hope they get raped by a cholla.
