mccordia 74 #26 January 13, 2002 The wages (taxes especiualy), the weather, and the fact that there is NO free space (on groundlevel as well as in the sky) makes it kind of hard to live in Holland.Because of dense air-traffic above Holland, a lot of Dutch DZ's have a lot of holdings when it comes to getting some decent hight. On the bright side, you won't find many countries that are only 200 by 300 km's, and have a grand total of 10 to 15 different dropzones. I have one DZ located 15 minutes from my home, one at an hours drive, and three at 1,5 hours drive, and the rest is also within 3 hours of reach...But what good are that many DZ's when the weather is sucky most of the time (actualy, when I'm typing this, the weather is incredible, finaly, but I'm out of jumpmoney for this month..AAAAAHHHH)Then comes the money....I make good money (doing 3D animation/compositing and video-editing) but you can lose 1/3 to (in some extremes) 1/2 of it on taxes here....which sucks...And the thing that bugs me most is how crowded Holland is.If there is a patch of land with 6 trees on it they call it a forrest, and in summer, there will be 100 ppl on that patch of land, celebrating their holiday...I NEED SOME ROOM TO LIVE, BREATH AND RELAX!!Next to that there is no real nature here...no big forrest/mountains (there are a few hills of about 200 mtr's...those are the Dutch mountains:) or other beautifull nature places to go and relax...In one or two year me and my girl hope to move to either the US (CA) or Australia (hoping to get a decent job in the animation/broadcast industry)Hows the (jumping)weather in San Fransisco?And are there any DZ's near ???Anyways...Holland is nice...but it's not for me...Jarnohttp://www.3dluvr.com/mccordia/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RemiAndKaren 0 #27 January 14, 2002 Quote But thanks for bumping my *worthless opinion* back to the topIf it wasnt for worthless opinions, Skreamer, Clay and Justin would only be at 4 posts each.... Maybe fallrate has a point! RemiMuff 914 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skreamer 1 #28 January 14, 2002 Whoever decided to allow Canadians access to the net has a lot to answer for... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jesse 0 #29 January 14, 2002 I saw that segment yesterday, too - absolutely disgusting, letting that little bitch slap him like that. terrible, terrible... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #30 January 14, 2002 hey, what's wrong with canucks on the net? "Jumping out of planes for the thrill of it all."-J.Geils Band Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fonz 0 #31 January 14, 2002 Quote a lot of Dutch DZ's have a lot of holdings when it comes to getting some decent hightBoy, am I glad Texel isn't one of them! The Caravan usually goes to 13,000 ft. and the Let even takes you to 14 grand Quote In one or two year me and my girl hope to move to either the US (CA) or Australia Right on! I too intend to move to CA I've never been to San Francisco, but I read that the climate in northern CA is mild; not particularly wet and cold, but not very warm either.[shameless plug]If you want great jumping weather, try southern CA. Ever since having been to Perris, I've been dying to get my ass back there![/shameless plug]Now if only somebody would get me a job in that area... Alphonshttp://www.liacs.nl/~avwerven Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
