Have you ever moved from a warm, mild climate like Los Angeles, to one that experiences four seasons - and did you do so in the dead of winter? What was it like? What do you wish you had known beforehand? In other words, what am I, a native Angeleno currently taking for granted? [more inside]
posted by invisible ink on Dec 14, 2009 - 64 answers

My friend, a 7-year resident of Manhattan, is relocating to DC (Alexandria). What should he know? [more inside]
posted by TheOtherSide on Oct 6, 2009 - 23 answers

MovingFarAwayFilter: GF is dead-set on moving from Brooklyn to Cairo, Egypt, for at least a year. I'm pretty resistant to the idea since I love NYC and, if forced to move outside the US, there are hundreds of cities I'd rather move to. I desperately need some 1st/2nd person accounts of living in Cairo / Egypt to help make this decision. [more inside]
posted by NolanRyanHatesMatches on Aug 23, 2009 - 43 answers

I'm moving do Washington DC sometime in the near future. Where should I live? VA, DC, or MD? [more inside]
posted by decrescendo on Jul 26, 2008 - 32 answers

Where can I find a used bookstore that will buy gently used academic books in the DC-Baltimore-Northern Virginia area? [more inside]
posted by anotherpanacea on May 29, 2008 - 6 answers

What's living in Alexandria, Egypt like? [more inside]
posted by devilsbrigade on Mar 3, 2008 - 2 answers

Where should my family eat in Alexandria? [more inside]
posted by sperose on Jun 27, 2007 - 10 answers

Where can I find the Thunder Perfect Mind text in its Coptic form? A (legible) photograph of the Nag Hammadi papyrus itself or a copy using a Coptic font will do. Online sources are ideal, but book references are also appreciated.
posted by ibeji on May 10, 2007 - 6 answers

Where should we live in Alexandria, VA? [more inside]
posted by Flamingo on Feb 14, 2007 - 12 answers