Like I said, if you don't like the heat (and I don't either) the American south is out of the question. Even the northeast is during the summer months. The west coast is the only place where you will feel at home, seriously. I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area half my life which is never humid and my skin is great LOL.

I only read a few of these but I have tears coming out of my eyes I'm laughing so hard! LOL

Wait, I better go check my profile now lol

I've heard the UK (and several other European countries) has a higher standard of living than the USA. We're not at the top anymore.

I like the remark made about being from different areas can make people different (in a unique and good way I guess). I am a true Californian, grew up in the very liberal San Francisco Bay Area and now live in San Diego. I tend to have a challenging time relating to someone from someplace like Atlanta, Charleston or Jacksonville. Not that there's anything wrong with them or myself, just two different cultures entirely but I enjoy learning about other people as others here have also said.

There are many many more things that can add or strain a relationship other than color of skin which truly is only skin deep. You must find someone whom you relate to and can relate to you regardless of skin color. You feel me?

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Ah, you're almost always gonna get some rain in nice cool mild climates. Norther Cal, however has a dry season though. It rains shovels and pitchforks during the winter! But very little lightening, it's rare out here, Tornados happen once every 5 or 10 years and they're tiny. Generally Tornados and Hurricanes and blizzards are things we watch on the news. Frost is normally as cold as it gets. Unless you're in the mountains of course.

There as well as Santa Cruz and Mendocino Counties. Great kickback lifestyles. If you're a 420 user, in Mendocino Co. you can legally grow up to 25 plants on your property from what I understand lol

The only places to avoid in California are 1. the deserts. Hotter than hell in summer and drier than an oven. 2. the Central Valley. It's flat, looks like the Midwest actually and also really hot in summer.

I would say coastal Northern California would perhaps best suit you. It does for me. Just google Marin and Sonoma counties and take a look for yourself. You can also try Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties. make sure you google images as well.

Don't know where you live now but California has everything all within a days drive from where ever you are. If you don't like heat, I can't imagine living anywhere in the south, or even the rest of the east for that matter in summer.

Coatal Ca. moderate climates prevail, no snow in winter and with the exception of San Diego (which is a city anyway) no humidity and out flying bugs sizes are in check. No blood sucking 747's out here. Perhaps you like the mountain? Got plenty of those to choose from.

If you like it cooler then try the Pacific Northwest. Very green all year too. My dad once lived in a small town called Napavine, Washington. Trust me if you don't like cities, you'll like Napavine lol.

I could go on but I'm sure I've ruffled a few feathers from those not from the west coast lol

This is a loaded question! I will tell you this; I am the administrator of an inactive interracial forum. There is no one way to ever answer questions regarding race relations and especially those that have to do with dating. Bare in mind, anything you hear about this subject is all opinion, including from me. If you ask 100 different people, you'll get 100 different answers.

All I can say is, perhaps you're looking in the wrong places and/or for the wrong women. Internet dating is generally more difficult to find the interracial thing IMO. When you do find someone whom you have a mutual attraction to, she's usually a million miles away! I generally date interracially almost exclusively (no real reason, just what I'm attracted to most of the time), so trust me I understand the frustration.

Don't worry about those who may not be interested in you, just move on. This is what we would do in any other dating situation and I think this is the key. Don't look at it as an interracial relationship. Rather as just a relationship between two people. Sometimes I think we can be our own worse enemies in these situations.

I agree with you. I stopped going there a long time ago. Last time I was there, I live in California, one of the guys I was with noticed the lettuce on his salad was...well...moving! We all stared, then he lifted it up and out flew a moth!

If this is what we find in uncooked salads, imagine what must be cooked into other food we don't see? I now prefer iHop over Denny's.

I have to agree with the statement that the quality of people on this site seems to be a lot better than elsewhere. Don't know why that is but some sites just attract better people than other sites do.

I think it's just the way this site is set up. It gives you a number of ways to filter through and contact other members rather than just one or two "one size fits all" sort of thing. Also as mentioned, there will be jackasses everywhere whether it's the internet, bar or elsewhere so just be prepared for them.

Try copying the the photo to a folder on your computer. Then when you go to add it to your profile, just find the folder you copied it to then upload from there.

Expect an "it's a cache issue" reply in 3-2-1...

This same exact thing is an issue of mine as well so emptying your personal data or whatever (which I've done) is not the answer. The problem is in the MM feature and needs to be fixed.

Yes and now that I have reset things for all the sites I visit, I still have this issue.

It's not always the same user names that always pop up from one match session to another. It will often work once I start matching, then it will start repeating a few profiles a few times after voting. After a while it will just repeatedly show the same profile over and over regardless of what I click.

Sure sometimes this happens with profiles it happened with before but sometimes it's a completely different one. I've not gotten any new matches recently because of this interesting yet frustrating glitch. It hasn't always been this way. It's fairly recent.

No fix for this yet

Lately when clicking yes, no or maybe in mutual matching, I start getting the same profiles pop up over and over again. Sometimes it goes to another profile then back to the previous one. After a while the same one will pop up over and over again no matter what I click and I always have to leave MM and try again later but it always happens again.

I think what the original post mean was why is it when you click on someones eles profile to view it, it says it's been deactivated? In other words, if it's been deactivated, why does that deactivated profile show up in the search only to tell you that you can't see it anyway? I wondered the same thing.

I'm wary of any messages I get that gives me an outside email to reply to on the first correspondence. Normal people are leery of giving out personal info to strangers.