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i was having to think about past addresses today for something, and i realised that i've never lived more than like 5 miles from the sea. not super crazy in the uk i suppose as it's quite a wee island. i was thinking about people who live in the middle of the usa or something and i reckon it'd feel quite strange to me now if i wasn't at least within a short drive of the sea. show yourself landlubbers  picture of the sea for reference
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this thread can also be used to discuss fish and stuff, and maybe a bit of boats or ships. no watersports though
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Nov 16, 2025 16:09
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Probably about 30 miles? Without googling it. I'm like 20 miles from a big navigable river though
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Nov 16, 2025 16:11
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for more.
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About 2km as the crow flies, 3km by road. But we’re on a peninsula, so the other direction the sea is about 8km away.
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Nov 16, 2025 16:13
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The ocean is about 1500km away. The only time I lived "near" the ocean was when I lived in Sacramento.
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Nov 16, 2025 16:14
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would take about 2 days if you drove 10 hours a day
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Nov 16, 2025 16:15
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I was born and grew up along the water, and this year I moved to some middle of the country city, all in the us. For many different reasons the experience has been awful, and very low but nevertheless an important item on the list is I really miss beaches it turns out. Lakes dont hold a fraction of a candle to a beach.
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Nov 16, 2025 16:15
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Grey Cat posted:The ocean is about 1500km away. nutbutter78 posted:would take about 2 days if you drove 10 hours a day kind of scary though no? what if you need to get away from the land quickly?
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Nov 16, 2025 16:17
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:kind of scary though no? what if you need to get away from the land quickly?
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Nov 16, 2025 16:18
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Not far enough, fish do their business in there!
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Nov 16, 2025 16:19
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:You go up. all well and good until you get near space. that's where the real hosed up poo poo lives
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Nov 16, 2025 16:19
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I live 10 minutes from the Gulf of Mexico. I’m not really a beach guy, but I love being out on the barrier islands.
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Nov 16, 2025 16:21
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:kind of scary though no? what if you need to get away from the land quickly? what if deep impact happens irl? i'll be all set....
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Nov 16, 2025 16:24
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10 minutes by car
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Nov 16, 2025 16:24
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:kind of scary though no? what if you need to get away from the land quickly? You don't need to live near the sea, soon enough the sea will come to us 
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Nov 16, 2025 16:27
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itry posted:You don't need to live near the sea, soon enough the sea will come to us i will ride the waves inland and see yous soon 
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Nov 16, 2025 16:30
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I can be at the ocean in about two hours.its less than 100 miles but there’s a relatively minor mountain range between us
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Nov 16, 2025 16:34
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HashtagGirlboss posted:I can be at the ocean in about two hours.its less than 100 miles but there’s a relatively minor mountain range between us not bad. pretty safe distance for others who may be ocean curious but still nervous. close enough to get to easily, but with a defensive mountain range.
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Nov 16, 2025 16:44
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:i will ride the waves inland and see yous soon Build your house on a giant surfboard and you'll have nothing to worry about.
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Nov 16, 2025 16:45
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Do the Great Lakes count? Those are pretty big.
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Nov 16, 2025 16:56
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About 1.5 miles.
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Nov 16, 2025 17:03
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:not bad. pretty safe distance for others who may be ocean curious but still nervous. close enough to get to easily, but with a defensive mountain range. Grateful for the safety tbch. The Oregon coast is the angry kind of coastline where the ocean mostly actively tries to kill you a lot of the time, none of the gentle beaches that people like so much
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Nov 16, 2025 17:05
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HashtagGirlboss posted:Grateful for the safety tbch. The Oregon coast is the angry kind of coastline where the ocean mostly actively tries to kill you a lot of the time, none of the gentle beaches that people like so much we take our KILL WATER seriously
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Nov 16, 2025 17:06
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Living like 3 hours away it sucks I need someone to give me a million dollars so I can move to like Santa Barbara or something
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Nov 16, 2025 17:28
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I can walk to the atlantic ocean in 45 minutes
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Nov 16, 2025 17:32
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the road my house is on used to longer, but the part of it that used to lead down to the beach fell into the sea in a storm about a decade back and nobody was arsed to fix it. They just put up a heap of rubbish as sort of a bollard to stop cars from driving over the edge and fall 6 meters down to the rocks below.
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Nov 16, 2025 17:37
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150 miles if you count the Puget Sound. 240km in communist units. I just learned the a sound is larger than a bay and deeper than a bight. I'm not sure how I'll use this information.
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Nov 16, 2025 17:58
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About 3 miles, but it’s more of a stinky swamp than open water. The San Francisco Bay turns into gross marshlands at the edges
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Nov 16, 2025 18:05
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1.5 hours and I can be in the water at OOB. Further than I'd prefer, but not bad. I've lived close at other times. Boston is close enough to the ocean that there are days you can smell it downtown, that's always cool.
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Nov 16, 2025 18:07
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redshirt posted:
it's a bit of a cliche but there really is something about fresh sea air
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Nov 16, 2025 18:07
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I don’t call it the sea or the ocean, but rather the “seocean” and it’s about a 40 min drive due west from me. I like to take my puppy there for swims I also like to go there and think how lewis and clark spent a winter living in a lovely little fort they made and bear grease lmao pwned Buce fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Nov 16, 2025 |
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Nov 16, 2025 18:08
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:it's a bit of a cliche but there really is something about fresh sea air That something is fish pee
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Nov 16, 2025 18:08
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The Management posted:That something is fish pee It's the promise of adventure, matey.
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Nov 16, 2025 18:09
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The Management posted:That something is fish pee redshirt posted:It's the promise of adventure, matey. one and the same my friends
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Nov 16, 2025 18:10
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:it's a bit of a cliche but there really is something about fresh sea air Being able to smell the Harbor used to be a problem, not an advantage.
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Nov 16, 2025 18:10
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If i go walk uphill i can see the ocean. I grew up a few hours away from it but have managed to live near it most of my adult life. Really makes the weather nicer
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Nov 16, 2025 18:15
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Sweaty IT Nerd posted:150 miles if you count the Puget Sound. 240km in communist units. Go look at the Bay of Bengal on a map and come back
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Nov 16, 2025 18:17
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Still dealing with my recent neck injury in the ocean, but I sure don't blame the sea. I blame that dumb lifeguard!
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Nov 16, 2025 18:19
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Sweaty IT Nerd posted:150 miles if you count the Puget Sound. 240km in communist units. A sound is a somewhat inartful word that was applied differently depending on the period of exploration but in North America at least there’s usually a very large island involved (puget, prince williams, Long Island, etc…) HashtagGirlboss fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Nov 16, 2025 |
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^^ thanks for the info!titty_baby_ posted:Go look at the Bay of Bengal on a map and come back The Puget Sound is way bigger than Michael Bay. Checkmate.
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