Posted on 08/20/2016 5:32:33 PM PDT by Celerity
My wife and I are considering a move. Here's why:
We were both raised in CT. We've lived in other places, but in our 20s. During that time we chose our spot because of things like skiing and close proximity to race tracks and stuff. You know... young people stuff.
We met in CT and got married there. We left CT to move "Back to America". We're both heavy republican and we're becoming somewhat isolationist.
We moved to PA to be close to family, and still (officially) out of the NE. We really, really really do not like government telling us what to do.
Our move to PA has been great. Nice people. Good economics. Our area of PA is like 90% republican and filled with good people that we call neighbors.
The state itself has a few things going against it: 1. Mandatory Vaccinations. I don't want to start an argument, I just don't want to live somewhere that requires my kids be injected with something that I don't agree with. 2. Homeschooling. I won't get any argument here but PA supplies the curriculum and requires that we teach it. It's the same liberal garbage that is found in Philly. 3. Some place where the laws aren't setup to keep the poor down. DMV laws go a long way to this. CT has no actual DMV laws. It's like Mad Max out there. And I'm talking Beyond Thunderdome Mad Max. Cowcatchers on trucks and stuff (And YES there are quite a few cars and trucks in CT with cowcatchers and spikes and stuff. It's comical). But in PA it costs about $1200-$1500 just to register a car. And if you lapse the insurance they pull your reg for 90 days. That means no licence plates. No driving. (I lapsed 3 months ago and bought insurance again. And now that I have insurance they are suspending my licence and my registrations for 90 days because of the lapse... in the past.)
I also don't want anything to do with public transportation. I want businesses and employment, not programs and services.
So my wife and I are basically walking around Google, Wikipedia and the internet in general and we found Berea, KY.
Anyone here living in Kentucky wanna weigh in on this ? I want to be free again, be surrounded by like-minded people and in the midst of my countrymen should the SHTF.
Oh, and Berea appears, on paper, to be a liberal stronghold. But the voting shows otherwise. Can anyone offer an explanation ?
Get rid of McConnell.
How is your banjo skils?
You want to fit in.
Oh, also I live near Islamberg NY and I do not want any of that garbage near me.
Berea, KY, used to be a cool spot.
Some company there makes really good brooms.
Appalachian kids go to the college.
I understand Harlan county has quite the history.
I’ve heard their public pension deficit is one of the worst in the country. Right up there with Illinois.
I play Mountain Dulcimer and I’m pretty sure I can handle a jug.
The most Kentuckian instrument I can play with a mastery is a Sharps 50cal.
I grew up in NJ. I didn’t leave anything there so I don’t have to go back.
Someone on this board moved to KY from Seattle and loves it. Forget the poster’s name.
Berea is not quite Rayland’s part of the state, but enough so. See “Justified.”
Ping.
To thine own heart be true, and be prepared for the consequences.
Move to Shepherdsville KY. Just south of Louisville.
Don’t forget to check out http://www.city-data.com/forum/ if you haven’t already. Lots of insider pros and cons and questions and answers for everybody relocating.
Good luck to you. We are in CA and after mom passes we will have the chance to relocate as well.
I traveled KY in my job. Berra is not far from Lexington, a nice small city. It has a liberal arts school, Berea College, located there. Berea is not in the Appalachia portion of the state.
Kentucky is about three states in one.....eastern, central and western.
Western is more southern/Midwest. Eastern is, well, unusual. And central is quite nice.
Hey Mr. Douglas, you need to talk to this guy!
LOL. Actually Kentucky is not really the South, SOUTH anymore. It's a hybrid of Midwestern, Southern, and even Eastern influences. Indiana is more Southern than KY.
But when I was there it was damn hot and steamy.
What has 5 teeth and 4 legs?
ans: Two banjo players.
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