Back in the 80s, my Daughter and I were eating at Red Lobster.
In the booth next to us were a couple who were from McConnell AFB. We could hear everything they said and it was two pilots and their wives.
They were talking about retirement. One said they were going to retire at Eglin. The other agreed that was a good place. I didn’t say anything to them but wanted to agree with them since I was born and raised near the Eglin Reservation. and yes it is a nice area. Low property taxes, no state income tax. Except for the beach, low real estate.
And the best thing, it is very conservative.
Where on earth is Eglin?
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Ah, I was stationed in Tyndall in 1957.
That entire Gulf coast was better then than it is now and not a muzzie in thousands of miles.
Ever caught a sea turtle, kill it, roll the meat in batter and deep-fry it and not land in jail?
Ah, I can tell you stories about this country.....
I’d better not because I would probably not be able to stop crying, if I did.
Yup, that area is very nice. Luv Destin.
I’m retired in South Carolina. Doesn’t have a lot of the ethnic & religious tensions found elsewhere. People of different races are generally polite to each other. Muslims keep to themselves and are very quiet. What few liberals we have are ghettoized in the campuses & mostly carp about how `backward’ S.C. is. Fags can’t even keep a gay bar in business. NAACP boycott over the rebel flag remains in place.
How explain it? The answer in my opinion is that South Carolina is awash in guns. Earning your CWP takes a day. Hunters line the roads during deer drives. Gun manufacturers are relocating here. There is a pro-gun culture & a Castle Doctrine law that makes liberals cringe. A bill to teach the Second Amendment in schools is working its way to the State House.
Criminals don’t know who’s carrying & that’s a good thing. FWIW I have my CWP but have yet to carry concealed (you don’t need one for a handgun in the glovebox).
No plans to move anywhere else. If you want to visit a foreign country, plan a weekend in Charleston (just kidding). If you want to be surrounded by northerners, there’s Hilton Head Island (I go there all the time BTW).
“Why should I travel? I’m already here!”