Posted on 05/18/2016 12:12:38 AM PDT by Samwell Tarly
So, here's the story...
In less than 72 hours I will be out of my home of... well, a long time. It's been in my family for fifty years. But since my father passed away it's being sold by others and I'm looking for a new place to hang my hat.
But during the past several months God has been telling me something, in ways large and small. That being: it's time to get out of this town. Time to step away from your comfort zone. Time to take a leap of faith.
So I've packed up my car with the bare essentials and some things from across my life and made room for one miniature dachshund who may or may not play navigator. We're all set to go...
...but I don't know where to.
So... freepers... if I'm coming from the south-eastern United States, where in this country could a boy and his dog find a place with good industry/careers, a fairly conservative atmosphere, strong spiritual community, and all-around good place to have a family. Because I do want a family.
I can literally go anywhere. Dad made sure I was left with quite a bit and it's plenty enough for a good start.
I'm trusting in God bigtime on this. Now, if only I knew where He needed me to go. Maybe some of you can help me figure that out.
There are some pretty affordable small places on Hatteras Island if you don’t have to be right on the water, particularly around Buxton and Frisco.
I think it would be a blast to live there but I hate that it is so far from a hiking trail in the Smokies.
go to texas and quit this stupid stuff.
Nice places I have seen:
1. Backcountry in GA, TN, E KY or WV
2. Fairbanks and North Pole, Alaska
3. Vashon Island
4. Roche Harbor
5. Coeur d’Alene
Interesting ideas:
1. Gasparilla Island, FL
2. Okrakoke, NC, Outer Banks
3. UP, Michigan
4. Olympic Peninsula, WA
5. small island available only by ferry
6. A holler somewhere so far up it’s often dark
If Guam, sell the car. Get a bike.
Better to blow your brains out than to move to soviet Red Hampshire. Evil people.
Isn’t Guam about to tip over?
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“Better to blow your brains out than to move to soviet Red Hampshire. Evil people. “
Evil people?
Not so.
.
Oh, yeah...evil to the core.
Noooooooooooooooooo... I LOVE DEL.. can’t wait to leave the south and move there...
I was in your situation 40 years ago. I finally moved from Detroit to central Kentucky. Never regretted it.
No one mentioned that to keep in touch with family that you are close to that you need to visit them and go to funerals, weddings, etc. You should stay within one gas tank drive from the family that matters to do this. If your family is scattered then it will not matter.
Yes, it will likely cost you ten thousand dollars just to get situated some place. Make a list of expected expenses.
Gate City, Va.
Cheap rural living 15 minutes from Kingsport, Tn. (Pop 50,000).
Buy a nice house for 30 or 40 grand. Fix up one for less.
I’d live in Gate City if I could make a living there. My husband’s family moved from Brooklyn to Kingsport. Our retirment home is in Collegedale 3 hrs down the interstate.
I typically point mine forward on a road. Where it takes me is another story.
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
It has been said that a horned toad will point you in the right direction.
Get a big map of the U.S. Spread it out on the floor. Now get a penny. Hold penny, close your eyes, turn around three times and flip the coin.
Where the penny lands on the map, that is your next stop.
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