Posted on 07/23/2020 6:41:03 AM PDT by cuban leaf
All this is fine, yet one question is not asked.
All those Seattle-ites need to declare their new founded conservatism!!
Otherwise, are they all still beholding to their Seattle-ite rat-smelling liberallism?
Youre blessed. I am a corporate counsel and privacy officer for a Fortune 500 global company. I havent worked in the office since March 3rd. Ive been stuck in the burbs WFH, but Im longing to move out to somewhere with acreage, breathing room, rural values.
That is my fear as well. These quiet places are going to become not so quiet, pretty soon. Unfortunately.
Noting the explosion of people sailing around the world and working from their boats.
The good news is that people tend to naturally migrate to red as they age. When people leave the environment that made them blue into an environment that makes people red, a percentage will go red.
I think people are products of their environment. As they learn to live in the red areas, many will actually become red themselves. I’m already seeing it happen with my first daughter that moved here. They are not stupid people. They see what’s happening. And they see it from the perspective of where they now live as opposed to where they used to live. Cities create blue people. Rural areas create red people.
Sitting here in NW Montana, seeing license plates from New York, Illinois, Oregon, California, Maryland, Texas and Washington. A friend who does home appraisals says they are buying in Montana, paying Californication prices. I suggested he tell them the homes are falling apart. They should try another state. Hopefully the winters will drive them out.
Gunner
Im in Canada so we cant carry, legally at least.
But Ive spent most of the past 30 years WFH and loved it, recommend it highly.
Didnt hurt that for a lot of that time I was freelancing, so if I didnt produce I didnt eat. Easy motivation!
Speaking of Seattle, my recently citizenized youngest son and his wife escaped from there just in time. Moved to Oklahoma City last summer and loving the move.
Thanks for posting the USCCA map. I have been meaning to check that for a couple of days. Now, I don’t have to. Thanks!
” a percentage will go red.”
I know quite a few old leftists. Leftism dies hard in people. The percentage won’t be large enough, or fast enough to mitigate the plague they bring.
Yes, I’m hostile.
Pay more. They will be there tomorrow.
My high school friend who lives in the Bonnie Lake area south of Seattle just put their house up for sale and are buying a place in rural Idaho. They are following their kids who did the same two years ago. They are so sick of western Washington politics it’s affecting their quality of life and world view.
It’s about to change. :)
I left Seattle 12 years ago. WFH in flyover North Dakota at Seattle wages. Couldn’t be happier.
I agree, but it has a lot to do with their age. We tend to go red as we mature, even if we live in “blue” areas. And let’s be frank, here, the crap going on in places like Portland are causing even older “blue” people to re-assess their values.
But this cannot be ignored: Most of us were “blue” as teenagers. With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.
I’ve noticed that both Comcast and Consolidated Communications (formerly SureWest) are laying a lot of cable wiring all over the place just outside Sacramento and Placer counties in Sacramento. And both can offer gigabit Internet service over cable TV lines.
Many companies and the city still want people in the office. I know very few in Manhattan that told people they don’t have to go back or things will be changed permanently. Seattle or whatever other cities you are mentioning is not New York
A place where a one-on-one meetings are still the norm and not the exception. Unless this thing drags on for years
That’s a good deal year daughter got. People usually don’t mention numbers on here when talking about salary or house prices and whatnot. That’s kind of a private thing. Good to know that something can be gotten for a price like that.
What does your daughter make per year?
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