LOL - nice hook at the end!
A happy ending, at least so far. But why Texas, if you don't mind my asking? I like the firearms laws there, but once again too many illegals. But, that's why I live up here: No income taxes except for Federal, sales taxes aren't too bad, and for the most part the various levels of governance manage to stay out of a person's way. Nothing poisonous flora or fauna, mild weather (no snow), and the liberals understand that it is in their best interests to maintain some form of detente in order to avoid being ventilated.
Yup, if we could only ship off the liberals/commies to some gulag this area would be perfect.
A happy ending, at least so far. But why Texas, if you don't mind my asking?
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A bit of family, a LOT of space, a view forever, a starry night, dead silence when I turn off the TV and finally of course the financial aspects. We could afford to move over to the retirement community here and even tho we checked it out there was really never any desire to stay even after more than 30 years.
To be honest, we lived our first 15 years in Santa Barbara and if the plant had not closed and we were still there I might be singing a different tune. But the politics of this state do weigh heavily.