Posted on 01/27/2012 4:39:38 AM PST by upchuck
Welcome. I think you will like it here.
Let us know if ya’ll need anything to get settled.
-——Maybe permanently.———
The Big’un will be the permanent solution. The Big’un will prove to be the cathartic disruption to end the madness
Death and destruction will resolve the issues
Aiken is a great place to live.. I live 40 miles from there
it’s where the Fridge lives
ate some awsome Q in Aiken
I live in Aiken County and agree with you 100%. Very unique area.
I remember Aiken, a town that once had more polo fields than any place in America. It is so beautiful it is like a lovely woman - you can’t take your eyes off and you never forget. Nice place they choose...as a former californian I cry at the distruction of their one thriving life.
I remember Aiken, a town that once had more polo fields than any place in America. It is so beautiful it is like a lovely woman - you can’t take your eyes off and you never forget. Nice place they choose...as a former californian I cry at the distruction of their once thriving life.
The yuppie food in California is insufferable and indigestible, and I think it destroys the brain cells that command common sense, which is why there’s so many brain-dead liberals in CA.
Goat cheese pizza with avocadoes and mustard leaves? Then the waitress asks how many you want because it’s not mentioned that the bloody things, at 10 bucks a pop, are barely five-inches across.
Even mangy dogs wouldn’t touch the things.
The Founders revolted for less.
I think New York State is also the next bellwether. Although maybe not as beautiful as California, we have some breathtaking areas in the Catskills, the Adirondacks, the Hudson Highlands, etc.
I would hate to leave as we live in the scenic upper Hudson River valley, but if things get bad enough I would choose a conservative area in SC or maybe VA to move to. My daughter is in Lexington VA a 2L at Washington and Lee and it is very beautiful there as well - perhaps Central VA is conservative - does anyone know?
California is a wonderful place. Too bad the libtards have screwed it up. Maybe permanently.
I think that maybe the root of the problem. It is a beautiful place and once it was ‘improved’ and made more liveable with hard work and fresh water from out of state.
The ones who don’t like to work hard saw how nice it was and came in and the freeloaders followed them like the rats they are.
But today? I see an interesting thing happening the environment literally is changing its shape to match the people who live there. Those who prefer cleanliness and order and work hard to get it are obvious by their surroundings. Those who prefer to be lazy and have ‘things’ handed to them tend to have an environment that matches those characteristics form around them.
I see it everywhere I go. Nice clean houses and yards and next door to them is a junkyard of a place. And California has become a poster child for that.
away from DC and the cities Va. is conservative with conservatives becoming more important in government.
Strom Thurmond country. Lived there in the 60’s. Wonderful memories - gentle, friendly people.
Good decision;)
You’re right; NY state is a bellwether at least for the northeast. They’ve failed to stem the flow of jobs and Americans out of the area (NJ has the same problem), and their only hope from the politicians’ point of view is to let in any immigrant that can swim there.
The decline in services is visible in the same manner as the writer describes in California; here in NJ we can’t fix our roads because of the retirment costs of the men who fixed them before who retired 20 years ago.
After almost 35 years, I left California in 2003. Already, it was not the place it used to be. There are still many unbelievably beautiful places, but what you have to go through to get to them is obscene. Between the illegals and the liberal fruits and nuts, the state that used to be the standard for all other states to follow is quickly becoming a third-world slum.
I will always miss the year-round perfect weather, the beautiful beaches and sunsets, spring in the desert, Yosemite, Big Sur, and so much more; BUT, other than visiting relatives, I have no desire to even visit that cesspool ever again! (And I used to thank God that I was fortunate enough to live in one of the best places on earth!)
Aiken is nice country. I am about 45 mins away myself.
Just think, with its climate and scenery and resources Mexico could become one giant California, a beautiful place
Instead, many of us see California becoming one giant Mexico, not a place we care to visit much less live
The times I have been there CA seems to be a very beautiful place, perfect weather and amazing natural beauty. For a time I had harbored a dream of someday living there. That dream is no more. The politics of the place have ruined it. Now I would be very happy to have a condo on the beach on Topsail Island or maybe North Myrtle.
“You ain’t lived till you’ve tried Peeler’s milk.”
They’ll like all of South Carolina from the Piedmont through the Midlands to the Lowcountry coast. Just remember that here our beaches are known for their sunrises.
BTW, this is a very gun-friendly state.
As for the weather, we say if you don’t like it, stick around for a day and it’ll change.
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