Posted on 08/24/2003 3:58:57 AM PDT by JustPiper
$3.50. You'll be fine. Ignorance is bliss.
Thanks for research Joe. It's an awfully big state and those are still pretty small numbers compared to here. I would imagine that most of those numbers come from a the more agricultural south. Doesen't matter though. There was a lot of thought going into our decision...and that was only a small part of it. Other than nice weather there really is nothing here that I like. Don't forget about the crowds everywhere you go around here, and the traffic that can waste hours a day.
Thanks for research Joe. It's an awfully big state and those are still pretty small numbers compared to here. I would imagine that most of those numbers come from a the more agricultural south. Doesen't matter though. There was a lot of thought going into our decision...and that was only a small part of it. Other than nice weather there really is nothing here that I like. Don't forget about the crowds everywhere you go around here, and the traffic that can waste hours a day.
And it will only escalate. Sorry to rain on your parade.
It is a travesty that government is even involved in dispensing taxpayer money to pay for medical services for ANYONE. Paying for criminals who have crossed illegally into our country really takes the cake. If we can't legally prevent illegals from partaking of our schools and medical care, then the only hope is to lock up the border to reduce the ever increasing burden they place on the taxpayers.
You haven't rained on anyones parade, Joe. Maybe you ought to get out more...take a drive around other areas. You will see, once you get out of California, what a nice place America still is. It will open your eyes. The western states are very attractive living areas as a whole (leave out some of the big cities) and the people are great. At least that's how I see it. Maybe you are happy living in Southern California. Maybe it's your kind of place. Thats fine with me.
You are not paying attention my friend.
____________________________________________________________ Immigrants Enter Country through 'Gateway' States Before Moving Inland, Census Bureau Says releases.usnewswire.com ^
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- About 60 percent of the 5.6 million foreign-born population who moved to the United States between 1995 and 2000 entered the country through six "gateway" states (California, New York, Texas, Florida, Illinois and New Jersey), an analysis of Census 2000 data shows.
At the same time, three of the gateway states New York, California and Illinois had considerable net out-migration of their foreign-born populations to other states between 1995 and 2000.
New Jersey was the only gateway state to have net out-migration of natives but net in-migration of foreign-born people.
"One of the major findings of Census 2000 was the overall size of the foreign-born population and its presence in areas outside the traditional immigration gateways such as California, New York and Texas," said Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon. "Like the Westward migration of immigrants in centuries past, their movements remind us that opportunities abound throughout our country." Among the biggest beneficiaries of secondary migration, i.e., foreign-born migrants from other states, were North Carolina (76,000) and Nevada (73,000). Nevada had more foreign-born migrants from other states than it did from abroad.
The new Census Bureau report, Migration of Natives and the Foreign Born: 1995 to 2000, examined Census 2000 data to compare migration patterns for natives (people born in the United States) with people born abroad. Among the report's findings:
-- Domestic migration patterns of foreign-born and native migrants were similar, with common destinations.
-- Between 1995 and 2000, California's net out-migration rate to other states for its foreign-born people (30.4 people lost per 1,000 foreign-born residents in 1995) was higher than its net out-migration rate for natives (22.6 people lost per 1,000 native residents in 1995).
-- California was responsible for most foreign-born migrants to Georgia, with 19,000 making the cross-country move during the five-year period.
-- Nevada had the highest net migration rate of foreign-born migrants from other states, gaining 276 people for every 1,000 foreign-born residents in 1995, while Florida had the largest net migration gain of foreign-born migrants from other states: 89,000.
-- Some states and counties in the Midwest had net domestic out-migration of natives but net domestic in-migration of the foreign-born population. For example, Nebraska and Kansas had native net out-migration rates of 13.1 and 5.2, but foreign-born net in-migration rates of 101.0 and 47.6, respectively.
The report and supplementary data tables, as well as previously published migration reports, are available on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/migration.html.
Personally I've be to over 40 states, all over Idaho, almost bought property in in Sand Point, and in Meridian near Boise about 6 years ago. And we have a relative that teaches in Moscow ID at the college there. But after going up in the winter we decided it was *WAY* to cold for us. I can't stand driving on icy roads and dealing with snow and cold. Been there done that, never again!
As you get older, you will see how much you like the cold climate, especially in northern Idaho.
We are fortunate, we live in a *very* nice area of S. Cal and also have another place in Cal that's quite rural, at about the 7200 foot level, knockout views, with a 400 foot dirt road driveway and closest neighbor is about a quarter mile away. Snow if we want it in the winter, yet were able drive a short distance in winter and go pick oranges and avocados off our trees and barbeque while wearing shorts in the dead of winter. I have been to more places than most folks have ever heard of, including six different countries. Different strokes for different folks....
Take care and good luck in ID.
Sounds pretty good to me. Best wishes to you too!
Not very long ago California was considered THE place to be --- it was a very nice place --- all that has changed in just little more than a decade. It won't take long for the other states either --- there are millions more on their way --- immigration from Brazil is just heating up ---- there are an awfully lot of poverty-stricken people in Brazil and still millions left in Mexico and Guatemala.
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