Regards, Ivan
Posted on 06/10/2004 12:13:18 PM PDT by Rate_Determining_Step
OK.
Living in Seattle sucks. It's June 10th and the rest of the country is basking in warm spring weather and it's 51 degrees outside.
I wouldn't mind TX, but the wife says she can't stand the heat. Is it really that hot in TX? All of TX? Are there any semi-moderate places there?
Been looking at NH. I don't like snow, but I'll put up with it for 3-4 months, etc.
Looking for some FReepmail from natives on the really skinny on weather, crime, taxes, etc.
I took a survey and it said El Paso is the place for me. The closest I've been to Texas is Utah.
I like decent metro areas (love Manhattan). But, I want a house with a 2 or 3 car garage, etc.
It'll be nice to move out of an area where I'm up to my armpits in lefties!
Thanks,
I believe it was Gen. William T. Sherman who, while stationed at Fort Clark in Brackettville Texas, said: "If I owned hell and Texas I'd rent out Texas and live in hell." He certainly thought it was too hot in Texas. Having quoted that I will say that I was born in West Texas and think it is a great place, however I've lived most of my life in Oklahoma and love it too.
I remember it was a work day because I remember begging my husband to come home early. The freeways were a mess. It probably wasn't a school day (unless school was cancelled) because my youngest son would have been driving to Strake Jesuit College Prep, and I would have been frantic with worry. It was right at the end of Christmas vacation, on a Monday, or Tuesday. I know that I did not leave the house.
I remember that it cleared for a little while around noon (when the dog escaped) and then it started snowing again for the afternoon rush. The bridges all iced over, which is what made it so treacherous. The following day was fine.
Georgia. Accept no substitute.
I speak from a particular bias, however. I have difficulty resisting a southern lady saying "Swaaytie". ;)
Regards, Ivan
The soldiers in WWII who trained in Texas used to say that it was the only place where you could march in mud and have sand blow in your face!
Wolfie (a Schnauzer) used to escape periodically. He was sneaky and could slip out easily if you weren't paying attention when you answered the door. Impossible to catch, but he'd always wind up at home after he'd had his fill of running and had led you on a merry chase. The main thing that we were worried about was that he'd get hit by a car or golf cart, or get caught by the dog catcher. My daughter got him in, and he moved with us to Washington State where he rests in peace, having lived out his days.
Early 1982 -- January. You may have gotten another snow in late 1982 or early 1983, but I moved to Washington State in July 1982, so I wouldn't remember.
Moved to Dallas did ya?
Regards, Ivan
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Your idea of a traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pas a tractor on the
highway.
Vacation means going up north to Pittsburg for the weekend.
You measure distance in hours.
You know several people that have hit deer more than once.
You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the dame day and back again.
You use a down comforter in the summer.
You drive at 65mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard,
without flinching.
You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked.
You think of the major food groups as venison, beer, fish, and berries.
You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use
them.
There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at Cricenti's at any
given time.
You design your kids Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Driving is better in winter because all the potholes are filled with
snow.
You know all four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and
road construction.
It takes you 3 hours to go to the store for an item even when you're in
a hurry because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town.
You buy your Christmas presents at the feed and grain store.
You define summer as three months of bad sledding.
Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
You refer to the Patriots as "we".
You can identify a Massachusetts accent.
You know what cow-tipping is.
Down South to you means Boston.
You consider Manchester exotic.
You don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Ballantine Ale.
You can actually pronounce Kancamagus.
You know what a bubbler is.
Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new machine shed.
You go out for fish fry every Friday.
You can recognize someone from Massachusetts from their driving.
You drink soda and refer to your dad as "Pop".
You were unaware there is a legal drinking age.
You know where Contoocook is AND can pronounce it.
You can visit Berlin, New London, Bethlehem, Lisbon, Lebanon and Dublin
all in one afternoon.
You only know three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
You've seen mosquitos with landing lights.
The local paper covers major headlines on one page, but requires for
pages for sports.
At least twice a year, your kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.
Your snow blower gets stuck on the roof.
You think the start of deer season is a national holiday.
My wife and I moved to New Hampshire last November as members of the Free State Project and as tax refugees from California, and have already observed several of these items: my wife is a knitter and we went to the NH Sheep & Wool Festival in Contoocook, the mosquito landing lights are installed in the pond in our back yard, and we switched from A/C during the day to heat at night several times during May, and we bought what must have been the last set of snow tires in the state in early December.
All in all, though, it's a very beautiful state, with shall-issue CCW and open carry, 0% income tax and 0% sales tax, and we bought a 2,200sf house on an acre for 2/3 of what we got for our California ranch on a 5,000sf lot. We bought a Honda Pilot in February, and saved over $3,000 in sales tax versus California. We're very happy to be here, and have met a bunch of really terrific people, including fellow Jews.
You forgot to mention that you always discover that your air conditioner is broken in May. In May one year we lost the house AC, one year we lost the kitchen refrigerator, one year we lost the car AC -- maybe twice on the car AC. Maybe 3 times on the car AC. We lived there 10 years, and I just remember that we always discovered that the AC wasn't working in May.
Howdy. I am reading these posts with great interest. I'm in Seattle and having a wonderful, cloudy day, which is how I like it!
But, I do dispise the libs, and the little craftsman bungalows in my north Seattle neighborhood are going for $250,000 - with 1 bath! I've seen 4 bedroom, new houses in Texas that are half that and just beautiful. While my field pays well (for professors), I don't know what kind of shack I could afford here in Seattle.
The traffic here is horrendous. I come from the east coast and these people out here have no idea what a real public transportation system is. When I finish my degree I will likely leave as well and am asking the same questions you are asking.
I never thought about Florida before, but if anyone on this thread wants to chime in about Florida, I'd like to hear it. I know the state is booming, what I want to know is, is there anywhere that isn't terribly humid? My sinuses are a real problem and I just don't think I can hack it anymore someplace where the humidity is a major factor.
Thanks.
What part of Arizona do you live in? My husband and I are considering Arizona, but we want an area where you can have a couple acres, and a pool, etc!
You forgot to mention cicadas in Lubbock! Are you getting them this year? The cicadas were out when we took our oldest son to orientation at Texas Tech. The whole campus was humming -- almost vibrating. It was eerie. I think they only come out every seven years. It was sort of neat.
It's been a long day - I'm missing something here.
It was 21 years ago this year, and she's now an ex-wife. We live next door to each other, which works out well for our daughter. I have minimal complaints about her as a neighbor.
My oldest son is a 1984 Tech graduate -- Mechanical Engineering. It was a good school for him. I remember at his graduation, however, the campus book store was selling T-shirts emblazoned with "Happiness is Lubbock in my Rear View Mirror!" He lives in Overland Park, Kansas now, and I noticed that the home page on his computer is the Texas Tech basketball page with games running in real time! He seems to keep in touch!
It's the humidity everyone else complains about. I love it, because it's fabulous for the skin and hair. I used Chap-Stick for the first time in almost 10 years when I was in Vegas a few weeks back.
I don't know about the cicadas. While I am often in Lubbock, I live in Midland.
Indeed, I go to the First Methodist Church with Mrs. Welch (the first mother-in-law). A long-time neighbor, she just moved to a local retirement home maybe a month ago.
If grass hoppers are the big problem, then you're in good shape.
Every time I go to my dad's house(also in Michigan), I have to have the windows rolled up because deer flies are swarming the car. They also bite as much as mosquitoes(which are also in abundance). We have the black flies and horse flies as well.
But the deer fly is the worst.
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