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We will also be making a pitstop for a few weeks in GA so I'll have experienced that as well...Thank goodness I will be experiencing it in November or December..I don't think I have a July GA disposition.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once ~Shakespeare
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ARRRGGGH! MEDC! You couldn't let me be happily in denial?
Phooey! Well at least it's only a year or so.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once ~Shakespeare
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We will also be making a pitstop for a few weeks in GA so I'll have experienced that as well...Thank goodness I will be experiencing it in November or December..I don't think I have a July GA disposition. I hope you get to go to Savannah, and walk around in the beautiful historic district with all the squares, centuries old live oaks dripping with spanish moss, coblestone streets, arctitecture that will knock your socks off, food to die for...Oh and walking on the beach on Tybee Island. Watch out for those monster mosquitos though. I almost started bawling, they attacked me so bad while standing on the edge of this particularly swampy, swamp waiting for a realator to show us an apt. Not getting that apt.
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Weaver,
I didn't actually write that line about Arkansas, simply quoted it. I heard it from my brother who was teaching at University of Central Arkansas at the time.
What would you expect from a state where the governor lived in a double-wide for a couple years (the governor's mansion was being remodeled)?
And like they say in Arkansas, "Thank God for Mississippi."
Don't remember who it was, but some one a couple pages back or so said California doesn't have four seasons. Fire...Flood...Earthquake...Drought...That's four, isn't it?
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And like they say in Arkansas, "Thank God for Mississippi." Mark, I'm so offended. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Lori
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And like they say in Arkansas, "Thank God for Mississippi." American by birth, Southern by the Grace of God!!!
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Well we are due to be in the New jersy area pretty soon so I'll be able to give a critique of that area as well. Noodle...I am quite familiar with Jersey and it is filled with all kinds of rats...Newark and the Pine Barrens come to mind. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> NJ has some incredibly beautiful areas. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> To all the haterz who would dis my state. I love where I live, which is within walking distance of three state parks and in the rolling hills where Jackie Onassis used to fox hunt. (The fox hunters and the hounds still come around, I saw them a couple of weeks ago. They always manage to misplace some of their dogs and need to ask the pedestrian if she has seen them) I will say though, noodle, that there are plenty of people here in the east who will mop over your feet, no problem. Plenty of nice ones too. I'll be waiting for your critique. Enjoy your visit. Dobie, I've been to VA Beach on vacation many moons ago. I should go back one of these days...I liked it.
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Well, now that we've been through the homes, the taxes, the hogs, turtles, cows, snakes, fish and mosquitos, I WILL say that the southern women seem to treat their men better. Well, I've only known 4 - from Texas, and they have a way about them that is just so charming.
I was dating a guy from Texas and his sis came up for the weekend. It is hard to describe, but she was just so sweet and deferential to men (even her brother). And she ended up married to the blind date I set her up with, and they are STILL happily married.
MEDC, I can see you with a southern girl who will appreciate you.
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BELIEVER, I AM BREAKING UP WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Harpers Ferry, IA!
It only took 24 hours for this tired brain to retrieve 'er and spit 'er out, Noodle. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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weaver,
NOBODY is from Harper's Ferry!
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But can you shoot wild hogs off the back porch??? I THINK NOT!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> Actually we could. Just up the road there are wild boars running around...... kalua pig... wild style! Saw the babies eating the grass on the side of the highway. Don't have a gun, just darts. LOL!!! Oh shoot, they're the kind with the magnetic tips. Oh well..... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> L.
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You said no to the Carolinas but have you considered the mountains of western NC? Asheville is a cute little city with a good city school system. Definitely 4 distinct seasons. Lots of close-by areas for hiking, camping, fishing, skiing.
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I have lived in Hawaii [actually was born there even]...it IS very beautifull and I love love LOVE the pedestrian friendly environment but ACK! So expensive!
Sooooooo expensive [but pretty! and fun!]
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
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Have you ever thought about the biggest little state in the union?
Consider Rhode Island!! It has hundreds of miles of beaches and access to to coast everywhere. You 32 foot boat is a perfect fit for fishing, water skiing, and every imagineable pleasure possible in your realm of thinking.
Schools? Great HS everwhere in the state. Good funding while keeping your Property taxes somewhere around 3K.
Higher Ed? Your 30 to 60 min from the greatest ivy league colleges in the nation. Harvard, MIT, BC, BU, Brown U, Yale, Dartmouth, and the list goes on and on.
Your 60 min from Boston, and 30 min from the furthest marina in the state.
Our winters are perhaps just harsh enough to own a snowblower, but short enough to live with it.
Greatest striper and bluefishing you could ask for, with the occasional spluge into Newport, RI for coctails with the rich and famous. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
Fabulous beaches on the Atlantic coast, and about a cazillion great resterants per square mile than anywhere in the nation.
Yep, smallest state in the union, but what a powerful impact for the life you want. Your never more than 60 min drive from anything!
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Jerry, I hope you are well. Thanks for the thought. Can you give me the name of some towns to check out? Thanks.
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Well since you're a boater, Look up North Kingston, South Kingston, Warwick, East Greenwich, Portsmouth, and in general, South County.
Median price for say a 3 br ranch with 1-2 br would be around 260 to 290 K. Taxes, are reasonable considering the rest of the nation.
Marinas, exist everywhere, as RI is completely emcompassed by the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
Four full seasons, but of course my favorite is springtime. That's when the herring(buckeyes) begin to move int the fresh water streams and ponds to spawn. OTOH, that's the favorite food for strippers, waiting at the mouth of these rivers. My son and I simply go to the streams with a net and capture the herring, and then take them as bait to go stripper fishing.
It's a kickoff to spring. You would have the time of your life!
Jerry
edit: BTW Rhode Island is known as "the ocean state."
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I have lived in Hawaii [actually was born there even]...it IS very beautifull and I love love LOVE the pedestrian friendly environment but ACK! So expensive!
Sooooooo expensive [but pretty! and fun!] Aloha Noodle.... so you are a local? LOL!!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Which island? My cousins used to make fun of me when I was little and call me a 'ko-tonk' can't spell it right.... (means Japanese born in the mainland w/family in Hawaii).... that was me! I used to feel bad about that but well.... it was the truth. Told my mom, she should have had me here. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> It is highly expensive here. There was a house fire and a little 5 year old boy died this week. They found over 20 people living in that house. It wasn't a big house and the neighborhood was crowded. Cost of living does that to people. It is sad what greed does. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> This isn't paradise but there are still some nice areas. We don't get to the beach much due to having to work so much and take care of family obligations. But I can't complain. My office over looks Pearl Harbor. Not totally pretty but 'dem boats' are suuure big. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> From our area, we get a bird's eye view of PH. Even still those ships look huge. Wow. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> Would be nice not to have all that ammo so close by. I have relatives who were on th is island when it got bombed. That's the price we pay for freedom here. Beautiful sunsets, beaches and bombs. What a combo! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> L.
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