Best place to live?
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I , too was born and raised in Missouri until 1973 when I joined the Navy. I sometimes wish I would have gone back when I retired in '93 but I got rooted in Florida and stayed for work. Somes wish I would have gone back.
Pennsylvania has everything I need. And, surprisingly to many, more than a few places away from it all.
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I was a mil-spec bratt. Never knew a home anywhere. I did 35 later years Arizona, too hot, too many bleeding heart commies moved in. Been in N Idaho 25 yrs, Musta been good before I got here. Takes a long, long time, 20 years, to be trusted by the locals. Now the rich golf crowd wants to ruin what's left. The forest lands once open are too tinder dry now to allow cruising. There is still the water if you like boats, but only half the year.
If you like and are familiar where you are and own property, don't sell out until you have investigated thoroughly.
If you like and are familiar where you are and own property, don't sell out until you have investigated thoroughly.
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Florida is hot, 138* today. Gators in the lakes, sharks in the ocean. Nobody speaks English, prices are high, wages are low. Everything bites, stings or ***** on the lawn.
Traffic is horrendous, schools are bad, roads are always under construction. We keep picking up all the NY'ers wanting out and they are ******* on the lawn. Don't come or soon we'll steal another Congressional seat from your state. I've been meaning to go back to NJ from my 2 week vacation for almost 46 years now. Joe
Traffic is horrendous, schools are bad, roads are always under construction. We keep picking up all the NY'ers wanting out and they are ******* on the lawn. Don't come or soon we'll steal another Congressional seat from your state. I've been meaning to go back to NJ from my 2 week vacation for almost 46 years now. Joe
No-see-ums!!! Ticks!! Chiggers!! Green grass is lava!!!
Best place? Where I'm at right now........The woods of South Carolina.
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LOL, have lots of long time friends and best friend lives in NC. They all want me to move back but gets to Cold for me.NC sucks, please tell everyone to stay far far away.
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Florida is hot and humid but not 138* even @ feels like temps...
Gators in the lakes OK , In Florida, alligator attacks are relatively rare, with an average of 6 to 10 attacks reported each year, don't mess with them they avoid you. Sharks sure, Florida average of 16 shark attacks per year.
Nobody speaks English? , yeah there is Spanish ,Haitian, New Yorkese, Yankeedom.
and in Miami Beach- Hebrew and N. Miami Russian, some of us do speak English.
It's a melting pot alright !
Everything bites, stings or craps on the lawn.
Traffic is horrendous, schools are bad, roads are always under construction.
Pythons' infestation in the swamps, Oh and yeah, the swamps
BUT we are the Gun shine State and no State Income tax, sale tax is about 6.5% average... Gas is $3 cheaper than Calif. and we don't have Gavin Numskull.
I'm a native son, and have experience many Hurricanes, don't forget Hurricanes, and World center for lighting strikes.
Florida does blow, but so many other places suck.
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A Northern friend of ours is a real Civil War buff and wanted to live with good Southern Exposure so he moved to TN. A few months later he moved again because all of his neighbors were from California. He now lives in Blufton, SC.
US Highway 50 between Fernly Utah and Ely Nevada (287 miles) was once known as the Loneliest Highway in America.
I used to dream about buying 5 acres five miles from the road right in the middle of it.
I was never going to, I don't have that kind of cash but had I been there when I had my heart attack I'd be dead. Had I been there when the dog attacked me I would have bled to death.
As it is we're about 50 miles from town, with one road w/in 3 miles. That's just about right.
I used to dream about buying 5 acres five miles from the road right in the middle of it.
I was never going to, I don't have that kind of cash but had I been there when I had my heart attack I'd be dead. Had I been there when the dog attacked me I would have bled to death.
As it is we're about 50 miles from town, with one road w/in 3 miles. That's just about right.
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I figured out long ago that any place that has good weather all or most of the time is either too crowded, too expensive, or both.
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Folks in Wyoming complain about the constant winds, boom and bust economy, and the long and at times brutal winters but secretly we appreciate them because they discourage folks from moving or staying here.
Despite this it is getting kind of crowded here as the State's population reached slightly over half a million people this year.
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Despite this it is getting kind of crowded here as the State's population reached slightly over half a million people this year.
Wyoming Population 2025
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We moved to NM in 1980 - the population was 1 million and change. Just over 2 million now. Sigh.Folks in Wyoming complain about the constant winds, boom and bust economy, and the long and at times brutal winters but secretly we appreciate them because they discourage folks from moving or staying here.
Despite this it is getting kind of crowded here as the State's population reached slightly over half a million people this year.
Wyoming Population 2025
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Our population in 2010 was 625,879. Our projected 2025 population is 648,278. This growth is unsustainable.
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With how the laws and voting patterns there have changed (and not for the better), I wager most were from MA and NY.
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Growth probably equally distributed between Kalifornia and Mexico.
Nope.
"New Mexico appears to be growing, according to data collected in 2022 by the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
The largest proportion of those newcomers were from Texas. An estimated 16,986 people departed the Lone Star State and crossed the state line to live in the Land of Enchantment. California, which is the most populated state in the country, also saw some of its residents relocate to New Mexico. A total of 8,897 Californians moved east into New Mexico." https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexic...-new-mexico-in-2022-where-did-they-come-from/
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