Moving

[Muley Gil]

I suppose you missed the point of the metaphor. It's all about outsiders moving in and criticizing locals for doing what they've been doing for eons.

This. This is the problem in a nutshell. That and wanting to make their new home just like the one they left.

I have an elderly neighbor who moved here over twenty years from Connecticut. Her and her now deceased husband did everything they could to fit in and they did. The only negative thing I ever heard was that her husband would say that he never got used to using four-wheel drive because back in the Nutmeg State they plowed the roads and he didn't need to learn how. Otherwise, they were happy to be living in the Southern Appalachians.

 

[lawandorder]

Always remember the golden rule of relocation........

.......Don't move somewhere because you don't like the place you are moving from and spend all your time trying to change the new place into the place you left.

A good phrase to avoid starts like this,......The way we did this back home is.......

 

[johngalt]

Any of you actually think that Gary will start his conversations with "In Wolkenkuckucksheim we did it this way..."

 

[Bald1]

I suppose you missed the point of the metaphor. It's all about outsiders moving in and criticizing locals for doing what they've been doing for eons.

No I didn't miss the metaphor. I just didn't like it. I don't like stereotypes in general. You obviously like guns. But you wouldn't like being called a gun nut , right wing radical. Stereotypes are a problem in today's society. I bet you come in contact with many people who are not " from there" and you don't even know it. It's like everything else. A few rotten apples give everyone a bad name

 

[GaryS]

Thank you, but I don't need your useless input. Feel free to put me on your ignore list as I will put you on mine.

'bye now.

.......Don't move somewhere because you don't like the place you are moving from and spend all your time trying to change the new place into the place you left.

A good phrase to avoid starts like this,......The way we did this back home is.......

 

[Muley Gil]

Thank you, but I don't need your useless input. Feel free to put me on your ignore list as I will put you on mine.

'bye now.

Gary, I'm happy for you that you and your wife have found a place in Free America that makes y'all happy. I have one friend from MA that moved to NC and my longtime buddy, friends since 1st grade, just moved this year from MD to 24 acres, 10 miles away from me.

But lawandorder gave you some excellent advice, the same that I gave my childhood pal-nobody cares how you did it where you came from. And this isn't just a North-South issue. I have a college chum from Alabama that moved to Mississippi. The folks there won't listen to him either.

Enjoy Texas; try and immerse yourself in the local culture. You don't have to give up anything that defines YOU.

 

[Skeet 028]

OP I hope you like your new home. My sister and husband moved to Texas...city type area though..She/they like the state but the area is growing by leaps and bounds. She wants to build a house on the ranch here...Nah! She was a rural teacher in Montana...as in one room schoolhouses. seriously. I'm Originally from Maryland.. Wyoming is definitely different. When lifelong local folks ask how long have you been here, I tell 'em bout 20 years. they are usually surprised as they'll think longer. I don't try to change anybody but the fact is the local folks are losing out to, from somewhere else's. Luckily we bought a small ranch so we didn't have to watch 'em move in from somewhere else. We own the land comin in and there's about 30,000 acres of BLM ground in back of us. In the last 2 years we have had 5 people from Colorado and 4 from Western Montana wanting to buy our place. The Left coasters are driving them out with their changes. Where I came from in Md the Baltimorons moved in and actually took farmers to court to make 'em stop raising cows and pigs. To keep farmers from working fields before 0700 and after 2000. I'm not blaming anyone here for wanting change. Change happens because of greed.. especially politicians and people in the real Estate industry... starts with people of a completely different mindset. Don't like unmowed lawn, cars on blocks, appliances on the porch...DON'T MOVE THERE!! We have dirt roads we have cows and horses on the road maybe even a buffalo. Ranchers move herds from one place to another...with HORSES and 4 wheelers etc. Sometimes you may be inconvenienced for a bit....I'ts happening here a little...change is inevitable. Before you want to make all the changes in your new state/ area whatever...Think about WHY you moved.

Me?? I didn't like cutting grass...so I moved here. Don't rain here...no grass to cut. Well it's a good story anyway

 

[Skeet 028]

A little story about Wyoming and change. Message deleted

 

[Puller]

No I didn't miss the metaphor. I just didn't like it. I don't like stereotypes in general. You obviously like guns. But you wouldn't like being called a gun nut , right wing radical. Stereotypes are a problem in today's society. I bet you come in contact with many people who are not " from there" and you don't even know it. It's like everything else. A few rotten apples give everyone a bad name

Could be some folks are down here from, say, New York, that we don't know that's where they're from, but I doubt it. They usually come down here and can't tell you fast enough were they're from (as though we can't tell as soon as they open their mouth and speak).

Kinda makes me ponder something. I wonder how many of my neighbors or kinfolks from here in Mississippi have packed up and moved to New York. I can't think of a single one, but if they did I wonder when they got unpacked if they went around and said, "why, down in Mississippi, this here is how we did our snow plowing . . . ."

 

[GaryS]

I'll say this because I know you're one of the good guys on this forum and I enjoy your posts.

We know how things are done in our former home and NEITHER of us are interested in seeing that happen down here. If I didn't also hate the snow and cold, we'd likely have ended up in New Hampshire because it's run much differently than where we lived.

We want what Texas has to offer and understand that states don differently. In fact, I'd say that most people who move here do and move for the same reasons.

I've told people in NH the same thing I'll tell you. If you are looking for who is trying to change how TX operates, it's not people moving here from other states. It's the teachers and librarians who are behing this. Not just in TX and NH, but in all 50 states. If you don't believe me, just go to the nearest public library and see what kind of books are in the children's section.

BTW, my son and daughter in law moved from NJ to AL in 2012. They both came to love the south quite quickly. They moved to SC in 2017 for work reasons. My son comments that Charlotte is no longer really the south. I think that's more typical of what happens when people move to the south.

Gary, I'm happy for you that you and your wife have found a place in Free America that makes y'all happy. I have one friend from MA that moved to NC and my longtime buddy, friends since 1st grade, just moved this year from MD to 24 acres, 10 miles away from me.

But lawandorder gave you some excellent advice, the same that I gave my childhood pal-nobody cares how you did it where you came from. And this isn't just a North-South issue. I have a college chum from Alabama that moved to Mississippi. The folks there won't listen to him either.

Enjoy Texas; try and immerse yourself in the local culture. You don't have to give up anything that defines YOU.

 

[Bald1]

Could be some folks are down here from, say, New York, that we don't know that's where they're from, but I doubt it. They usually come down here and can't tell you fast enough were they're from (as though we can't tell as soon as they open their mouth and speak).

Kinda makes me ponder something. I wonder how many of my neighbors or kinfolks from here in Mississippi have packed up and moved to New York. I can't think of a single one, but if they did I wonder when they got unpacked if they went around and said, "why, down in Mississippi, this here is how we did our snow plowing . . . ."

Lol snowplowing in Mississippi. That's funny. That one I get. And like.

 

[ladder13]

There are almost 40 million more people living in the US( that we know about) than 20 years ago. People are moving all over.

 

[GaryS]

BTW, got my truck registered today. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be from the website information. The lady at the Georgetown tax office was very nice and helpful. She gave me a "gold star" for the completeness of my application.

Tomorrow, I'll take my wife's car and do the same.

Then, Wednesday we'll go to New Braunfels to get out Drivers Licenses. The nice lady in Georgetown said we might have to drive an hour or so to find an office that has appointments before the first of the year. New Braunfels was the only one that had any appointments this year. Everything else was into 2024, some offices booking into late May.

Since we qualify for both Homestead and Over 65 exemptions, we need our DLs this year to qualify for next year. Otherwise we'd have to wait until 2025.