Florida is pretty nice

[bearishgurl]

[quote=briansd1]. . . Kids don’t want care about houses. Actually, if you’re going to financially stretch, do it to take your kids on trips to the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Egypt, Jerusalem, Istanbul, safari in Africa, etc… Participate in exchange programs with kids from other countries. They will remember the trips, the fun experiences, and the good times forever.[/quote]

brian, I’ve always owned my residence (currently living in my 10th house here in SD) but this is SO TRUE. Kids are impervious to what their parents go thru to ensure stability for them. They don’t remember or care that you just refinanced to a lower rate, repaired the deck or resurfaced the pool. They’re much more interested in DOING THINGS, spending “quality time” with family and friends, going on outings, etc. At the end of the day, INTERESTING outings, vacations and fun times with friends and family are what they remember about their childhood, NOT their parents’ homeowning baggage.

[sdrealtor]

Sorry but I was a kid once and I rememebr all the interesting outings we took but more than anything the friends and neighbors who lived around me for 30 years. I am close with most of them to this day. As a matter a fact I’m off to play golf with my best friend up in OC who lived two houses away from me growing up. We have been friends since the day we could crawl about 47 years ago. I dont deny all the benefits of traveling and I wish that for my children also not instead of. Other than my children the relationships I have with lifelong friends are what i cherish.

[sdrealtor]

Sorry but I was a kid once and I rememebr all the interesting outings we took but more than anything the friends and neighbors who lived around me for 30 years. I am close with most of them to this day. As a matter a fact I’m off to play golf with my best friend up in OC who lived two houses away from me growing up. We have been friends since the day we could crawl about 47 years ago. I dont deny all the benefits of traveling and I wish that for my children also not instead of. Other than my children the relationships I have with lifelong friends are what i cherish.

[sdrealtor]

Sorry but I was a kid once and I rememebr all the interesting outings we took but more than anything the friends and neighbors who lived around me for 30 years. I am close with most of them to this day. As a matter a fact I’m off to play golf with my best friend up in OC who lived two houses away from me growing up. We have been friends since the day we could crawl about 47 years ago. I dont deny all the benefits of traveling and I wish that for my children also not instead of. Other than my children the relationships I have with lifelong friends are what i cherish.

[sdrealtor]

Sorry but I was a kid once and I rememebr all the interesting outings we took but more than anything the friends and neighbors who lived around me for 30 years. I am close with most of them to this day. As a matter a fact I’m off to play golf with my best friend up in OC who lived two houses away from me growing up. We have been friends since the day we could crawl about 47 years ago. I dont deny all the benefits of traveling and I wish that for my children also not instead of. Other than my children the relationships I have with lifelong friends are what i cherish.

[sdrealtor]

Sorry but I was a kid once and I rememebr all the interesting outings we took but more than anything the friends and neighbors who lived around me for 30 years. I am close with most of them to this day. As a matter a fact I’m off to play golf with my best friend up in OC who lived two houses away from me growing up. We have been friends since the day we could crawl about 47 years ago. I dont deny all the benefits of traveling and I wish that for my children also not instead of. Other than my children the relationships I have with lifelong friends are what i cherish.

[jpinpb]

Funny that you mention friends, b/c I have friends in Italy that I’ve kept in touch with. Now more than ever w/the internet, the ease to keep in contact has improved. I think I’m so lucky to have them in my lives and how I may not have ever know them and all the perspectives and insight had I not been there. My DH grew up his whole life in Hawaii and left to go to college to do something w/his life, while all his friends remained there and surfed and did nothing. He has so little in common w/them now. Even though he can keep in touch online, he just can’t relate.

[jpinpb]

Funny that you mention friends, b/c I have friends in Italy that I’ve kept in touch with. Now more than ever w/the internet, the ease to keep in contact has improved. I think I’m so lucky to have them in my lives and how I may not have ever know them and all the perspectives and insight had I not been there. My DH grew up his whole life in Hawaii and left to go to college to do something w/his life, while all his friends remained there and surfed and did nothing. He has so little in common w/them now. Even though he can keep in touch online, he just can’t relate.

[jpinpb]

Funny that you mention friends, b/c I have friends in Italy that I’ve kept in touch with. Now more than ever w/the internet, the ease to keep in contact has improved. I think I’m so lucky to have them in my lives and how I may not have ever know them and all the perspectives and insight had I not been there. My DH grew up his whole life in Hawaii and left to go to college to do something w/his life, while all his friends remained there and surfed and did nothing. He has so little in common w/them now. Even though he can keep in touch online, he just can’t relate.

[jpinpb]

Funny that you mention friends, b/c I have friends in Italy that I’ve kept in touch with. Now more than ever w/the internet, the ease to keep in contact has improved. I think I’m so lucky to have them in my lives and how I may not have ever know them and all the perspectives and insight had I not been there. My DH grew up his whole life in Hawaii and left to go to college to do something w/his life, while all his friends remained there and surfed and did nothing. He has so little in common w/them now. Even though he can keep in touch online, he just can’t relate.

[jpinpb]

Funny that you mention friends, b/c I have friends in Italy that I’ve kept in touch with. Now more than ever w/the internet, the ease to keep in contact has improved. I think I’m so lucky to have them in my lives and how I may not have ever know them and all the perspectives and insight had I not been there. My DH grew up his whole life in Hawaii and left to go to college to do something w/his life, while all his friends remained there and surfed and did nothing. He has so little in common w/them now. Even though he can keep in touch online, he just can’t relate.

[smshorttimer]

[quote=ctr70]”I also must have lift-serviced skiing within a couple of hours of my home, so Florida is out for me”

If you are talking about Big Bear, I wouldn’t even call that skiing. I would rather not ski at all than go to Big Bear.

You have a crushing 7 hour drive to get to Mammoth to get any real skiiing living in SD. With all the money you would save on housing in FL, you could just fly to REAL skiiing in Utah or CO 3-4 times a year! A flight from FL to Salt Lake is faster than driving to Mammoth.[/quote]

Well, I’m kinda glad you feel that way, because it’s already plenty crowded. I ride primarily at Baldy now. I went to Snow Summit once last season, and had plenty of fun. I also go to Mountain High. I can think of plenty of things I’d rather do less on a beautiful winter morning than go snowboarding in Southern California. My drive to Mammoth in June was 5 hours and 40 minutes, BTW.

Me in Florida ain’t going to happen. If my wife and I could find better employment in Salt Lake area, I’d have to seriously consider it. Same for other snowski-superior markets, such as Portland and Seattle or Denver, although I hear that I-70 drive can be nuts. My brother lives in Fort Collins and lifts seem like a world away for him compared to his past living in CO and Sierra mountains.

Edit: To add that hiking at Palomar and Laguna can’t compare to Yosemite/Sierra or what I imagine best of, say, PNW to be, but I still do it and enjoy it.

Hanging out at the beach and swimming in 63-degree Pacific on a sunny August day ain’t the pinnacle of beach play, but I still do it and enjoy it.

[smshorttimer]

[quote=ctr70]”I also must have lift-serviced skiing within a couple of hours of my home, so Florida is out for me”

If you are talking about Big Bear, I wouldn’t even call that skiing. I would rather not ski at all than go to Big Bear.

You have a crushing 7 hour drive to get to Mammoth to get any real skiiing living in SD. With all the money you would save on housing in FL, you could just fly to REAL skiiing in Utah or CO 3-4 times a year! A flight from FL to Salt Lake is faster than driving to Mammoth.[/quote]

Well, I’m kinda glad you feel that way, because it’s already plenty crowded. I ride primarily at Baldy now. I went to Snow Summit once last season, and had plenty of fun. I also go to Mountain High. I can think of plenty of things I’d rather do less on a beautiful winter morning than go snowboarding in Southern California. My drive to Mammoth in June was 5 hours and 40 minutes, BTW.

Me in Florida ain’t going to happen. If my wife and I could find better employment in Salt Lake area, I’d have to seriously consider it. Same for other snowski-superior markets, such as Portland and Seattle or Denver, although I hear that I-70 drive can be nuts. My brother lives in Fort Collins and lifts seem like a world away for him compared to his past living in CO and Sierra mountains.

Edit: To add that hiking at Palomar and Laguna can’t compare to Yosemite/Sierra or what I imagine best of, say, PNW to be, but I still do it and enjoy it.

Hanging out at the beach and swimming in 63-degree Pacific on a sunny August day ain’t the pinnacle of beach play, but I still do it and enjoy it.

[smshorttimer]

[quote=ctr70]”I also must have lift-serviced skiing within a couple of hours of my home, so Florida is out for me”

If you are talking about Big Bear, I wouldn’t even call that skiing. I would rather not ski at all than go to Big Bear.

You have a crushing 7 hour drive to get to Mammoth to get any real skiiing living in SD. With all the money you would save on housing in FL, you could just fly to REAL skiiing in Utah or CO 3-4 times a year! A flight from FL to Salt Lake is faster than driving to Mammoth.[/quote]

Well, I’m kinda glad you feel that way, because it’s already plenty crowded. I ride primarily at Baldy now. I went to Snow Summit once last season, and had plenty of fun. I also go to Mountain High. I can think of plenty of things I’d rather do less on a beautiful winter morning than go snowboarding in Southern California. My drive to Mammoth in June was 5 hours and 40 minutes, BTW.

Me in Florida ain’t going to happen. If my wife and I could find better employment in Salt Lake area, I’d have to seriously consider it. Same for other snowski-superior markets, such as Portland and Seattle or Denver, although I hear that I-70 drive can be nuts. My brother lives in Fort Collins and lifts seem like a world away for him compared to his past living in CO and Sierra mountains.

Edit: To add that hiking at Palomar and Laguna can’t compare to Yosemite/Sierra or what I imagine best of, say, PNW to be, but I still do it and enjoy it.

Hanging out at the beach and swimming in 63-degree Pacific on a sunny August day ain’t the pinnacle of beach play, but I still do it and enjoy it.

[smshorttimer]

[quote=ctr70]”I also must have lift-serviced skiing within a couple of hours of my home, so Florida is out for me”

If you are talking about Big Bear, I wouldn’t even call that skiing. I would rather not ski at all than go to Big Bear.

You have a crushing 7 hour drive to get to Mammoth to get any real skiiing living in SD. With all the money you would save on housing in FL, you could just fly to REAL skiiing in Utah or CO 3-4 times a year! A flight from FL to Salt Lake is faster than driving to Mammoth.[/quote]

Well, I’m kinda glad you feel that way, because it’s already plenty crowded. I ride primarily at Baldy now. I went to Snow Summit once last season, and had plenty of fun. I also go to Mountain High. I can think of plenty of things I’d rather do less on a beautiful winter morning than go snowboarding in Southern California. My drive to Mammoth in June was 5 hours and 40 minutes, BTW.

Me in Florida ain’t going to happen. If my wife and I could find better employment in Salt Lake area, I’d have to seriously consider it. Same for other snowski-superior markets, such as Portland and Seattle or Denver, although I hear that I-70 drive can be nuts. My brother lives in Fort Collins and lifts seem like a world away for him compared to his past living in CO and Sierra mountains.

Edit: To add that hiking at Palomar and Laguna can’t compare to Yosemite/Sierra or what I imagine best of, say, PNW to be, but I still do it and enjoy it.

Hanging out at the beach and swimming in 63-degree Pacific on a sunny August day ain’t the pinnacle of beach play, but I still do it and enjoy it.

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