[quote=NewtoSanDiego]Yes, I’m thinking too about moving out of San Diego. Way too liberal here, sick of the Prius driving enviro wackos. Michelle B is my kind of people. She still would make a great President. Too bad this may not be her year. We need leaders like her, I envy Minnesota.
The weather out here is tough to beat though. I’m liking the low heating bills out here have been low, doesn’t offset the higher housing costs but sure helps. When I lived out in the cold climes my older house had oil heat, insulation not great and I was shelling out $500+ month during winter. If we could combine the nice weather with the free market, deregulated climate like Texas, I would be in heaven.
Whet areas would you recommend? I gotta make a trip out there and scope it out.
God speed[/quote]
I’m glad that the Michelle Bachman kinda people are moving further and further inland. It’s a phenomenon that has been progressing too slowly IMHO. If you look at the political maps, you’ll see that over the years.
When the post office goes bankrupt, I certainly hope we do away with the government mandate to deliver mail to out in the boonies.
Hell, it costs a lot more than 44c to send mail-men out on delivery to far reaching areas.
Also, lets deregulate the utilities so that they can freely charge the true cost of delivery to out of the way customers.
[quote=clearfund]It was all of the above. With small kids, we wanted a smaller town life for them to grow up in vs. the So CA pace of life.
Have never felt so unstressed in life. Last week we had a 9″ snowstorm on Wednesday, and today it was was warm sunny and the snow is 90% gone. Have never seen the kids so happy playing in the yard/snow for 4 hours/day.
The fact that apples to apples housing (schools, neighbors, etc) is apx <50% of the comparable SD housing it awesome. More college fund savings![/quote]
I spent a lot of time commuting back and forth to Ft. Collins when my brother was sick. He had a gorgeous house near the foothills - north of the stadium off of Overland. I can understand the appeal of Ft. Collins.
But man - the weather is volatile. I never knew what to expect that fall. But the mountains were gorgeous.
maybe I am more durable than some, but what is with Californians and weather. Every season has its highlights. Man I miss the bathwater summer lakes and the winter cross country skiing from your backdoor.
Freak…Christmas is approaching and it was 80 a couple days ago up here. I can’t get in the christmas spirit without some frigid temps…
[quote=jstoesz]maybe I am more durable than some, but what is with Californians and weather. Every season has its highlights. Man I miss the bathwater summer lakes and the winter cross country skiing from your backdoor.
Freak…Christmas is approaching and it was 80 a couple days ago up here. I can’t get in the christmas spirit without some frigid temps…[/quote]
Maybe it’s not so much about durability but about what kind of weather you want/like. I like to snowboard, but I don’t want to go to work in the snow. I like the fact that I don’t need winter clothes and summer clothes. Year round, I don’t need to think about what to wear, I just need to pick what kind of jacket (if any) I put on top of my t-shirt and jeans when I go to work. I love it when I see my friends on FB in the east coast complain how cold it is or snowstorms while I sit in my 80 degrees weather watching the waves during Christmas. I have no problem getting into the Christmas mood in 80 degrees weather, but maybe that’s because I grew up here. I also HATE humidity. To some, SoCal weather might be boring but for me, it’s predictable and I like predictability.
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