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svelteParticipantI hope you’re right Mr Mark. I just remember the cowboy and/or redneck population being very intolerant when I was there, though that was awhile back.
It was a very closed community, not just to gays but to others who lived lifestyles outside the mainstream. Though I did make a few acquaintances there, the only long-term friendships I developed were with other out-of-staters.
I was not aware of a gay district in OKC (granted I didn’t really look), but just googling it now there is a 9 block stretch on NW 39th. Not huge by Hillcrest standards, but it is something!
svelteParticipantI hope you’re right Mr Mark. I just remember the cowboy and/or redneck population being very intolerant when I was there, though that was awhile back.
It was a very closed community, not just to gays but to others who lived lifestyles outside the mainstream. Though I did make a few acquaintances there, the only long-term friendships I developed were with other out-of-staters.
I was not aware of a gay district in OKC (granted I didn’t really look), but just googling it now there is a 9 block stretch on NW 39th. Not huge by Hillcrest standards, but it is something!
svelteParticipantI hope you’re right Mr Mark. I just remember the cowboy and/or redneck population being very intolerant when I was there, though that was awhile back.
It was a very closed community, not just to gays but to others who lived lifestyles outside the mainstream. Though I did make a few acquaintances there, the only long-term friendships I developed were with other out-of-staters.
I was not aware of a gay district in OKC (granted I didn’t really look), but just googling it now there is a 9 block stretch on NW 39th. Not huge by Hillcrest standards, but it is something!
svelteParticipantI hope you’re right Mr Mark. I just remember the cowboy and/or redneck population being very intolerant when I was there, though that was awhile back.
It was a very closed community, not just to gays but to others who lived lifestyles outside the mainstream. Though I did make a few acquaintances there, the only long-term friendships I developed were with other out-of-staters.
I was not aware of a gay district in OKC (granted I didn’t really look), but just googling it now there is a 9 block stretch on NW 39th. Not huge by Hillcrest standards, but it is something!
svelteParticipantI hope you’re right Mr Mark. I just remember the cowboy and/or redneck population being very intolerant when I was there, though that was awhile back.
It was a very closed community, not just to gays but to others who lived lifestyles outside the mainstream. Though I did make a few acquaintances there, the only long-term friendships I developed were with other out-of-staters.
I was not aware of a gay district in OKC (granted I didn’t really look), but just googling it now there is a 9 block stretch on NW 39th. Not huge by Hillcrest standards, but it is something!
svelteParticipantThere seems to be more timeless male names that female.
If you *really* want to see what names have staying power, this is a good site:
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
Scroll down to the bottom..you can look at any year back to 1879. Even going back 50 years, if the name has been highly ranked all those years it stands a good chance of remaining highly ranked.
We went back and forth on whether a common name or an unusual name was better. We ended up with one kid with a common name and one with an unusual one.
Now, 20 yrs down the road, I think the unusual name is better (as long as it doesn’t sound dated). It tends to stick in people’s minds easier, and helps the person stand out from the crowd.
svelteParticipantThere seems to be more timeless male names that female.
If you *really* want to see what names have staying power, this is a good site:
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
Scroll down to the bottom..you can look at any year back to 1879. Even going back 50 years, if the name has been highly ranked all those years it stands a good chance of remaining highly ranked.
We went back and forth on whether a common name or an unusual name was better. We ended up with one kid with a common name and one with an unusual one.
Now, 20 yrs down the road, I think the unusual name is better (as long as it doesn’t sound dated). It tends to stick in people’s minds easier, and helps the person stand out from the crowd.
svelteParticipantThere seems to be more timeless male names that female.
If you *really* want to see what names have staying power, this is a good site:
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
Scroll down to the bottom..you can look at any year back to 1879. Even going back 50 years, if the name has been highly ranked all those years it stands a good chance of remaining highly ranked.
We went back and forth on whether a common name or an unusual name was better. We ended up with one kid with a common name and one with an unusual one.
Now, 20 yrs down the road, I think the unusual name is better (as long as it doesn’t sound dated). It tends to stick in people’s minds easier, and helps the person stand out from the crowd.
svelteParticipantThere seems to be more timeless male names that female.
If you *really* want to see what names have staying power, this is a good site:
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
Scroll down to the bottom..you can look at any year back to 1879. Even going back 50 years, if the name has been highly ranked all those years it stands a good chance of remaining highly ranked.
We went back and forth on whether a common name or an unusual name was better. We ended up with one kid with a common name and one with an unusual one.
Now, 20 yrs down the road, I think the unusual name is better (as long as it doesn’t sound dated). It tends to stick in people’s minds easier, and helps the person stand out from the crowd.
svelteParticipantThere seems to be more timeless male names that female.
If you *really* want to see what names have staying power, this is a good site:
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
Scroll down to the bottom..you can look at any year back to 1879. Even going back 50 years, if the name has been highly ranked all those years it stands a good chance of remaining highly ranked.
We went back and forth on whether a common name or an unusual name was better. We ended up with one kid with a common name and one with an unusual one.
Now, 20 yrs down the road, I think the unusual name is better (as long as it doesn’t sound dated). It tends to stick in people’s minds easier, and helps the person stand out from the crowd.
svelteParticipantLets see…the least intrusive way to do it would be to turn it over to a prop mgt company. That would probably put you with negative monthly cash flow, maybe $200-300 a month? Let’s say $250.
If you kept it 12 yrs, you’d shell out $3k/year x 12 years = $36K.
That home is probably worth about $250K I would assume +/- $50K. And it probably won’t be worth much more or less in 12 years.
If you instead sell the house now and put that $250/mo neg cash flow into the bank instead, you’d end up with at most about $50K in 12 years.
If you can afford a few hundred neg cash flow, I’d probably keep the house and evaluate it again in 12 yrs…at that time you’d have no mortgage and get $1000K/mo free money forever!
And I agree with TG – OKC is no place to live even for a straight guy (I’ve spent chunks of time in the area at various pts in my life – long story). If his suspicions are right, you most definitely will love the coasts.
Take care
svelteParticipantLets see…the least intrusive way to do it would be to turn it over to a prop mgt company. That would probably put you with negative monthly cash flow, maybe $200-300 a month? Let’s say $250.
If you kept it 12 yrs, you’d shell out $3k/year x 12 years = $36K.
That home is probably worth about $250K I would assume +/- $50K. And it probably won’t be worth much more or less in 12 years.
If you instead sell the house now and put that $250/mo neg cash flow into the bank instead, you’d end up with at most about $50K in 12 years.
If you can afford a few hundred neg cash flow, I’d probably keep the house and evaluate it again in 12 yrs…at that time you’d have no mortgage and get $1000K/mo free money forever!
And I agree with TG – OKC is no place to live even for a straight guy (I’ve spent chunks of time in the area at various pts in my life – long story). If his suspicions are right, you most definitely will love the coasts.
Take care
svelteParticipantLets see…the least intrusive way to do it would be to turn it over to a prop mgt company. That would probably put you with negative monthly cash flow, maybe $200-300 a month? Let’s say $250.
If you kept it 12 yrs, you’d shell out $3k/year x 12 years = $36K.
That home is probably worth about $250K I would assume +/- $50K. And it probably won’t be worth much more or less in 12 years.
If you instead sell the house now and put that $250/mo neg cash flow into the bank instead, you’d end up with at most about $50K in 12 years.
If you can afford a few hundred neg cash flow, I’d probably keep the house and evaluate it again in 12 yrs…at that time you’d have no mortgage and get $1000K/mo free money forever!
And I agree with TG – OKC is no place to live even for a straight guy (I’ve spent chunks of time in the area at various pts in my life – long story). If his suspicions are right, you most definitely will love the coasts.
Take care
svelteParticipantLets see…the least intrusive way to do it would be to turn it over to a prop mgt company. That would probably put you with negative monthly cash flow, maybe $200-300 a month? Let’s say $250.
If you kept it 12 yrs, you’d shell out $3k/year x 12 years = $36K.
That home is probably worth about $250K I would assume +/- $50K. And it probably won’t be worth much more or less in 12 years.
If you instead sell the house now and put that $250/mo neg cash flow into the bank instead, you’d end up with at most about $50K in 12 years.
If you can afford a few hundred neg cash flow, I’d probably keep the house and evaluate it again in 12 yrs…at that time you’d have no mortgage and get $1000K/mo free money forever!
And I agree with TG – OKC is no place to live even for a straight guy (I’ve spent chunks of time in the area at various pts in my life – long story). If his suspicions are right, you most definitely will love the coasts.
Take care
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