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OriginalGeek

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82. Yep, my wife's best friend lives in Clermont

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 03:47 PM

Feb 2013

but it's still in a stucco house! man I hate stucco lol.

It's a pretty damn NICE stucco house, mind you, but it's still stucco.

I do like driving around up there - the rolling hills are a nice change.

Been to Lakeridge a couple times and I like it but we just recently visited Keel and Curley Winery near Tampa and I loved their stuff - they concentrate more on fruit wines other than muscadine grapes. Their peach and strawberry wines were delicious. And they have a dry blueberry that was very nice as well. Now, my friends who are into wine consider all that stuff to be Night-train grade swill but I am, fortunately, unburdened by a wine snob palate. I save all my snobbery for beer.

My favorite part of the Clermont area is the Yalaha bakery though. It takes me an hour to get there and it's worth every second.

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DU POLL - Since 2000, are there now states you would never move to or work in ... [View all] RKP5637 Feb 2013 OP

There are, but pipi_k Feb 2013 #1

I lived in MA for years, loved it, had to move for my job. Western MA is really nice!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #12

Yep, it really pipi_k Feb 2013 #35

For never living in - OK, FL, SC HERVEPA Feb 2013 #2

Vermont cali Feb 2013 #3

LOL !!! I love Vermont too!!! I wish the entire US were like Vermont!!! RKP5637 Feb 2013 #13

There are states I wouldn't want to move to, but not because of political reasons. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #4

But it's a dry heat! kentauros Feb 2013 #23

Same with my cat! He doesn't like getting zapped all the time with low humidity. He's RKP5637 Feb 2013 #61

The proper response to "It's a dry heat," is "So is a convection oven." PDJane Feb 2013 #102

Notice, too, my use of the "tongue" smilie ;) kentauros Feb 2013 #104

+1 wickerwoman Feb 2013 #47

For the most part Cirque du So-What Feb 2013 #5

It's just gotten so expensive in New England. When I was a kid, it was sooo much more RKP5637 Feb 2013 #14

I would never live in the South. Cultural reasons. nt Romulox Feb 2013 #6

Agreed alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #10

I agree with you and my family is from Tennessee Samantha Feb 2013 #147

Yes, and I live in one of them. Scuba Feb 2013 #7

Ditto Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #33

But summer here can be nice HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #77

Yeh. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #101

I am interested in visiting other states but living there would be hard to do. Jennicut Feb 2013 #8

I like Connecticut a lot too! RKP5637 Feb 2013 #15

I moved to CT from VA. I couldn't get out of that state fast enough after they engineered the CTyankee Feb 2013 #153

I dont do cold weather, so I would never live north of Georgia NightWatcher Feb 2013 #9

I've gotten so I can't take the cold as well as I used too. I like the first snowfall, pretty and RKP5637 Feb 2013 #16

It's not as cold as it used to be. I remember Long Island Sound was frozen out a mile one January leveymg Feb 2013 #28

my body doesnt do cold anymore. I have Raynaud's NightWatcher Feb 2013 #29

I can handle humidity way better than dryness. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #60

I live north of Asheville Livluvgrow Feb 2013 #11

All I've ever heard is just absolutely wonderful things about Asheville. It always RKP5637 Feb 2013 #18

Live ins West Asheville. The Prez has good taste - he likes us and 7 Bones - BBQ Restaurant. n/t patricia92243 Feb 2013 #93

Hey, neighbor! Born & bred New York City'er moved here 8 years ago tpsbmam Feb 2013 #96

One big thing for me is, psychologically, I can't stand being landlocked. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #17

Yep, I like the oceans too! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #62

I have lived in Colorado for over 24 years, but am originally from Maryland. beveeheart Feb 2013 #75

When I lived in DC I loved the beaches of Maryland, Virginia and Delaware. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #76

Yep, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge traffic will slow you down. beveeheart Feb 2013 #80

Yep, the beaches are wonderful. It's been a long time, but I sure remember the RKP5637 Feb 2013 #87

You weren't the only one!! beveeheart Feb 2013 #140

Same here for me (n/t) Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #143

There's no state I wouldn't want to visit OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #19

LOL !!! Major snow storm is hitting here now. PLEASE send some sunshine up!!! RKP5637 Feb 2013 #20

I'm pushing that warm front as hard as I can OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #21

That'll be great!!! I won't have to shovel out the driveway!!! RKP5637 Feb 2013 #25

There's some hills west and south of Orlando. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #26

Yep, my wife's best friend lives in Clermont OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #82

Kansas, MrYikes Feb 2013 #22

Kansas is going through a morphing into something ... hard to tell where that something is RKP5637 Feb 2013 #27

Anywhere cold. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #24

Stop it, just plain stop it and come over and help me shovel out all of this damn snow! RKP5637 Feb 2013 #30

I went skiing yesterday and I think I'll go again today. 2naSalit Feb 2013 #45

I don't really want to be where I am now. sadbear Feb 2013 #31

Florida where I unfortunately have to live HockeyMom Feb 2013 #32

I am stuck here permanently... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #37

Have to say I'm in the same boat. I live in VA, the kid and grandkid live 3 blocks away, and Nay Feb 2013 #94

My relocation choices as well. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #95

There were already places I would never work or live prior to 2000. 2naSalit Feb 2013 #34

Misssissippi, horrible for health care.... Historic NY Feb 2013 #36

It's a great place to be FROM and get out of. Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #144

Oh, this is going to turn out real well. CBGLuthier Feb 2013 #38

Well, it wasn't meant that way! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #44

Other -- there have been states I would not move to since *before* 2000. Brickbat Feb 2013 #39

I'm with you Mopar151 Feb 2013 #56

Yay! Region bashing! We haven't had any of that here in 12 or 13 minutes! cordelia Feb 2013 #40

Who is bashing regions ??? n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #42

Read the thread. cordelia Feb 2013 #70

Yep, it is. Agree, just read it all. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #74

Even before 2000 there were states I had no desire to live in. Solly Mack Feb 2013 #41

I always dreamed of retiring in Arizona.... madmom Feb 2013 #43

Have you considered New Mexico? n/t whathehell Feb 2013 #109

Yes, we are seriously considering New Mexico. Just haven't decided where yet... madmom Feb 2013 #116

I liked the Santa Fe area a lot, though I've only visited. whathehell Feb 2013 #120

Thanks, Santa Fe was one of the areas we were madmom Feb 2013 #121

You're quite welcome, and good luck! n/t whathehell Feb 2013 #138

The Santa Fe area is awesome. Well educated people live there. nt bluestate10 Feb 2013 #123

absolutely stillcool Feb 2013 #46

Texas. Took a train through it once. Close as I plan to ever get. stlsaxman Feb 2013 #48

That's About The Typical Basis For Texas-Bashing, Here At DU. (nt) Paladin Feb 2013 #57

Yeah, and I thought we Texans were the close minded types Ishoutandscream2 Feb 2013 #69

The Only Thing That Surprised Me..... Paladin Feb 2013 #71

Well I can watch Austin City Limits on PBS... stlsaxman Feb 2013 #92

Yeah, As If I'm Wasting Time On Changing A Mindset Like Yours. Paladin Feb 2013 #98

Okay- instead of "wasting time"... how about sighting a few great things about Texas? stlsaxman Feb 2013 #103

Is There Any Point To This? Paladin Feb 2013 #108

Excellent! stlsaxman Feb 2013 #111

My Pleasure. Seriously. (nt) Paladin Feb 2013 #139

Keep working to make your state blue. You guys will be a big lift to our side when you pull bluestate10 Feb 2013 #125

Glad to have set the bar. stlsaxman Feb 2013 #90

You Didn't Set The Bar, You Just Adhered To It. Thanks For Playing. (nt) Paladin Feb 2013 #99

Maybe this will help w8liftinglady Feb 2013 #118

I make visits to Texas. That's enough for me. There are good people there, but the idiots are bluestate10 Feb 2013 #122

Utah is the only state on my personal shit list. TheMightyFavog Feb 2013 #49

So, you have not been to Moab or read Desert Solitaire? Coyotl Feb 2013 #79

I won't move back to Arizona. politicat Feb 2013 #50

How's this for fair to each region? marions ghost Feb 2013 #51

Have toothbrush, will travel. tavernier Feb 2013 #52

Exactly OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #85

And all we need is the winning lotto number! tavernier Feb 2013 #134

for sure shanti Feb 2013 #53

I don't think I could live south of the Mason-Dixon line Ednahilda Feb 2013 #54

Other. GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #55

It's more about the weather..but... Tikki Feb 2013 #58

Since 2000, I have realized that I can only live in California Taverner Feb 2013 #59

It was not until about 2000 that I really started to realize how many unleashed RKP5637 Feb 2013 #65

Yes, this is true Taverner Feb 2013 #66

And California is supposedly immune from unleashed crazies? Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #141

It's not, but the devil you know, right? Taverner Feb 2013 #148

You gotta live a little! Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #149

Visit? Sure! Hella! Taverner Feb 2013 #152

Crocogators are FUCKING AWESOME!!!!! Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #154

If you rub their bellies and sing them a song, will they go to sleep? Taverner Feb 2013 #155

Not only that..... Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #156

no tabbycat31 Feb 2013 #63

I wanted desperately to move back to Madison WI until it became Fitzwalkerstan. Myrina Feb 2013 #64

Where I am sometimes I feel I live in some warped version of the Twilight Zone. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #67

Been in Madison for a long time mokawanis Feb 2013 #146

I really, truly dislike the term "un-American" Spider Jerusalem Feb 2013 #68

Agree!!! Well said!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #73

I lived in Texas for seven years Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #72

I've never been to Alaska, but from what I've heard/seen it's a pretty nice place. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #84

It's a beautiful place with a lot of really great people. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #97

Palin did a lot of disservice to Alaska. That whole charade. n RKP5637 Feb 2013 #100

Yes, she did, Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #110

... love those names! RKP5637 Feb 2013 #114

Living in Dixie during puberty left me with a very bad taste in my mouth Warpy Feb 2013 #78

I loved New England, but I just find it too expensive to get back there again for me. I've heard a RKP5637 Feb 2013 #83

It's too expensive for me, too Warpy Feb 2013 #86

Last I was back in MA I looked in western MA too ... that was expensive. Not as bad as RKP5637 Feb 2013 #88

I lived on the wrong side of Beacon Hill Warpy Feb 2013 #89

Taxes are out of sight. One house I owned years ago now has a tax rate of about $12,000/yr. I was RKP5637 Feb 2013 #91

Florida libodem Feb 2013 #81

It would have to be surrounded by mountains and water -- gateley Feb 2013 #105

You and me both, Gateley, Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #115

Haha! I'd much rather be up there with you than gateley Feb 2013 #124

Me, too. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #131

Not since 2000. The same states that have been on MineralMan Feb 2013 #106

KS continues to get stranger and stranger. One of the things we were discussing the RKP5637 Feb 2013 #113

Many for all kinds of reasons-NY, MS, AZ, NM, OK, TX, AL, probably GA, CA is dicey too TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #107

My list hasn't changed since 1985. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #112

Yes: MS, AL, LA alarimer Feb 2013 #117

Most of the Bible Belt. n/t backscatter712 Feb 2013 #119

I was glad to get out of the south into a more liberal community rrneck Feb 2013 #126

Arizona moved into the do not visit slot since 2008. I lived in Tuscon in 2006 and love Grijalva Exultant Democracy Feb 2013 #127

Florida, Texas, Arizona juajen Feb 2013 #128

I could pretty much only live in the Northeast (New York and New England). smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #129

I had opposition to moving the same states after as before 2000. LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #130

I thought about moving to Florida to be close to my mother & stepfather, but Jeb and (P)Rick Scott muntrv Feb 2013 #132

Any state that allows carry Benton D Struckcheon Feb 2013 #133

I will never move from the North East Marrah_G Feb 2013 #135

Yep, I know exactly what you mean. I was quite saddened when I had to leave for a job. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #136

I'll trade a Louisiana for a Vermont... southern_belle Feb 2013 #137

I moved to Georgia when it was on a progressive path, now I can't wait to get out... Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #142

There are places in every state that would be attractive to me. Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #145

I would not like to be surrounded by tea baggers treestar Feb 2013 #150

Yeah, same here ... some states seem to be decidedly more teabaggerish, so I'm avoiding them. RKP5637 Feb 2013 #151