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In reply to the discussion: DU POLL - Since 2000, are there now states you would never move to or work in ... [View all]Paladin
(28,246 posts)108. Is There Any Point To This?
You've formed an opinion on Texas based on a distant view of the JFK assassination site and the many sins of the state school board. That's like traveling to Germany and restricting your visit to the remains of Dachau. I could give you a hundred saving grace items in my native state, but I'll just restrict myself to just one: Old Tunnel State Park (www.tpwd.state.tx.us/oldtunnel). The experience is enhanced by the consumption of several beers at the Alamo Springs Cafe, which is within easy staggering distance to the park entrance. Check it out---hey, three million Mexican free-tailed bats can't be wrong.....
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RKP5637
Feb 2013
OP
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
There are states I wouldn't want to move to, but not because of political reasons.
OceanEcosystem
Feb 2013
#4
Same with my cat! He doesn't like getting zapped all the time with low humidity. He's
RKP5637
Feb 2013
#61
It's just gotten so expensive in New England. When I was a kid, it was sooo much more
RKP5637
Feb 2013
#14
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'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
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
One big thing for me is, psychologically, I can't stand being landlocked.
Arugula Latte
Feb 2013
#17
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
Kansas is going through a morphing into something ... hard to tell where that something is
RKP5637
Feb 2013
#27
Stop it, just plain stop it and come over and help me shovel out all of this damn snow!
RKP5637
Feb 2013
#30
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
Yes, we are seriously considering New Mexico. Just haven't decided where yet...
madmom
Feb 2013
#116
Okay- instead of "wasting time"... how about sighting a few great things about Texas?
stlsaxman
Feb 2013
#103
Keep working to make your state blue. You guys will be a big lift to our side when you pull
bluestate10
Feb 2013
#125
I make visits to Texas. That's enough for me. There are good people there, but the idiots are
bluestate10
Feb 2013
#122
It was not until about 2000 that I really started to realize how many unleashed
RKP5637
Feb 2013
#65
Where I am sometimes I feel I live in some warped version of the Twilight Zone. n/t
RKP5637
Feb 2013
#67
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
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
Last I was back in MA I looked in western MA too ... that was expensive. Not as bad as
RKP5637
Feb 2013
#88
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
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
Arizona moved into the do not visit slot since 2008. I lived in Tuscon in 2006 and love Grijalva
Exultant Democracy
Feb 2013
#127
I could pretty much only live in the Northeast (New York and New England).
smirkymonkey
Feb 2013
#129
I thought about moving to Florida to be close to my mother & stepfather, but Jeb and (P)Rick Scott
muntrv
Feb 2013
#132
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 moved to Georgia when it was on a progressive path, now I can't wait to get out...
Tom Ripley
Feb 2013
#142