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1 hour ago, TakeYouToTasker said:

 

Montana is nice as well.

 

I'm stuck though because my wife refuses to move anywhere colder than where we already are, and ideally wants to go someplace warm and on the water.  Which leaves me with costal Texas.

 

My wife wants to move somewhere with snow, but near the ocean.  And near the mountains.

 

New England, basically.

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1 minute ago, DC Tom said:

 

My wife wants to move somewhere with snow, but near the ocean.  And near the mountains.

 

New England, basically.

 

Where I am now I'm on a lake, a 30 minute drive from the ocean, hour an a half from the mountains, snowy winters, white sand beaches in the summer.

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59 minutes ago, DC Tom said:

 

My wife wants to move somewhere with snow, but near the ocean.  And near the mountains.

 

New England, basically.

 

Skip the ocean, accept a massive lake in its place, and you can come to Idaho. It's spectacular.

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13 minutes ago, Koko78 said:

 

Yes, but they don't tax rain water... yet.

Waterfront property seems to end up taking it on the chin here in NYS. In Chautauqua County, 80% of the real estate taxes are paid by lakefront property owners. On top of that a good share of those properties are seasonal homes owned by people who live in Cleveland or Pittsburgh or wherever and they don't even send their kids to school in NYS.

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3 hours ago, LABillzFan said:

 

I would suggest Arizona, since you like the heat, but the left has been annexing AZ by moving in and getting elected to local offices. By the time you settle down for retirement, it will -- legislatively, speaking -- not look much different than CA.

 

We've thought about AZ.  It's more complicated then "let's find a dry warm climate that's not CA."   There is something to be said for retiring to a place you've visited dozens of times, have friends who live there and is a hour or so from lots and lots of other friends and the ocean.  Yeah I'm a lazy ***** sometimes and the thought of adjusting to someplace I've never been before and only know due to Google searches concerns me.  

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8 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said:

Waterfront property seems to end up taking it on the chin here in NYS. In Chautauqua County, 80% of the real estate taxes are paid by lakefront property owners. On top of that a good share of those properties are seasonal homes owned by people who live in Cleveland or Pittsburgh or wherever and they don't even send their kids to school in NYS.

 

That's more a function of property values skyrocketing along lakefronts. Even at the small lakes, like Silver Lake in Wyoming County, the assessed values are nuts (the actual sale prices are even crazier).

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24 minutes ago, Chef Jim said:

 

We've thought about AZ.  It's more complicated then "let's find a dry warm climate that's not CA."   There is something to be said for retiring to a place you've visited dozens of times, have friends who live there and is a hour or so from lots and lots of other friends and the ocean.  Yeah I'm a lazy ***** sometimes and the thought of adjusting to someplace I've never been before and only know due to Google searches concerns me.  

 

Plus, it matters if you want to live remotely near the ocean. I'm really not a fan of the beach, and I'm really not a fan of all that comes with it. So leaving it behind means nothing to my family.

 

We've been up to Idaho a few times, and it's really just terrific. It's a lot like where I grew up in the Catskills, minus the poverty.

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On 2/14/2019 at 6:38 AM, Foxx said:

 

On 2/14/2019 at 3:42 PM, Foxx said:

 

i don't know if it's wise to double down on the stupid here....

https://twitter.com/Chris_1791/status/1096135508906827777

 

 

On 2/20/2019 at 6:28 AM, Foxx said:

 

the third installment on this story...

 

https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1098012741602889728

 

https://twitter.com/POTUSPress/status/1098967444146843650

 

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2 hours ago, LABillzFan said:

 

Plus, it matters if you want to live remotely near the ocean. I'm really not a fan of the beach, and I'm really not a fan of all that comes with it. So leaving it behind means nothing to my family.

 

We've been up to Idaho a few times, and it's really just terrific. It's a lot like where I grew up in the Catskills, minus the poverty.

 

I’m not a fan of the California beaches for some reason. The Caribbean?  All day everyday. But I do like the view from the OC coastline. Laguna Beach is beautiful  and the drive up PCH from there to Newport Beach is spectacular. 

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SUNSHINE IS THE BEST DISINFECTANT: California keeps a secret list of criminal cops, but says you can’t have it.

Their crimes ranged from shoplifting to embezzlement to murder. Some of them molested kids and downloaded child pornography. Others beat their wives, girlfriends or children.

 

The one thing they had in common: a badge.

 

Thousands of California law enforcement officers have been convicted of a crime in the past decade, according to records released by a public agency that sets standards for officers in the Golden State.

 

The revelations are alarming, but the state’s top cop says Californians don’t have a right to see them. In fact, Attorney General Xavier Becerra warned two Berkeley-based reporters that simply possessing this never-before-publicly-released list of convicted cops is a violation of the law.

 

 

The State looks after its own.

 

 

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5 hours ago, B-Man said:

SUNSHINE IS THE BEST DISINFECTANT: California keeps a secret list of criminal cops, but says you can’t have it.

Their crimes ranged from shoplifting to embezzlement to murder. Some of them molested kids and downloaded child pornography. Others beat their wives, girlfriends or children.

 

The one thing they had in common: a badge.

 

Thousands of California law enforcement officers have been convicted of a crime in the past decade, according to records released by a public agency that sets standards for officers in the Golden State.

 

The revelations are alarming, but the state’s top cop says Californians don’t have a right to see them. In fact, Attorney General Xavier Becerra warned two Berkeley-based reporters that simply possessing this never-before-publicly-released list of convicted cops is a violation of the law.

 

 

The State looks after its own.

 

 

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When I lived in the Bay Area I interviewed a girl.  Her dad was a Oakland PD officer.  She said she did a day internship thing there. She said it was insane.  So many of the cops there were gang bangers when out of uniform.  I was not surprised one bit.  

2 hours ago, Foxx said:

maybe Bohemian Grove will be washed away.

Sonoma County, California Declares Local State of Emergency

 

That sucks. Russian River is a very nice area.  Great scenery and even better wine. 

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Wait. What? 

 

 

 

Newsome miniature bullet train likely to run out of money.

 

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Interviews with current and former engineers, financial managers, consultants, contractors and executives show that fundamental weaknesses in the organization remain.

“Things are getting worse,” said a manager at the authority’s headquarters. “Every day more and more people are losing hope.”

The manager said regulations that cover state business are routinely bypassed, records are poorly organized, job responsibilities are not delineated and rapid turnover brings in a constant stream of people who need to be trained. Internal surveys in the past have shown pervasive morale problems, a reflection of the desperate condition of the project and the resulting pressure-cooker environment.

 

Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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