No wonder they want to live there
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I just came back a terrific conference in San Diego, and had some good quality time to enjoy the beach and ocean air. No wonder it costs so much to live there. If I could afford it, I think I would :) Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to?
A big beach city only 100 miles away from where I live (São Paulo). I posted about it here[^] I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
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I just came back a terrific conference in San Diego, and had some good quality time to enjoy the beach and ocean air. No wonder it costs so much to live there. If I could afford it, I think I would :) Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to?
I actually like where I live in Upstate South Carolina. Great day-to-day living, close to the mountains, a few hours from the beach, Atlanta and Charlotte are close enough for the rare city fix. Basically, the grass is green enough for me right here. :) BW
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I lived in San Diego for 15 years, and saw the rolling hills turn into housing trak developements, traffic congestion skyrocket, and the citizens vote for a new baseball stadium instead of a new library. Thanks, but no thanks. I'm happy living in Rhode Island, and at the end of this month we're moving to an even more rural location in New York. I like being able to hear silence, as opposed to the incesent sound of traffic. I like being able to go on bike rides without being crushed by buses and motorists or being forced to go biking in "parks". I like being able to take hikes in the countryside without driving an hour or more through El Cajon to get to the mountains. And frankly, I like the seasons. Yes, even shoveling snow. But, I must say, one thing I don't like are the ticks. Marc My website
Latest Articles: Undo/Redo Buffer Memento Design PatternMarc Clifton wrote: I like being able to hear silence After my heart! Marc Clifton wrote: And frankly, I like the seasons. Same, but I no longer like driving in ice/snow, totally out of practice. And yes we did get 1.5 inches last winter down here! Just took a days vacation and let the crazies have their way. I do not mind getting old. It beats all the other options that I can think of.
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And metal-eating cockroaches... "...putting all your eggs in one basket along with your bowling ball and gym clothes only gets you scrambled eggs and an extra laundry day... " - Jeffry J. Brickley
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I just came back a terrific conference in San Diego, and had some good quality time to enjoy the beach and ocean air. No wonder it costs so much to live there. If I could afford it, I think I would :) Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to?
Mike Ellison wrote: Where is the place you would want to live Actually I have liked every place I have lived. From LA, to Chicago, central Kansas and Fort Worth. All have qualities to like. So the descriminator for me will be where my kids wind up. If my ship comes in it will be in the country probably East Texas assuming the kids stay in state. Quite, hills and trees, not a lot of hustle. If they move out then further north, but in Trees and rolling hills. A stream for my own little hydro-electic plant would be a bonus. I do not mind getting old. It beats all the other options that I can think of.
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote: The grass is always greener... Especially if you live in the desert, everyone's grass is greener.... I remember when I moved to Las Cruces from the east coast and all I could see was beige .. beige beige beige .. but after living there for 4 years I must admit you begin to notice there are many many shades of beige .. there is green beige, red beige, pink beige, etc. I've since moved back east and I must admit I miss the night sky and watching storms come over the organ mountains ... but I still hate beige :-D
grey beige, pale and dark beige, and even beige beige. White sands is really a white beige, you notice it when you get up close, and the salt-grass in white sands proper is a yellow-beige. I still get storms coming over the organ mountains, great sunsets, spectacular sunrises, and lately 55-75mph gusting dust storms that turns the sky beige too. ;) _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Mike Ellison wrote: Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to? Catalunya. Not that it is expensive, just that I have yet to learn the language.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: Catalunya. Not that it is expensive, just that I have yet to learn the language. I find it a very interesting mix of Spanish and Portuguese. I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: Catalunya. Not that it is expensive, just that I have yet to learn the language. I find it a very interesting mix of Spanish and Portuguese. I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
I've always thought it was more between French and Spanish. Well, I suppose it is also a romance language along with Italian, Gallego and others which I've found that I can often tell the broad subject of if not the detail.
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I just came back a terrific conference in San Diego, and had some good quality time to enjoy the beach and ocean air. No wonder it costs so much to live there. If I could afford it, I think I would :) Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to?
Mike Ellison wrote: Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to? Redmond :-)
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I just came back a terrific conference in San Diego, and had some good quality time to enjoy the beach and ocean air. No wonder it costs so much to live there. If I could afford it, I think I would :) Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to?
Mike Ellison wrote: Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to? New York, New York
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I just came back a terrific conference in San Diego, and had some good quality time to enjoy the beach and ocean air. No wonder it costs so much to live there. If I could afford it, I think I would :) Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to?
I already moved back to Austin, though Boulder/Estes Park would be really sweet.
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I just came back a terrific conference in San Diego, and had some good quality time to enjoy the beach and ocean air. No wonder it costs so much to live there. If I could afford it, I think I would :) Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to?
San Diego is great. I don't live too far from there[^] (about 2 hours usually), and have spent a bit of time there since moving to LA. As somebody else in this thread mentioned, the Gaslamp Quarter is really fun if you like nightlife, then there is Tijuana (as well as Rosarito and Ensenada) if you like "interesting" trips to Mexico. There's also a large number of beaches, but I don't live too far from the beaches where I live (20 miles), so that's not a huge factor. All in all San Diego is just a really fun city, and there always seems like there's stuff to do there. Where did you go while you were there? As far as totally completely unrealistic places, I think it would be really nice to live somewhere on the Mediterranean, maybe in one of those cool little stereotypical towns you see in Italy (the ones on the side of some hill, right on the sea). Chris Richardson
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I lived in San Diego for 15 years, and saw the rolling hills turn into housing trak developements, traffic congestion skyrocket, and the citizens vote for a new baseball stadium instead of a new library. Thanks, but no thanks. I'm happy living in Rhode Island, and at the end of this month we're moving to an even more rural location in New York. I like being able to hear silence, as opposed to the incesent sound of traffic. I like being able to go on bike rides without being crushed by buses and motorists or being forced to go biking in "parks". I like being able to take hikes in the countryside without driving an hour or more through El Cajon to get to the mountains. And frankly, I like the seasons. Yes, even shoveling snow. But, I must say, one thing I don't like are the ticks. Marc My website
Latest Articles: Undo/Redo Buffer Memento Design PatternWell at least we've got a nice ballpark. :rolleyes:
[Cheshire] I can't afford those plastic things to cover the electric sockets so I just draw bunny faces on the electric outlets to scare the kids away from them... [RLtim] Newsflash! Kids aren't afraid of bunnies. [Cheshire] Oh they will be... -Bash.org
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I just came back a terrific conference in San Diego, and had some good quality time to enjoy the beach and ocean air. No wonder it costs so much to live there. If I could afford it, I think I would :) Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to?
Living here in San Diego is awesome. I really don't want to move anywhere else. As has already been mentioned, there really is always something to do here. I never fully grasped how much goes on here and how fast it all goes until I visited some relatives in the South. Everything's slower and there's not always a whole lot to do.
[Cheshire] I can't afford those plastic things to cover the electric sockets so I just draw bunny faces on the electric outlets to scare the kids away from them... [RLtim] Newsflash! Kids aren't afraid of bunnies. [Cheshire] Oh they will be... -Bash.org
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My brother was stationed in San Diego for 4 years (United States Marine Corp). He just moved home about 6 months ago and is already contemplating going back. I told him he should stay in SD but he wanted to move back to Connecticut for some reason. I went to college in Boston and now live in New Jersey (Bergen County) and I do not think San Diego is as expensive as either. I still wish I went out to visit him atleast once, I regret it now. P.S. I am posting for the first time with Shogs Quick Reply, its great nice work!!!!
You could always just vacation here in San Diego. If you're worried about not having anyone to tell you what's fun to see, I'd be happy to give you a list of things you should do while you're here. :)
[Cheshire] I can't afford those plastic things to cover the electric sockets so I just draw bunny faces on the electric outlets to scare the kids away from them... [RLtim] Newsflash! Kids aren't afraid of bunnies. [Cheshire] Oh they will be... -Bash.org
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Naw, too much pressure... ...and too wet.
You must be careful in the forest Broken glass and rusty nails If you're to bring back something for us I have bullets for sale...
Not to mention noisy. :~ -- An eye for an eye will only make the world blind.
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I just came back a terrific conference in San Diego, and had some good quality time to enjoy the beach and ocean air. No wonder it costs so much to live there. If I could afford it, I think I would :) Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to?
i would like to live in italy and especially in florence, i lived there for four years and is very nice!! From Greece: Dimitris Iliopoulos dimilio@yahoo.com
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Mike Ellison wrote: Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to? La Jolla in San Diego Co. We have friends that live there and they love it. We visit every so often and really like the gas lamp district and all the cool eateries around there. Nino
When I went to San Diego, it was cloudy everyday till about noon. Is that what you want?
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Mike Ellison wrote: Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to? Redmond :-)
I think you can build a temple to Bill Gates in Trivandrum instead! Incidentlly, you get rain only during the monsson season in Kerala, about 5 months a year. It rains round the year in Seattle and neighborhoods.
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I just came back a terrific conference in San Diego, and had some good quality time to enjoy the beach and ocean air. No wonder it costs so much to live there. If I could afford it, I think I would :) Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to?
Mike Ellison wrote: Where is the place you would want to live, if only you could afford to? in 7 of 9's quarters? _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)