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Posted: 8/14/2005 2:25:03 PM EDT
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psst.....it was a joke. Welcome to Oregon. Oregon is probably the most diverse state in the union. Something to offer everyone, rich in culture and history and beauty. Patty |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 2:27:14 PM EDT
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Born here.
Went to school here. Family is here. The right jobs are here. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 2:32:00 PM EDT
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Hmmmm...let's see: Why DO we live here:
1. High pay 2. Low taxes 3. Cheap real estate (or at least it was when we moved here!  )4. GREAT gun laws 5. Great neighbors 6. Lots of good ranges for us to play on 7. Four good seasons 8. Good public school system 9. Many military installations (I'm retired military and save money by shopping there.) 10. Lots of fellow conservatives rather than the toons that populate the high density 'burbs and cities where we used to live in Kalifornistan. 
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Posted: 8/14/2005 2:48:13 PM EDT
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Living here eliminates a lot of things I don't care to deal with.
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Posted: 8/14/2005 2:53:52 PM EDT
[#5]
 Thats the gist of it. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 2:59:59 PM EDT
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Because for what I do it's either OR, WA, ID, or CA. CA is definitely off the list for a number of reasons. WA is too crowded up by Mt. Vernon. ID would be ok, I wouldn't mind going back sometime.
Where I'm at in central OR is close enough to southern ID and the Willamette Valley to drive to both for work. Climate is better for Mrs. NMSight's allergies; and we are close enough to relatives in western OR to visit on a weekend. NMSight |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 3:07:59 PM EDT
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Dad passed away in Feb 1998. Mom started going downhill very shortly after that.
I left a business in MS. that I had with some friends to come back and watch over her and take care of things. When she passed away in Nov 1998 I expected to spend some time tying up the loose ends and then getting on with my life. Fate had a different idea and 7 years later I'm still here.  Escrow will close by the end of the month on the house and I'll be free and clear to do whatever comes next in my life. Out of my (almost) 49 years on this rock, most of that has been spent here in San Diego. Not by choice but because that's where dad decided to retire in the late 60's. Unless another "fork in the road of life" appears, next place I'll call home will be ID, MT or WY. Scouting will begin next month. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 6:58:03 PM EDT
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I live in Colorado because I love it here. Moved here in1982 from Michigan and have never looked back. I have been in 49 of 50 states(missed Alaska but will get there soon) and can't find a better place to be than where I am now. I do miss the water, but I have a boat and tow it all over Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska and Montana to get my fishing fixes. Great people here.
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Posted: 8/14/2005 7:18:16 PM EDT
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I lived over a thousand mile from my family for 12 yrs. All the family problems are just taking the bad with the good. I only saw my parents every 3 to 5 yrs, & phone calls aren't the same. I moved my family here so my son could know his grand parents, cousins, aunts, uncles, etc,etc, & so I could enjoy my adulthood yrs with my parents.
I have been in Texas for 3 yrs now, & I have lost my wife bit found my life once more. My plan is to save money to buy a few more rental house, & have 5 to 8. Then I will hire my nephew to do maintneance on them. I will take my son & move to Alaska from late spring to middle of fall, & then back to Texas for the rest of the yr. I will be able to see my family & enjoy the best of both worlds. I'm sure I can do it, & in fact look very much forward to it. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 8:43:05 PM EDT
[#10]
Lots of job security here for me. That's about it.
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Posted: 8/14/2005 8:53:46 PM EDT
[#11]
Hmm...
Woudln't live back in NYC if you paid me... Couldn't give two shits about WI... Loved Arizona... might move back some day... Moved to the D/FW area because I've got a 
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Posted: 8/14/2005 9:06:25 PM EDT
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Good place to raise little kids .
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Posted: 8/14/2005 9:16:49 PM EDT
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Moved to Colorado in 1984. Came from Kansas, doubt if I'll ever move back. Colorado is a great place to live if you can find a good job and afford the real estate.
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Posted: 8/14/2005 9:20:24 PM EDT
[#14]
company transferred me, love the job and the paycheck, and I'm in the south, love it
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Posted: 8/14/2005 9:28:28 PM EDT
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Grew up around here
Feel safe around here Job keeps me here (for the time being) I love Texas. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 9:43:12 PM EDT
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Born here, family is here, etc.
Plus, I married into a big plot of land, and I have my own shooting range. That pretty much seals it, unless Ohio adopts any more shitty gun control laws. |
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Posted: 8/15/2005 3:14:19 AM EDT
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I'm convinced. Where was that picture taken? Would love to visit that area. Compare that to Wichita Falls, Tx. Hot, dry, windy and blowing dust and sand. Everything covered with a layer of dirt, never can keep it out of the house. Summers blistering hot and the only green is for a couple of days after the ocasional showers.  a blistered fullclip
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Posted: 8/15/2005 3:27:34 AM EDT
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OK...THAT HURT..... I love living here. I am close enough to Boston and Providence to enjoy those cities without living in the muck (I like my little 'burb). I DO hate the 100 feet of frikkin snow we get every year and the 300.00/month heating bills (God help us THIS winter) But New England is a great place to live: rich in history, lots to do/explore, 3 seasons (Fall, WINTER, Summer---Spring bailed back in the 70's) and all that coastline. Yah...It's home |
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Posted: 8/15/2005 3:49:48 AM EDT
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No state income tax wow how cool is that.They tax everything here...everything I would like to get out of here been here all my life I think I like what VA has to offer but its really expensive to me as far as first time buyer trying to buy a home for what they pay for their "home" I could live like a king  then I thought about good ol' Texas but they have the death penalty and though I am all for it I would perfer not to get myself killed by the state should I happen to slip a time or two in life. then there is Tenessee[spelling] I think homes can be bought for a good price with lots of land (5+acres) but im just really not happy with where I currently am This is a good state but it's more of a retirement state and for me that's 40+years off I need fun,excitment,good high paying job with dirt cheap housing and plenty of shooting land and no dumb gun laws but here is boring,low to middle class paying work with subdivision homes now in the $220's who the hell can afford $1000-2000 a month mortgage??? not me 
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Posted: 8/15/2005 3:59:15 AM EDT
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I have the same problem as you Fullclip although I am farther away from retirement.
Would like to return to Nashville but its changed so much and is very overrun with mexicans and northerners. Thats where most of my family is, like the city, have friends there, no state tax., etc....but by the time I can return..most of my immediate family will be gone probably. Otherwise, I might like to relocate to LA (lower alabama) or Florida area and Mississippi is always a good bet too. Essayons |
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Posted: 8/15/2005 4:17:05 AM EDT
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I’m from Lake Charles Louisiana; Maryland was my first duty station in the Air Force. I stayed here because there are more jobs for the work I do.
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Posted: 8/15/2005 4:33:24 AM EDT
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Originally moved here (metro DC) after college to work for congress.
Moved back when my wfe started law school in DC I like NoVa now that we have enough money for a house in a good neighbohood. (no small feat here) |
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Posted: 8/15/2005 4:35:49 AM EDT
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I chose to live where I do because there are absolutely no mountains, no wide open hospitable places within an easy drive, I absolutely love transplanted New Yorkers who have mastered the art of rudeness, huge liberal population, no noticable changes in the seasons, fresh water bodies that are usually unswimmable due to unfriendly reptile populations and very very inconvenient rifle shooting areas.
Who needs mountains, wide open spaces, 4 seasons and friendly people? 
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Posted: 8/15/2005 4:52:01 AM EDT
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Lighten up Echo. Cape's just bustin' your balls a little. Where are you at in Oregon? |
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Posted: 8/15/2005 4:52:38 AM EDT
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I go where the work is. Right now it's Oregon.
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Posted: 8/15/2005 4:56:49 AM EDT
[#26]
Like Fullclip, my wife & I are on the edge of a life change. Both sons will be in college in a month.
We settled here near Saginaw Bay USA because it was/is a really good place to raise kids & it was just far enough away from family....60 miles. My job brought us here & a good paying job for my wife came along so we will be able to retire at a young age...5-6yrs. This is the part of Michigan were people come for recreation & I get to live here all year 'round. The downstate mentality is encroaching around here. Cheap land and low taxes are a thing of the past but soon some schmuck will be paying me 10 times what I've got into the homestead. By then we'll be ready to find another place to be. North Dakota is pretty attractive
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Posted: 8/15/2005 4:57:18 AM EDT
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Family has been here for generations.Was a good place,close to mountains,ocean,etclots of history,BUT too many A-holes from everywhere else moved here,and all want to do it the way the did it back home.Well,GO THE F*** HOME!
Looking at going,but don't know where to go...... |
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Posted: 8/15/2005 4:58:18 AM EDT
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i live with the parents becaus my ex ol lady booted me out the apartment
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Posted: 8/15/2005 5:29:13 AM EDT
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I sold the farm I built in NoVa and had the choice to move anywhere I wanted. I work VO.
Why did I move here: No state income tax Lower cost of living Low crime Good area to raise my son Close to good gun club with quarterly machine gun shoots Good gun laws Redfish Sea Trout Spanish Mackerel King Mackerel Mangrove Snapper Grouper And My office view:  |
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Posted: 8/15/2005 5:57:27 AM EDT
[#30]
I hated the cold weather in Illinois, and their insane gun laws.
AB |
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Posted: 8/15/2005 7:57:54 AM EDT
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Dont have to lock your door at night, not yet anyway. You can drive around with a rifle in your pickup gunrack and nobody cares. You can speak English and still communicate with everyone you meet. Great hunting. Murders, Rapes ,and robberies are still big news,low crime rate.
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