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ever thought about moving?
Ncrunch32 tell your wife happy birthday from us. Grinder the state of Maine must love you - you're one of their best salesmen.
As Dorothy says - "there's no place like home". I guess this counrty is big enough that you can find what you want, where you want, at the price you want. You just have to be patient in your search, open minded, be willing to move, and decide what conviences you can do with and without.
My wife tells me that if we ever move again that we're picking up the house and taking it with us. We've moved a few times, mostly when we were young at the beginning of our marriage but we've been in our home going on 21 years. I'm already 450 miles from my family and getting to see them once or maybe twice a year is tough and getting tougher as the folks are getting older.
So if I had to move it would be closer, not further, to them but, I don't see that happening. If you make your house your HOME (there is a difference) it becomes part of your family, you put roots down in the community, you find new "family" in your friends. It all depends on what you want.
I have to agree with funchy - "stupid #%#$% suburban sprawl". But that is progress - if that is what you want to call it. We have spoiled ourselves and want everything instantly. Heck even up in the semi populated areas of Maine you can't turn the corner without running into a wally world.
I had the oppurtunity to transfer several years ago with my company from MA to AZ. There were numerous opportunities as they were transfering some of the product from here to there. But they were having a tough time filling the openings. They offered free weekends out there to check things out all expenses paid. They lowered the agreement to stay there from 2 years to 1 year. They offered 6 months salary as a bonus to move there. I told her we should just check it out, for the free weekend, as I had no desire to move to AZ. She told me that she hoped me and my new wife would be happy.
Whatever you do - don't leave the better half out of the equation.
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Yeah here in southern NH today it was around 50°F and Sunny! It was even nice to just bring the trash to the transfer station. I know what you mean about all the nice places to live like MN, WI, Alaska (AK?), the UP of MI but, since we aren't moving I just try to visit those types of places - though I haven't got to any of them yet,
My wife and me both love the 4 seasons, fall is my favorite, and I love the snow - I tell my daughters its because I was born in Feb.
No place is perfect - some of us may just be lucker than others in finding close to what they consider to be. Even with all of its warts this is still the greatest country to live in. Heck even in my own little piece of almost suburban spawl running thru my yard I have all the usual suspects and deer, coyote, black bear, moose, fishers, etc. Here in New Hampshire I can even carry concealed if I want to. I think the permit is very easy to get. My wife grew up kinda country - well way more country suburbs than city. She still doesn't lock the car doors at home - except maybe I've convinced her to at night. Me, I grew up in a big city. I even lock the cars when they're in the driveway during the day. When we first moved out of the city many moons ago, when we were first married, I stepped outside at night and said where the hell are the street lights. I mean it wasn't like I was in the woods when I was camping. I was at home - it was supposed to be bright and noisy.
I guess where ever you hang your hat is home. :o)
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