Tiny
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Post by Tiny on Sept 24, 2021 10:23:36 GMT -5
It goes both ways - sort of funny how mass media in Florida covers blue states. My family in Fort Myers called/texted in a panic because they saw the news last year because they thought my suburb was being over run with looters and rioters and that building were being burned down in mass and that the citizens were taking to barracading their streets/alleys and patroling with their guns to keep their loved ones safe. The messages were like - if you can leave you can got to X's house in ABC suburb where it's safe... The calls/texts happened in the early evening (I assume they were watching their nightly news) and I was like "What?? Is this a joke?? - yes there is stuff happening but where are you getting this info from - nothing here is on fire, the police have closed off a couple of key major streets around a major intersection/shopping area - which has 3 entrances/exits, and no one is barracading their homes or nieghborhoods. What the heck are you watching " My Florida family is also often afraid I will be shot by "gang bangers" because I live in such a crime filled area. My response is "YAWN! so how about that Sportsball team you watch!" My Florida Family knows more about how astronomical my property taxes and utilities and gas prices are (I'm not sure where they get the crazy info they have) than I do. I have no idea of who is paying the costs they say - cause it isn't me. I made the mistake of pointing out all the stuff they now pay for in Florida (that would normally be covered by property taxes.) and they get all huffy. I suspect they "saved" a couple thousand in yearly expenses (everything they spend on) to live in "low tax Florida" - and they have to travel up here to see their grandbabies... yeah, totally less expensive and wonderful. As if there are no gang bangers in Ft Myers, Cape Coral or Miami.........just sayin' local news outlets all carry the shootings and arsons ocurring around the area, just like up north. They just do not shoot as many kids down here as up north on a weekly basis. Lehigh acres! That's were all the problems are - according to my family. You do realize the Fort Myer area has lower population than the Chicago land area right? You need to compare the crime numbers by population. Otherwise a town with 600K people and 3 shootings looks worse than a town with 100 people and 1 shooting. I'd rather live in the 600K town - it's got less shooting violence.
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Post by Value Buy on Sept 24, 2021 10:26:27 GMT -5
As if there are no gang bangers in Ft Myers, Cape Coral or Miami.........just sayin' local news outlets all carry the shootings and arsons ocurring around the area, just like up north. They just do not shoot as many kids down here as up north on a weekly basis. Lehigh acres! That's were all the problems are - according to my family. You do realize the Fort Myer area has lower population than the Chicago land area right? You need to compare the crime numbers by population. Otherwise a town with 600K people and 3 shootings looks worse than a town with 100 people and 1 shooting. I'd rather live in the 600K town - it's got less shooting violence. Our Indiana residence is an hour from Chicago, so that is our local news on television. On local radio, it is Gary indiana, so I do know about gun violence there and down here. Not even close.
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Post by Tiny on Sept 24, 2021 10:27:06 GMT -5
It is time to get back to the topic of the thread. I know it's human nature to think the place you live is the Best Place to live. Because from your own point of view it is! It's just right for you. And that's a good thing. I like the area around Lexington KY. It's very pretty country/landscape and it's got new construction houses but also the 50's era houses I find "cute as a button". It's also a college/university town. Which is a feature I would like if I move away from my very urban area. That and good hospitals/healthcare nearby - which does kind of keep me in/near more urban areas if I move.
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 24, 2021 10:41:09 GMT -5
Gee-one (possibly made up) anecdotal story means everyone is not wearing masks in New York. That did not take you long! Yes anecdotal, but I assure you Indiana has been way under masked in buildings whether I was in my county or other counties.........and being here in Florida for a week, I was shocked how many people are masked, even walking on sidewalks outside in residential areas, where we are told it is not necessary. Many more than last spring before masks became mandatory or after the restriction was lifted. To answer your next question before you ask, yes we still wear a mask in all retail settings, as well as inside restaurants until seated, or leaving. Not that I really am concerned about covid (fully vaccinated) but more as a shout out to others in the setting, I understand the concerns staff and patrons may have. NY has a higher percentage of fully vaccinated than Florida. Indiana and Tennesse are just petri dishes of Delta variant germs. We in some parts of Tennessee recently had to go back to wearing masks because the state was doing such a poor job getting residents vaccinated. The states doing the worst job of getting their citizens vaccinated are majority red states. States ranked by percentage of population fully vaccinated: Sept. 24link
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Post by haapai on Sept 24, 2021 10:50:44 GMT -5
Apparently, I'll be moving to a blue dot in the otherwise red UP where I cannot afford a home without parental subsidy. They'll be in their mid-nineties, one deaf and one gaga, and my brother ans SIL will need the help. (Both of my grandmothers lived to be over 100.) They've given me a monthly number. It's probably not enough to live near them, or around anyone who thinks like me.
I don't want to go. I've worked so hard to get myself into a house that I can afford on my own. The mortgage is tiny. The property taxes are extremely low due to buying during the crash and constraints on how much assessments can go up annually. The roads are plowed and groceries and gas are cheap compared to somewhere on the ass-end of the supply chain.
I'm seriously considering buying a small, underdeveloped lot and throwing an RV on it while holding onto my house. How bad could fifteen years of camping in the UP be?
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Post by stillmovingforward on Sept 27, 2021 20:14:59 GMT -5
Apparently, I'll be moving to a blue dot in the otherwise red UP where I cannot afford a home without parental subsidy. They'll be in their mid-nineties, one deaf and one gaga, and my brother ans SIL will need the help. (Both of my grandmothers lived to be over 100.) They've given me a monthly number. It's probably not enough to live near them, or around anyone who thinks like me.
I don't want to go. I've worked so hard to get myself into a house that I can afford on my own. The mortgage is tiny. The property taxes are extremely low due to buying during the crash and constraints on how much assessments can go up annually. The roads are plowed and groceries and gas are cheap compared to somewhere on the ass-end of the supply chain.
I'm seriously considering buying a small, underdeveloped lot and throwing an RV on it while holding onto my house. How bad could fifteen years of camping in the UP be?
Why would you have to move if you don't want to? Curious....
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