Quote from: walkstall on May 22, 2021, 06:09:44 AMNorth Bend is a city in Coos County, Oregon
By Coos Bay, just off the Pacific ocean.


Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes, Oregon
About in the center of Oregon

I stayed in Bend on a business trip. I did not realize what a large retirement area it is.

My best friend and her husband just sold their place in Newport Oregon (on the coast) and are moving to South Carolina.

They had retired there in 2018 as it was her dream to live by the ocean.  But they finally got tired of the "politics" of Oregon and health care was costing her a arm and a leg.

They sold their place in less than 2 days at $25,000 over what they were asking.

Toy

Quote from: Solars Toy on May 22, 2021, 10:03:39 AMMy best friend and her husband just sold their place in Newport Oregon (on the coast) and are moving to South Carolina.

They had retired there in 2018 as it was her dream to live by the ocean.  But they finally got tired of the "politics" of Oregon and health care was costing her a arm and a leg.

They sold their place in less than 2 days at $25,000 over what they were asking.

Toy

It will likely take them awhile to adjust to the heat and humidity but the food and the people are good. An occasional hurricane swings by but that beats earthquakes, forest fires, power outages and shitty looney left run politics and government. Lots of golf if they like golf and more fishing than hunting.

Quote from: SueAnn on May 21, 2021, 04:18:29 PMI would like my county, Montgomery, to leave Pennsylvania and become a part of Hawaii.

If I'm going to dream, I'm dreaming big. 

If Montgomery County seceded from Pennsylvania and joined Hawaii,
you would get Hawaii's political climate (extreme left),
not its natural climate (nice).

Quote from: je_freedom on May 22, 2021, 12:03:47 PM
If Montgomery County seceded from Pennsylvania and joined Hawaii,
you would get Hawaii's political climate (extreme left),
not its natural climate (nice).

You're a party pooper! Sheesh.  LOL

Quote from: dickfoster on May 22, 2021, 10:44:35 AMIt will likely take them awhile to adjust to the heat and humidity but the food and the people are good. An occasional hurricane swings by but that beats earthquakes, forest fires, power outages and shitty looney left run politics and government. Lots of golf if they like golf and more fishing than hunting.

I am not sure they know what they are getting in to...  She did live in Texas years ago so at least she will understand the humidity.  Unfortunately her hair, like mine, will not adjust well.

Quote from: Solars Toy on May 23, 2021, 07:14:28 AMI am not sure they know what they are getting in to...  She did live in Texas years ago so at least she will understand the humidity.  Unfortunately her hair, like mine, will not adjust well.

Most places in Texas got no idea of real humidity like they have in SC.
Then again I went to the Phillipines from central Florida surrounded by water by the many lakes and the swamp land surrounding Avon Park. Surely I had the heat and humidity licked I thought till I walked off the plane and it felt like walking into a soggy wall. I was in the shower four or five times a day till I adjusted to it. There were light fixtures in the bottom of the closets, not for light but to keep your clothes from getting moldy and your shoes from turning green. At least I was pretty well set for SEA after the PI.

Quote from: dickfoster on May 23, 2021, 07:28:27 AMMost places in Texas got no idea of real humidity like they have in SC.
Then again I went to the Phillipines from central Florida surrounded by water by the many lakes and the swamp land surrounding Avon Park. Surely I had the heat and humidity licked I thought till I walked off the plane and it felt like walking into a soggy wall. I was in the shower four or five times a day till I adjusted to it. There were light fixtures in the bottom of the closets, not for light but to keep your clothes from getting moldy and your shoes from turning green. At least I was pretty well set for SEA after the PI.

Born and raised in Illinois - 90+ degrees and 90% humidity.     Solar tells me about being stationed in Korea and their humidity. 

Toy

Quote from: Solars Toy on May 23, 2021, 07:34:16 AMBorn and raised in Illinois - 90+ degrees and 90% humidity.    Solar tells me about being stationed in Korea and their humidity. 

Toy

I didn't think Korea so bad but before I got there I had already acclimatized to the PI and SEA.
After many years settled down back here I went to Shanghi for a month and felt Asian humidity again. I didn't feel it so much in Taiwan though.

Quote from: Mimsy on May 21, 2021, 01:29:40 PMThere's also a movement here in western Minnesota to become part of South Dakota.

I lived in New Ulm for a few years a decade ago and they were very right wing, while I have relatives in Mankato and St Paul which seem to be quite leftist.

I think it pretty much boiks down to city cesspool urban areas were people are so helpless, lazy and stupid they can't even think for themselves vs rural areas where people still have ability, self respect and pride.

Quote from: dickfoster on May 23, 2021, 10:21:58 AMI think it pretty much boiks down to city cesspool urban areas were people are so helpless, lazy and stupid they can't even think for themselves vs rural areas where people still have ability, self respect and pride.

It's all all cities that can vote themselves free stuff.  Then have the rest of the working people in the state pay for it.

Quote from: T Hunt on May 23, 2021, 10:07:13 AMI lived in New Ulm for a few years a decade ago and they were very right wing, while I have relatives in Mankato and St Paul which seem to be quite leftist.

MN is a funny place. The twin cities is ultra liberal but outside of the metro it's very red.