posted on September 7, 2004 11:05:31 PM new
About 10 years ago, I & my wife thought about retiring in FL. After several visits with her sister & family, We sdaw all of the bugs, the Hurricanes etc & decided against it. I now live on the central coast of CA. We don't have bugs or hurricanes. The Santa Maria Valley has nmever had an earthquake. No floods, no hurricanes, or tornados.
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posted on September 7, 2004 11:05:32 PM new
About 10 years ago, I & my wife thought about retiring in FL. After several visits with her sister & family, We sdaw all of the bugs, the Hurricanes etc & decided against it. I now live on the central coast of CA. We don't have bugs or hurricanes. The Santa Maria Valley has nmever had an earthquake. No floods, no hurricanes, or tornados.
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
posted on September 7, 2004 11:24:57 PM new
I want to live where sanmar lives!
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posted on September 7, 2004 11:26:26 PM new
Sanmar...I vividly remember that about 10 or 15 years ago Santa Maria had a searing heat wave when the temp rose to an unbearable 86 degrees and stayed there for 3 hours. And then just 5 years ago, you had a wind storm with sustained winds of 3 mph and gusts as high as 5 mph. You gotta let folks know the down side of the climate over there
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posted on September 8, 2004 03:52:54 AM new
Santa Maria-no hurricanes, torandos,bugs
floods,heatwaves or earthquakes..I aint moving there, sounds too boring-I mean, wheres the excitement??
posted on September 8, 2004 04:32:18 AM new
Here in Central New York we have lots of snow in the winter, worse than Buffalo. However, it really isn't too hard to deal with except for a couple of blizzard days. I would rather deal with the snow and cold (sometimes 20 below zero) than hurricanes, tornados or earthquakes.
posted on September 8, 2004 07:51:29 AM new
I miss CA sometimes. I loved living in the S.F Bay area. Just got tired of my play check going to pay for housing.
CA is wonderful. I liked being so close to the mountains, ocean and Lost Wages, NV. But being spoiled by the relatively low cost of living, I moved to Florida, hurricanes and all! At least here I can afford to live close to the water. In CA that was never a possibility for me.
As for the hurricanes... I've learned to pray really hard <g>. It seems to be working. f you notice, the storms keep missing Panama City this year.
posted on September 8, 2004 09:52:13 AM newYUCK!!!! IF Ivan happens to follow the projected track posted at the top of this thread, it will hit us straight on! Since we are 90 miles off the coast, our major issue is flooding and wind!
But, we've survived many, as I was originally reared 50 miles off the Texas coast, so hurricanes are basically a way of life, AT LEAST with hurricanes, you KNOW they are coming, and you can get out of the way if you so choose. Not like earthquakes, tornadoes, etc. I'll take our SE hurricanes any day compared to earthquakes, tornadoes, mud slides, etc.
I also like our tax structure, we live in a 10,000 sq. ft. house, and our property taxes are a mere $500 a year - can you imagine what they would be in CA, or NY!! Yes, I did mean ten thousand square feet. I remember in Georgia our property taxes on a house with 3,600 sq. ft run about $3,500 a year, and that is living WAY on the outskirts of Atlanta, and that was 15 years ago.
Naturally, house insurance, business insurance, car insurance, are minute compared to CA, NY, etc.
My daughter lives in CA and she was visiting recently, and was aghast at our grocery prices. What she pays for a large CAN of Arizona Tea in CA, I pay the same for a GALLON here.
BUGS we didn’t have “bugs,” in Atlanta. Where we live now the average person does have to have a monthly visit from the bug man to keep bugs away, BUT the original owner of our house & property had all the ground treated with what was then legal, but is now illegal, a strong bug deterrent, and we just don’t have a bug problem, or a termite issue, and don’t have to have an exterminator ever.
So all in all, I don't mind a hurricane every few years.
And I'll leave "Ivan" in the good Lord's hands.
My Boss Is A Jewish Carpenter!
[ edited by jwpc on Sep 8, 2004 10:06 AM ]
posted on September 8, 2004 09:55:17 AM new
JWPC,
Where the heck are you? You one of those lucky people who owns one of their own little tropical islands?? Does FedEx deliver?? <g>
No, we don't live on a "tropical island." We are about 70 miles north of Panama City, Florida, near the intersection of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. We are in Alabama, just north of Dothan, Alabama.
Yes, FedEx visits, and our shop has a daily UPS pickup. We own our shop, which is a free standing brick building, at the intersection of two AL highways. The shop sits on 2 acres, with a bar as our neighbor. Our shop is 6,000 sq. ft., and taxes on it are about $300 a year!
We are definitely in a rural area, but within easy driving distance to Dothan, AL, 15 miles south, with many theme restaurants, and more than ample shopping. Montgomery, AL, is 70 miles north, and we are about 198 miles from Atlanta.
Once, I adjusted to the rural area, I love it. If someone here goes to the post office, (usually someone elderly) and doesn't have their package wrapped properly, the post master redoes it for them! If you happen to pick up an item at the post office and it has postage due, and you didn't bring your purse, don't worry, just bring the change in next time you visit the post office! If you have too many incoming packages to carry, not to worry, the postmaster will close his drawer and load your vehicle!!
About 10 years ago, our shop was flooded, and before the water could get in, the local U-Haul company, who we didn't even know, sent a truck and a man to the shop to help transport furniture. People from everywhere showed up at the shop, including the volunteer fire department, an antique dealer we didn't know and this group totally moved everything out of the shop and up to our house before the water got in! That is they moved furniture, and wrapped and moved breakables, that filled 6,000 sq. feet, in about 3 ½ hours!
I can only appreciate such things having been reared and having lived most of my life in large cities like Houston, and Atlanta.
posted on September 8, 2004 10:41:22 AM new
I've probably had the pleasure of being there.
I travel north thru Dothan several times a year to visit family in western KY and east TN. We run 231 and 431. Don't stop as much as we used too simply because I have too much stuff and have promised myself I won't look anymore.
Glassgrl lived in Dothan for a few years and trvels to B'ham regularly.
We both be real GRITS. (Girls Raised In The South)
posted on September 8, 2004 11:27:36 AM new
yes my mom and her twin sister are from there-been there many times and that stinky Kings Beach at low tide
posted on September 8, 2004 11:50:01 AM new
Fenway's a great place to see a game.Even though Im from N.Y. I love those old time ball parks-in 1970 a girl and I went to Baaston for the weekend. We got scalper tickets to a ball game and we stayed in a place right across the street-I THINK it was called The Fenway Motor Inn-but its been 34 years so I could be wrong.Back in 1970 it was fairly nice-dont know what its like now.
The only thing I remember vivdly was how big the green monster was-you have to see it in person
$1200 a month for an apartment?? LOL-we got a house here in East Fishkill,NY 11 years ago.We have 4 bedrooms,3 baths 2 acres of land and an kidney shaped inground swimming pool and our mortgage including taxes is $1185.00-of course this is Dutchess Co-not Westchester Co where we used to live
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posted on September 8, 2004 12:23:38 PM newTom
So your from Boston, & I always thought you were from the Philadelphia area. How come you know so much about PA.
posted on September 8, 2004 12:49:04 PM new
Grew-up outside of Philly (Abington) -- but lived in Boston for 13 yrs & Portland ME for 8 yrs -- a transplanted NE'er?
posted on September 8, 2004 01:02:36 PM new
Abington, really nice area. I have an aunt that lives there.
How could you move away from Cheese Steaks & Hoagies !
I remember you mentioning F.L. Wright's Beth Sholam, scrapple & other stuff so I figured you must have been from this area.
posted on September 8, 2004 02:27:48 PM new
Hi
As an ex Californian and electrician someone further up on this thread is confused about electrical brown outs and black outs.
A Brown out is when the power source is over loaded and your 110 volt circuit is now about 70 volts (or less). It is notable by a regular incandescent light bulb looking like a poor flash light and usually putting out brown yellow weak light. When that happens your motors (refrigerator, AC unit etc) will either trip or overheat and burn up. Solution is to get them off line.
A Black out is when the power grid just gives up and trips or melts down. (usually fuses) Black outs don't usually hurt electrical equipment, Brown outs are equipment killers)
David
