If you could live anywhere; where'd it be?

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Old Feb 4, 2005 | 11:15 AM
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No doubt, the women in Germany are hot- REAL HOT and they love black men- so that's a double bonus for me.
I had my fun, believe me when I tell you.

That said; I'd love to live in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Nuremburg, or somewhere like that. Of the countries I've been to, Germany is the only one I could truly phathom living in. (Autobahn)

Once you've driven A3, A5 & A7- when you come back to the US and have to drive 70 on I-10, it gets irritating!!!
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Kobiashi: I put all that filler in there because you could want to live anywhere, but if you can't afford to live there because there is no jobs (yet you still have bills & responsibilities); what sense would that make? I set it up like that so everything you have today (job/salary, etc.) could remain the same or better, but you could call where you wanted to live, home.)


I LOVE the San Francisco Bay area, but, with the AVERAGE house in the Bay Area costing $670,000; I can't afford to move there. That's right, the AVERAGE home is $670,000. That's a monthly mortgage of roughly $6,700 a month. You'd have to be bringin home $300,000 to live comfortably in San Francisco; unless you moved there 10-20-30 years ago when things were cheap, and you just happen to have the house someone left you. Otherwise, many of us couldn't just fold the tent and move somewhere like that, without all expenses being paid.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2005 | 11:24 AM
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I guess I'm a puss-bag.

I'd be scared to death to visit another country right now. I'm "too" American. I'd get spotted in a heart beat and get strung up in some warehouse like a POW.
Noooo.. Get out there and fly the flag. This is my travel shirt.



Honestly, I think you have more chance of getting shot in Texas than many other places around the world.

Downtown Luanda during the Angolan civil war felt safer than some parts of Houston
 
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Old Feb 4, 2005 | 11:31 AM
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Old Feb 4, 2005 | 12:48 PM
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Originally posted by cia-agent
Kobiashi: I put all that filler in there because you could want to live anywhere, but if you can't afford to live there because there is no jobs (yet you still have bills & responsibilities); what sense would that make? I set it up like that so everything you have today (job/salary, etc.) could remain the same or better, but you could call where you wanted to live, home.)
Yes, I understood that, however, this is a FANTASY question so why not make it as clean as possible and not muck it up with work?

For example:
"If you could live anywhere, where would it be . . . and how many women would you have in your harem . . . and would they all be blonde . . .and would you have a chef . . . and what kind of food would you eat (because in this fantasy you can eat as much as you want and never get fat) . . . and would all the women in your harem feed you or would you want to feed yourself?

See . . . much better than WORK!

Originally posted by jamzwayne
I guess I'm a puss-bag. I'd be scared to death to visit another country right now. I'm "too" American. I'd get spotted in a heart beat and get strung up in some warehouse like a POW.
Oh man . . this reminds me of something that makes me so mad. . . .
(this is not directed at you jamz, it's just that your post reminded me of this)
I went to Paris for Christmas. I flew out of LAX here. When I was checking in at the terminal the guy in front of me in line had an American Passport in his hand. He also had a canvas duffle bag carry-on. Sewn onto the duffle (and you could see it was done hastely because it was a real sloppy job) was a Canadian Flag.
The damn wuss didn't want anyone to know he was American.
My luggage and my carry-on have black leather ID tags that have an American Flag on one side of the tag.
Wave it proudly!
Pretending you're Canadian when traveling abroad . . . pathetic.

If one does not want to travel that's fine, but if one does travel, don't hide behind someone else's flag.

(Besides . . . come on . . .it was France for Christ's sake!)
 
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Old Feb 4, 2005 | 12:56 PM
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Originally posted by kobiashi


If one does not want to travel that's fine, but if one does travel, don't hide behind someone else's flag.

(Besides . . . come on . . .it was France for Christ's sake!)
I agree with you. I am way too American and I would never be able to a Canadian flag (or any other other flag for that matter) on anything I own...no disrespect to Canada.....but my home is here. And proud of it.

I'd stand out like a sore thumb in any other country....with or without a flag.

 
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Old Feb 4, 2005 | 02:34 PM
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Why would someone hide behind another flag? I love my country and am proud to wave my flag I have no problem with the USA flag either. We have the 2 best countries in the world! North America is a last frontier of freedom! Lets hope it stays that way!

Support our troops and it will stay that way!
 
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Old Feb 4, 2005 | 03:34 PM
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Fairbanks, Alaska, where I'm at now, that's why I built my house here in the hills. All the hunting, fishing, and wilderness I could ever ask for. Not to crowded, either.
To me it would seem really weird to live in Alaska or Hawaii, because you would be so far away from the lower 48 states. If, I leave Arkansas state lines, I am still in the U.S. Know what I mean? I would love to see those places those!!
 
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Old Feb 4, 2005 | 04:38 PM
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I would stay right here in southeastern Michigan. Only I would have a house on a larger lot (at least 2 acres) with a big barn (converted into a garage of coarse).
 
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Old Feb 4, 2005 | 04:42 PM
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Old Feb 4, 2005 | 07:56 PM
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Originally posted by kbldawg
To me it would seem really weird to live in Alaska or Hawaii, because you would be so far away from the lower 48 states. If, I leave Arkansas state lines, I am still in the U.S. Know what I mean? I would love to see those places those!!
Yeah, I do. It would be nice to drive to Colorado, Nevada, or Indiana over a weekend to see my family. There are times that I wished I lived in the lower 48 when I want to order something like a tonneau cover for my truck. The shipping alone is half the cost of the cover! I can't tell you how many times Alaska and Hawaii are considered international, like we're some foriegn country, so alot of companies wont ship up here.
Other than that, we have most of the modern conviences up here that you have down there, it's just that they're always a little more expensive.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2005 | 08:33 PM
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Originally posted by jdpollen
. . . we have most of the modern conviences up here that you have down there, it's just that they're always a little more expensive.
Yeah, word has it you guys are gonna get electricity up there this year.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2005 | 08:47 PM
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Originally posted by kobiashi
Yeah, word has it you guys are gonna get electricity up there this year.
What the heck is electricity??? Leave your confounded technogizmo whatzitmadozers down there!! Next thing you'll tell us is that they have powered enclosed dogsleds and houses that aren't made out of ice!
 
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Old Feb 4, 2005 | 09:15 PM
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Re: If you could live anywhere; where'd it be?

Originally posted by cia-agent
If your company moved you to anywhere you wanted to live, all moving expenses paid, sold/paid for your old house (And the closing costs), and gave you a $30,000 miscellaneous expense disbursement to payoff any nagging debt you have; gave you a dedicated T1 line so you could work from home, and allowed you to maintain your current salary, plus 5% annual adjustments; where would you move to?


Hmmm, marble falls texas-I think. but then again I like Tennessee, Kentucky, the Carolinas, and of course my home state West Virginia...... Anywhere country!! Moving in a year, ought to be interesting....praying the army send me someplace COUNTRY, the city life is a big PITA.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 01:01 AM
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Originally posted by zoo crew
Hmmm, marble falls texas-I think. but then again I like Tennessee, Kentucky, the Carolinas, and of course my home state West Virginia...... Anywhere country!! Moving in a year, ought to be interesting....praying the army send me someplace COUNTRY, the city life is a big PITA.

Marble Falls is pretty...

Been there, done that; would do it again.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 03:46 AM
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Originally posted by jdpollen
...There are times that I wished I lived in the lower 48 when I want to order something like a tonneau cover for my truck. The shipping alone is half the cost of the cover! I can't tell you how many times Alaska and Hawaii are considered international, like we're some foriegn country, so alot of companies wont ship up here.
Other than that, we have most of the modern conviences up here that you have down there, it's just that they're always a little more expensive.
That is so true! I have had operators tell me that "I'm sorry we don't ship to foreign countries" Hello, what geography class did they fail?? It can be very frustrating at times. As for the conveniences, it took me a long time to convince my father-in-law that we lived in a house with running water, electricity, cable TV and a phone!! Not sure how he figured I was sending all those e-mails!!
 
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