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Apr 9th 2009, 2:18 am
#17
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Re: help
However if you live elsewhere the cost drops off, as does the earthquake risk.
I only picked it as an example because of sun+sea. In any case, whatever way you swing it, it's better than Florida.
Apr 9th 2009, 2:59 am
#18
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Re: help
I don't think the sea seems as warm here as other places or have just been unlucky every time I've been to Ocean Beach or other beaches too.
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Apr 9th 2009, 3:55 am
#19
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Re: business in florida
please help my family and i would love to live and work in florida, but we do not have skilled jobs, i work in child day care and my husband is truck driver and x army. we have some money to buy house and business but can we buy any business to get visa < i saw on tv a man buying lawn business for $100,00 and that got him and his family in but this was 5 years ago> can we still do this ?. please can you tell me best ways to get into the usa.
we have job offer in canada and can move fairly quick, but i love florida and really want to move there.
i also have daughter whos half sister is us citizen who would sponser us if she could
we have job offer in canada and can move fairly quick, but i love florida and really want to move there.
i also have daughter whos half sister is us citizen who would sponser us if she could
Apr 9th 2009, 10:03 am
#20
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Re: help
Well I don't know about that, we have scorpions (they hurt) roaches, rattle snakes, temps above 100 for long stretches, dry dry heat that ages you prematurely no matter how much you moisturize. We also retreat to those A/C rooms and emerge when the sun goes down and hopefully it cools off a bit if we are lucky
I don't think the sea seems as warm here as other places or have just been unlucky every time I've been to Ocean Beach or other beaches too.
I don't think the sea seems as warm here as other places or have just been unlucky every time I've been to Ocean Beach or other beaches too.
Ocean beach is ALWAYS freezing. It's like your very own personal piece of Aberdeen.
When you factor it all together though (and Tahoe, Big Sur and Yosemite are big factors), I reckon the only place in the country that can seriously compete with Northern California as a place to live is the Pacific Northwest.
Apr 9th 2009, 2:31 pm
#21
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Re: help
I think the sun/heat is primarily what all these first time Brit ex-pats are looking for.
Ocean beach is ALWAYS freezing. It's like your very own personal piece of Aberdeen.
When you factor it all together though (and Tahoe, Big Sur and Yosemite are big factors), I reckon the only place in the country that can seriously compete with Northern California as a place to live is the Pacific Northwest.
Ocean beach is ALWAYS freezing. It's like your very own personal piece of Aberdeen.
When you factor it all together though (and Tahoe, Big Sur and Yosemite are big factors), I reckon the only place in the country that can seriously compete with Northern California as a place to live is the Pacific Northwest.
I thought the water temp felt familiar, I took me back to my childhood days dipping in the Irish sea 
and there was me, one of those delusional Brits thinking the Pacific Ocean was warm and exotic 
The trouble is Tahoe, Yosemite and San Francisco are all so far away from each other it'd be like touring Europe, "lets just pop to France for the weekend and go through Germany on the home"
Apr 9th 2009, 8:28 pm
#24
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Re: help
That killed me ever wanting to live there.Rene
Apr 9th 2009, 8:35 pm
#25
Septicity
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Re: help
The FIRST bloody line of Pulaski's Ways reads:
The following is a non-legal guide to living and working in the USA by people who have already done it.
We really can't help those who can't help themselves!
The following is a non-legal guide to living and working in the USA by people who have already done it.
We really can't help those who can't help themselves!
Apr 9th 2009, 8:36 pm
#26
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Re: help
However the better way to look at it is "hey kids, let's go camping this weekend!"
In California you are spoilt for choice.
In Florida....... not so much.
Also, 3 hour drive to Tahoe for skiing is just about justifiable for a daytrip. I've seen nutters drive from London through the night to get to Aviemore for the same thing!
Apr 9th 2009, 8:43 pm
#27
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Re: help
Oh caleyjag, I went camping one night in Florida. ONE night. An armadillo almost killed me.
And it was the sweatiest night of non-sleep I ever had. Motels were invented for a reason!
Apr 9th 2009, 11:55 pm
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Re: business in florida
Why do people who have visitted Florida want to live there ?
It's not the wonderfull place they all see on holiday !
I used to visit Lake George on holidays every year and always wantd to live around the area ...... for the last 9 years I have achieved that and wish to f**k I hadn't on many an occassion. Life here is far fro a holiday
It's not the wonderfull place they all see on holiday !
I used to visit Lake George on holidays every year and always wantd to live around the area ...... for the last 9 years I have achieved that and wish to f**k I hadn't on many an occassion. Life here is far fro a holiday
Classic Hasler.Seriously though, I always wanted to live in France after being there as a kid on hols
Let 'em all go to Florida....there's no room left in Maine anyway.
