Tell me good things about you location !!!
May 9th 2006, 9:29 pm
#76
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Same as Delaware, but I wouldn't wanna live there 
May 9th 2006, 9:31 pm
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
Originally Posted by BritGuyTN
Ooooh, thats another good thing about here - no state income tax. so if you have a higher income then you are quids in!
Although she gets a rebate on one against the other....complicated?
May 9th 2006, 9:33 pm
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
Originally Posted by Kate2112
Ooooooh another good thing about Seattle - no State income tax 
May 9th 2006, 9:38 pm
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Same as Delaware, but I wouldn't wanna live there
May 9th 2006, 9:40 pm
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
Originally Posted by Bob
though isn't that made up with high property taxes and the like?
May 9th 2006, 9:40 pm
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
Originally Posted by Kate2112
Whats in Delaware boy ...whats in Delaware....sing along
May 9th 2006, 9:41 pm
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
El Mirage (Phoenix Metro), AZ - It's hot!
May 9th 2006, 9:54 pm
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
Originally Posted by Kate2112
Whats in Delaware boy ...whats in Delaware....sing along
May 9th 2006, 11:44 pm
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
Originally Posted by greggx101
Marrying a yank in October in Wilkes Barre, PA - shes from the Pocono mountains but i dont think i could stand the cold up there !!
Thanks..
Thanks..
Guaranteed sun almost all year, except for rainy days, and possible hurricanes. Here in Tampa Bay we see very few hurricanes. We only had one to deal with all last year, and that one never came near enough to any real damage. Florida has a big British contigent, so you are never far away from a British accent.
We have lots of attractions here for adults and for kids.
Florida is nice, but you will need to get used to the heat, especially in summer. The A/C will be your best friend.
May 10th 2006, 12:28 am
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
Originally Posted by jumping doris
I'll stick my head above the parapet and say that I like living in Pittsburgh.
I like having four seasons and I like being sort of in the country but also very close to a city.
Everyone, except one person, has been so nice and made us all feel really welcome. That one person told me she didn't like me because I didn't speak American! But who cares.....it's her loss.
I like having four seasons and I like being sort of in the country but also very close to a city.
Everyone, except one person, has been so nice and made us all feel really welcome. That one person told me she didn't like me because I didn't speak American! But who cares.....it's her loss.
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May 10th 2006, 2:53 am
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
You could do worse than North Carolina...Seattle's lovely - Hiya Lisa! - but for cost of living / temperate weather ratio, I have to admit I'm enjoying NC a lot more...
It gets a bit hot and sticky here in high summer, but winter/spring has been very nice indeed....plus I bought a really nice house for a third of what I'd have paid in Redmond...
After a lot of job hopping I finally landed a fantastic permie job five minutes away from home so I get to eat lunch every day with Mrs. Vern and the nippers, everyone is very friendly and the work's great...so all in all I can't complain at all.
And I don't miss the rain one bit :
It gets a bit hot and sticky here in high summer, but winter/spring has been very nice indeed....plus I bought a really nice house for a third of what I'd have paid in Redmond...
After a lot of job hopping I finally landed a fantastic permie job five minutes away from home so I get to eat lunch every day with Mrs. Vern and the nippers, everyone is very friendly and the work's great...so all in all I can't complain at all.
And I don't miss the rain one bit :
May 10th 2006, 3:18 am
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
The a/c unit is on, and right next to me. I thought the Twin Cities (Minnesota) was "colder". Seems to be warm and thundery (severe storm yesterday), like, "what's this".
May 10th 2006, 5:31 am
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
Hmmmmm ! ...... Good things about where I live ?
Summer ..... Great days of sunshine, out in the pool, wonderfull scenery, friendly people, crime rate bordering on zero and steeped in history.
Winter ...... Zilch !.... Nothing ..... Zero.
Summer ..... Great days of sunshine, out in the pool, wonderfull scenery, friendly people, crime rate bordering on zero and steeped in history.
Winter ...... Zilch !.... Nothing ..... Zero.
May 10th 2006, 11:42 am
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
Have you spent many winters in Pittsburgh?
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We moved here from the NW coast of England and the gale force winds, hail and rain that we used to get in the Winter were horrible too. Every year we had storm damage to our house and often in the winter the wind was so strong you couldn't walk in it, my dog would get blown over on the beach
But the summers were horrible often,grey and windy so at least in Pittsburgh we get hot summers. I don't think I would like to live somewhere where it was hot all the time.
I may not want to retire here but who knows....
Poor old Pittsburgh , no-one seems to like it
May 10th 2006, 12:45 pm
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Re: Tell me good things about you location !!!
Originally Posted by jumping doris
No, just one and it was very mild. I don't mind cold weather and I know it is horrible here normally in the winter.(I'm originally from Yorkshire,also known as the frozen north.)
We moved here from the NW coast of England and the gale force winds, hail and rain that we used to get in the Winter were horrible too. Every year we had storm damage to our house and often in the winter the wind was so strong you couldn't walk in it, my dog would get blown over on the beach But the summers were horrible often,grey and windy so at least in Pittsburgh we get hot summers.
I don't think I would like to live somewhere where it was hot all the time.
I may not want to retire here but who knows....
Poor old Pittsburgh , no-one seems to like it
We moved here from the NW coast of England and the gale force winds, hail and rain that we used to get in the Winter were horrible too. Every year we had storm damage to our house and often in the winter the wind was so strong you couldn't walk in it, my dog would get blown over on the beach
But the summers were horrible often,grey and windy so at least in Pittsburgh we get hot summers. I don't think I would like to live somewhere where it was hot all the time.
I may not want to retire here but who knows....
Poor old Pittsburgh , no-one seems to like it
You can't even begin to compare Yorkshire winters with winters in the NE, but at least we have sunny, blue skies most days and its dry, not damp/wet/sloshy.