USA blues
Mar 23rd 2014, 4:54 pm
#46
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Re: USA blues
Top tip. When our fellow-expats are homesick, we try to cheer them up. We don't tell them they are living in the worst possible part of the country when they have option to move. I understand your national pride is at stake, but that isn't relevant to the homesick ex pat. They need to feel better where they are.
Mar 23rd 2014, 7:55 pm
#47
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Re: USA blues
Personally I wouldn't want to live in Cary, but hillbilly and redneck it is most certainly NOT.
Last edited by Pulaski; Mar 23rd 2014 at 7:59 pm.
Mar 24th 2014, 6:45 pm
#48
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Re: USA blues
It depends on where you live. There are lots of outdoor cats in my neighborhood. Our county has an animal restraint ordinance that states that domestic pets (including cats) are not allowed to roam free off the owner's property. I've seen that enforced for dogs but never for cats. So I guess the level of enforcement of any such ordinances is also a factor in whether you'll see cats wandering around.
Mar 24th 2014, 6:54 pm
#49
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Re: USA blues
Ah cool thanks, does anybody take notice of the cats on leashes rule? As getting my 11 and 18 year old cats to accept leashes at their age is not going to happen. I was stunned when I read that I cannot let them off my property unleashed, has anyone ever tried to control a cat before, it's not easy haha.
The usual trick is to tether them to a pole and eventually they get the idea they shouldn't leave the property.
As for your daughter, volunteer work that would ordinarily not be paid is permitted. Which sounds like the case based on what you've said.
Mar 24th 2014, 7:18 pm
#50
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Re: USA blues
Depending on where you're at and on state laws, a homeowner can technically kill any animal found on it's property. I've never heard of a 'right to roam' for cats. So unfortunately if an outdoor cat strays on to the wrong property, they may not come back home.
Personally, unless you are truly rural, I would never consider having outdoor cats. Too many cars to run them over, and too many asshats that would shoot them with bb guns (or worse). But being rural has its dangers too, with coyotes and other potential predators. By the way, OP, I am an American saying this, not an expat. There are many folks who really don't like cats (or any animals).
Personally, unless you are truly rural, I would never consider having outdoor cats. Too many cars to run them over, and too many asshats that would shoot them with bb guns (or worse). But being rural has its dangers too, with coyotes and other potential predators. By the way, OP, I am an American saying this, not an expat. There are many folks who really don't like cats (or any animals).
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Mar 24th 2014, 7:31 pm
#51
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Re: USA blues
If you want to keep your sanity, look to Washington DC, Florida or eastern Ohio for distractions-those locations are far more liberal. If you plan on staying in the states you may want to talk to your hubby about locations like New York, Massachusetts, Oregon or Washington. You will find bigger European settlements and more progressive thinking. In short you may be happier in another location-don't give up on the US
Mar 24th 2014, 7:33 pm
#52
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Re: USA blues
It depends on where you live. There are lots of outdoor cats in my neighborhood. Our county has an animal restraint ordinance that states that domestic pets (including cats) are not allowed to roam free off the owner's property. I've seen that enforced for dogs but never for cats. So I guess the level of enforcement of any such ordinances is also a factor in whether you'll see cats wandering around.
There is one comes into our back yard quite a bit that annoys the arse off my cat, who has never shown even the slightest bit of a desire to go outside, after that one time she got out for a few hours right before we had her fixed.
Mar 24th 2014, 7:36 pm
#53
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Re: USA blues
You're referring to Cary ? As in Containment Area for Relocated Yankees ? Having spent a reasonable amount of time around there recently, I wouldn't say the Triangle (of which Cary is a part) is at all backwards....Chapel Hill and Carrboro are as progressive politically as it gets in the US, Cary is very safe and suburban, the RTP is full of tech companies, Durham is a reviving urban center and Raleigh has a whole lot of cultural stuff.
