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If you could move to one state, which would you chose?
Me | 1/31/2011 | Me

Posted on 01/31/2011 7:05:33 AM PST by mikelets456

Ok, I am from NJ. Between the high taxes, strict gun laws and crazy liberals I am seriously thinking about moving... have been thinking this for quite some time. Right now I have three children and have to pay for private schooling for all three because the public school's agenda's here are disingenuous and horrible. I want to make sure I do not go from the frying pan into the fire. I have a few choices for job transfers to NC, TX and OH. I need to be in a good area as I have a Neurological disorder and need an area with good doctors. However, I want to look at a state that will not give into any FEDERAL PRESSURE regardless (Are there any states left?). Looking for good infrastructure, few unions, decent schools (or good private schools), friendly gun laws and good hospitals. I guess what I am looking for is a a state that will stick to Constitutional principals regardless of what happens.


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To: Lakeshark
Hey, hey, we all know you’re from Baghdad......

:-P

Baghdad is where I earn my living.

Texas is where I do my living.

I am in "earning" mode at present. ;-)

221 posted on 01/31/2011 10:56:59 AM PST by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: Allegra
Baghdad is where I earn my living. Texas is where I do my living.

Ha. Spin. Why can't I get the image of Rahm Immanuel out of my head?

:-)

222 posted on 01/31/2011 11:05:11 AM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

von Braun not Oppenheimer. Huntsville is known as the Rocket City. Lots of high tech companies.


223 posted on 01/31/2011 11:06:16 AM PST by ironman
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To: mikelets456
Well, with a sane government, coastal Southern California would be the easy winner. And Hawaii would deserve serious consideration.

But after spending most of my life in California I can say that Scottsdale, Arizona is the best place I have ever found for a successful, conservative-to-libertarian minded citizen to live. Weather is perfect (the relatively small number of 115 degree days keeps the bum population to a minimum), no earthquakes, no snow, economy isn't great but not horrible either, housing has corrected to a fairly affordable level, and Arizona is about the only state in the Union that seems to be getting more conservative in the Obama era.

224 posted on 01/31/2011 11:16:17 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ( "The right to offend is far more important than any right not to be offended." - Rowan Atkinson)
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To: Logic n' Reason

Re: North Dakota & Wyoming

North Dakota is “moderate” conservative at the state political level and quite to very conservative once you get away from the public sector in Bismarck, Grand Forks and Fargo.

Wyoming is more conservative at the state level (their outgoing Dem governor was more conservative than N.D.’s outgoing Republican governor, who is now the new senator) and Wyoming is marvelously conservative out in the countryside-—if you stay away from Jackson Hole and country club spots like that.

North Dakota is colder and doesn’t have mountains, but it has good bird hunting and great walleye fishing in the 200-mile long Lake Sakakawea; Wyoming has good rivers and trout fishing and big-game hunting, but once you are away from the mountains you could just as well be in North Dakota.

Both states have oil; North Dakota positively swims in the stuff right now. You want work, you want to make money and you are a tough bastard who can take cold, heat and real work-—head to western North Dakota. Write your own ticket.


225 posted on 01/31/2011 11:22:33 AM PST by dblup
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To: mikelets456
Do not come to Texas!!!
We have rattlers.
We have hot summers.
We have fire ants.
We have serious allergy seasons.
We have liberals in the big cities.
We have Africanized honey bees.
We have traffic gridlocks all day.
We have etc., etc,.

226 posted on 01/31/2011 11:45:30 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (America has two cancers - democrats and RINOS.)
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To: dblup

Thanks for the tips....they both sound fine to me!


227 posted on 01/31/2011 12:03:46 PM PST by Logic n' Reason ("Don't start coloring until you know where the lines go.")
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To: mikelets456

Yep, it is agreed...you should go to Texas...not Idaho...no, definately not Idaho.


228 posted on 01/31/2011 12:12:39 PM PST by Cuttnhorse (Obama; a skid mark on the undershorts of American history.)
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To: mikelets456

About the only state with a climate that I could tolerate (FL,TX and AZ are *out*) is New Hampshire.No income tax...no sales tax...and parts of the state are basically suburbs of Boston anyway.


229 posted on 01/31/2011 12:51:52 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (''I don't regret setting bombs,I feel we didn't do enough.'' ->Bill Ayers,Hussein's mentor,9/11/01)
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To: Lakeshark
Why can't I get the image of Rahm Immanuel out of my head?

Because you have a man-crush on him?

:-)

230 posted on 01/31/2011 1:02:23 PM PST by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: Nervous Tick

I’m from VA, no Yankee here. My husband is from TX and I am like Ruth wherever he goes so will I. So if he goes home to TX I will go too.
Believe you me though I am praying he won’t.


231 posted on 01/31/2011 1:02:23 PM PST by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: stansblugrassgrl

Lol


232 posted on 01/31/2011 1:11:46 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Arrowhead1952

Interesting... I am probably TOO conservative for the likes of you... Try being an ultra Conservative Christian in NJ that can’t keep his mouth shut! Yup, that’s me... Got the entire school district, NJEA, GLAD and PTA to compromise my bank account, send me threats and shun us from the school. I am sure you have seen it on the news, radio and internet in 2007. Yup, you don’t want people like me in TX, maybe I need to stand on the front line and keep liberalism from spreading to your area? Maybe the soft cushy life ain’t for me.... maybe, just maybe, that is why God has us here.


233 posted on 01/31/2011 2:00:10 PM PST by mikelets456
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To: nuconvert
TX probably comes closest to what you’re asking. However, you will be looked upon as a Yankee, which can get very annoying and make it hard to make true friends (people are nice to your face), so be prepared.

I think it would be more accurate to say that Texans have good manners. Most of us don't really have a problem with yankees- unless they treat our ways with disdain, which they often do. Genuinely likeable people do just fine here.

That being said, a New York or New Jersey accent can be hard to get past, sometimes. :)

234 posted on 01/31/2011 2:06:54 PM PST by TexasBarak (He who pays the least- wins!)
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To: nutmeg

I’m in St Johns county, St Augustine to be exact, our nations oldest city.

The county is one of the most republican areas in the state, we have no Dems in power in this county, we’re not in debt ;like other areas and we get the seasons but not as harsh as the south FL or north of GA.

Any questions then I would be more than happy to answer them.

BTW There is no traffic jams here, no roads being blocked, crime is one of the lowest you will find anywhere.
Everyone speaks English, never met anyone who could not.

If it’s a diverse area wiht all cultures and races then this place is not for you but if you’re looking for a peaceful cheap safe , nice climate, conservative area then this place is for you.

In many ways the place still reminds me of the old days where many stores are still MOM and Dad stores, grocers, butchers, fish mongers etc


235 posted on 01/31/2011 2:20:12 PM PST by manc (Shame on all who voted for the repeal of DADT, who supported it or never tried to stop it. Traitors)
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To: MileHi

Ah,Colorado,would love to live there.

Three yrs ago I was out there from from here in Tn on the Gold Wing.It turned cold and started sleeting..I got off the first exit,close to Table Rock,hit a curb because my glasses were fogging,shivering I pulled into a Micky D`s to thaw out and held the door open for a coupla girls.They said they don`t need a man to open the door for them

It is the most beautiful state,lots of libs tho


236 posted on 01/31/2011 2:41:09 PM PST by Harold Shea (RVN `70 - `71)
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To: Verginius Rufus

I believe at one point it was. Nice people down there, beautiful scenery, lots of recreation opportunities, esp. if you like boating, hiking, camping. Nice place to rear children or retire. Decent weather-you get a winter, but it’s not severe. Rocky Mount, VA is a nice old fashioned town. Close enough to Roanoke for medical needs or big time shopping, but still rural. Blue Ridge Parkway is close.


237 posted on 01/31/2011 2:41:09 PM PST by randita
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To: Allegra
Unggggh....

That's low.

Towel head.....

:-)

238 posted on 01/31/2011 2:54:17 PM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: mikelets456

Virginia


239 posted on 01/31/2011 2:57:00 PM PST by rabidralph (...Because you never know how far you can run unless you run.--Penny Chenery, Owner, Secretariat)
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To: Harold Shea

Not sure where Table Rock is unless that is the Tabletops near Golden (Coors Brewery)?

Yes, too much Kalifornication in recent years.

Thanks for your service.


240 posted on 01/31/2011 3:06:32 PM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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