Posted on 06/12/2004 2:43:58 PM PDT by prost
My dad never had a car living and working in Pittsburgh (just outside). Great public transportation.
My uncle never had a car living in Queens (NY) then moving to Miami Beach in a condo. Still plays golf there (great hidden course), goes to horse races, JaiLai, dog track all on public transportation. Restaurants abound.
Only problem with Miami Beach is the hospitals suck. St. Joseph's and Mount Saini have so many old people in them all the time the doctors are complacent. Ho humm, another old one dead.
Thanks for info, as I have never lived in Jax, but stopped there. Which American cities would be best for that type of living as we can't move to Thailand with you...lol
Hooterville????
I have a friend that lives in Peachtree City. It has it's positives and negatives.
Postives....Golf cart paths and golf courses everywhere, good schools, low crime. Negatives... My friend shoveled the dirt, sticks,rocks, and other natural debris out of the curb in front of his house, and threw the debris into the woods across the street from his house.
The next day, there was a summons in their mailbox from the city, fining him $50 for throwing "lawn debris" into the woods across the street.
The city quickly dropped the fine when my friend demanded the city produce the alleged "lawn debris", but still.
Secondly, One of Jimmy Carter's children lives in P'tree city. Their son goes to school with and hangs out with my friends son.
The boy has been instructed to never repeat what he hears about Jimmah from dad in front of the Carter boy.
I'm sure the kid hears enough as it is, as the area is very republican.
Some folks get fixated on "protecting their property values" - and that's how you get homeowner's associations, with their meddling ways, and nanny-cities.
We don't want any part of that. When we moved, my husband's only three stipulations were: room for his ham radio antennas, room for his shop, and NO SUBDIVISION REGS OR RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. We have six antennas in the back yard, well away from the property lines and disguised so they don't bother the neighbors. If I want to work on a car or build horse jumps for my riding instructor in my driveway, or set up an agility course for my dog on the front lawn, or paint my front door fire engine red, then by golly I want to be able to without some meddling busybody sending me a little note. I've done all those things, and my neighbors don't mind a bit, I always tidy up when I'm done.
I'm a Texan, but love the change of seasons. Maine is wonderful in the summer (as you no doubt found out) because you can wear shorts during the day and need a sweater in the evening - my idea of a good time. If it's a hot Maine summer, swimming is just fine.
Are you the guy living at the Buffalo Zoo?
Can't live without it!
We used to live in a neighborhood that was a funky little bit of semi-rural Georgia that the City of Atlanta had somehow bypassed and swallowed without changing it a bit. We had TWO neighbors with goats (Billy and Leona), lots of cars up on blocks, dirt roads, old-fashioned flower beds, petunias in whitewashed truck tires, and the nicest folks you would ever want to meet. We built a little one-bedroom cabin in the middle of an acre of woods that used to be Mrs. Barnett's back cow lot. When we had one kid, we added on a bedroom, but when we had two, we had to move!
We sold our place to a fellow who is an amateur potter (and a rather good one too - I like his work). He asked us if the neighbors would mind if he had a kiln in the back yard. We just looked at him and laughed, and told him so long as he didn't frighten the horses in the street or burn the neighborhood down he could do pretty much what he wanted in his own back yard. He was amazed.
Of course the real estate vultures discovered the place and now it's all gentrified and I'm sure folks have gotten fussier.
You know,From greenacres
We don't want any part of that.
We don't either. And if Douglas county gets much more crowded, I'm moving to Alabama or Florida.
In defense of P'tree city folks...
My friend that lives there isn't exactly in the same income category as most folks that live there. Although we don't do bad in the exhibit business, my friend is basically a shop worker with no college education, while most of his neighbors are degreed professionals pulling down salaries in the low to mid six figures.
Given the differences between my friend and most P'tree city residents, him and his family have been warmly received and well treated.
Well, there was an experience at a local pond not too long ago. My friend took his daughter to the pond with a couple trusty zebco 33's and a sack of bread to introduce her to the joys of catching bream off the bed.
They had been at the pond about 20 minutes catching bream when another family pulled up to the pond on their cart. The father opened up brand new fishing equipment, and preceded to rig poles for his two young sons.
My friend watched them, and noticed they weren't catching anything. As he and his daughter went to leave, they had to walk by the family to get to their cart. As they got close, my friend noticed why they weren't catching any bream...
They were using too big a line, too big a hook, too much weight, and too much worm. In other words, they were fattening up the bream, which could easily eat the worm off the hook.
My friend went up to the dad made a polite suggestion on how to improve his luck, even offering to leave them the leftover bread and pack of bream hooks. The dad replied with a snide,"Thanks for your help, but I know what I'm doing. Have a nice day." in a "Not from around here" accent.
My friend did the right thing by not telling the dad off in front of his kids, but he wanted to something fierce.
He suspects that "dad" is the one that reported him to the county over throwing the curb scrapings into the woods. He remembers seeing that family drive by on their cart while he was shoveling the curb that day.
And all his close neighbors are really nice people, that throw their curb scrapings in the same woods my friend did.
Overall though, my friend and his family love it there. I guess it is nice to go out on a nice evening, and drive the open air golf cart to go do family stuff.
You know, there's always an Esso Bee in every crowd . . . too bad your friend had to meet up with him.
Sounds like Glencoe, MN, my new hometown. (Except we have a hospital. Sort of.)
Did you get lots of rain down there in Montgomery this week?
I had 2.25 inches in my rain gauge when the sun finally appeared. My son in Waterville (15 miles south) had 5 inches. It's been a WET couple of months.
One More Tribute (to President Reagan)
Bill
We were working at Deer Harbor, Orcas Island...Busy summers but able to cruise spring, fall and winter. Princess Louisa inlet, Desolation Sound, Nanaimo, Lund etc...truly God's country.
Lansing/East Lansing, Michigan. The cities share the Capitol Area Transportation Authority bus system. Lansing is far more affordable than EL and we don't have all those wacky college kids to contend with, either. I live right downtown in a very quiet neighborhood, all historic homes. We have several museums, good hospitals, decent shopping, some great restaurants, and you can't swing a cat without hitting a park of some kind (including our minor league ballpark). FReepmail sergiod if you're interested in the area--he's a realtor.
You can forget anyplace in Texas. Wheels are a necessity here. We tend to build out, not up.
I bet right in your town are senior condominiums with a shuttle bus that goes to the grocery store and church once a week.... and/or public transit.
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