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[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, Jon Snow said:

Sounds eerily similar to Asheville, NC.  I moved here 20 years ago and it was much different then.  It's gotten too crowded for me.

I grew up in Morganton. Yeah, Asheville is a different world now than it used to be. Still nothing compared to the Front Range transformation over the past decade.

[Davidson Deac II]

I lived in Hawaii for three years, and if I could afford it, I would retire there.  I hate snow and cold.  

[Wes21]

32 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I've loved Colorado, but the Front Range is just way too damn crowded now. All of the things I moved out here for 13 years ago are just a lot less enjoyable now due to the crowds. I-70 to and from the mountains is a total disaster. When we first moved out here, Charlotte traffic was way worse than Denver traffic. That comparison reversed probably 7-8 years ago. The streams are packed shoulder to shoulder with fishermen. The mountain biking and hiking trails are packed. The Jeep trails are almost as packed as I-70.  The breweries are packed. I haven't completely ruled out a return to CO, but if it happens it'll be to the western slope. If it's a reasonable day trip from the Front Range, I don't want any part of it.

I honestly didn't even think that what you described was "a thing."  When I picture those types of areas, obviously I picture being relatively alone.  But I guess I should have figured it.  I'm in the VA Beach area, and as soon as they open up anything its all shoulder to shoulder, including the fishing piers.

22 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Sounds eerily similar to Asheville, NC.  I moved here 20 years ago and it was much different then.  It's gotten too crowded for me.

I loved my Asheville experience!  However, I can appreciate if you were there when it was a different place and that's what you signed up for.

[Paa Langfart]

1 hour ago, Jon Snow said:

That is the wise thing to do if you are living paycheck to paycheck, which the majority of us are.   It will come in handy if you have to wait for an unemployment check.  

Lol. All $1200.  Yeah.  That will go far.

[Squirrel]

Just now, Paa Langfart said:

Lol. All $1200.  Yeah.  That will go far.

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Pays for groceries 

[Squirrel]

Another good use for your $1200 is to hit up your local farmer. See if they have a cow they will sell to butcher for meat. Freezer full of meat goes along way to ease the mind. 

 

Plus it helps both of you out.  Currently coe market is terrible as the meat processors are turning slow.  

Edited May 13, 2020 by Squirrel

[Paa Langfart]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

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Pays for groceries 

 

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

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Pays for groceries 

Yeah.You can eat cold hot dogs under the bridge you and your family live under.  Sounds great!

[Paa Langfart]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

Another good use for your $1200 is to hit up your local farmer. See if they have a cow they will sell to butcher for meat. Freezer full of meat goes along way to ease the mind. 

By the way, I am a local farmer.

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, Paa Langfart said:

 

Yeah.You can eat cold hot dogs under the bridge you and your family live under.  Sounds great!

You don't get forced out til 6 months after you stop paying the mortgage. 

[Paa Langfart]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

You don't get forced out til 6 months after you stop paying the mortgage. 

Thank the good Lord the mortgage is the only bill!

[stirs]

1 hour ago, Paa Langfart said:

Thank the good Lord the mortgage is the only bill!

You just exude positivity

[Jon Snow]

2 hours ago, Wes21 said:

I honestly didn't even think that what you described was "a thing."  When I picture those types of areas, obviously I picture being relatively alone.  But I guess I should have figured it.  I'm in the VA Beach area, and as soon as they open up anything its all shoulder to shoulder, including the fishing piers.

I loved my Asheville experience!  However, I can appreciate if you were there when it was a different place and that's what you signed up for.

I lived in Greensboro through the mid 80's to early 90's and the same thing happened there over time.  I knew every inch of Greensboro and where to go and where to keep your ass out of.   I don't recognize the town now.  Asheville is trending that way now.  I'm just getting old man.

[Wes21]

42 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

I lived in Greensboro through the mid 80's to early 90's and the same thing happened there over time.  I knew every inch of Greensboro and where to go and where to keep your ass out of.   I don't recognize the town now.  Asheville is trending that way now.  I'm just getting old man.

I was just north of you in the 80s and 90s.  In my little town, we used to look at Greensboro like kids in the various areas of New York looked at Manhattan. LOL. When the new Jordan's (for instance) would come out, we would have a very limited supply or they would arrive late.  So if we wanted Jordan's as soon as they came out, it required driving down to Greensboro.

One summer I commuted down and worked at Don Pablo's.  I think it was on High Point Road.  The location used to be called Caso Gallardo or something like that.  As a kid my parents would take me there and I would get the mud pie.

[cookinbrak]

4 hours ago, Squirrel said:

You don't get forced out til 6 months after you stop paying the mortgage. 

Which brings up an interesting side note. You can not pay rent for 3 months before eviction proceedings start, and then it can take a couple of weeks to months after that. NY just hasn't found all the bodies yet.