My Colorado plans are slowly fading in the west!

I have just read this out to my hubby about Colorado could not believe what I was reading '
its news to me -but living in the uk- doubt very much anyone knows this - why has it got the gas levels '
I always thought it was clean fresh air state snows early but mostly germ free ?? and the risk of cancer is very high indeed it seems -dam scarey I say; well I hope you find a nice state to live -as there is so many lovely ones over there ………..
 

treeguy64 said:
Radon gas is the culprit, here. Janet and I don't want to leave Austin's ozone laden air for Colorado's radon ridden soil. Three out of four homes throughout Colorado have dangerous radon gas levels. Mitigation systems exist, but they must be checked regularly, and are not cheap.
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I wouldn't worry too much about "radon". I grew up in Colorado, and have dozens of relatives still living there....and I am not aware of anyone having any health problems related to Radon. There is probably NO perfect place to live....virtually every locale has its weather/environmental issues that must be contended with. If you find a place in Colorado that appeals to you, go for it. Personally, if it weren't for all of our immediate family being in Central Missouri, now, I would seriously consider moving back to Colorado.
 
Gary O' said:
No, but others know him from other forums. They may know.
Good question
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Seriously, I hope that he was able to make his move. He seemed very unhappy in Florida and was looking forward to his and his wife’s move to Colorado. He really had it bad.
 
Don M. said:
There is probably NO perfect place to live....virtually every locale has its weather/environmental issues that must be contended with. If you find a place in Colorado that appeals to you, go for it.
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I fully agree with everything you said. The only exceptions would be places like Louisiana and South Carolina and Florida near the shores being destroyed by hurricanes just about every year. Places in Tornado Alley with their frequent tornadoes and places where earthquakes are the norm. Every place has pros and cons, you just have to decide what you're willing to put up with.

TreeGuy, go spend a couple of weeks in Colorado, look around and ask a lot of questions of the locals and then decide. Read about CO from the locals, too = http://www.city-data.com/forum/colorado/
 
Pete said:
...You could try Alaska where I lived only thing I had to concern myself with was bears and arsenic in the ground water.
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Janet was there for ten years. I got married in Fairbanks. We both like Alaska, but it's a little too far from our families, now.
 
Ken N Tx said:
Yes he did/is...
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Well, this is good news, but talking about moving again so soon tends to make me think that he still hasn’t found that place he is looking for. He is going to find that winters in Colorado or Wyoming aren’t anywhere as nice as Florida. So, next year, maybe we will see him posting that he’s going back to Florida, especially if his wife or him becomes ill, which I hope doesn’t happen.
 
911 said:
Well, this is good news, but talking about moving again so soon tends to make me think that he still hasn’t found that place he is looking for. He is going to find that winters in Colorado or Wyoming aren’t anywhere as nice as Florida. So, next year, maybe we will see him posting that he’s going back to Florida, especially if his wife or him becomes ill, which I hope doesn’t happen.
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I just think he has what I call a ''gypsy soul". About every five years I start getting restless and think about moving. Then I think about how good I have it here and stay. I did plenty of moving when I was younger, though. Yeah, when you get old places with hard winters is no place to be, it's murder on those old bones.
 
PVC said:
I just think he has what I call a ''gypsy soul". About every five years I start getting restless and think about moving. Then I think about how good I have it here and stay. I did plenty of moving when I was younger, though. Yeah, when you get old places with hard winters is no place to be, it's murder on those old bones.
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I miss the snow, I miss the cold. I'd rather deal with keeping warm, than suffering through Austin's hellacious summers, where going outside is something to be avoided, after noon. I may regret moving, once I go through a tough winter, again, but I'm willing to take a chance. I can always move, again, if need be.
 
treeguy64 said:
I miss the snow, I miss the cold. I'd rather deal with keeping warm, than suffering through Austin's hellacious summers, where going outside is something to be avoided, after noon. I may regret moving, once I go through a tough winter, again, but I'm willing to take a chance. I can always move, again, if need be.
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If there is anything I hate is having regrets of ''what ifs". I think you need to do what your heart wants, even if it turns out to be a mistake. Like you said, you can always move again. My only advice is, don't buy property for the first year, rent and look around. Real estate is easy to buy and hard to sell, and you might like the state but not the town or city, so looking around first is very critical. I know what you mean, I hate the summers in Tucson when everyday is 104 or above. Now it's starting to get cooler and bearable.
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I rented, when I first got to Austin. I auditioned the first members of my band in a tiny 8x10 living room in our rented fourplex. My original sax player stayed with the band for the next nine years. He was the guy to whom I owe my getting interested in buying rent houses. I wrote to him, last year, thanking him for changing my life in such a positive way. He's ninety-two, and still going strong. Yeah, we'll rent in any city we settle down in. I figure six months should do it. That's how long I rented in that quad, before I bought my first house. Austin was an entirely different city, then: The air and water were clean, traffic was light, and the cost of living was low. I told my mom, after my first three months, here, "I'll never leave Austin!" Now, I hope I didn't curse myself!
 
PVC said:
I just think he has what I call a ''gypsy soul". About every five years I start getting restless and think about moving. Then I think about how good I have it here and stay. I did plenty of moving when I was younger, though. Yeah, when you get old places with hard winters is no place to be, it's murder on those old bones.
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He's never going to be happy anywhere. Anywhere he goes, there will be gays, there will be people with tattoos, there will be people wearing socks that don't match (really, he complained about that once) and there will be people who are wearing the "wrong" cowboy hats and jeans. There will be people who don't have the same moral code. And, worst of all, there will be people who don't love rodeo and the elk rut.

Frankly, if I complained as much about Florida and Jacksonville as he did on three different forums and professed what a paradise Colorado was going to be, I'd be embarrassed to being already admitting that I'm not content there and already planning to move.
 
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treeguy64 said:
I rented, when I first got to Austin. I auditioned the first members of my band in a tiny 8x10 living room in our rented fourplex. My original sax player stayed with the band for the next nine years. He was the guy to whom I owe my getting interested in buying rent houses. I wrote to him, last year, thanking him for changing my life in such a positive way. He's ninety-two, and still going strong. Yeah, we'll rent in any city we settle down in. I figure six months should do it. That's how long I rented in that quad, before I bought my first house. Austin was an entirely different city, then: The air and water were clean, traffic was light, and the cost of living was low. I told my mom, after my first three months, here, "I'll never leave Austin!" Now, I hope I didn't curse myself!
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How old are you and how long have you been in Austin??
 
Butterfly said:
Classic Rocker probably had a cow when he found out the governor of Colorado is a gay man!
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He wears a cowboy hat..
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