Living In An Area That Is Best Suited For You

Actually, I would like to move... I really would like to move to a more rural part of the country than where I already am , ... but it would mean too far from hubs work for the commute , and as he's still in his 50's he won't be retiring any time soon...
 

As I still live in the house where I was born and raised, I guess the thought of moving never occurred to me. At this point, there's only a couple of folks living within a mile or so, that I knew back then, as a child. Most of the fields where we played baseball now have houses in them and there's even an elementary school in a wooded area that we used to have our "camps" in. :)

We'd never leave this area as, fortunately, we have been blessed to have most of our flock of kids, grands, and great grands within comfortable driving distance of our home. Some less than 5 minutes and some a couple of hours. Family would outweigh any other considerations as they are our "social life". Just last week we had our late Christmas celebration not too far from our friend here on the forum, RadishRose, and next week-end we'll be back in the Nutmeg state for a great grand-daughter's 4th birthday.

If you don't have family nearby then maybe weather, or other interests might move you around but in our case, I think we'll stay put. :)
 
ClassicRockr said:
Have definitely found out that not only Jacksonville, but Florida and the entire South just isn't for us.

And, what happens to a person, mentally, when they live in the wrong area? For one thing, if the person has an outgoing personality like I do, disagreements will be involved with discussing things you don't like, but doesn't bother others.

I'm in a Relocation Forum and it's totally unreal how many people are unhappy with where they live...…...even some living right here in Florida and can't wait to get out.

So, does the area you live in match your interests?
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Holy smokes, Rockr, for at least a year now you've been waxing eloquent about how much you dislike where you are and you're "packing for Colorado." So are you actually going to move? Maybe it's just more fun to think about and talk about than to make the move?
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Holy smokes, Rockr, for at least a year now you've been waxing eloquent about how much you dislike where you are and you're "packing for Colorado." So are you actually going to move? Maybe it's just more fun to think about and talk about than to make the move?
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Starting tomorrow, will look for a place to drop our boat there. After we find that place and pay them for the spot, will chose who will transport it for us. Currently we are packing things as well as giving some things away. My wife says "definitely moving this summer, definitely". I agree with her. But, in reality, if anything happens to prevent that move from happening, hopefully that "thing" will happen before we have the boat transported there.

Decided in Oct 2017 that we couldn't do the move in 2018 due to boat repair expense.
 
I am happy pretty much wherever ever I am planted. I am a Colorado native born and raised and I have watched it grow leaps and bounds. The roads have gone from courtesy and patient drivers to traffic jams and congestion. When I was still working I observed road rage daily.....no longer the friendly slow patient pace. It will always be home and I do love the Rocky Mountains.... but we are now over populated and not the same. The cost of living and housing is no longer affordable for much of our younger population.
 
Ann said:
I am happy pretty much wherever ever I am planted. I am a Colorado native born and raised and I have watched it grow leaps and bounds. The roads have gone from courtesy and patient drivers to traffic jams and congestion. When I was still working I observed road rage daily.....no longer the friendly slow patient pace. It will always be home and I do love the Rocky Mountains.... but we are now over populated and not the same. The cost of living and housing is no longer affordable for much of our younger population.
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Don’t know what part of Colorado you live in, but the northern part, where Loveland and Fort Collins is, isn’t nearly as crowded as Denver metro, the Springs and Pueblo is. Drove out to Carter Lake and lots and lots of open spaces and only a few cars on the road. Loveland has 78,000 people compared to 931,000 here.

Now, Parker, where we had a house, has grown immensely. We couldn’t believe how much, when we drove down there this last July.

Only looking at the northern end of the Front Range from Berthound north.

SOME of Colorado has changed, but there is still plenty of corn fields, tractors and cattle grazing in the north. Went by a lot of it on the I-25 going south to the 470 and north from the 470. Drove thru the town of Brighton and that’s a really nice small town as well.

We love Western stuff and Colorado is still that!

So, other than the big cities, Colorado is still Colorado. Even with all of the growth.
 
Yes, we know Carter lake, we belonged to the carter lake sailing club for a few years...lovely area. You are right the northern part of our state still has a rural feeling
 
Ann said:
Yes, we know Carter lake, we belonged to the carter lake sailing club for a few years...lovely area. You are right the northern part of our state still has a rural feeling
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As well as Carter, we visited Boyd lake and looking forward to putting our 20’ powerboat on Boyd and perhaps Carter. When we lived in Parker, we took our 16’ Bowrider to Horsetooth for a weekend. Spent many weekends on Chatfield and a few on Cherry Creek. Went in RMNP for the “rut” also. Went to numerous rodeos, both pro and ranch.

Drove up to The Summit in RMNP also. What a HIGH drive and lots of scenery and trees to see. At the Summitt, over 12,000 feet up, there was also elk grasping.

Have photos and video of all of these things.
 
ClassicRockr said:
You definitely have that right. The people we have talked to here, like, even love, Jacksonville and would never give it a thought of living in Colorado. Believe it or not, I've talked to people that don't even know where Colorado is. And, some don't even know where Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, the Dakota's, Nebraska or Kansas is. Now, any of the Southern, Gulf or East Coast states, they completely know about. Well, there are a couple of East Coast states they don't know about...….Vermont and Maine. Some know about Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, but any of the Rocky Mountain or Plains states...…..nope.
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I remember reading that someone thought that Delaware was a country. LOL I'm pretty good about geography, but Africa and Russia have been split into tiny countries and I don't know most of them especially in Africa.
 
I have pretty much been all over the U.S. flying for United. I can even remember way back when I flew the Boeing 737 and did make some stops in JAX. Being a pilot didn’t allow me to get out and about, but I remember flying in over the Atlantic before setting the plane down at the airport. My point is that I can’t really talk much about JAX one way or the other. BTW, we do have a home in Clearwater, which we enjoy whenever we get down there.

I am more familiar with Colorado. I had a friend that lived in Littleton, who also flew for United. On 9-11, he was the Captain that was onboard the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. I also have visited friends in Colorado Springs and Castle Rock, so I have been around Colorado more than some other places. All are beautiful places with the Rockies in the background.

Flying over the Rockies in Denver and Salt Lake City are beautiful year round. Very majestic. I have also been to a few rodeos and my friend in Castle Rock has a real good friend that owns a ranch. My wife and I went horseback riding on his ranch and then we had a western style bar-b-que in the evening with the big hunk of meat on a spit over an open fire.

But, all in all, I like where I am. My family has lived here for generations and probably will continue to do so. We can go down to Florida whenever we like and I have plenty of friends around that we can visit most anytime.

There was a saying that my Grandmother had hung on her wall. It read: “To know how sweet your home may be; just go away, but keep the key.” -author unknown-
 
oldman said:
I have pretty much been all over the U.S. flying for United. I can even remember way back when I flew the Boeing 737 and did make some stops in JAX. Being a pilot didn’t allow me to get out and about, but I remember flying in over the Atlantic before setting the plane down at the airport. My point is that I can’t really talk much about JAX one way or the other. BTW, we do have a home in Clearwater, which we enjoy whenever we get down there.

I am more familiar with Colorado. I had a friend that lived in Littleton, who also flew for United. On 9-11, he was the Captain that was onboard the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. I also have visited friends in Colorado Springs and Castle Rock, so I have been around Colorado more than some other places. All are beautiful places with the Rockies in the background.

Flying over the Rockies in Denver and Salt Lake City are beautiful year round. Very majestic. I have also been to a few rodeos and my friend in Castle Rock has a real good friend that owns a ranch. My wife and I went horseback riding on his ranch and then we had a western style bar-b-que in the evening with the big hunk of meat on a spit over an open fire.

But, all in all, I like where I am. My family has lived here for generations and probably will continue to do so. We can go down to Florida whenever we like and I have plenty of friends around that we can visit most anytime.

There was a saying that my Grandmother had hung on her wall. It read: “To know how sweet your home may be; just go away, but keep the key.” -author unknown-
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Well, we've lived in Jacksonville, the southern end, a few miles southwest of The St. John's Town Center for 10 years as of tomorrow (Jan 12). We both know what drew us here in the beginning, but that has all changed now. After going on a week vacation to Loveland area, we definitely knew that Jacksonville and Florida was no longer for us. And, of course, Jacksonville and Florida itself, definitely isn't Colorado, Wyoming, Montana or any of those other states (Dakota's, Nebraska, Kansas, etc.).

There are so many things that we can't do here, because those things basically aren't here, that we done a whole lot of when we lived in Parker and Colorado.

And, just like Dorothy said in the Wizard of Oz, "There's no place like home"...……...and, for us, evidently, that has to be Colorado.
 

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