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Love your yard, Vixenator. I love being in mine too, but the past few days have been June Gloom.

I live on the central california coast, halfway between SF and LA. I love it here because the weather stays 60 to 70 year round with a few cold months now and then.

I won't say exactly where I live due to this being the internet and people who have nefarious natures. Suffice it to say...it is very pretty here near Hearst Castle.
 

Kaya said:
Love your yard, Vixenator. I love being in mine too, but the past few days have been June Gloom.

I live on the central california coast, halfway between SF and LA. I love it here because the weather stays 60 to 70 year round with a few cold months now and then.

I won't say exactly where I live due to this being the internet and people who have nefarious natures. Suffice it to say...it is very pretty here near Hearst Castle.
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:D I have been there. Lived in the Bay area a time or two over my lifetime. My hubby was in construction and we moved a lot. As a child I moved a lot as well..It is nice to finally be settled. Petaluma was the last city I lived in down there, and loved it out of all the other areas..
 
DRK...I was born in the UP because that's where the hospital was (and still is!) so I'm a native Yooper, but my parents took me home to Hurley. Yup. Hurley. As in Hurley, Hayward and Hell. Two brothers, three sisters and an aunt still live there.
 

Pappy said:
Thank you. It is a charming place during the week. Bike rides along the lake and canal and so quiet until the weekends and holidays. This place really jumps then.
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Sounds like Stillwater, MN. Crazy busy on the weekends, nowhere to park ... I sometimes thought they should open a parking lot down the way, and shuttle bus people in.
 
Nice reading all these various places where it is home to some. Surely nice to read all those California names. Petaluma was where my sister in law and husband lived for many years. Brother in law is now gone and I believe sister in law has moved to a care home nearby. I would consider moving back to California but don't believe I could afford it these days. Back in the 1960's we bought a brand new home in San Jose for $14,600. Last I check on that address a couple years ago it was close to $500,000. Small house on a small lot, certainly not worth anywhere near that much. Other parts of California are just as high and some areas much higher. I traveled south and north on the coastal road when living in California. Very pretty drives. I also lived in San Diego, before the big explosion in population, could not find a job so moved a bit north and tried to live in Los Angeles area. I stayed with friends and visited many plants but finding a job was hit and miss so I went to San Jose and again lived with friends. This time I got lucky and found good temporary work that eventually grew into a permanent job. But after a short bit, got married, started a family of boy then girl, and the company I was working with offered a job to me in South Florida, so we went to Florida for a few years then up north into Colorado for my sons better health. Stayed in Colorado till I retired. After retiring I moved to south west corner of Colorado and until two years ago was quite happy where we lived. Then my lungs started to fail at 6,300 fft altitude so I was told to get air tanks or move to lower altitude. So now we live in south Arizona between Phoenx and Tucson.

Still liked Californa but will never think of living there again. Too expensive and the state government is runniing bankrupt so hard to see them as long term protectors of the elder ones.
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@BobF - I have a friend who is a physicist, he and his wife moved to Chicago because the Cali cost-of-living was so insanely high. I can't imagine having his career, and not being able to make it on one income (and have kids), but he assures me it really is just that bad.
 
I lived most of my life in Philadelphia, PA. It was a life of living in a row home. There is so much to see and do there. I was never bored. Public transportation will take you easily and afford-ably anywhere you want to go. Chinatown, the Italian market, the zoo, the Reading terminal market, South street, Penn's Landing, Pennypack Park, or the historical district. There are several huge malls, too large to go through & see everything in one day. There are many museums.

Life in a big city is noisy. Crime is a problem. The cost of living is high. The winters in Philadelphia are harsh.

I now live in Palm Bay, Florida. There is very little to see and do. Here people live in single homes.

The cost of living is cheaper here in Palm Bay, the weather is warm year round, and crime doesn't seem to be a problem.
 
BobF said:
Nice reading all these various places where it is home to some. Surely nice to read all those California names. Petaluma was where my sister in law and husband lived for many years. Brother in law is now gone and I believe sister in law has moved to a care home nearby. I would consider moving back to California but don't believe I could afford it these days. Back in the 1960's we bought a brand new home in San Jose for $14,600. Last I check on that address a coupld years ago it was close to $500,000. Small house on a small lot, certainly not worth anywhere near that much. Other parts of California are just as high and some areas much higher. I traveled south and north on the coastal road when living in California. Very pretty drives. I also lived in San Diego, before the big explosion in population, could not find a job so moved a bit north and tried to live in Los Angeles area. I stayed with friends and visited many plants but finding a job was hit and miss so I went to San Jose and again lived with friends. This time I got lucky and found good temporary work that eventually grew into a permanent job. But after a short bit, got married, started a family of boy then girl, and the company I was working with offered a job to me in South Florida, so we went to Florida for a few years then up north into Colorado for my sons better health. Stayed in Colorado till I retired. After retiring I moved to south west corner of Colorado and until two years ago was quite happy where we lived. Then my lungs started to fail at 6,300 fft altitude so I was told to get air tanks or move to lower altitude. So now we live in south Arizona between Phoenx and Tucson.

Still liked Californa but will never think of living there again. Too expensive and the state government is runniing bankrupt so hard to see them as long term protectors of the elder ones.
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Hi Bob. When my husband had to retire at age 49, we had to leave, because of the cost of living. The hard part was leaving our sons that were there. But two of them moved up here a few years after us. My oldest is still down there, I think he is now a Californian, even though his roots are here where I live. I miss my grands down there, as I have not got to have them spend the night with me, or spoil them rotten, then take them home, like the ones here..Of course now the grands are at ages where their friends are all important, and grammy is loved, but not visited like she once was. I can remember when they didn't want to go home..I guess that is life with most everyone..
Nice to meet you..
 
The message you wrote, Vixenator, brought a tear to my eye... its just part of the 'stages' ... but I promise you this...the old THEY get, the more they will love you... You are indelibly written on their hearts.:love_heart:
 
Hi BobF.
I wound up here after trying very hard to get to Maui. Never did make it. And now I am too old for the adventure, plus there is no way to get the furbabies there because I refuse to put them in cargo on a plane. Can't afford a boat either. So...here I am. And the only reason I can stay here is because I rent out rooms in my rental house. Hubby and I could not make it on his SS alone and I don't get mine until November. So we make due with roomies.
If we have to move from here...and we might have to...we plan to head north but stay in california because we are on cencal (medi-cal). So after doing my homework the past 6 months, I found that Alturas, Chico, Redding, Susanville...all those places have less rent and they are not in the nasty valley. Fresno is number one of the WORST air places to live in ALL the USA!! Imagine that. ALL the usa, Fresno is number one. It has been Bakersfield for years but Bakes has begun cleaning up their stink and now it all floated to Fresno. Ewww. No way will I live there. Hot, nasty, dirty, too many gangs. So...northern california for me WHEN we have to move. We thought of Arizona near Camp Verde because hubbys family is on the rez there, but...too hot. However, who knows where we will land. We might just throw our hands up and buy a cargo van and live in that..and travel wherever we want. We will cross that bridge when we get to it.
 
My neck of the woods. :)

The ParkScore numbers are based on three factors: the percentage of residents living within a 10-minute walk from a park, median park size and the percentage of total city area dedicated to parks, and a combination of the number of playgrounds per 10,000 residents and per-capita park spending, the AP reports.

The rankings looked at the 50 largest U.S. cities and scored them on a scale up to 100. Minneapolis's score of 81 earned a "five park benches" rating. According to the Pioneer Press, it's the first time a city has received that distinction since the Trust has been compiling the ParkScore numbers.

New York City came in second with a score of 73.5, followed by a third-place tie between San Francisco, Sacramento, and Boston at 72.5.
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Bettyann said:
The message you wrote, Vixenator, brought a tear to my eye... its just part of the 'stages' ... but I promise you this...the old THEY get, the more they will love you... You are indelibly written on their hearts.:love_heart:
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Thank you, for that, Bettyann. :love_heart:
 
I just took pics of my living room (back yard). :)

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Kaya said:
Hi BobF.
I wound up here after trying very hard to get to Maui. Never did make it. And now I am too old for the adventure, plus there is no way to get the furbabies there because I refuse to put them in cargo on a plane. Can't afford a boat either. So...here I am. And the only reason I can stay here is because I rent out rooms in my rental house. Hubby and I could not make it on his SS alone and I don't get mine until November. So we make due with roomies.
If we have to move from here...and we might have to...we plan to head north but stay in california because we are on cencal (medi-cal). So after doing my homework the past 6 months, I found that Alturas, Chico, Redding, Susanville...all those places have less rent and they are not in the nasty valley. Fresno is number one of the WORST air places to live in ALL the USA!! Imagine that. ALL the usa, Fresno is number one. It has been Bakersfield for years but Bakes has begun cleaning up their stink and now it all floated to Fresno. Ewww. No way will I live there. Hot, nasty, dirty, too many gangs. So...northern california for me WHEN we have to move. We thought of Arizona near Camp Verde because hubbys family is on the rez there, but...too hot. However, who knows where we will land. We might just throw our hands up and buy a cargo van and live in that..and travel wherever we want. We will cross that bridge when we get to it.
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If you go to northern California you can find lots of nice places to live. Go at least 100 miles north of San Francisco and stay towards the coastal areas. Too close to the coast and you have fog and other problems but if you go too far east you get into some mountain type desert lands with few trees and lots of low growth plants and much drier than the coastal areas. Takes some looking and thinking before making the move. One thing to consider would be the volcanic activity under ground. It seems that I have read something about that hot stuff up through central California. A few years back one of California's volcano's blew its top. Due to my aging brain I can't always remember what I have read, just the subject and not many details.

Hope it all works out well for you.
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I have never heard of a volcano in California erupting. I have lived here all my life and was born here.
I like the Chico area because it is Pine trees and mountainish further up but I also hear it is very hot during the summer too. So I am not sure what we will do to be honest. I am leaning towards getting an RV and just going where we want.
 
OK, I was wrong in thinking Mt St Helens was in California, but that was the big bang I remembered. While living in San Jose I did tour one such location a short distance south of San Jose, I don't remember a name of the place but it could not have been too far south. Just looked at a map and it might have been Pinnacles Park or area

Read from this San Diego publication. It tells of a number of volcano areas in California.

http://readercity.com/products/2-ni...-suite-with-breakfast-margaritas-and-massages
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BobF said:
OK, I was wrong in thinking Mt St Helens was in California, but that was the big bang I remembered. While living in San Jose I did tour one such location a short distance south of San Jose, I don't remember a name of the place but it could not have been too far south. Just looked at a map and it might have been Pinnacles Park or area

Read from this San Diego publication. It tells of a number of volcano areas in California.

http://readercity.com/products/2-ni...-suite-with-breakfast-margaritas-and-massages
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We lived through the Mt St Helens deal..ash everywhere. The day it went off we did not know, as we were out with our children in the car, when the sky started turning black, then stuff was falling out of it. We stopped at the local cafe on our way home and found out what had happened. We had to stay in our home for three days. With 3 boys, that was tough..lol..My husband did go to work, but it was very scary.
Also lived through the 89 earthquake in CA. btw, Kaya, Chico, does get hot. Too hot for me..:) We had thought of northern CA as well, but decided to come back home to the PNW.
 

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