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nwlady said:
Weed seems legal here, I smell it almost everytime I am out on any of the trails, or boardwalk around Eureka. Seems like lot's of people openly smoking it;)
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Yeah, Cally has always been a "progressive" place when it comes to weed. Same with NY - it's still illegal but it's all over the place.

It's like Prohibition - if the people want something they'll get it somehow.

When I win the Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes this October ($7,000/week for life) I'm moving to that penthouse in Denver, right down the street from the weed shop. ;)
 

SifuPhil said:
Yeah, Cally has always been a "progressive" place when it comes to weed. Same with NY - it's still illegal but it's all over the place.

It's like Prohibition - if the people want something they'll get it somehow.

When I win the Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes this October ($7,000/week for life) I'm moving to that penthouse in Denver, right down the street from the weed shop. ;)
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LOL, sounds like a Cheech and Chong kinda dream;) Up in smoke, and off to lala land;)
 
I am just fine here in California and have no plans to re-locate & I have been retired for 25 years. You couldn't pay me to live in West Virginia or South Dakota.
 
3horsefarm said:
Arkansas can pretty much match it all except the ocean part. There is so much here.
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A lot of people from these mountains are selling out and moving to AK, OK, North Dakota, AZ. I spent 18 months in Oklahoma in the early 80s and I didn't care for it due to the storms (although a tornado never got me :) and my husband said the ticks and chiggers spoiled his fishing trips. I'm wondering, do you mind the tornadoes or are you like us Californians and our earthquakes? One thing I did like was the great sound of the thunder, which was like nothing I've ever heard in my life. I also love all the green back there because it reminds me of my beautiful Oregon. :)
 
Most of those on the list fail my first requirement, I have to be able to look out the window and see palm trees.
 
My sister has lived in ND for nearly 35 years and I don't think a tornado has ever come near her. She has seen her share of funnels starting to form, though. The weather isn't ideal. It can snow from October through April. Summers are short, hot and humid. People who can afford it have lake cottages in nearby western Minnesota for weekend/summer getaways, and it's beautiful there. But I am close to my sister and that might sway me to move. I don't get to see her that often. And the cost of living is somewhat cheaper than it is in the NE part of the US.
Sometimes I think about Costa Rica.
 
SifuPhil said:
I used to think that as well, but when I see them going by horizontally I rethink my requirements ...
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I paid to have a 40' palm taken down in my backyard. Pain in the butt, trimming and pulling up all the little wannabe palm trees that self plant all over. I can see many many palms here but none in my yard NOW!!
 
AZ Jim said:
I paid to have a 40' palm taken down in my backyard. Pain in the butt, trimming and pulling up all the little wannabe palm trees that self plant all over. I can see many many palms here but none in my yard NOW!!
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There is always a price to be paid for living in paradise - I learned that in Key West. :(
 
AZ_Jim, I can't even imagine. My brother-in-law has old pictures of the wreckage from when a tornado did pass through Fargo in the 1960s or 1970s. I believe it leveled his high school.
 
AZ Jim said:
Bob, you are a fellow Seinfeld aficionado. That was a funny episode.
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I loved Seinfeld, but I'm far from an aficionado. That said, the episode you mentioned was hilarious and that line has always stuck with me. That show was famous for funny lines that just live with us today. Perhaps a good idea for a new thread. :)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj3VphK9AMk
 

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