They don't call it the land of entrapment for nothing. You'll come back. If you are the time to love the place, you always come back. Maybe years later, but you come back :) I went to Ohio and couldn't stand it. It was so flat, so polluted and so *ordinary*... after all this grandeur.
Dana Ian Skinner writes: > Know what you mean. I went to college in New Mexico, and hope to get back > there someday. > > One of my favorite big city/urban comparisons, came from my friend who > trained for the Coast Guard on Governor's Island in New York Harbor. He ran > across a plaque in Manhattan that stated how many people where in a one mile > radius of that spot. That number was the same as the entire 1980 New Mexico > state population to 3 or 4 significant digits. If I remember correctly, we > once calculated that there were about the same number of people per square > mile in New Mexico as there is per square foot in Manhattan. > > My other favorite New Mexico eye opener, is that Santa Fe celebrated it's > 333 year as a Capitol city..... > ... > ... > ... > in 1850. It is closing on it's 500th year. > > Sorry about rambling on... I really do miss that part of the country. > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > Sacramento, CA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:29 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Relocation Tips > > > I dont think there is a definite relocation guide. A lot of the things that > are involved in liking or not liking an area are very personal. My hellhole > with horrible schools is your great beach town; my rural paradise is his > hillybilly hell, etc. My best friend absolutely cannot understand what I > love about New Mexico and refers to it as a bunch of nothing. How to > explain that the attraction is that it does empty so well? And so it goes. > > Dana > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > >Hm... I certainly wouldn't buy the house first. In fact, when relocating, > > >once I'd found a job, I'd rent for a while before I'd consider buying. > But, > > >I'm not a definitive relocation guide, either. > > >-d > > > > I recommended to my friend that he vacation there first. (The town in > question is Cape Coral, FL.) He should vacation IN the town to see what > it's like during the morning commute and what the night life is like. > > > > -V > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
