Why did you...or why do you want to move out of California? (construction, education)
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Hey folks, Curmudgeon said there was a 900 foot deep lake (reservoir actually, lots of people get lakes and reservoirs confused) backed up behind a 256 foot high dam in Missouri. I done been scratching my head over that one.
Curmudgeon said the Ouachita mountains were real mountains, well, their highest hump is Mt. Match, check the elevation on that little puppy a hint (it is half the height of Mt Wilson, a mere foothill to the actual mountains around Los Angeles.
Curmudgeon said there were hillbillies in Missouri in the 1700's, While it was under the control of Catholic Spain, which didn't exactly cotton to them Amurican Protestants.
He has an easily verifiable credibility problem, along with what appears to be a fixation on California and me, rather than his new state, 76% of his posts are on Californian and Sacramento forums, leaving out his political forum statements, less that 20% of his posts are about the state he professes to prefer to California.
"Old Soldiers never die, and they never go away either!"
You are right. If you live in northern CA you definitely have a more visible 4 seasons but still no comparison to TX. Fall is like death when it comes to green. The weather is nice but not much green. Then when spring comes around life begins again. Real cool and not the pain of living in a real winter environment.
I live in Orland, Redding, Red Bluff when I was younger, and Chico for a short period but for the most part Orange County and 27 years in Irvine. It was a great pace to live but we found it time to move on.
Not sure how long youve been in Texas, but to me there is little spring and fall. Thats the only time you get California-like weather. Of course there is the dramatic change from winter to spring/summer in Texas that can be quite stunning. The thing that got me when moving here is that its nearly the opposite from California, in that winter here is brown from mid/late Nov thru mid March, then it gets very green/lush, and then depending on the summer it generally stays fairly green until fall. I never really realized how dry California was until moving to Texas. Much much more rain here. Ive never much liked the summer heat here, and Ive grown to dislike winter alot because it is brown and everything is dormant. The difference in Californias 'brown' (golden) season is that its summer and there are lots of blooming flowers/trees. California also has better sod, so the grass is nice and green year round, so long as its irritgated. Texas has loads of green grass, but its not great grass and its brown in winter.
Really there is no comparison in seasons, if you look at that states as a whole California rocks the nation.
Hey folks, Curmudgeon said there was a 900 foot deep lake (reservoir actually, lots of people get lakes and reservoirs confused) backed up behind a 256 foot high dam in Missouri. I done been scratching my head over that one.
Curmudgeon said the Ouachita mountains were real mountains, well, their highest hump is Mt. Match, check the elevation on that little puppy a hint (it is half the height of Mt Wilson, a mere foothill to the actual mountains around Los Angeles.
Curmudgeon said there were hillbillies in Missouri in the 1700's, While it was under the control of Catholic Spain, which didn't exactly cotton to them Amurican Protestants.
He has an easily verifiable credibility problem, along with what appears to be a fixation on California and me, rather than his new state, 76% of his posts are on Californian and Sacramento forums, leaving out his political forum statements, less that 20% of his posts are about the state he professes to prefer to California.
"Old Soldiers never die, and they never go away either!"
And you continue to show your obsession, desperation and your ignorance about this area and its peoples.
Here's one I'll give you. The lake's surface is over 900 feet above sea level, not its depth. I stand corrected.
Hillbillies, huh? Actually the preferred term is hillmen which many still call themselves. Spanish explorers visited the Ozarks in about 1555 searching for precious metals. Next came the French and by 1702 they were mining lead and establishing trading posts from which the went into the interior and traded with the native populations. With the discovery of silver came more white settlers and by 1803, with the Louisiana Purchase, even more came. However, the influx was and remained slow through the Civil War due to what was considered an inhospitable area, difficult to farm and very isolated with small groupings and many lone cabins, some of which we can still see in our travels off the beaten paths. Here's a large one just about a mile from us on what used to be a high ridge before the lake was formed.
Curmudgeon does the same thing, lives in Missouri, posts on California. Must be hard to make the break when you drag your feet behind you the whole time.
We are the SUM of our experience. Moving from one to another does not mean we forget or leave it behind. It shaped our views and experience and life. If we move from one place to another we don't just cease to think of or care about the place we live. We who moved our of California are still a part of what it was and it is still a part of us and will always be.
Especially if the idea is to discuss why we left or would like to, its absolutely proper to talk about the place we chose to go since it is very much a part of the subject.
...due to what was considered an inhospitable area, difficult to farm and very isolated with small groupings and many lone cabins, some of which we can still see in our travels off the beaten paths.
Actually, in some areas that's pretty true. There are still some very isolated homes and small communities. It's a product of the topography. Even the native Americans only sparsely entered the Ozarks centuries ago because they considered them dark, confusing and full of demons. The history is rather fascinating and the Ozarks decidedly interesting.
Contrary to what many think, the Ozarks are not mountains. They're a plateau with deep rifts cut into in by glaciers so in actuality, they go down rather than up. I find that to be part of their charm.
very isolated with small groupings and many lone cabins, some of which we can still see in our travels off the beaten paths. Here's a large one just about a mile from us on what used to be a high ridge before the lake was formed....
Lovely photo! I look at it and see what was, what is and also what could be if someone wanted to put a bit of sweat and love into the old place. This old house stands as a testament to man's determination to live and survive, no matter what or where.
Lovely photo! I look at it and see what was, what is and also what could be if someone wanted to put a bit of sweat and love into the old place. This old house stands as a testament to man's determination to live and survive, no matter what or where.
Kinda reminiscent of the Beverly Hillbillies, dontcha think? Actually, about six of their episodes were filmed at Silver Dollar City outside of Branson (20+ miles away from us) to represent their home. Paul Henning, the producer, grew up in this area and the cut down 1921 Oldsmobile truck used in the series, with Granny on top in her rocking chair, is in the "Smithsonian of the Ozarks" -- The Ralph Foster Museum on the campus of the Collegfe of the Ozarks -- also known as Hard Work University since the students work for their tuition on the campus and many for their room and board as well. They learn a trade while getting a college education. It's in Hollister about 18 miles from us.
We are the SUM of our experience. Moving from one to another does not mean we forget or leave it behind. It shaped our views and experience and life. If we move from one place to another we don't just cease to think of or care about the place we live. We who moved out of California are still a part of what it was and it is still a part of us and will always be.
Especially if the idea is to discuss why we left or would like to, its absolutely proper to talk about the place we chose to go since it is very much a part of the subject.
Quite correct. In addition to helping shape us, for good or for ill, there is so much to California in all ways -- topographically, meteorolgically, racially and ethnically, industrially, socially, societally -- that one can truly have a plethora of choices and based upon their individual experiences, decide what's right for them and what's not which no one else can do for them.
Wow you found 1 post of pictures of Texas back in 12/2007 1 month after we moved to Texas.
User_id brings up a good point... why did you do that? I'm surprised the Tejas pics were allowed to stay, as they're criminally and feloniously off topic in a thread about OC pictures.
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