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Old 03-03-2018, 04:45 PM
 
Location: Spring Hope, NC
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[quote=tamiznluv;51202557]Ah, yes, the bus came to Randolph too, my late hubby's hometown that was granted to his family by whichever King was on the throne of England at that time. Hubs and I finally escaped in 2003. Then he died in 2012 but it was great while we had it.

Back on topic....with Hubs death I lost the house because I could no longer pay the mortgage. He had been fired from his job when the cancer came back and though I begged him to sue, he would not. He was too mellow a guy.

So, a friend invited me to come live with her down in SW Florida. No hubs, no parents, no siblings, nothing to keep me in Massachusetts anymore. I miss home so much. I lived in a "village" of Plymouth. We didn't have a stop light, sidewalks, stop signs or paved roads except for the main drag! It was wonderful. Not that I thought so when I was a kid. Now I have brutal heat, rain and t+l most of the spring and summer, bugs all year 'round, people who sound "funny" to my ears, way more bad drivers than Carter's has liver pills, "Season", with out of staters (and country) have no clue where they are going (like I used to be) and so much traffic on roads that were designed for one car each way.

Of course I realize most everywhere has that road problem, I just miss "Home". I miss the cold and snow when I am baking in 100+°. I DO like the odd day like today at 73°. It's been an above temp winter, lucky me. [/QUOTE

So sorry for your loss.
Wife and I were Snowbirds from Weymouth to East Central FL for 5 years before staying year round for 3,
couldn't take the endless Summer and moved to the mountains in western NC, been here 14 months. We
went up to visit my Daughter in Bridgewater last July,
had a family reunion, the BBQ was great, the traffic
not so great.
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Old 03-04-2018, 08:50 AM
 
Location: Not where I want to be
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Thank you, bgrasser. "Endless summer"! Ha-ha, people think I am nuts when I say "I am sick of sunshine". Good to know one person out there understands what I mean.
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Old 03-04-2018, 09:15 AM
 
Location: New England
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Thank you, bgrasser. "Endless summer"! Ha-ha, people think I am nuts when I say "I am sick of sunshine". Good to know one person out there understands what I mean.
Not really sure why Florida is called the sunshine state. Yes it's warm but it does tend to rain alot.
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Old 03-07-2018, 11:13 AM
 
Location: Not where I want to be
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Not really sure why Florida is called the sunshine state. Yes it's warm but it does tend to rain alot.
Only in our "rainy season". It is true that on any given day, it is raining somewhere in Florida but that's just it...."somewhere". Not necessarily where YOU are. Here in SWFL, I can't remember the last time we had a good soaker. Maybe next week, TWC said yesterday.

Not warm in SWFL, HOT and HUMID.
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Old 03-15-2018, 07:38 AM
 
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I miss it. There is no food like in Massachusetts. Delicious small chef owned restaurants, great Chinese food...pizza... Move South and everything is gross. We barely ever go out to eat as I cannot stand southern food. To be fair we are in a tourist area so they are trying to move you in and out quick. Its more than food, its the attitude, the people who will tell you like it is and not make fun of you're accent. Its the open minds. Its sports. Its the driving, we at least know what a fast lane is for and move out of the way. Its shopping, all the best stores everywhere.
I don't miss SNOW and oil heat and traffic.
But all in all I miss Massachusetts alot
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Old 03-15-2018, 07:41 AM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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I miss it. There is no food like in Massachusetts. Delicious small chef owned restaurants, great Chinese food...pizza... Move South and everything is gross. We barely ever go out to eat as I cannot stand southern food. To be fair we are in a tourist area so they are trying to move you in and out quick. Its more than food, its the attitude, the people who will tell you like it is and not make fun of you're accent. Its the open minds. Its sports. Its the driving, we at least know what a fast lane is for and move out of the way. Its shopping, all the best stores everywhere.
I don't miss SNOW and oil heat and traffic.
But all in all I miss Massachusetts alot


I think the food is good up here, but Chinese food? Huh, I guess I was spoiled in SF, because I think it almost all stinks up here.
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Old 03-15-2018, 04:33 PM
 
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I think the food is good up here, but Chinese food? Huh, I guess I was spoiled in SF, because I think it almost all stinks up here.
I've never been to SF but as I have gotten older I have found the quality of Chinese food in the northeast to be getting worse and worse. I am not sure if it is the actual quality that is declining or my taste buds are evolving. Twenty years ago I could practically live off Chinese food, now i can barely stomach it once a year.
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Old 03-15-2018, 07:35 PM
 
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I've never been to SF but as I have gotten older I have found the quality of Chinese food in the northeast to be getting worse and worse. I am not sure if it is the actual quality that is declining or my taste buds are evolving. Twenty years ago I could practically live off Chinese food, now i can barely stomach it once a year.
Glad I'm not alone.
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Old 03-15-2018, 09:20 PM
 
Location: North Quabbin, MA
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“No food like in Massachusetts”, a place with no specifically identifiable regional cuisine? Good food has sprouted here because of contemporary gentrification, but not sure anyone comes here from outside with a specific culinary epiphany in mind.

Getting back to that Florida rain thing mentioned earlier, MA has the advantage that rain frequently brings a cold front and relief. When rain comes down in Florida (daily), the unending flat landscape of beach/swamp/Walmart Supercenter parking lot/meth lab just gets hotter and stickier and causes more FloridaMan sub-Reddit things to happen.
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Old 03-16-2018, 07:34 AM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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“No food like in Massachusetts”, a place with no specifically identifiable regional cuisine? Good food has sprouted here because of contemporary gentrification, but not sure anyone comes here from outside with a specific culinary epiphany in mind.

Getting back to that Florida rain thing mentioned earlier, MA has the advantage that rain frequently brings a cold front and relief. When rain comes down in Florida (daily), the unending flat landscape of beach/swamp/Walmart Supercenter parking lot/meth lab just gets hotter and stickier and causes more FloridaMan sub-Reddit things to happen.
I look forward to my trips out of town specifically to get good food. MA really doesn't offer much in that regard.
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