[stock66]

Originally Posted by Sparrow_temp

We were at $3.27 just 2 weeks ago. Check out Historical gas price charts - Oklahoma City Gas Prices. It has other locations in the country you can compare to. I just checked Lansing, MI with Los Angeles, CA for the past 6 mo's. Michigan passed California numerous times in this period. I'll assure you that salaries are considerably higher in CA though. I wouldn't want your housing prices but when the pay is so much higher -- you can always cash out and move some place else like MI and live off the profits/savings.

The pay being higher still isn't enough for a lot of people to purchase homes in California. The home ownership rate in California is 57% while it is 77% in MI. Most people I know don't have a chance of affording a house here and with rents $1100 (in my area that is a dump) and up for a 1 bedroom apartment people are just getting by, not counting all the extra $$ they have earned and figuring how to cash out.
As others have said everywhere has it's problems. MI doesn't have a lock on it.

[darstar]

Just picked up my Tree , this morning , down the snowy road to the tree farm. A very pleasant experience,the cold , the snow , the free hot chocolate, and piped in music , while picking out the tree.......The line was long , on this Sunday morning , car after car , waiting, get em while they last, no shortage of customers , even in Michigan.
Complaint , yes , the tree price is up 12.00 this year. I paid 69.00 for an 8 footer.........I wonder what the tree price is up to in CA.?, or , in the warm south this year. Yes , I like Michigan , even could have went to the grove and cut my own , but , whats 10.00 bucks these days........even in depressed Michigan.........Merry Christmas folks......come buy my house , so , I can move further north........after the holidays.

[meadgrad]

Originally Posted by jamespeterson

ITS SOO cold out here in michigan i cant wait to move to atlanta where its warm.

Seriously the weather in michigan sucks and so do the job markets.

Give me couple more months and good bye michigan!

and say hi to:
Traffic
sprawl
an extreamely generic place (hope you like strip malls)
heat, humidity, and a stearing wheel that will burn your fingers if you park outside more than 5 minutes.
more traffic
then some traffic

have fun in Sprawlanta! blah.

[baystater]

Originally Posted by darstar

Just picked up my Tree , this morning , down the snowy road to the tree farm. A very pleasant experience,the cold , the snow , the free hot chocolate, and piped in music , while picking out the tree.......The line was long , on this Sunday morning , car after car , waiting, get em while they last, no shortage of customers , even in Michigan.
Complaint , yes , the tree price is up 12.00 this year. I paid 69.00 for an 8 footer.........I wonder what the tree price is up to in CA.?, or , in the warm south this year. Yes , I like Michigan , even could have went to the grove and cut my own , but , whats 10.00 bucks these days........even in depressed Michigan.........Merry Christmas folks......come buy my house , so , I can move further north........after the holidays.

What's ya decorating the tree with? And Merry Christmas back at ya.

[OhioNative]

Originally Posted by jamespeterson

ITS SOO cold out here in michigan i cant wait to move to atlanta where its warm.

Seriously the weather in michigan sucks and so do the job markets.

Give me couple more months and good bye michigan!

Atlanta may be milder than Michigan, but it does get cold here - it's not as warm in the winter as you think!! If you're coming here looking for Florida weather, you will be disappointed!

[darstar]

Originally Posted by baystater

What's ya decorating the tree with? And Merry Christmas back at ya.

Not much.......threw out all the "lead contaminated " Chinese lights . Just dangle a few memories, from many years gone by.......

[Sparrow_temp]

Lead contamination of anything is a joke unless you plan on digesting it.

[mkfarnam]

We had a layer of ice here in Oklahoma this morning. 29%

[darstar]

Originally Posted by Sparrow_temp

Lead contamination of anything is a joke unless you plan on digesting it.

Whew !! , thats a re leaf..... thought that maybe they were affecting my memory, can't remember as much, anymore , just CRS i guess....

[malamute]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

We had a layer of ice here in Oklahoma this morning. 29%

I didn't know Oklahoma got all that cold -- is that unusual? I've been through Oklahoma a number of times in July -- it's hot as hell -- it seems you have the extremes there. But parts of the state are very nice as far as scenery and the people seem very friendly.