What a relief (Lebanon, Waynesville: house, crawl space, layoffs)

[mechanic]

We finally moved back to Colorado. I really like the weather much better and no humidity. After buying our second home in Missouri that's when our troubles started. No matter how little rain it always got into the crawl space. That just added to humidity that was already down there. Finally after numerours tries to keep water out of the crawl space, we ended up spending $10000 on a system to keep it dry. Under the liner it was always wet but kept the air dry with a dehumidifer and sump pumps which ran year around. I would say it was money well spent but I would never buy another house with a wet basement. I had way to many problems because of the weather in that state to live there again. Mold, termites you name it and I seen it in Missouri.
Now we have mostly wind to put with, not all the time but windy days just like Missouri. I'll never forget the ice storm we had in Lebanon Missouri which shut the whole town down for a week. I had to spend $500 on a generator just to keep the pumps running. No I'll never forget Missouri. We live in a small town in Colorado is easy to get around in and low cost of living but more jobs. No I'll not forget Missouri. A nice place to visit be I'll never move there again.

[mechanic]

We did give it another go by moving up towards Waynesville. This time we bought a house with a dry basement. That was the year of all the flooding, 2008. We lived on 5 acreas and a 1/2 mile down a country road. The builder didn't tell us it was a food plain. The rains came and the road that we lived on would washout so bad that the county had to bring a grader in and fix the road each time it rained. The sides of the road would wash away and big ruts in the road so you couldn't get down it. My driveway was slightly up hill and it would washout. I would bring up creek gravel in a wheelbarrow to fix the driveway over and over again and county would bring the grader in over and over again. Finally that was enough for me. Missouri is a very pretty state but I could not live there again.

[mcol]

Glad you're happy. Did you move to the Pueblo area then? I lived in
Trinidad for a few years. There are times I miss the Sange de Cristos
and a few other things. If I moved back I'd miss the color green and the rain etc. To each his own I guess. Yes it was a change moving to
an area with humidity - thank goodness for a/c! We've never had a
water problem here so can't relate to that.

[OA 5599]

mechanic:

I guess we have opposite views. I've been to Colorado many times (seems to be once or twice a year lately), and while I love the skiing, mountain views, and microbrewerys, it is just too darn dry for me and I'd much rather live in Missouri. I like lush, green climates. Missouri can be a humid state, which can be a shock if you aren't used to it. I grew up there, and it is "normal" as a result, and I find the West to be too dry for my tastes (my lips would always get very chapped when I went out there as a kid). I suppose we all tend to like what we know and have gotten used to however, and I'm glad you are happy back in Colorado, but wish you would have left some of those ski slopes in Missouri!

[mechanic]

Yes we moved to pueblo west. I don't like the terrain but it gives me a break from all the mowing I had to do in Missouri. I was born, raised and retired in Colorado and that's where I'll stay.

[ozarksboy]

Originally Posted by mechanic

Yes we moved to pueblo west. I don't like the terrain but it gives me a break from all the mowing I had to do in Missouri. I was born, raised and retired in Colorado and that's where I'll stay.

I'm glad you're back where you belong and you are happy. I don't understand why you left your home to come to Missouri. I don't understand why a lot of people do that. It makes no sense to me. But I'm just country simple.

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by ozarksboy

But I'm just country simple.

Country dumb, more likely!
I'll leave it to OB to explain that is a actually a compliment

[Hillman]

Dang I lived in Salida.Hated it,nothing but Brown and Mountains.Nothing ever changed.One place I wouldn't even care to visit again.

Glad your happy.

hillman

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by ozarksboy

I'm glad you're back where you belong and you are happy. I don't understand why you left your home to come to Missouri. I don't understand why a lot of people do that. It makes no sense to me. But I'm just country simple.

Well, OB, let me try to 'splain it.

I'm married to a midwife and she informs me that we don't have a choice when it comes to where we're born.

I guess it would follow that we also don't have a choice when it comes to where our parents and other relatives settle.

Sometimes we just stick around out of habit or 'cause it's easier than pulling up stakes and moving or because that's where our support network and our livelihood are.

Over time family members move or assume room temperature, job changes, layoffs or retirement occur, children grow and strike out on their own and/or, lo-and-behold, we find ourselves freed or we free ourselves just because we want to.

We then follow a dream we've had, the love of someplace we've been before or we move in the belief that the fescue is more verdant elsewhere.

Sometimes it works. Sometimes it's a disaster. Either way, it's ours!

It can be a grand adventure!

[mcol]

Been to many a state fair in Pueblo. It gets hot as crap there.
Oh I lived in Pueblo for a few months too at one time. Oh well
good luck to you!