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Originally Posted by angielee001
How do you like it out there compared to NoVA?
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Truly no comparison. It's not just the obvious and profound physical and
climatic differences, it's also the general mindset and lifestyles (note the plural).
I lived here back in 70-72 so deciding to jump back into the Southwest was
not really a difficult decision. It works well for Debbie and I, but as many people
will tell you, it doesn't work for everyone.
I live on the very Western fringe of the city because it maximizes the western
desert atmosphere while still being very convenient (at least in non-rush hour)
to just about every part of the city. We ate Vietnamese last night with a
bunch of people in Southeast, my wife has her hair done in Northeast, we
attend Olde Geezer extension classes at UNM, we have lunch in old town,
I've got birds out the ying-yang at our feeder, road runners have a highway
through our yard, rabbits love the weeds along the wall and one or more
coyotes reduced the rabbit population significantly a couple days ago.
When I was a kid Fairfax County was still largely open land, there were foxes
and other critters and there was room to breathe. That's all gone back there
but it is still an essential part of HERE.
Gotta run, Debbie just brought home Chinese take-out..
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