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I would never live anywhere but New England. The history, heritage, it's all around you. Beautiful beaches, winter is okay especially if you partake in outdoor activities like skiing. It's peaceful here and we don't support riots and looting. We have small towns and vast suburban areas and a few big cities like Boston.
Boston is flourishing and the only problem is that it's such a wonderful place that home prices are skyrocketing. But the entire area in that part of the state is very desirable, lots of interesting jobs, things to do, museums in Boston are amazing and their suburbs are beautiful and clean.
I'd like to visit the PNW just to experience the climate which sounds pretty good. But New England has the history and charm and character. I like the way our governors have treated this pandemic because they've gone along with what people wanted--we want to be free of this virus and we're more than willing to wear masks and to social distance. The states are opening up slowly and we are aware of the plan and how it works. We don't feel left out or confused. Our Republican and Democratic governors are doing well for us. It will always be New England for me--now people are fleeing NYC and coming to the part of CT that is near NYC. Good. They are rich and can pay taxes. CT is the third most state that people want to come to, to live near forests and rivers and ocean, and yet to be close enough to NYC that they can work there.
100% agree I do find the red states have better roads and are altogether cleaner. That may be due to NE being older and the winters do a number. The more we think about moving the more I am convinced here is where it is.
100% agree I do find the red states have better roads and are altogether cleaner. That may be due to NE being older and the winters do a number. The more we think about moving the more I am convinced here is where it is.
Then you never been to the red state I live in, trash along the highways is a major issue here, and the roads suck in many places. Roads were damaged pretty bad from the 1000 year flood of 2015, and flooding from other costal storms.
I wouldn't mind living in a rural area of a blue state if they weren't so freaking expensive.
I'm originally from upstate NY.
Beautiful country side, great food, nice people.
Ungodly taxes and crappy economy.
I recently went to California to visit relatives.
LA is a gigantic, dirty crap hole.
But once you get away from the large metropolitan areas, get North into the Wine Country and up the Pacific Coast highway......it's some of the most breathtakingly beautiful areas of the entire country.
But I could never afford to live there or put up with the insane laws and government.
100% agree I do find the red states have better roads and are altogether cleaner. That may be due to NE being older and the winters do a number. The more we think about moving the more I am convinced here is where it is.
I think good roads has more to do with how affluent an area is than how people vote. (And, also, how competent a state's Department of Transportation is.)
I prefer a gridlock state like Wisconsin. Despite all the bickering its the best of both worlds. The lefties don't take their welfare state and entitlement mentality and overpaying of public employees and lavish pensions and micromanagement of everything to rediculous levels but we still get nice roads, parks, services, guns, etc.
I love the area from mequon north through green bay. I don't live in Wisconsin (most of my relatives do) but enjoy my visit.
Extreme left and right types are both idiots...I prefer neither have much power. The left have too much power in the media and it's obnoxious ... The right would likely be obnoxious if they had that much clout. Sorry I offended 80% of you. . Whenever groups of like minded people get too much power they get obnoxious. It's human nature...thus all the checks and balances we have.
I completely agree with ALL of this. After living in the Denver area and SoCal for a combined total of about 55 years, living a rural but mostly affluent part of Wisconsin is like heaven to me!
I think good roads has more to do with how affluent an area is than how people vote. (And, also, how competent a state's Department of Transportation is.)
Agree. I live an area adjacent to a cluster of affluent towns and I have noticed the more affluent the better the roads and less traffic lights.
The poorer the communities the more traffic lights.
100% agree I do find the red states have better roads and are altogether cleaner. That may be due to NE being older and the winters do a number. The more we think about moving the more I am convinced here is where it is.
I spent a couple weeks in LA and Long Beach on business trips last year. The roads are terrible, badly potholed, cracked, falling apart. And garbage everywhere (some of that of course comes from bums living on the streets of course). It's not the weather. And it certainly doesn't have anything to do with lack of money.
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I do find the red states have better roads and are altogether cleaner. That may be due to NE being older and the winters do a number. The more we think about moving the more I am convinced here is where it is.
. Whenever groups of like minded people get too much power they get obnoxious. It's human nature...thus all the checks and balances we have.
