Hurricane Season

Jon said:
Thornton's a nice area, especially up near Hunter's Glen which is the rich part of town.
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He became a vice president of the media company he works for, PMM LLC. Shockingly, he's one of two people pictured on their website. So he's doing ok.
 
scotchandcigar said:
I think he means one DRC member's house to the left/right. That would put you in either Toledo or Glendale.
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Well I can't really go much to the right so I guess I'll do North or West. Besides right now, New Orleans seems like it would be a fun city to live near. Second choice would be Maine. I miss the snow sometimes (when you don't have to drive in it) but how far are you from a major city? I assume Boston is the closest? I like scenic but also don't want to be much more than an hour from a major city. And don't say Portland, that doesn't count.
 
JHDK said:
Well I can't really go much to the right so I guess I'll do North or West. Besides right now, New Orleans seems like it would be a fun city to live near. Second choice would be Maine. I miss the snow sometimes (when you don't have to drive in it) but how far are you from a major city? I assume Boston is the closest? I like scenic but also don't want to be much more than an hour from a major city. And don't say Portland, that doesn't count.
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I was thinking we can go clockwise if that works for you.

I'm one town from Portsmouth NH. It has an international airport, major music venues, and other city-like things. It's not as big as Portland, which is the major city in the state, and is 45 minutes away. Boston is an hour, but the metro area (I believe the 10th largest in the US) is close.
 
In my mind, without having done any real research on possible places, these are the places that seem tempting to me...

Pennsylvania. Somewhere in the Lancaster/Reading/Allentown areas.

Oregon. The Portland metro area.

Colorado.

California. Probably way too expensive.
 
scotchandcigar said:
Well I'm glad people like where they live. I liked New Jersey, and they certainly get their share of crap. But I need to be on the coast.

When we did that all-inclusive trip to Riviera Maya Mexico about 6 years ago, we spent the entire week with a couple from London, outside of Toronto. They were great.
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I've been all over the country, covered a good bit of Europe, a few parts of Canada, and spent a hot minute in Mexico.
I like visiting other states and cities, and for as much as I like them, I always realize how good it really is here.
We don't get hurricanes, earthquakes, forest fires, droughts, or floods. Summers aren't brutally hot, and winters aren't ridiculously cold. We're just at the edge of tornado alley, so we don't get very many of those, and they usually don't do a lot of damage. We don't have alligators, scorpions, or flying cockroaches. We've got Lake Erie for boating and lots of parks for outdoors stuff.
The cost of living and quality of life are good, houses are affordable, job market isn't too bad, and it's a pretty safe town. We have Cedar Point, a world class art museum and zoo. Good restaurants and bars on our riverfront and downtown. The Mud Hens ballpark is a GREAT place to watch a game. Detroit is 45 minutes away for major league baseball, football, and major concerts that don't stop right here. Cleveland is less than 2 hours away, Columbus a little over 2 hours, Cincinnati 3, & Chicago 4. Before COVID, we would catch an easy train to Toronto once and a while.

I do think about moving from time to time, but apart from hitting the lotto and getting a high-rise apartment in Chicago or Vancouver, I haven't been able to come up with a place that has as good of a balance as there is here.
 
Depending on what kind of industry you're in, Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs are major tech hubs. IBM is in Boulder, Oracle has a location in Broomfield not far from there and a few government contractors (like the one I work for) have a presence in the area. Colorado Springs you can't swing a dead cat in the air without hitting a military contractor. Plus three military bases, not including the Air Force Academy. One thing about the Springs, it's also very conservative with the military presence, and Focus on the Family has their HQ there. Nice town with a decent cost of living, otherwise.
 
HecticArt said:
We don't get hurricanes, earthquakes, forest fires, droughts, or floods. Summers aren't brutally hot, and winters aren't ridiculously cold. We don't have alligators, scorpions, or flying cockroaches.
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Same here, we have the ocean as a temperature moderator.

Growing up in metro NYC, I find the cost-of-living in metro Boston to be reasonable, although I'm aware that it's relatively high nationally. And the cost of living is even lower where we are now, although there's a compromise. Southern NH/ME doesn't have the industry of metro Boston; there are local businesses, like restaurants and hospitals, but you have to drive (or work remotely) for everything else.

We have the ocean, ski mountains, big lakes, popular rafting rivers, famous seafood, restaurants, shopping, music etc. But I have to drive everywhere. People who live in cities can walk, or take public transportation. We also have space; I live in a family neighborhood, but each lot is 2 to 4 acres. My nephew in Thornton CO lives on a lot that's like 5 feet bigger than the footprint of his house.
 
scotchandcigar said:
But I have to drive everywhere.
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Same.

When I grew up in Rowley MA, Portsmouth NH and Lynnfield MA I could walk or bike to my friends' houses and hang out. My son had to be driven every time he wanted to hang with a friend because it's all huge hills and dead end roads far away from each other. His best friend in town is a 45+ minute walk or an exhausting 25 minute bike ride with no sidewalks akin to mountain biking (if it were a paved path). Now that he can drive (as of this month) he's always taking off to hang out with pals and I'm glad he finally has that freedom.
 
First real update on my house. Severe roof damage. Shingles are all gone, it's down to the paper covering the plywood. So no telling how much water got in. Fence is gone. New shed held up fine. Water heater is keeled over.

Not in a hurry to return. No electricity, water, gas, and spotty cell phone coverage. Think we'll stay in hotels for a while longer....
 
scotchandcigar said:
Wow, I'm surprised you'd even associate yourself with us. :D
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Ha yes I'm aware of the rep. We bought the cheapest house in town. It was filthy, not maintained and falling apart. My parents were looking for a good school system and nice neighborhood. They were also able to fix it up, clean it up and sell it for a lot more than they bought it!
 
Aaron said:
First real update on my house. Severe roof damage. Shingles are all gone, it's down to the paper covering the plywood. So no telling how much water got in. Fence is gone. New shed held up fine. Water heater is keeled over.

Not in a hurry to return. No electricity, water, gas, and spotty cell phone coverage. Think we'll stay in hotels for a while longer....
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The roof is still on which is a positive thought. You can be hopeful for not too much water damage.
 
Aaron said:
First real update on my house. Severe roof damage. Shingles are all gone, it's down to the paper covering the plywood. So no telling how much water got in. Fence is gone. New shed held up fine. Water heater is keeled over.

Not in a hurry to return. No electricity, water, gas, and spotty cell phone coverage. Think we'll stay in hotels for a while longer....
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It sounds like the house is standing, which is good. I saw a whole bunch of flattened stuff there. Miguel Almaguer from NBC news was actually reporting from your town. I imagine this interrupts everyone's lives: you can't work, no start of school, lots of people have no place to live, and some have lost everything. I think the closest I've experienced was the ice storm of 2008, some people had no power for 3 weeks. But still nothing like this.
 
Standing is a good thing. We'll stay hopeful that the water didn't do it's worst.
What was the standing water situation?
 
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