Re: Awfully quiet in here...

On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:

Ah.
 Idaho.
 Or Montana.
 (When our IRS call site adopted "team concept", we decided to divide
incoming calls among teams by SSN rather than State because, as one of
us put it, "I don't want to spend an entire day talking to Idaho". Of
course, that was in the days of Rev Butler and Aryan Nations. Current
conditions may be better. Or not, at least medically.)
 

 Thank you Paul, that confirms what I have so far been thinking about in terms of places to move to. I have also heard good things about Wyoming, South dakota, and someone, as strange as it may sound, also recommended the far eastern parts of oregon. Not sure about that one, but that was one recommendation as well.

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Eastern Oregon is indeed very conservative.

Interesting! Thank you for the confirmation William! =)

But if you want warm weather, I would recommend College Station, TX, which

Personally I prefer warm over cold, but the wife is very sensitive to
warm weather so northern america it would have to be. Having lived in
sweden for many years I'm no stranger to temperatures down to -20 C so
warm or cold is not a big deal for me.

usually votes more republican than the state as a whole.  Its twin town, Bryan, has experienced something of a rebirth.  When I was there it sported cracked sidewalks and a downtown that was empty after 5  pm But it now has good restaurants and uncracked sidewalks. Even College station now has sidewalks, though there's nowhere to take them.
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Though perhaps the sidewalks have attracted flocks of liberals.  They do that.

This is very troubling! =/

Do take note, though, that if a state official harms you or your family, say by running you over, shooting you, or so on, the compensation you can get is strictly capped at a low figure.   Best have really good insurance.

No worries there! Since I live in europe, I get close to nothing if the
government kills someone or commits some error, so I'm 100% sure that
anything I would get would be orders of magnitude bigger than in europe.
The government killed my mother and the compensation was around 8000
USD.

Still, it's worth it so as to live without people who senselessly hold opinions that differ from yours constantly visible to you.

Well, if I could find a good community with rational people and no
socialists, that would in deed be heaven! Living in europe I've been
surrounded by stupid socialists enough for 10 lifetimes! ;)

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OBSF, Gene Wolfe studied there, in the days when female students were not allowed.
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William Hyde
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