How is your state?

[hAppy]

Hey all
My parents are planning to move, and i'm just curious how life is OUTSIDE california, for i have only been to Oregon and Las Vegas.

Tell me a little bit about your state's background, is it safe? peaceful?
i saw this site, http://www.tolerance.org/maps/hate/index.html, that shows hate groups in states, and looks like all of the east U.S. has nothing but hate groups
i find it very .... disturbing

my parents are strongly looking into texas, in fact they are going there on the 9th of april for a week to check it out

i would just like to hear about your home in general, and tell me how life is. good or bad and why

thanks

[painTech]

tipp city ohio- picture perfect town. no bad people whatsoever. anywhere else in ohio sucks.

ah screw it move to colorado. it kicks ***

[Bad_Dog]

Wisconsin is cool... if theres nothing going on, I usually go hang out with my friends at the local hardware store...




I have no life...

[gimp]

Northern NH. It's all very close friendly communities. You'll have plenty of privacy. Job market is crap. You live where people go on vacation. As far as hate groups go. I dont know of any. I love it up there. Not much to do, but I stay occupied.


*edit - They're puttin a home depot next to the walmart pretty soon. That's about 35 minutes away.

[hAppy]

Originally posted by Bad_Dog
if theres nothing going on, I usually go hang out with my friends at the local hardware store...
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that was pretty funny haha

thanks for the input guys, keep it coming

[Python14]

Va isn't too bad.

The job market is so-so. In some areas of the state it's pretty good, in some areas it isn't. It really depends on what your parents do and what they want to make versus what they want to live on.

The cost of living is relatively low.

It's not too crowded. In some areas of the state is can be alittle compressed, but in the middle and western part, it's lots of open space. Very easy to stay private.

Hate groups? Well, supposedly we've got our share, but frankly, it's not a problem. Unless you are looking for trouble, you won't find it.

The schools are decent depending on where you are. In the eastern part of the state, I don't really know. In the western part between say Winchester or Harrisonburg, Wytheville, and maybe Danville the public schools are great. We have a few private schools if you really want that, but frankly, it's not a problem. High education is great here. We have some of the best schools around. University of Virginia is in Charlottesville. Virginia Tech is in Blacksburg. William and Mary is in Williamsburg. Richmond University is in Richmond(shocker, huh?). Washington and Lee University is in Lexington, as is Virginia Military Academy. We have alot of really good stuff here and three of our best, UVA, VT, and WM are public universities so the instate tuition is good.

The government is a little wierd. Like every state, we've been having budget problems. However, I dare say it will be a relief from California. Between the healthy agriculture and mining in the western part of the state, the ship building and Military in the eastern part of the state, and the fact that Washington DC might as well be in Virginia, it's good. Gas prices are comparatively low as well.

As far as things to do, Virginia is doing pretty good. We have both the G. Washington and T. Jefferson national forests which really are fantastic. We also have the Blue Ridge Parkway which if you live close to it(Western part of the state), it's a great place to just see the beauty of Virginia. The eastern seaboard is nice. Whether you want a nice day at the beach, or a fun night on the town you can find it. Paintball is big over in eastern Virginia. Between Norfolk/Newport news and Washington DC, there must be 3 dozen paintball fields and twice as many stores. It's amazing.

And in the western part of the state we have our share of fields, as well as stores.

Oh yea, I live here. So do ChucktheMAGician and Joshua Silverman. And theres a Buffalo Wild Wings here in Roanoke.

[hAppy]

hey python, thats very informative

thank you VERY much

[Kevmaster]

what you talkin bout...the south got southern hospitality...thats all that matters...who cares if we got power hungry, angry blacks, whites, yellows... we got southern friggin hospitality....biatch!

[Mateo]

Texas. 'Nuff said.

[hAppy]

tell me something bout texas please

[Rather]

Texas is ok. Not the best but deffinately not the worst.

Safe- yes and no. ther are trouble cities and there are safe cities.

Peaceful- unfortunately no...but when you think about it no place is ever peaceful. We are more peacefull than other areas though. Just make sure you dont live in an area where guys wear white coens on their heads (actual city that has yet to be bombed outa existance in south east parts i believe)

Weather- Different every day (no lie). Usually warm/hot. when it gets cold it can get down to 30*F and thats about it. Have a few problems with polution durrring summers. =/

Schools- We have a few good schools. But msot of the better recognized high schools are Catholic private schools. Public schools are a mix of good and bad. Colleges are much better though!(just don't get into TELECOM! )

Fields- I have mapped it out and there are oh....about 5-7 fields under 20 miles from the dallas area.

Homes- land here can be cheap if you know where to look

Special catches- Ya'll does not make you sound stupid here (in fact if you don't say it people look at you funny). If you don't own at least a squirt gun, then you probably wont fit in.

And yes we do have hospitality, but don't take too much advantage of it... or else.

[soccer4minimags]

TEXAS
Everybody should live in texas at least some part during their lives.

[FactsOfLife]

New York sucks.


But at least it ain't Jersey...

[Remington]

Massachusetts is great. There's definetly a lot of history in this state (American Rev., Pilgrims, etc.). I'm not exactly sure how the job situation is going right now but I don't think it's bad. Romney has done a fairly good job at getting the economy back up and running. As for peaceful and safe I couldn't think of a better place to live. I live in a small suburb about 20 miles south of Boston and it's very peaceful (if at times a little boring ). As far as schools go, education here is great and there are definetly some very good colleges here to go to (Babson, U-Mass, Harvard, etc.). Anyway. If you want to know anything more specific drop me a PM.

[1stdeadeye]

Originally posted by FactsOfLife
New York sucks.


But at least it ain't Jersey...

You had to go there!

Jersey rocks. We have the shore, AC, beautiful fields and farms (South Jersey).

Not only that, but Hillary Clinton is not our Senator!