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I've been to a few places. 

Went to visit a friend in Hiroshima. We visited with one of his friends and he quipped "ROK2USA went to Korea for the money I came to Japan for happiness" 😅

I would have moved there but I met my husband and got my dream job so Korea it is... 

I'm stuck on the "island of Houston".  Korea sounds more interesting, for sure!  

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SoCal is where it's at.  Except its expensive.  San Diego is one of my fav places to go.     I like 4 seasons.  I really do.  Houston has 2 seasons: devil's sweaty ball sack and not summer. 

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And here in FL I'm doing that almost every night now.   I have solar pool heating and it's been on a while, but the pool seemed way too warm last week.  Checked and the pool was 90.  Decided

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9 minutes ago, mam521 said:

I'm stuck on the "island of Houston".  Korea sounds more interesting, for sure!  

LOL! I would stay here forever but neither of us is Korean. So, it's either deepest, darkest Africa or Michigan. 🤣

We were watching 90 Day this evening and I told my husband I wanted to move to South Dakota and he gave that the big N-O. 

 

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I shouldn't need permission to paint my damned house or put a new roof on it!

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5 minutes ago, ROK2USA said:

LOL! I would stay here forever but neither of us is Korean. So, it's either deepest darkest Africa or Michigan. 🤣

We were watching 90 Day this evening and I told my husband I wanted to move to South Dakota and gave that the big N-O. 

 

I'm laughing...hell NO to SD!  It still has winter like MI!  

 

That said, Jibri is a bit of a fish out of water there.  But that's another thread ;) 

 

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You vill comply, Comrade!

I'm a rebel...I didn't get permission to change my front door.  :devil:

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I'm laughing...hell NO to SD!  It still has winter like MI!  

 

I am not ready for MI winter... it snowed there this week/weekend!!! 

My winter is a balmy 54F... maybe I can convince the husband to move to Florida or California... 

All I know is I'm fairly sure inground pools aren't common in MI so this dream y'all selling in this thread is beyond me. 

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I am not ready for MI winter... it snowed there this week/weekend!!! 

My winter is a balmy 54F... maybe I can convince the husband to move to Florida or California... 

All I know is I'm fairly sure inground pools aren't common in MI so this dream y'all selling in this thread is beyond me. 

If California wasn't so bloody expensive, we'd be living in Palm Springs or San Diego.  Maybe with all the Californians relocating to Texas, housing prices will drop to acceptable...one can dream!  

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If California wasn't so bloody expensive, we'd be living in Palm Springs or San Diego.  Maybe with all the Californians relocating to Texas, housing prices will drop to acceptable...one can dream!  

A buddy of mine complained how expensive US was to Korea... and we had to remind him he only ever lived in California and NYC  so OF COURSE!!!! 

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A buddy of mine complained how expensive US was to Korea... and we had to remind him he only ever lived in California and NYC  so OF COURSE!!!! 

Oh my goodness!  Definitely a skewed perception!  

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On 4/19/2022 at 9:42 AM, mam521 said:

If California wasn't so bloody expensive, we'd be living in Palm Springs or San Diego.  Maybe with all the Californians relocating to Texas, housing prices will drop to acceptable...one can dream!  

Sorry, the ones leaving California mostly left the Bay Area. People are still net moving into San Diego, I think (certainly we aren't losing any significant numbers).

 

/a townhouse virtually identical to ours (same development, either the same floorplan or a mirror image of it) sold for over $100K more than we paid just last year

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Sorry, the ones leaving California mostly left the Bay Area. People are still net moving into San Diego, I think (certainly we aren't losing any significant numbers).

 

/a townhouse virtually identical to ours (same development, either the same floorplan or a mirror image of it) sold for over $100K more than we paid just last year

//when we bought a place because prices were going up so fast that if we didn't we weren't sure we'd be able to get a big enough place in a good school district for years

Tax man here says my house value jumped $84K this year.  It's all artificial for the moment.  Just angers me because well...taxes. 

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On 4/19/2022 at 12:23 PM, ROK2USA said:

LOL! I would stay here forever but neither of us is Korean. So, it's either deepest, darkest Africa or Michigan. 🤣

We were watching 90 Day this evening and I told my husband I wanted to move to South Dakota and he gave that the big N-O. 

 

Michigan is great in the Summer, and not too bad in the Winter depending on your likes relative to activities.  Camping, hiking, water sports, skiing, snowmobiling, we have it all.   Never been to South Africa, but absolutely love Korea, and hope to get back there later this year.

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I am not ready for MI winter... it snowed there this week/weekend!!! 

My winter is a balmy 54F... maybe I can convince the husband to move to Florida or California... 

All I know is I'm fairly sure inground pools aren't common in MI so this dream y'all selling in this thread is beyond me. 

Actually, in ground pools are fairly common here in MI, plus you have many lakes.  Yes, it did snow here last Tuesday, but it’s all gone now.  Supposed to be 28C this weekend.

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I'm laughing...hell NO to SD!  It still has winter like MI!  

 

That said, Jibri is a bit of a fish out of water there.  But that's another thread ;) 

 

I'm a rebel...I didn't get permission to change my front door.  :devil:

SD winters are much worse than MI!

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SD winters are much worse than MI!

I’m Canadian. Grew up on the SK Prairies, moved to the far north in AB and progressively moved south…then WAY south to Houston. Winter sucks. It’s nice to visit, but I don’t miss living in it!

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Winter sucks.

Yeah, ya got that right, eh.

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08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

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