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| MoveQik |
 Jun 24 2005, 01:45 PM
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What size wheels can I fit?  Group: Members Posts: 4,645 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Scottsdale, AZ Member No.: 3,881 Region Association: Southwest Region   |
Scottsdale(or the Phoenix metro area)
No snow No hurricanes No tropical storms No tornados No ice or sleet No earthquakes No rust 2 1/2 months of hot weather 9 1/2 months of perfect weather Quality of life is awesome. Short flight to the the CA coast(or a 5 1/2 hour drive) 4 hour drive to Rocky Point 2 hour drive to ski slopes Did I mention that I know a good Realtor should you decide to move here? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) |
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| ClayPerrine |
Jun 24 2005, 01:47 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,490 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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Don't take that for a condemnation of all of Texas. It was probably a small town cop. They are the same everywhere. |
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| Elliot_Cannon |
Jun 24 2005, 01:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,922 Joined: 26-March 03 From: Orange County Ca Member No.: 480 Region Association: None |
Mobile is a great town. I got some friends there. When you leave, take as many with you as possible. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
cheers, Elliot |
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| VegasRacer |
Jun 24 2005, 01:55 PM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,518 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None 
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Las Vegas must have some appeal since it has been the fastest growing city in the entire country for something like each of the past 15 years in a row. True, we have no state income tax. The housing cost had been low, until everything doubled in the past 2 years. Car insurance rates are some of the highest in the nation. (what do you expect with 24 hour bars and 100K tourist in rental cars) Traffic sucks. (but still not as bad as L.A.)
After dark in the summer used to be my favorite. Now with higher humidity caused by all the people, swimming pools, golf courses, etc, etc, It can still be 100 degrees at midnight. I liked this place a lot better when it had 200K residents. Now we have that many hotel rooms. |
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| rhodyguy |
Jun 24 2005, 02:01 PM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,082 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
no smog for your 76 914 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/w00t.gif) , do what you want to it. eastern wa is nice in the spring. freakin hot, in summer. i don't give a shit about political stances. i have no problem ignoring people that don't agree with ME!!! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) jk
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| Root_Werks |
Jun 24 2005, 02:17 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,326 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Don't move to WA regardless of what flower man is telling you. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/happy11.gif) Too many people are moving here already.
It rains a lot, we have high taxes, ummmmmm, there are pine cones EVERYWHERE! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) It just sucks man, don't move here. I hear Kalduhfornia is full of really nice people. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif) |
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| Porcharu |
Jun 24 2005, 03:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,314 Joined: 27-January 05 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 3,518 Region Association: Northern California |
I'm not condeming Texas - in California he would have been thrown in jail. |
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| Porcharu |
Jun 24 2005, 03:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,314 Joined: 27-January 05 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 3,518 Region Association: Northern California |
I don't either - but here in the peoples republic you get it rammed down your throat every day. This is the land of "freedom of speech as long as you agree with my hardcore views" (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/finger.gif) I've been to south eastern Washington - I liked it. And you can drive across the river to buy stuff tax free in Oregon. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/boldblue.gif) |
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| airsix |
Jun 24 2005, 03:53 PM
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I have bees in my epiglotis Group: Members Posts: 2,196 Joined: 7-February 03 From: Kennewick Man (E. WA State) Member No.: 266 |
Dan, have you been on the East side? It's just the opposite. Hot, dry, conservative, and there's ROOM to roam. We shoot guns, race 3,000hp hydroplanes, waterski/jetski after work (dock is less than a mile from my office), hunt, fish, etc. Girls wear um... 'summer clothes' from April through October. It's all good. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif) -Ben M. ps - you would have less trouble with your "habit" over here. Lots of back roads for fun driving. I know someone who just the other day did a little sprint to 147mph without even seeing or being seen by another vehicle. Of course I'm not at liberty to disclose the person's identity. |
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| ArtechnikA |
Jun 24 2005, 04:02 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
Douglas County, NV.
no state income tax. cars don't get smogged. no salt on the roads. good snow skiing. good water skiing. nearby racetrack. i'd move back if i could make a living there... but you either like the desert, or you don't... |
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| lapuwali |
Jun 24 2005, 04:05 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 |
One also has to be careful with political perspectives. "Centrist" means very different things in California v. Alabama v. Massachusetts v. Missouri. From my experience, even SoCal Republicans would be considered limp-wristed lefties in many places in the Midwest, and everyone in NoCal is an outright Commie...Most of the school administrators in Kansas who are trying to ban evolution and push creationism don't consider themselves to be members of the radical right, and opinion that's not shared with anyone I know from New England.
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| Howard |
Jun 24 2005, 04:38 PM
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Incontin(g)ent Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,785 Joined: 24-July 03 From: Westlake Village, CA Member No.: 943 Region Association: None
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But seriously, folks.
My business was bought out by a competitor 15 years ago. We jumped for joy, took the money and ran. Went all over the place looking for a better place to live. There are so many great ones, in no particular order.. Vancouver, BC Coastal Maine Lyme/Mystic Seaport Hobe Sound Italian Riviera Guess you can tell I like the water. We visited, coveted all, and ending up staying here. Friends and family are the biggest deal and the weather sure is nice on the central coast. |
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| Verruckt |
Jun 24 2005, 05:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 716 Joined: 14-July 04 From: Midwest Member No.: 2,348 |
Any suburb of Kansas City is pretty nice. Housing is but a fraction of the equivalent house in Ca. Politics is pretty evenly split. Weather, you get it all, but not too extreme in either direction. Airport no matter where you are is at most an hour away. Definitely a "car lovers" place to live. Lot's of hi-po shops, P-car stuff too. Major racetrack (new home of the Runoffs (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) ) is just an hour west. Nascar track on the west side of the city too. Plenty of outdoors activities are within an easy drive. And it's in the center of everything.
Head to a library and check for a book called "places rated". They may even have a website somewhere. |
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| Bleyseng |
Jun 24 2005, 06:29 PM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Yeah, my son Blair called from Tempe the other day to brag that it was 116 degrees. There is no way I would move to Phoenix,Tempe,Scottsdale area as its one big effin strip mall. Endless malls along Indian Road or whatever thats called. Washington is cheap if you don't live in Seattle. |
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| jimtab |
Jun 24 2005, 06:36 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,477 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Pacifica, California Member No.: 91 Region Association: Northern California |
That's only if you dip the car in the saltwater or leave it out, uncovered in a bad wind storm...we get salt on the deck in a big one but in the garage....no problem. AND, nothing between me and Japan but air.....I love it. |
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| jimtab |
Jun 24 2005, 06:40 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,477 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Pacifica, California Member No.: 91 Region Association: Northern California |
Sorry, but I think Las Vegas is the asshole of creation, it was bad enough when they sprayed road oil on my NEW 1974 white 914(in 74) and then refused to do anything about it because...."you have to have the licence number" hard to see thru an oily windshield...detail guys got it all off only one stain on the rear quarter but I've never been back...never will...fuck em. |
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| JB 914 |
Jun 24 2005, 06:58 PM
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Daddy! Finish my car NOW!!! Group: Members Posts: 1,593 Joined: 26-September 04 From: Garden Grove, CA Member No.: 2,831 |
Buy a Giant RV and travel the country. once you find a place you like put it on blocks or sell it and buy a house. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)
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| jimtab |
Jun 24 2005, 07:01 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,477 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Pacifica, California Member No.: 91 Region Association: Northern California |
OK, after much thought, the best place to live is where you're happiest....all the rest is crap. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/aktion035.gif)
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| Dead Air |
Jun 24 2005, 07:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,268 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 2,042 |
[QUOTE=ClayPerrine,Jun 24 2005, 10:12 AM]You could move to Texas.
Gen. Sherman said: "If I owned both hell and Texas, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell" That's what he said, I'm just tellin' ya. |
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| Dead Air |
Jun 24 2005, 07:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,268 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 2,042 |
get it? no politics on 914 club! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/bootyshake.gif)
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