The Best Place to Live in the United States?

[Bullitt]

Sorry, but that is incorrect. We have a great deal "country" and agriculture here. San Diego County is huge and has a lot of unincorporated and rural areas - its just an outsider perception that we are urban. I myself live in the unincorporated county. Its great because you get country living very close to all the "city" you could ever want. San Diego is not on any of the fault lines, so we don't really have earthquakes of any consequence, so thats not a problem. No mudlsides here either, but if you buy a house on the bluffs the sand cliffs could collapse due to corrosion. We do ocassionally have fires, but most of the time they are managed quickly.

That is good that there are unincorporated areas near San Diego. But isn't it dry there?

I think I would have to rule out the area because there are too many people and the cost of living is too high. But yes, it is a beautiful area and I hope to visit again.

 

[Bullitt]

THe area south of Louisville Ky!!!!! Anywhere around Elizabethtown upwards. Kentucky is cheap living anyways. They have four season and none extreme. There are hardly any tornadoes. And i remember one small earthquake 6/18/02( my daughters 1st bday) only a 5.0 we didnt even feel it. Louisville and ft Knox are always good for employment and Kentucky is a agricultural state to begin with.

Did you live in this area of Kentucky?

I know the Louisville area is popular with people who have horses. The thick grass and rolling hills are good for horses. I think Kentucky can get some pretty good snow sometimes in the winter, right?

 

[RHRanch]

That is good that there are unincorporated areas near San Diego. But isn't it dry there?

I think I would have to rule out the area because there are too many people and the cost of living is too high. But yes, it is a beautiful area and I hope to visit again.

Yes, its dry - thats a drawback. For inexpensive irrigation, a well would be best if you wanted to do any farming/orchards. The cost of living is high, but if you can afford it, it can be ideal place to live.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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I am as far from the coast as you can get an still be in Ga. I am in the Mtns just west of Chattanooga Tn. The trystate is a good place. We think its hot if it breaks 90 but we also dont see below 32 with the sun up all that many days in the winter. Not really a Ga thing but what I like about Dade county is we dont have zoning or noise laws. We have the better schools an roads an way more cops than 5 miles north in Tn but they have no income tax. But 2 miles west of here is the community of Bryant in Jackson County Al. They have ok schools an junk roads but very low taxes an no zoning or noise laws. They use our good roads to drive the 20 minutes to Chattanooga to work an are overlooking an 5 minutes away from the Tn river. If I did not have so many things holding me where I am I would be looking at moving the 2 miles to Bryant AL.

Earthquakes dont happen much here an the few we have had the last 100 years where harmless. Tornado's are not common here ether but when they do happen they cant be seen an most places dont have warnings so its bad. Hurricanes are usually good heavy storms by the time they get to us

 

[Bullitt]

I am as far from the coast as you can get an still be in Ga. I am in the Mtns just west of Chattanooga Tn. The trystate is a good place. We think its hot if it breaks 90 but we also dont see below 32 with the sun up all that many days in the winter. Not really a Ga thing but what I like about Dade county is we dont have zoning or noise laws. We have the better schools an roads an way more cops than 5 miles north in Tn but they have no income tax. But 2 miles west of here is the community of Bryant in Jackson County Al. They have ok schools an junk roads but very low taxes an no zoning or noise laws. They use our good roads to drive the 20 minutes to Chattanooga to work an are overlooking an 5 minutes away from the Tn river. If I did not have so many things holding me where I am I would be looking at moving the 2 miles to Bryant AL.

Earthquakes dont happen much here an the few we have had the last 100 years where harmless. Tornado's are not common here ether but when they do happen they cant be seen an most places dont have warnings so its bad. Hurricanes are usually good heavy storms by the time they get to us

I looked at your incubator cams. It seems you have chicks popping out all over.

It sounds like your area a of Geogia is a place to live. I am familiar with northwest Arkansas, and it sounds similar to the mountains of that area. I will say that zoning laws can sometimes be good if say a chemical factory wants to locate next to your land.

So, can you give me a couple of examples of restrictive government in California? I am guessing you may be referring to gun laws.

 

[RHRanch]

I have a hard time with that one. I know of only one person here with Spanish as there native language that actually speaks English too an that one person is rather young. Being as we don't have Spanish speaking communitys for them to fall back on an they still don't learn English, I have a hard time with the idea that they are closer to the border.

Do you mean that you don't believe me when I say most people here speak english? If thats what you are saying, i'm going to tell you that I am in fact accurate in that statement. Most really do speak english... Sure there are some communities where a lot of latinos live and they rely on spanish in that community, but it doesn't mean they don't speak english. If thats not what you meant, forget what I am about to say. lol Generally people who immigrate here speak spanish, but quickly have to learn enough english to work here. A common type of work for immigrants is being picked up on the side of the road to work on farms or at peoples houses doing construction and yardwork. Those that speak some english have an advantage, and therefor the incentive to learn is there. San Diego does have a large latino population, but many are 2, 3rd, and some have had their families living in this area for hundreds of years... They speak english. Every latino person I have ever had wait on me in any store I have ever been in in my whole life (including tortillarias and mexican markets), has spoken english... I have lived here 35 years and my family has lived in San Diego for over 100 years... I know my community. I go to school with a large population of latinos... all speak english or bilingual. In high school, my class was 60%+ latinos.. Most spoke english, very few did not - those that did not were usually recent immigrants. Generally people that come here have to become able to speak enough english to communicate... Jobs here pretty much require it, for the most part they are service jobs or jobs working under english speaking supervisors in construction, for example. They generally speak better english than I do spanish, thats for sure. I have noticed that spanish speakers traveling across country as migrant farm workers may not learn as much english... that may be because primarily they work with other spanish speakers, so they have less need of bilingual skills. If I videotaped my day today, I could talk to every latino I saw and I am confident that I would be able to communicate with most of them in english.

 

[Bullitt]

There are many Hispanics here in Texas who can't speak English, or speak very little English. They often depend on their children as translators.

I am sure most Hispanics in San Diego speak English. But some of them can't. You are very close to Mexico there.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

I looked at your incubator cams. It seems you have chicks popping out all over.

It sounds like your area a of Geogia is a place to live. I am familiar with northwest Arkansas, and it sounds similar to the mountains of that area. I will say that zoning laws can sometimes be good if say a chemical factory wants to locate next to your land.

So, can you give me a couple of examples of restrictive government in California? I am guessing you may be referring to gun laws.

Zoning is never a good thing. Its taking ownership of the property away from the owner an gives it to the government. Zoning is communism.

Yes, I was mainly talking about Californias unconstitutional gun laws but has had a bad rep for a long time.

 

[Bullitt]

Zoning is never a good thing. Its taking ownership of the property away from the owner an gives it to the government. Zoning is communism.

Yes, I was mainly talking about Californias unconstitutional gun laws but has had a bad rep for a long time.

Has California's gun laws been ruled unconstitutional? You can own guns in California. They do not have a concealed handgun permit though. You may have a problem with some of the restrictions on types of guns and magazine capacity.

Zoning does take some of the potential uses of land away from the owner, so that can reduce the profit a land owner can make from land. But I think zoning laws can be useful to protect people, and that is why most towns have zoning laws. Zoning laws are usually not needed in rural areas because there are fewer people living close together.

Zoning is not "Communism." Communism is about creating a classless society. Zoning laws actually help maintain class separation. People establish a wealthy neighborhood and use zoning laws, such as minimum lot size and house size, to keep out less wealthy people.

You could argue that zoning is socialistic because the government is dictating how people should live. But I would argue that the voters in a town elect the city council, and if the people don't like it, the voters can vote new people in to office. So I would have to say that zoning is part of the democratic system, if zoning laws are the desire of the majority of voters.

The United States was founded with a federalist system so that people could live differently in different states. So you can live in Georgia with fewer gun and land restrictions and another person can live in California where medical marijuana is legal.

Each person has to find the right place to meet his or her idea of the perfect place to live.

 

[chickened]

I have no problem with free healthcare only thing is it is NOT free someone is paying for it.

Oregon is pretty. I don't understand chickened's complaints about healthcare, medical marijuana or physician assisted suicide, though. We voted on it, state's rights, unless you are only pro "big government" when it targets issues you don't agree with. Other than that we do have high unemployment, the city of Portland is run horribly and taxes are high. We don't have a sales tax, though. We also don't have to pump our own gas... not that it's a big deal. Great hunting, fishing and outdoors activities just outside the cities. Violent crime is also pretty low in comparison to big cities and just a few years ago Portland, Oregon was ranked as the second cleanest city in the world. I think the first was Reykjavik, Iceland.

Definitely a nice place but it's not for everyone.