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rjohns39 said:
KD: some things to note... Home ownership is ALWAYS better than renting. It comes with responsibility and risk, but even if the home value goes down, you still have something to sell when you leave. You're basically investing in your own future. Rentals, you're paying someone else to invest in their future. Owning a rental property can be great or horrible and anywhere in between. When I first rented my house in LA it was strictly for military families and things were great! Then the base closed, economy collapsed and the deadbeat that I got in, paid rent for two months and then quit. Took me a year to get him out and when I did found he'd destroyed the house. Sold it as is at action and still made $800 off the sale. Now that doesn't cover my losses when he didn't pay rent, or the legal fees to get him removed from the house, but my point is that even in bad shape it was worth more than the mortgage.

If you think you've found a place you want to go, go visit. Stay in a hotel or one of these new short term rentals. Go the "best" time of year and spend a week getting to know the locals and the area, then find out when the worst times of year are (generally summer and winter) and go visit for a week during them. Study their annual weather patterns, look at their tax laws, their cost of living index and other factors that are important to you. But be sure to checkout several different locations. If you like all but "something" find out if that something is different near by and then reset your research.

I didn't have much of a choice about all my different locations. My early years, I was in the Military and they told me where to go, though I did have some bargaining power. After that, it was where work took me. And I can tell you Riyadh isn't a lot of fun, at least not with a family. But it led me to a good job in the DC area that provided sufficient income for me to continue my search. Oh and it also led to four awesome vacations in Germany. If I could spend Christmas in Germany every year I'd be thrilled. I also loved Akido and Missawa Japan but 200" of snow per year and this old body, just didn't make sense. And quite frankly even though those places are wonderful to visit, this is home.

Sorry for the book I've written, but no idea how to condense it.
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Good advice!
Blooie said:
We have some plains. But mostly we have mountains almost any place in the state. They act like funnels, channeling winds into concentrated bands.

So wind chills today? This was on CBS News today.......

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We are at -35 with the windchill right now.
 

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