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[Egalitarian Thug]

18. That state is Kentucky and I've worked there many times as well as attending the annual ritual of

The Grand Nationals has given me a fairly good picture of life there.

We can pick up very good land in the Bluegrass region at great prices and the ongoing expenses are negligible. But the thing is that we will never be accepted in our lifetimes down there.

An acquaintance of mine has lived in Tennessee for almost 30 years and the locals still call his place The (insert family name of the people he bought it from) Place. It's not like they openly dislike his family, but it is constantly made clear, even to this day, that his family are not one of them. Maybe his kids or grand-kids will be, but he and his wife won't ever get there.

The other place is southern Oregon, and I lived and worked there for a few of years as well. But they have a whole different assortment of problems, the land isn't nearly as good, and water is a growing problem. Ms. Thug and I are both westerners, so we are more confident dealing with Oregonians and the government is a little less sketchy, but there is a significant influence from California, which I already rejected as just too dysfunctional to tolerate a decade ago.

The last option is another country altogether, but that's a total crap shoot.