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onethatcares

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14. your mother was a very intelligent woman

Reply to Warpy (Reply #10)

Sun Aug 27, 2017, 04:06 PM

Aug 2017

Insightful, also.

I've been here 40 years living within 4 miles of the GOM, I'm tired of the change from what it started out to be to the land of selling swampland and building foundations on sand all over again.

My pleasure meeting you.

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Will Likely See A Lot Of Texans Moving Elsewhere. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Aug 2017 OP

Interestingly enough Texasgal Aug 2017 #1

Not even remotely true FreeState Aug 2017 #3

This site has Houston, Dallas and Austin listed as in the top 5 Quixote1818 Aug 2017 #7

No it doesn't Bradshaw3 Aug 2017 #13

They are part of the metropolitan statistical area of those cities Quixote1818 Aug 2017 #24

That's like saying development in Santa Monica, Culver City and Beverly Hills doesn't impact L.A. VOX Aug 2017 #31

Exactly JI7 Aug 2017 #34

I live in Austin Texasgal Aug 2017 #9

Because you were born and live there does not make it true Bradshaw3 Aug 2017 #15

Thats how a metropolis works. blogslut Aug 2017 #26

What the heck is it about Florida? Control-Z Aug 2017 #12

No income tax -nt Bradical79 Aug 2017 #16

No income tax in Texas either. nt TexasTowelie Aug 2017 #29

Also Alaska, Nevada, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming. n/t VOX Aug 2017 #32

Look at the growth of the top CSAs in the country LittleBlue Aug 2017 #22

Dunno, a lot of them are weird and think Texas is where good people go when they die Warpy Aug 2017 #2

it's about the same here in florida onethatcares Aug 2017 #5

My parents retired there Warpy Aug 2017 #10

your mother was a very intelligent woman onethatcares Aug 2017 #14

LOL your mom! I loved our family vacations moonscape Aug 2017 #17

My parents moved to a barrier island near an unspoiled beach Warpy Aug 2017 #19

There is no totally safe place to live. B2G Aug 2017 #4

Yep, we have fire season here Warpy Aug 2017 #20

pretty good in WI. sure, we get blizzards, but not so much big tornadoes, YET. pansypoo53219 Aug 2017 #21

But we have Walker and his Repugs ruining our land, air water. riversedge Aug 2017 #27

New Mexico? RhodeIslandOne Aug 2017 #23

I'm also in New Mexico, in Santa Fe to be specific. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2017 #28

You might be surprised TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #6

Certainly Would Be Hard To Move Under The Circumstances. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2017 #8

Yup. roamer65 Aug 2017 #11

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I thought today of one family buying their dream vacation home in Galveston. Yes, well. WinkyDink Aug 2017 #25

I love watching these shows, and PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2017 #30

NOW there's a show about buying an entire ISLAND! WinkyDink Aug 2017 #35

If there is truly no way to keep the millions of residents safe, then that is the best option Not Ruth Aug 2017 #33