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Idaho

jmowreader

(50,530 posts)

6. As a native Idahoan...

Reply to Peregrine Took (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 25, 2020, 04:11 PM

Jan 2020

It's not a question of being "accepted by the locals." These assholes come in and run up the property values to the point where "the locals" can no longer afford to live here. Then they just take over.

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A small Idaho town isn't so small now as West Coast transplants move to the area. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2020 OP

Happening all over cilla4progress Jan 2020 #1

I wonder if they will really be accepted by the locals? Peregrine Took Jan 2020 #2

My experience in Illinois as well Bradshaw3 Jan 2020 #3

As a native Idahoan... jmowreader Jan 2020 #6

More than 40 years ago, we escaped our home state yonder Feb 2020 #7

They can't afford to live there because Idaho Sewa Feb 2020 #8

They paved paradise And put up a parking lot keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #4

" the perfect place to retire from the stress of Southern California" Blues Heron Jan 2020 #5