[Magdalen] Death in the city

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, I just came from retreat in a tiny town in PA next to Sinking Spring
--a slightly larger little town. On Sunday evening we heard the most awful
racket of sirens, with more and more piling on--every kind of siren and
vehicle imaginable, all on the road down below us heading somewhere. It
must have gone on for a full five minutes or so.  The headline in the
Reading newspaper yesterday morning said it was a murder-suicide claiming
five victims.  No place is immune these days, it seems.

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Rick Mashburn <ricklmashburn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Scott,
>
> If you think Houston is affordable, you should check out San Antonio!!! :-D
>
> On Aug 9, 2016 8:27 PM, "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I don't officially telecommute anymore, as our CEO has called everyone
> > back to the office. So my office is downtown (in a nice location, but
> > still requires a commute). I do telecommute often when there are
> > early-morning conference calls or we're on a deadline and the days are
> > long (like the past two weeks).
> >
> > We've considered moving to the western suburbs (Elgin/Algonquin area)
> > but haven't made any progress toward doing so. I've used Trulia.com to
> > explore housing in other markets like Omaha, Milwaukee, the Detroit
> > suburbs back home. Houston would be surprisingly affordable in
> > comparison.
> >
> > It would help to live in a municipality that isn't in a panic over
> > long-underfunded pension plans. So now the property taxes have soared
> > and they're considering taxing water and sewer usage to be able to pay
> > the pension plans.
> >
> > Just a little down over how things are going in this city. On the
> > other hand, Taco Bell within walking distance! That's a plus in my
> > book.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 6:53 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Where are you thinking of going? Scranton is cheap, has large houses
> for
> > > inder $250K and a kinda spikey church (I have a friend there, and he
> > likes
> > > it, but he's originally from PA).
> > >
> > > A friend moved to Utah and tells me they have *enormous* houses (it's a
> > > Mormon thing). Not much to do where she is if you're not a skier,
> though.
> > >
> > > It helps that you work from home, doesn't it?
> > > -M
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, August 9, 2016, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> I dearly love Chicago and would love to stay here always, but between
> > >> the violence (not so far away, either...I've heard a fatal gang
> > >> shooting as I sat here in our apartment) and the expense (needing to
> > >> ratchet down the outgo from an income that should be more than
> > >> adequate), I'm thinking I'd like us to move.
> > >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>



-- 
Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

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