[Magdalen] Death in the city

[Jay Weigel]

You could not pay me enough to live in Texas. Sorry. And my niece felt the
same way. What she thought would be lasting love did not survive 6  months
there--she told him it was Texas or her and he chose Texas. Of course he
had a job there, but he did not even apply or consider applying for other
jobs, so there's that.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 12:20 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Houstons housing market is incredibly reasonable. And SanAntonio, if
> similar is a nicer city.  Also no State income taxes here either
>
> Lynn
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> www.ichthysdesigns.com
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> When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would
> not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you
> gave me'. attributed to Erma Bombeck
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> On Aug 9, 2016, at 8:26 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.
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> > 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.
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> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>