[Magdalen] Death in the city

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Texans *are* loyal and so are many who move here and get the vibe....

Never had the vibe. Still occasionally tell the story that when we moved 
here my youngest was 6 months old and we hoped to be out of here before she 
started kindergarten... that would be Anne '05 high school and '09 UNorth 
TX.... sigh.

I've not given up however and still hope and tentatively plan to move in the 
next few years, many things being a part of that decision/possibility. 
Meanwhile, it's the important one day at a time living.

Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 12:12 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Death in the city

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> > 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
>>
>