[Magdalen] Death in the city

[Jay Weigel]

Virginia is waiting for you, Lynn! You know you have many sisters/friends
here!

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>