Where ya wana go?

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Montenegro was cool
Born in central Ohio
Grew up in South Dakota
Moved to Missouri pre teen
Went to school in Illinois
Generally I'm happy being close to the Ozarks
Arkansas would be cool
Florida, like California, is fun to visit but not live
I cannot stand their humidity (anywhere down South really)
Juxtaposed with South Dakota and I don't know which is worse
Which is like being where I am in the central US
Yeah we get snow and humify too but not extreme and never than more a few weeks
Weather changes enough to keep it interesting
Been to Florida many times. Was just there actually. Parents live near St. Petersburg but closer to Clearwater.
Yeah, that area was devastated - mostly Milton
Live Oak was super nice. 311 did a weekend festival there once. Good times.
 
Floyd Eye said:
I think maybe spending a decade working on the streets of north STL l, being shot at, having my friends murdered on my job and all that soured me on the city.

The holes you see on the wall of this house were made by a .45 ACP rounds fired at my head from a blacked out Escalade cruising towards me on St. Louis ave. I was in a mini excavator digging in the street.

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I grew up on the North Side, and half down in Potosi. BEST OF BOTH WORLDS!
 
VonBonfire said:
I lived around St. Pete FL for about a dozen years. There is a lot to love. But there is a lot not to.

The weather rules, especially this time of year. The people are the most unpredictable of any state. You could have a night out on the town and wind up partying with a multi millionaire or the next Charles Manson. It's very free wheeling. I like that. Opening up your silverware drawer to roaches is kinda gross. Gotta have the place sprayed regularly. No one is motivated there. People come down from the east coast, party their asses off living the beach life, burn out on booze and sun, and then leave. Nobody is from Florida. Mega-transient. Then you have the storms, and I don't just mean name hurricanes. I've seen afternoon squalls blow down walls. There are a lot of pedophiles and creeps in FL

My ears couldn't take the humidity. Constant ear infections. And no motivated people, meaning musicians. There is no git-r-done there. My sisters house is a wreck from Helene. I need to call and find out if they are gonna let her rebuild without spending 200k to put it on stilts. I should mention south FL building codes. Navigate that mess if you want to build your own. Inspectors who disagree with other inspectors. Makes no sense cause then people just toss trailers up on their property which are probably worse for storms than a crappy self-built house.
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Thank you for your thoughts Brother VB.

Most of that doesn't apply to me 'cause:

I want to live out-of-town.

There's no better place to farm tropical fish.

I've been cold since I was 12 and am sick (literally) of it. I love the warmth anyway.

I'd live in a single-story place that's built like a brick shithouse, so hectic weather wouldn't worry me.

Anywho, this is just a "fantasy". No way it's gonna happen unless my life turns around drastically and I'm not holding my breath.
 
Geo said:
West Virginia.

The most northern state of the south.

Still inexpensive and beautiful.

Still gets a winter but nothing like NY
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JBT would agree 100%.

Seems very-nice up there.
 
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Monkey Man said:
Thank you for your thoughts Brother VB.

Most of that doesn't apply to me 'cause:

I want to live out-of-town.

There's no better place to farm tropical fish.

I've been cold since I was 12 and am sick (literally) of it. I love the warmth anyway.

I'd live in a single-story place that's built like a brick shithouse, so hectic weather wouldn't worry me.

Anywho, this is just a "fantasy". No way it's gonna happen unless my life turns around drastically and I'm not holding my breath.
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Ain't you in Australia though? Or am I just confused? I thought it was warm there?

Are we talking raising tilapia for food type tropical fish or raising tropical fish to sell to aquarium nuts?

Don't get me wrong, humidity is my first choice. I thrive at 90+ degrees. I don't like anything under 77 if I have my way. My ear just can't take the humidty. It's dry in central TX (mostly) but if I stand near a misting fan for about 10 minutes, boom, I can feel my ear getting squishy.

I like living out of town also. You will not find more hard core rednecks than in FL. Go to a gas station in deep rural south FL. They might have a "back room". They sell one of three things out the back room: Porn, glass stuff for smoking weed, or nazi/kkk paraphenalia.

Also, you can live in a stout concrete block or ICF house but even inland south FL got some bad flooding the past couple years. Arcadia is a good deal inland. My sister likes to camp out down there.
 
Yeah I'm in Oz but at the southern tip of the mainland. Cannot afford heating (25 years now), so winter's white the ordeal.

As I said, tropical fish.

Yup, being out-of-town will mean that it won't feel crowded and as you suggested, most of the peeps I run into would be rednecks. I'd be down with that.
 
Monkey Man said:
Yeah I'm in Oz but at the southern tip of the mainland. Cannot afford heating (25 years now), so winter's white the ordeal.

As I said, tropical fish.

Yup, being out-of-town will mean that it won't feel crowded and as you suggested, most of the peeps I run into would be rednecks. I'd be down with that.
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Hmm... good layout idea brother.

Each tile / square could be a fish pond. :student: :LOL:
 
Monkey Man said:
Yeah I'm in Oz but at the southern tip of the mainland. Cannot afford heating (25 years now), so winter's white the ordeal.
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What do you mean "cannot afford heating"? Is it that pricey? I can sympathize I guess since I live in a partially insulated cabin. Tonight's low is 36 so it'll be a little chilly. Much worse if the wind is howling. I can always hole up near the woodstove though. I got some acres out back to cut wood from so I try to stack it in the early spring when it's not too hot out that way I'm ready for winter.
 
The house gets down to about 8ºC in winter. My record is 4ºC (same as the fridge).

Just on the tropical-fish thing:

In my mind's eye I see raised concrete "ponds". "Rectangular" with nets that fit perfectly so you can drag 'em through.

Raised 'cause ditches would flood and mix the fish up, a nightmare nobody can accommodate.

Overhead would be translucent "greenhouse-type" covers, open with just netting at the sides to allow air through. This would prevent birds and whatnot from nabbin' feasts all-day.

I'd also like a few large, open ponds for native fish. The predatory birds, crocs, ducks and geese can knock 'emselves out there. Just keep your greasy mitts and beaks out of my tropical-fish ponds! :LOL:

If it could happen right now I'd already be bringing 54 years' experience to the table so I'd be successful, no doubt. That said, if I could afford that sort of a move and house to-boot I wouldn't need to make much money out of it. Just enough to sustain myself and I'd be happy 'cause I obviously love breeding fish.
 
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