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dixiegrrrrl

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23. Downhill......

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #21)

Thu May 7, 2015, 05:23 PM

May 2015

Last edited Fri May 8, 2015, 06:19 PM - Edit history (1)

There was a recession in 1980's.
But people were hiring down here, and I was able to make a geographic change thru a series of fortunate co-incidences.
This place grew on me, I have come to feel at home here, and have ZERO intention of leaving it again.

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only 23% of ENTIRE West not in drought [View all] dixiegrrrrl May 2015 OP

guess you didn't see my OP from yesterday snooper2 May 2015 #1

Give us back our water nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #4

I am the parched 77%. Agnosticsherbet May 2015 #2

I wonder how many Californians have decided to sell their homes and leave the state. Koinos May 2015 #3

Raises hand...... dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #5

Yeah but we're gonna get a hundred billion dollar not-so-high-speed train! n/t cherokeeprogressive May 2015 #7

Oh, you're just worried that Giants fans will take it down and pack Dodger Stadium KamaAina May 2015 #10

Silly, I'll be dead before any San Franciscan rides that white elephant from S.F. to L.A. n/t cherokeeprogressive May 2015 #15

Not me. PasadenaTrudy May 2015 #14

None, apparently. The population has increased by 1.6 million since 2010, half a million since 2013. Comrade Grumpy May 2015 #24

We left in 1988 and never looked back. mnhtnbb May 2015 #33

Interior WA state here cilla4progress May 2015 #6

did not realize how dry E. Wash. has been getting...yikes. dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #11

Oh it's sunny here - cilla4progress May 2015 #12

I was in the Forks fire, as a kid. dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #16

Tell me about the Forks fire? cilla4progress May 2015 #17

Here is good page about it. dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #18

Were you on "olypen" cilla4progress May 2015 #20

Earthquake.... dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #25

It this the earthquake centered in cilla4progress May 2015 #28

OK - now I see cilla4progress May 2015 #31

How did you get from cilla4progress May 2015 #21

Downhill...... dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #23

You DO have intention cilla4progress May 2015 #27

oooops....thanks for asking, I did a typo. dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #32

I Did not know this! cilla4progress May 2015 #34

Fabulous link! cilla4progress May 2015 #22

i'm right smack dab shanti May 2015 #8

If you're in Nocal cilla4progress May 2015 #13

most definitely! shanti May 2015 #29

Yep, cilla4progress May 2015 #30

Oh, that's OK. There still profits to be made. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #9

You are evil, kind sir. dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #19

Take a look at that map? TerrapinFlyer May 2015 #26