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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:14 PM Original message |
Well, hell, let's just all move to the city. Come on, folks. Leave the burbs and country |
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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. I watched that! It was such BS. |
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Fed_Up_Grammy (923 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. I can't afford the city but would move there in a heartbeat. n/t |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. i'll take our house |
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stirlingsliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. How About The Close-In Suburbs Instead? |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Please don't. It's crowded enough here already. NT |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. lol! |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. I want to live better, not longer. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. There's country and there's outer suburbia. |
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Colorado Progressive (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. where do you live? n/t |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Upstate New York north of Syracuse. |
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Colorado Progressive (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. after leaving Denver to escape the yappers |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. hmm...sounds scary...and we're planning to move to the mountains next year. |
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Colorado Progressive (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Absolutely not, Estes is up by Boulder and Ft Collins, |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. 67% Bush voters...YIKES!...that's not red, that's crazy! |
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Colorado Progressive (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Try Louisville |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Thanks! I'll check it out. n/t |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Upstate New York, away from the Hudson River, has a lot of |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. I don't. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:24 PM Original message |
How about we do it just to cut down on suburban sprawl... |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. Amen. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Plus... better libraries! |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. So we just pile into a dozen of the nations cities? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Mass transit will lead to more pavement in the countryside. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Maybe the reason is walking more? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. We live in the country, but so far two of my three kids who have moved out |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. I bet that has a lot to do with it, honestly. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Ditto |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. Yup. I don't see the point of cars in the city. |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. Organic Oasis and Urban Cafe |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm moving to a place where I can have a cottage near the beach |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. I live in the inner city out west |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. No thanks! I kinda like living 12 miles from the nearest town.. out in the sticks |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. Doesn't matter. The USA's life expectency ranks 42nd. , so we're all going to die young. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Like the song says, |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. Let's hear it for the city! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It is one of life's mysteries to me why people insist on buying |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
49. I own about 2 acres, plus several more around it that the owners abandoned. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. If you call this living... eom |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. Depends on what you want to deal with |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Bravo! I really think the Story of the City Mouse and the Country Mouse |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. That's the problem with the suburbs... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
52. But that's what happens... people move outside the city, |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. Must be all the walking and food variety. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. Well, some do say sex is thereaputic... |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
33. I like genuine, self-contained small towns; I like big cities |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. Once the oil is gone |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
37. Um, no need to take it as a personal insult. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. Is this sour grapes? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
41. Let's leave the burbs behind to save our country and the Earth |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's not that you live longer... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
44. Woot! I'm almost smack-dab in the geographic middle of one! I'll live 4EVAH!!!!! |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
45. I am moving to the country. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
50. Yes. God forbid we abandon the lifestyle of sitting our fat asses in cars |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
53. Some of us LIKE living in the city. |
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