A rant

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 02/07/2018 at 16:18 • Filed to: None

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I am sitting in urgent care. I finished collective bargaining negotiations for my ready-mix client with a wage proposal the union will recommend for ratification.

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But after yesterday, and the build up I have been dealing with, the wife and I are seriously looking at getting the fuck out of California when our youngest is done with high school. I could sell my house here and buy something like this cabin outright with money to spare. It is a few years off, but the thought is in my head. Flagstaff and Albuquerque also seem like candidates.

Am giving it serious thought. California has lost its damn mind. I never imagined not wanting to live here for the rest of my life.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 16:43

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*Cough cough* Tennessee? There’s a reason why so many of us ex-Californians are here.

Spanfeller is a twat > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 16:44

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What happened in California?

Mechanically > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/07/2018 at 16:47

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Wow. First confirmed fellow Tennessean on Oppo. Hi neighbor.

And yes, it’s very nice here.

Ash78, voting early and often > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/07/2018 at 16:49

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Dude, as an Alabamian, I’ll vouch for TN, too.

Nashville is the most bang for buck of anywhere in the US, tons of jobs, cheap(ish) housing, no state income tax.

I’m more partial to Chattanooga, which has a decidedly West Coast-meets-South flair to it. Plus a lifetime’s supply of mountain roads, rock climbing, kayaking...

But Flagstaff is one of my favorite cities in the West.

Party-vi > Mechanically 02/07/2018 at 16:49

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God dammit now there’s two of you. Who left the door open???

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Mechanically 02/07/2018 at 16:50

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There are 3 of us in Brentwood/Franklin(I live 30 seconds from TYSmagic). I think NerdVol is in Knoxville, and there are a couple other lurkers around.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Party-vi 02/07/2018 at 16:50

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4 confirmed!

Party-vi > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/07/2018 at 16:51

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WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE CLOSE THE GOD DAMN DOOR BEFORE MORE SHOW UP!?!?

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Ash78, voting early and often 02/07/2018 at 16:51

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Tennessee and Alabama are very similar except the whole “Alabama” thing (and issues that come with it). Wife went to school at Samford so I’ve spent quite a bit of time in that neck of the woods.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Party-vi 02/07/2018 at 16:52

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You’re just jealous of our lack of income tax and good hockey teams.

Ash78, voting early and often > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/07/2018 at 16:52

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Yep, the stigma can be good, though — keeps the crowds away :) (although that’s not always great for business)

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Ash78, voting early and often 02/07/2018 at 16:54

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You can have some of the newer Nashville people. I want less traffic.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 16:54

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Collective bargaining. In my teacher union local, woe be unto the unit member who finds himself on the disadvantaged side of one of the union’s conflicts of interest and has the temerity to speak of it. Persona non grata because I recognize their conflict of interest and won’t allow them to represent me with HR. Dirty lying bastards, my union president and VP. There’s practically nothing I have good to say about POTUS 45, but he sees unions for what they have become.

TheHondaBro > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 16:56

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I’m just saying, the classic Toyota scene is wild up here in the Seattle area.

Party-vi > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/07/2018 at 16:56

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Yes. No.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Party-vi 02/07/2018 at 16:57

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Wacko > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 16:57

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come to Canada

free health care, free schools, nature is just a few steps away.

Free entertainment from our loud neighbor to the south.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 16:58

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Well now, you know I lived in Sacramento for 14 god damn years and I actually liked the area. The things that got to me were there are to many damn people, the air pollution, the traffic, the shitty schools, and the crazy high cost of living.

Now I live in Northwest Montana and have the same job. Sure I have to fly to california once a month but I live on 2.5 acres, have a 2400 SF house with a valley view and a $1600/month mortgage payment. I ski 50 days a season and ride mountain bikes on trails literally feet from my doorstep. I’ve shot and eaten turkeys from my yard.

My kids go to a very good school and will be able to get a decent secondary education in state college at a reasonable price.

CTSenVy > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 16:59

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Urgent care? You doing okay man?

Wacko > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 17:01

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urgent care, as in the hospital?

hope he’s doing well

Ash78, voting early and often > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/07/2018 at 17:03

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I think Colorado and Texas are full and California is sending all of its Sanity Refugees there now :D

vicali > Wacko 02/07/2018 at 17:04

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and a 10 year headstart on jdm goodness..

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > TheHondaBro 02/07/2018 at 17:04

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Oregon*

ttyymmnn > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 17:06

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You might like Austin. Hip place, though you’d recognize the traffic. Lots of days to drive the Sunchaser with the top down. Still relatively cheap, and you could live farther out from the city. Economy is doing reasonably well, no state income tax, lots of people moving here, lots of building.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/07/2018 at 17:06

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Tennessee is like Alabama but better in almost all respects.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Ash78, voting early and often 02/07/2018 at 17:07

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Wifes family lives in Colorado Springs. Can confirm that the main cities in CO are definitely full.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Party-vi 02/07/2018 at 17:09

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* Removes door from hinges and knocks a hole in the wall*

Right through here Californians. Come on in.

Sovande > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 02/07/2018 at 17:10

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Huh?

fintail > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 17:13

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Don’t come to WA, most of California is already here, and in many places, housing isn’t much cheaper.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/07/2018 at 17:13

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I went the other way. Moved from TN to CA. Granted, I went to school on the west side of the state. Much, much different than Nashville and Chat haha

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor 02/07/2018 at 17:14

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Come back! And bring the Ferrari with you! Fire hazards are not as big of a deal out here.

CaptDale - is secretly British > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 17:21

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If you have property with a barn and maybe a second house on it and could use some rental income and a shop buddy.....

But yeah, my best description about CA is that is is the best physical place to live, but the state isn’t.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/07/2018 at 17:21

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Hahahaha, very true! I literally couldn’t take the heat though.

Those 100* / 100% humidity summer days killed me. I could buy a McMansion for the cost of my rent, but I’m very content being so close to the ocean. The current housing market is not sustainable for me at my current rate, but you never know what will happen!

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 17:22

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Hope everyone is ok! Drive the Sunchaser down the coast the next opportunity you have. That always seems to put life into perspective.

vondon302 > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 17:23

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Hope your ok? Stay safe and sane my friend.

fintail > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/07/2018 at 17:28

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Cool cities there, maybe as more northern/western transplants roll in the social issues side of things will evolve too.

Two teams, right? Now start making players :)

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 17:29

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You can get nice cottages here for like 0.50 cents US! :P

Chariotoflove > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 17:32

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Hope you aren’t seriously injured/sick.

I’m gonna put in a plug for the city of my youth: Indianapolis. No traffic problems, sports, culture, good neighborhoods, and a low cost of living that can’t be beat.

I’m liking Dallas okay over the last 17 years, though the traffic is kinda bad sometimes.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 17:33

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Albuquerque would be lucky to have you, and as a native I can heartily recommend it. However, the lawyering is more interesting in Southern New Mexico. I don’t know if something is in the water, or what, or why, but folks down south love to roll the dice and see what happens at trial. I know a couple of lawyers who practice/practiced down here specifically because even in mundane civil practices that specialized in things like real estate transactions and development, they still wind up in court rooms trying cases on a really regular basis. If a place Flagstaff sized interests you, check out Las Cruces. Lower cost of living, way better winter, mountains and snow are never more than a couple of hours away when you want them and it is still something of a university town.

Downsides, the economy is primarily made up of the university, state agency offices, federal agency offices and White Sands Missile Range, so government workers are the norm here and are the jobs of choice. It is also properly hot in early summer, and properly windy at times in the spring.

 There is also a dairy industry between Las Cruces and El Paso that constantly goes bankrupt, gets in trouble for labor issues and/or massive environmental problems for ground water pollution. There is also a bunch of agriculture north of Las Cruces in the form of onion farming, chili growing and pecan orchards that could always use good legal representation (and they’re going to need a lot more of it once New Mexico finally finishes losing our big water case involving ground water pumping along the Rio Grande to Texas).

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > fintail 02/07/2018 at 17:38

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Social issues that most think about are pretty non existent in the main cities.Cops are just as racist everywhere it seems. Rural is rural and its just as bad in Oregon/Rural Cali/and way worse in the North as it is here, if not worse.

We’re trying to build ice rinks pretty quick here. The talent is still getting there though. It takes time to develop something and the team is only 20 years old. We’re probably 2-4 years from seeing southern talent more prominent in the NHL. Blake Geoffrin is our hometown talent so far. I get to do a D league scrimmage with our team on Bridgestone Ice in march.

fintail > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/07/2018 at 17:42

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Well, still voted big orange and still has a governor with some regressive views. But I know progress isn’t instant :) And yeah, Oregon can be pretty wacky once you get outside of Portland/Salem/Eugene.

With a name like Geoffrion, he has no excuse not to be a player. Kind of teasing about the hockey - I used to give some Texans some cajoling 20 years ago when remarking about what their state put back in the game. Hasn’t changed much.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 17:43

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Why don’t you move to Flori...wait, on second thought, you’d be better off staying.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > fintail 02/07/2018 at 17:47

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Most of the people in my area are Republican but at a very modest level. Mostly because higher incomes trump(pun intended) social issues. A lot of hold the more libertarian standpoint(less gov, less taxes, ) but like i said the money is more important than the social stuff. Also Hillary sucked as a candidate otherwise I would have leaned Dem compared to normal(no I did not vote for trump either).

Geoffrin was almost a cheat code though because his dad, grand dad, and great grand dad all played in the NHL. They just happened to live in the same city as me.

Khalbali > Wacko 02/07/2018 at 17:51

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How hard is it to immigrate? Asking for a.... myself.

fhrblig > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 18:03

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Hey, you’d be right down the road from my parents!

fintail > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/07/2018 at 18:04

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Yep, people will send others down the river (or cut off their nose to spite their face) to save themselves a few bucks in taxes, or to keep up false pretenses that they built something themselves. We’re living it now. It’ll be interesting how that place evolves over time, I suspect much of it is on the verge of being purple, at least.

My “no excuse” line is about Geoffrion’s past, yeah. When players don’t come from a family history, then it is impressive.

Wacko > Khalbali 02/07/2018 at 18:10

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Guessing it ain’t that hard

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/campaigns/choose-canada.html

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 18:35

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Some friends of ours live outside of Albuquerque in the mountains, they absolutely love it.

wafflesnfalafel > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 19:30

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I could live in Flagstaff... Sunchaser prowling Route 66?

Your boy, BJR > ImmoralMinority 02/07/2018 at 19:43

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Move to NJ, it would help having my lawyer local.

pip bip - choose Corrour > ImmoralMinority 02/08/2018 at 05:55

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live in Europe?

Mechanically > Party-vi 02/08/2018 at 11:44

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Ha.

I’m surprised you’re surprised... Figured you heard the banjo when we walked in.

;-)

Mechanically > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/08/2018 at 11:45

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Don’t let things get out of hand, I don’t want all of them showing up and clogging our outstanding SE TN driver’s roads!

Mechanically > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/08/2018 at 11:46

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I’ve been meaning to drive up for a game!

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Mechanically 02/08/2018 at 11:54

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Chatt from 3-6 is a nightmare to drive through. My wife went to school in Birmingham while I was in Knox and I visit Atlanta a couple times a year so that area has become what i dread.

Mechanically > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/08/2018 at 16:36

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Well, the interstate is. And I pity all the yupsters who live outlying enough that they have to use the big roads.

I live Northside of city center. Work is a hellacious 6 minute drive away. I drive about 70 miles/day seeing clients within a 50mi radious, and almost never encounter an issue.

There are about 3 pinch points that can be bad. And when they’re bad, they’re awful. But if you don’t deal with those, traffic is honestly delightful.

And, when the interstate gets hairy, it’s an excellent excuse to play on our surface streets. Between the river, mountains, and rail lines, there are many many curves.

Dang. Now I miss my Miata again..