Top Ten Places to Live
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partscounterman
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What's a nice Minnesota boy doing in a place like this?
Hawai'i was never even on my map when I was young. I thought it would be exotic to move to Duluth, MN.
It was Martha and Mark who got us to even think of Hawai'i. They visited a couple times after they got married. They came back and stated resolutely that they were moving there someday. I thought it was strange as Mark hates being hot at all- an unfortuntate childhood accident with a steam vaporizor left him with fewer sweat glands than most of us have. I could not imagine him WANTING to go to the tropics.
In 2001, M & M invited Dennis and I to join them on a Hawaiian vacation. Before the trip, Martha chattered NON-STOP about how fantastic Hawaii is and Hawaii this and Hawaii that I told Dennis privately that I was really getting sick of hearing about it. The day finally came for the long flight. Before we land the pilot announces that it is 88 degrees (f) with humidity of 92 percent. I thought what that temp. and humity felt like back in Minnesota and thought "What kind of hell has Martha brought us to?".
Once we got off the plane we felt the magic of the trade winds, could smell the flowers in the air. It is just something you have to come and see for yourself. Dennis said he felt like he came home and I knew within 10 minutes of landing that someday we would live here. We moved over 2 years later and have been here 3 and a half years. I cannot say it has all been easy, but now we seem to have found our slice of paradise.
So let me finish my little chamber of commerce routine by saying that I am thankful everyday that this land has accepted my being here, I am drunk with beauty every day and I like to share my love of this place with my friends.
Aloha Nui Loa to All!
David
Hawai'i was never even on my map when I was young. I thought it would be exotic to move to Duluth, MN.
It was Martha and Mark who got us to even think of Hawai'i. They visited a couple times after they got married. They came back and stated resolutely that they were moving there someday. I thought it was strange as Mark hates being hot at all- an unfortuntate childhood accident with a steam vaporizor left him with fewer sweat glands than most of us have. I could not imagine him WANTING to go to the tropics.
In 2001, M & M invited Dennis and I to join them on a Hawaiian vacation. Before the trip, Martha chattered NON-STOP about how fantastic Hawaii is and Hawaii this and Hawaii that I told Dennis privately that I was really getting sick of hearing about it. The day finally came for the long flight. Before we land the pilot announces that it is 88 degrees (f) with humidity of 92 percent. I thought what that temp. and humity felt like back in Minnesota and thought "What kind of hell has Martha brought us to?".
Once we got off the plane we felt the magic of the trade winds, could smell the flowers in the air. It is just something you have to come and see for yourself. Dennis said he felt like he came home and I knew within 10 minutes of landing that someday we would live here. We moved over 2 years later and have been here 3 and a half years. I cannot say it has all been easy, but now we seem to have found our slice of paradise.
So let me finish my little chamber of commerce routine by saying that I am thankful everyday that this land has accepted my being here, I am drunk with beauty every day and I like to share my love of this place with my friends.
Aloha Nui Loa to All!
David
Wasn't Fargo heavily damaged in that bad late winter flood on the Red River of the West shortly after Robert pulled the old Philco out of the basement of the hardware store? It was in the downtown where the flood caused a fire that could not be put out because they did not have fire boats, only fire engines. To add insult to injury, it turned so cold so fast after the flood that all of the water froze where it was or something like that. Lovely, just #%$*&^g lovely.
Tom that wasn't Fargo, that was Grand Forks, ND. I got the Philco washer out of that store only a year before the great flood that destroyed quite a bit of Grand Forks.
Hi David, no fight picked here. I bet Maui is just beautiful and a wonderful place to live, I hope to visit you there sometime, I would love to see it. Everyone should be able to live where they want to, it should be a goal. I do admit I get really peeved when I see people putting down other peoples homes so publicly, it doesn't make any sense to me why someone would do that.
I think Lawrence's comment was the best "Wherever I live is one of the tippy toppest places". It's important to be able to say that.
I think Lawrence's comment was the best "Wherever I live is one of the tippy toppest places". It's important to be able to say that.
Best places to live - Gay/Lesbian
Since the sub-topic was brought up, in this months' Advocate magazine there was an article about the best places for Gays and Lesbians to live. Included are towns such as:
Columbus, OH
Santa Fe, NM
Missoula, MT
Ithaca, NY
Nothing official or scientific, it's a purely anecdotal account. Although I have heard that Santa Fe is quite queer friendly!
Link below. Happy house hunting!
http://www.advocate.com/currentstory1_w_ektid42767.asp
Since the sub-topic was brought up, in this months' Advocate magazine there was an article about the best places for Gays and Lesbians to live. Included are towns such as:
Columbus, OH
Santa Fe, NM
Missoula, MT
Ithaca, NY
Nothing official or scientific, it's a purely anecdotal account. Although I have heard that Santa Fe is quite queer friendly!
Link below. Happy house hunting!
http://www.advocate.com/currentstory1_w_ektid42767.asp
