All Discussions Tagged 'lifestyles' - TBD2024-03-29T09:27:19Zhttps://teebeedee.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=lifestyles&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWhats so hot about living 'Up North"?tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-04-12:1991841:Topic:9211482010-04-12T04:02:42.050ZMother Sanity (JackieRodzinski)https://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/JackieRodzinskiMotherSanity
<div><div>Really, folks.... The weather is either hot as hell or cold as hell. Pure Hell. Many</div>
<div> people are losing their jobs, homes, life savings. The competition just to get in the</div>
<div> elevator makes running for President look like fun. The GW Bridge, The Holland Tunnel,</div>
<div> etc cost $8 bucks to get across. (Lake Ponchetrain causeway is $3, a much, much longer</div>
<div> ride....)</div>
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<div> Most everyone, will say they trust others little, if at…</div>
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<div><div>Really, folks.... The weather is either hot as hell or cold as hell. Pure Hell. Many</div>
<div> people are losing their jobs, homes, life savings. The competition just to get in the</div>
<div> elevator makes running for President look like fun. The GW Bridge, The Holland Tunnel,</div>
<div> etc cost $8 bucks to get across. (Lake Ponchetrain causeway is $3, a much, much longer</div>
<div> ride....)</div>
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<div> Most everyone, will say they trust others little, if at all. Oh, we make a show of</div>
<div> it, but with people peering in your garage and complaining to the point that the</div>
<div> teenagers are peeing in their cars....The cynicism, the cynicism, the cynicism cynicism</div>
<div> cynicism cynicism, can be overwhelming.</div>
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<div>Ever drive in NJ or CT? It's easier to drive in Pakistan. Every time I turn around</div>
<div>there's a new law or a new camera enforcing that law. Why, why, do we live here? The</div>
<div>cancer rate in NY, NJ, the quacks that call themselves MD's....? Aw, the hell with all</div>
<div>of it.</div>
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<div>The friendliness of Southerners is so moving. The housing is cheaper. And if you cant</div>
<div>find a job in the hurricane ravaged gulf area, well, we call that D-I-S-A-B-I-L-T-Y. Its</div>
<div>a joy to think it might be possible to let your guard down, even for a disillusioned</div>
<div>moment. (Well, men change there minds all over the world....)</div>
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<div>The traffic? I remember traveling 1.5 hours each way to work, in 90 mph hour traffic,</div>
<div>bumper to bumper, twice a day, every day. (The Meritt Pkway). I remember sitting on the</div>
<div>same road for 6 hours in a snow storm....and the BASTARD I worked for....</div>
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<div>Ok, Tom has a job and he makes 6 figures. But he hates it! And the cost of living, the</div>
<div>property taxes ($8000-9000/yr, here) are hardly worth the corrupt school administrations</div>
<div>they keep in BMW's.</div>
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<div>The leaves change color. Good. You can download that off the internet. LaGuardia Airport</div>
<div>is sheer terror to fly in/out...god only knows how long it'll take to drive to JFK</div>
<div>(traffic) and Newark, well, that place holds a special place in the heart of all New</div>
<div>Yorkers.</div>
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<div>Ok..no hurricanes, real ones anyway, but Noreasters that cause the damage other people</div>
<div> get 'aid' for. Then theres the snow storms, which are particularily delightful, esp</div>
<div> those heavy, slushy 12-24 inch ones that freeze over for the next two months.</div>
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<div>Whats my best guess? Why do we do it? My guess: ignorance, speculation and HOPE. Lots</div>
<div>and lots of HOPE.</div>
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<div>Mother (losing her) Sanity</div>
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