I’d consider small-coastal California*, but south of Santa Cruz. Several reasons: I’m familiar with California Life; many visit here as we border close. Love the beach, but it would have to be warm. Casual, friendly lifestyle, fairly easy to blend in and make friends.
* there are still some small towns on the California coast.
So, a neighborhood public elementary school (Socialist institution) has a bake sale (Capitalist enterprise)…
So, Community Action/State or County Human Resources has rental/ utility/grocery vouchers (Socialist bureau) which filter and flow cash back to Realtors/Gas-Power-Water-Sewer/Supermarkets (Capitalist enterprises).
So, if a Democrat falls in love with a Republican, an Orthodox Jew falls in love with a Roman Catholic……..do you get the gist?
All of these seemingly compromising trains of thought and action occur all the time.
in my own life experience, and observations of others, I’m inclined to think that “true” love RARELY exists. People are very quick to cut and run when a relationship gets challenging (and no relationship is insulated from those eventualities). The ideal is charming and makes a lovely, warm bedtime story. But that is all.
Hey there. Don’t know how serious you are…but here’s something to think about: I write fairly frequently (on CS provided profile emails) to two ladies, both long- time members. They both say they’ve shyed away from the forums because of the fighting, hostility, political bashing…they feel has over-run. That could be a reason…girls just want to have fun….as the song goes. Some of us guys, too.
For a long time there was a popular catch-phrase, “Bloom where you’re planted”. I suppose that has value, but over the years I’ve come to fully comprehend that it isn’t always so. If you find yourself in Phoenix, and you really don’t like cosmopolitan desert cities….well, only one life to live, so it’s reasonable to move. I loved Portland for decades. I found that I loved the Uralic beach community BILLIONS of times more. My 15 years (actually, back home…) have been the unequivocally best years EVER. I recommend moving, for some, at times.
I started to respond to an earlier post, then saw this dinosaur thread has been around a long time. Don’t know how germane my comments would be— but, about the immigration: it seems to me that Canada is arbitrary concerning this. Some applicants get the bum’s rush, some get waved in courteously, some get temporary asylum, some get run out.
I SO hear you. I just went to a Medicare Insurance event, which included the benefits you are talking about. A weird “catch-22” is that the best benefits are so expensive only retirees who don’t really need them can afford them. And, who can part with any MORE of our already skimpy pensions, us poor folk, I mean?
Masculists, or, “Masculism” does exist, but has a difficult time getting a (fair) shake. Even male talk-show hosts will ‘shut down’ a male guest who tries to defend mens’ rights. Dr. Phil has done it bunches of times. Here’s what I believe: it has become popular on prime television to saturate with feminism. Watch “The View”, “The Talk”, for example. I’m not saying it isn’t great that women are getting equal rights- of course it is. But it excludes allowing men to do the same. Recently a male guest who suggested some empathy for the problems with this type of discrimination was boo-hissed, abused with a “oh yew por widdle babuh boi…” attitude, something that wouldn’t be tolerated the other way around. Men are, and have been, treated badly in America. When righteously attempting to defend themselves, they are ridiculed.
D’y’know it has many meanings, all good, generally gravitating to ‘best’, or ‘trusted’ lifetime friend. Sort of similar to the Yiddish “Mensch”. Anyway, the best!
Reading with interest…pronunciations vary, as “meathe”, depending on county, isle, region, might be said ‘meeeth’, or ‘miith”, or even with a little “lilt”, as in “mee-aaahth”. Also, as we’ve discussed, “cara’, “Chora’, etc…just me, boni beauchal!
I think Charles will be King fairly soon, he will dismiss the rule of divorcees, to gain clerical ( on paper) approval to be absolved from both their divorces, AND, get this— to pave the way for Camilla to be allowed to be crowned Queen {Consort}. The times have changed rapidly, even for The Royals.
Camilla Gonna Be Queen—- hey, let’s start something!
Do you want to know the truth? “To Kill A Mockingbird” pre-dated me ( let’s say, ‘slightly’, shall we?) but I was academic enough to know that it was a good story, a GREAT American story….but I was told, and became savvy, as it were, to almost resign myself to a lesser way-of-thinking, and became abhorrent to the idea of reading the book OR watching the movie…it’s too freaking SAD! I want to hear about people who work hard and make it, and happy days are here……look, we’re going to be here awhile, make the best…the government is difficult..( duh), prices are too high ( duh) etc…….I want nice warm cheerful stories….jmo
For a good all-around read, even though it’s been around for many years— “Tell Me That You Love Me, Julie Moon” (Marjorie Kellogg), also “The Catcher In The Rye” (J.D. Salinger)
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RE: If you had to move to another state.....where would you go and why?
I’d consider small-coastal California*, but south of Santa Cruz. Several reasons: I’m familiar with California Life; many visit here as we border close. Love the beach, but it would have to be warm. Casual, friendly lifestyle, fairly easy to blend in and make friends.* there are still some small towns on the California coast.