funboy6942
Lifer
- Nov 13, 2001
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I moved from the north, Indiana, Hammond, right next to Chicago, lived in many states for work on the RR, and lived in may other states all over the usa growing up.
Now I live in a small town in TN called Dyer, and I can say, truthfully, having lived in Florida, the North, east, and west parts parts of the country that this has been one of the best places I have ever lived in by far. When we moved here we were greeted by alot of the towns people, and a lot of the people knew us as the northerners that bought the house without looking at it. You drive down the road and you are waved at 99% of the other drivers, whom you have no clue who they are. Where ever you go its, good morning, or good afternoon, how ya doing, wonderful weather, or can you believe this weather. I have yet to hear one person speak ANY racial remarks towards another person. the whites and the blacks talk to one another like humans should talk to one another, not like it has been any where else, where you wont look at either one in the eye, and if you talk, really if you talk, and get a response back, it more a eh or hi. And the most racial place I have lived in by far is Florida, my god, you could cut the racial tension down there with a knife. No one likes anyone down there if your a different race or color, sh1t it was bad, the year+ I lived on the entire east side of that state.
People walk down our street, white or black, and if your in the yard, they come over to shoot the breeze with you, or ask if you need any help with what your doing. Anywhere else, the stop by begging for money. I have my garage filled with tools, bikes, toys, and other stuff and have accidentally left the garage door open over night a few times, and it all was in there in the morning. I dont even have a lock on my garage door, and its never been gone through. I can go to the store and leave any of my car windows down, unlocked, and hell could of left the keys in it, and would of been in there, and were not talking junk cars either, 1997 SHO mint, 1988 Firebird mint, and my now 1988 Town Car mint. And that is the other thing, NO FREAKING rusted out cars, and god damn can they be had cheap, I am like a kid in a candy store down here, and have a hard time keeping my cool for I want to sell my car I just got so I can go buy another older car, that is in mint condition, for cheap.
On May 5th, were doing a large multi family garage sale, there is about 10 of us on our street right now getting together to put it all together, this would never happen back up in Indiana, I tried, and got shot down, I went to several neighbors homes yesterday on my lawnmower, and all of them said they were in. Im sure if I hit all of the homes on our street, that 99% of them would say yes and the other 1% would say no because they had prior arrangements, but all of them I have asked so far, with a huge smile said yes, glad to, it will be fun.
Now homes down here are dirt cheap, I bought my home for $49.5K, you can find other homes in my town, and around me, starting at $10.9K and up,
and according to that thread going around that you can check on the statistics of your area vs others, well I did my area vs back up north, Hammond, and it said here there are more jobs, make more money, takes are less, and homes are less, then back up near Chicago where I left from. And I know for a fact that if I was not disabled I could have a job tomorrow, making more money then I was up north. Just go to careerbuilder.com stick in 50 miles, and you will see all the technical and non tech, jobs there is to be had. OH and traffic, there is NONE. Only thing you will get around here is a person actually doing the speed limit you get stuck behind. And yes things may be 15-30 miles away and take 15- 30 minutes to get there, but living up north with traffic, it took me 1 hour to go 10 miles, and I would be pissed off by the time I got there having to deal with stupid drivers, sucking on exhaust fumes.
Anyway. Sorry for the long post, just thought I would be the only person here that has actually done some traveling, other then back and forth to work, and went further then the towns city limits, that could speak from experience, then blowing smoke out my ass.
States I have lived in:
TX
MO
MI
IN
IL
OR
CA
RH
OH
IA
WA
NV
WI
NM
NY-Very cool people I have met in the city of NY, would love to go back if given the chance.
PA
FL-Hope to go back when Im old and gray, may be a bunch of racists, down there, I lived it, with the ocean, inter coastal, and did meat some nice people while down there, even though I almost died in a race fight, and gun shot out in Miami
, just will never go back there, West Palm However
I been here going on 2 years in August, the only thing bad I can say, is when I almost lost my home to the Tornado back in 2006, but that would of happened back in any of the other states like IL, MO, IO, and the such, for in we almost lost our home with the tornadoes that come through Plainfield IL, back in 90 (I think it was that year). Other then that, I cannot come up with any bad things at all compared to the other palaces I have lived at, I can come up with bad for other places. Hell even the schools here are 100x times better for my kids then up north that I have had my oldest in IL and IN.
Now I live in a small town in TN called Dyer, and I can say, truthfully, having lived in Florida, the North, east, and west parts parts of the country that this has been one of the best places I have ever lived in by far. When we moved here we were greeted by alot of the towns people, and a lot of the people knew us as the northerners that bought the house without looking at it. You drive down the road and you are waved at 99% of the other drivers, whom you have no clue who they are. Where ever you go its, good morning, or good afternoon, how ya doing, wonderful weather, or can you believe this weather. I have yet to hear one person speak ANY racial remarks towards another person. the whites and the blacks talk to one another like humans should talk to one another, not like it has been any where else, where you wont look at either one in the eye, and if you talk, really if you talk, and get a response back, it more a eh or hi. And the most racial place I have lived in by far is Florida, my god, you could cut the racial tension down there with a knife. No one likes anyone down there if your a different race or color, sh1t it was bad, the year+ I lived on the entire east side of that state.
People walk down our street, white or black, and if your in the yard, they come over to shoot the breeze with you, or ask if you need any help with what your doing. Anywhere else, the stop by begging for money. I have my garage filled with tools, bikes, toys, and other stuff and have accidentally left the garage door open over night a few times, and it all was in there in the morning. I dont even have a lock on my garage door, and its never been gone through. I can go to the store and leave any of my car windows down, unlocked, and hell could of left the keys in it, and would of been in there, and were not talking junk cars either, 1997 SHO mint, 1988 Firebird mint, and my now 1988 Town Car mint. And that is the other thing, NO FREAKING rusted out cars, and god damn can they be had cheap, I am like a kid in a candy store down here, and have a hard time keeping my cool for I want to sell my car I just got so I can go buy another older car, that is in mint condition, for cheap.
On May 5th, were doing a large multi family garage sale, there is about 10 of us on our street right now getting together to put it all together, this would never happen back up in Indiana, I tried, and got shot down, I went to several neighbors homes yesterday on my lawnmower, and all of them said they were in. Im sure if I hit all of the homes on our street, that 99% of them would say yes and the other 1% would say no because they had prior arrangements, but all of them I have asked so far, with a huge smile said yes, glad to, it will be fun.
Now homes down here are dirt cheap, I bought my home for $49.5K, you can find other homes in my town, and around me, starting at $10.9K and up,
and according to that thread going around that you can check on the statistics of your area vs others, well I did my area vs back up north, Hammond, and it said here there are more jobs, make more money, takes are less, and homes are less, then back up near Chicago where I left from. And I know for a fact that if I was not disabled I could have a job tomorrow, making more money then I was up north. Just go to careerbuilder.com stick in 50 miles, and you will see all the technical and non tech, jobs there is to be had. OH and traffic, there is NONE. Only thing you will get around here is a person actually doing the speed limit you get stuck behind. And yes things may be 15-30 miles away and take 15- 30 minutes to get there, but living up north with traffic, it took me 1 hour to go 10 miles, and I would be pissed off by the time I got there having to deal with stupid drivers, sucking on exhaust fumes.
Anyway. Sorry for the long post, just thought I would be the only person here that has actually done some traveling, other then back and forth to work, and went further then the towns city limits, that could speak from experience, then blowing smoke out my ass.
States I have lived in:
TX
MO
MI
IN
IL
OR
CA
RH
OH
IA
WA
NV
WI
NM
NY-Very cool people I have met in the city of NY, would love to go back if given the chance.
PA
FL-Hope to go back when Im old and gray, may be a bunch of racists, down there, I lived it, with the ocean, inter coastal, and did meat some nice people while down there, even though I almost died in a race fight, and gun shot out in Miami
, just will never go back there, West Palm However I been here going on 2 years in August, the only thing bad I can say, is when I almost lost my home to the Tornado back in 2006, but that would of happened back in any of the other states like IL, MO, IO, and the such, for in we almost lost our home with the tornadoes that come through Plainfield IL, back in 90 (I think it was that year). Other then that, I cannot come up with any bad things at all compared to the other palaces I have lived at, I can come up with bad for other places. Hell even the schools here are 100x times better for my kids then up north that I have had my oldest in IL and IN.
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