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skibum609
Massachusetts
If you had to choose just one thing that makes you believe you live in a wonderful place, what would it be? For me it is easy. The school system in my town is in the top .06% in the country in educational versus cost per pupil. We have great schools; exceptional public services; cheap electricity, cable and internet and one of the lowest tax rates in the entire state. The most for the least and proof that Government can work. Republican town in a sea of blue.
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Before our liberal peanut gallery begins the childish Desantis-bashing, please consider how to twist and gaslight the abysmal records of commie favorites like Whitmer the wicked witch, creepy Cuomo, recall Gay Gavin, Jon DingBel Edwards, fatty pringles Pritzker... well, you get the picture. Sometimes, laissez faire and self-accountability are the only realistic options.
P. S. Did I mention that the strip clubs near me are full of gorgeous sweet young ladies who are eager to make enough money to enjoy the Florida lifestyle.
Combine that with the low cost of living compared to most cities or suburbs and it is simply paradise to me, except for Ohio's unpredictable weather.
I saw nothing about free stuff in skibum's post. I saw him describing low taxes, wisely used public funds, and accountable, responsive, government. These are all conservative, Reagan-Republican Principles that have proved successful time and time again.
The thing that blows my mind is if I were to move to Texas, many Midwest areas, I could buy a damn mansion compared to what I live in now for the same price. Ugh.
I like being close to a large city - but not too close. I’m about 12 miles west of NYC. There are lawns and trees, and there is a little space between the homes. I can be in midtown Manhattan in 30 minutes.
The food choices are excellent. That’s one downside to the pandemic - as it basically killed eating out for a long time.
The people are very nice here. That helps a lot in making it a good area.
The last positive is that I’ve been here most of my life - so it’s the only area I know - and that makes it comfortable. That’s also a negative, as it’s not new, and it’s the same stuff each day.
I am planning to move south in the next few years. I don’t love the cold winters anymore. The seasons are great, but I could do with 3 out of 4.
The taxes are re-god-damn-diculous! The property values generally stay high due to the proximity to NYC. But the taxes are over the top because we have the privilege of funding the tax version of a black hole - Newark! That’s a place where every tax dollar is swallowed up and never a benefit is seen.
I would enjoy a slower pace of life too. I think there will likely be enough transplanted NY area folks down south to make me feel comfortable, and enough space and slowness to help me to relax and not continue to age in dog years.
If Reagan was so smart, why did he cut taxes without cutting government services and entitlements? Then all of the money was borrowed from other things like social security to keep the big government spending going, and never paid back. Sure everyone says that it was invested in government bonds, but who pays the interest on the bonds? Then older generations expect younger generations to foot the bill and keep paying social security for them to keep getting their entitlements.
Sounds like democrat thinking to me, instead of responsible government spending...
You've done a pretty good job of torpedoing Biden's first term agenda; but your statements about Reagan were as factually false as your original statement about the OP. You need to do some research of your own, exercise some critical thinking, and venture outside your comfort zone of Mother Jones and vice.com, to get the real facts and the whole story about the Reagan years. When Trump talked about MAGA, he was talking about the Reagan vision -and successes- of building the world's sole superpower, a global force that dominated culture, finance, military, and diplomacy. Not everything Reagan did was perfect, but he crushed our enemies, rebuilt patriotism, ended stagflation, reignited the increase in standard of living, and spoke in a way that Obama never could and he did so without the teleprompter.
Educate yourself, fool.
the truly odd part about skibums post is that it makes no sense in light of the things he has claimed to hate. what is the thing skibum claims to hate above all else? i know what ur thinking ‘liberals’ but after that it is young people.
yep skibums raison detre is hating liberals and young people. this is in the front room so it cant be a rant about liberals. after all skibum is a stickler for the rulez. therefore this must be a rant about young people. and since skibum hates young people he must want them to have bad schools
but he claims good schools are a positive. wtf?
^ lol! Not a liberal here... Just pointing out that a lot of out of touch boomers expect to have their cake and eat it too, by expecting to get all of their entitlements at the cost of generations younger and older than them. When you expect everyone else to pay your way, you are a liberal, or at best a rino
For the record if Ronald Reagan was alive today he’d be just as disgusted by what is going on in this country, you weren’t even in diapers when he was President and Reagan never called his opponents enemies this new ideology is anathemas to true conservatism
I have thought of a more low COL place to be, and rent in an area with more space/privacy...and seriously give camming type of stuff a go. (Something I’ve thought about for a few years)...places that wouldn’t be bad as a “quaint” spot may be somewhere like Lubbock TX or Springfield MO that seemed to have just decent enough strip clubs, and also things to do. (Coincidentally both places that have a university balancing them out from being an otherwise rougher area)
But right now what’s the point of doing that because then I’ll be out the door hanging out somewhere else for a while anyways. Denver suits my needs as a comfortable home base to keep returning to. And was the better option back when everything was shut down, because at least there was hiking to do.
Throw in a couple great hot springs, the countries cheapest legal weed, and the Oregon Country Fair, and the generally mild weather, and I like it.
Rains a bit in the winter.
the only question i have is why there is so much damn politics on this thread. it seems like there is a shared delusion that ur all a bunch of political geneiouses rather than a bunch of perverts making proclamations
maybe those of u who are obsessed with politics should start a megathread on the politics board and try to figure out what u believe. once u get the ‘politics’ out of ur system u can come back here and post proclamations like good perverts
as always your welcome for my geneious advice
Howard Dean was the one who declared Republicans as the enemy, so once again angry 25 is wrong, as always.
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Wow! 🤣🤣🤣 Where do I start! Lmfao! You got triggered so who os the angry person?
1) You show high intelligence by assuming my name equals my IQ.
2)I never mentioned Obama, Trump or Biden...
3)Your town is a boomer based town yet you have the great schools...😂🤣 How does this work? Do they run busses from the retirement homes to the schools? How many grades did
5) I don't know much about snow, but if it starts snowing at 4:00 am your snow is not cleared by 5:00 am?
6) "electric at 45 of national grid cost. Cheat town wifi and cable too."
^ this makes no sense. You must have flunked English class? 45 what of national grid? You cheat on your wifi? Does that mean you go hook up the internet illegally because you can't afford it like normal people?
7) If I am young, why would I shake my fist at children? What did they do to me? They are the countries future and they need to be taught by normal people that don't chastise them like angry boomers do.
what u have to understand is that mr skibum is addicted to complaining about democrats. so much so that he has to post about it in the front room. posting about it in the politics room doesnt quiet the voices in his head. it has to be the front room
but u might ask how one might post about politics in the front room without looking like a giant asshole? mr skibum thought and he thought until he thank all the thoughts he could think and he came up with a strategy: i will ask people where they would choose to live and then describe the quality of my municipal services while letting it be known that they are administered by republicans
if he was trying to disguise his intent he might have added something about the climate, the cost of living, location of friends and family, the restaurant and bar scene, the quality of venues for sports and entertainment, proximity to leisure activities he enjoys. The sort of stuff normal people describe when discussing places they like
alas - despite his name - mr skibum has no leisure activities he enjoys. he lives for the complaining. we need to help mr skibum find something to focus on other than politics. and my space geneiousness just devised a strategy!
but ur breaking baby jesus’ little heart when u do what ur doing. please stop
your welcome
Ooooooh, I lost??? How could that be??? You never responded to my arguments and clarified what you said! I guess you are just too embarrassed to admit you are a Democrat expecting free or cheap services everyone else pays for.
@Skibum609, Are you really an attorney? If so, you need to do a better job arguing.
BTW if that is your goal as an attorney you should consider a different career, you really aren't having much success making me angry, you're just making me laugh.
the sad truth is that u really are so obsessed with politics that u incessently bring it into the front room. something that is known to make baby jesus cry
only after u lose an argument do u claim u were only trolling. u rly need to relax and fess up to ur addiction to political posts. only when u acknowledge ur problem can u begin to heal. it is like what my good buddy lars ulrichton said when metallica almost broke up: we need to learn to listen to each other and feel our shared pain
anyway the metallica are still going strong and u can get urself right with baby jesus. just admit ur problem and begin to work on it one day at a time
your welcome
and yet u feel compelled to respond. right now u cannot acknowledge ur addiction but the mere fact that u have responded indicates that u know u have a problem
helping a grouchy old man who pretend to be a third rate attorney may not rank as high as helping to preserve one of the most creative bands in history but just as i helped lars ulrichstein and james hetterman continue working together i shall help u be a better man
your welcome
what u must understand is that ur need to post about politics in the front room is a sickness. u post these things to get a reaction because deep down u feel inadequate. u want somebody like mr cowboy to react to the nonsense u post so u can react. that makes u feel alive
but - as a geneious - i know that u find that to be a fleeting feeling. u will soon need a stronger stimulus. soon u will enter a death spiral where u will carefully transcribe hours and hours of cspan and post it in the front room just to see how people react. lets stop this before u go there
remember that everybody on this board just wants a better skibum. your welcome
WhT is a deutch?