odanny
Diamond Member
I have very specific complaints that are more related to zoning/code policies, but for the most part I am perfectly content in my miserable southern existence. I have lived in DC, NYC, and a few other places, but I find that being able to have land around me, a huge crowd being 5 people in line in front of the grocery store, and a major traffic jam being 10 cars at the same intersection a higher quality life than being able to once in a blue moon visit a museum or a show. Sure a lot of my old friends are richer than I am but mostly just on paper since their debt loads are insane compared to mine. I don't have $10K a year property tax bills on my house nor do I have some insane mortgage. My house payment isn't much more than my combined internet, TV and telephones bills and it will soon be paid off completely within the first 10 years of me buying the place because when I run out of other things to spend money on, I put it on the old mortgage. Despite what blue city democrats would have you believe, I get by better on less money in nowhereville than I got by on a lot more money in those other places.
Nothing wrong with any of that, it's all about with where you're comfortable, and living in a place where crime is as low as property taxes is certainly appealing, provided one can be happy with fewer things to do than you'll find in more populated locations.