Is Texas Taking Over the Cellar?

BrianR · 01-06-2010, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Tulip

Dude, if you hate your town so much, you should've moved. :p

I'm trying! I'm trying!

It's the wife! She won't move to PA for any money. Apparently, it's too cold and damp for her bones or some such nonsense. Or she won't know anyone. Or there will be some Mexican-hater there. Or it's too far from her family. She's got every excuse in the world why she won't go there.

We're trying to relocate to Dallas area now for the medical proximity for us both. Better doctors and hospitals you see. Some who even specialize in my conditions. I see it more as a stepping stone back home. If she can live there, she can live in Tennessee. If she can live THERE, she can live in Philly.

I think she would like it there if she's only give it a try. It's not THAT humid or cold. No more than here, anyway. Sure, it rains more but then the sun comes out again. Humidity reigns in August but they make these de-humidifiers for houses that I would install. And air-conditioning is nearly universal, unlike here where it is still considered a novelty and extravagance.

There is even a Mexican community so she can get a fix when she needs one. Maybe a few week long vacation will help her change her mind one summer. We'll see.

Brian

Tulip · 01-06-2010, 11:05 PM

Ahhhh....I see, I see.

A long vacation sounds like a good plan.

dar512 · 01-07-2010, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianR

And air-conditioning is nearly universal, unlike here where it is still considered a novelty and extravagance.

Wait. You live in El Paso, and air-conditioning is considered an extravagance?

Qice · 01-07-2010, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by dar512

Wait. You live in El Paso, and air-conditioning is considered an extravagance?

Not sure about El Paso - but here in NM the norm is swamp coolers - not refrigerated air, I'd never heard of a swamp cooler until I moved here, but they work!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-07-2010, 10:48 AM

They were common on tall buildings, in the northeast, until a few years ago. But wasted water and legionnaires disease became a concern.

Shawnee123 · 01-07-2010, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

They were common on tall buildings, in the northeast, until a few years ago. But wasted water and legionnaires disease became a concern.

What, swamp coolers, or Texans?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-07-2010, 11:04 AM

New Mexicans. :p

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01-07-2010, 10:48 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They were common on tall buildings, in the northeast, until a few years ago. But wasted water and legionnaires disease became a concern. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-07-2010, 11:04 AM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	New Mexicans. :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-06-2010, 11:05 PM	#2
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	Ahhhh....I see, I see. A long vacation sounds like a good plan.

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