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justan wrote:
Bill Wrote in message:r
Keyser Söze wrote: On 1/22/21 9:07 PM,
wrote: On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:56:13 -0500, Keyser
Söze wrote: On 1/22/21 10:35 AM,
Wayne B wrote: On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 07:18:12 -0500 (EST), justan
wrote: Wayne B
Wrote in message:r On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:15:08 -0500, John
wrote:Or, Wayne and Harry, are these just
'peaceful protests' instigated by
Trump?https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/protests-portland-seattle-biden.htmlhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/inauguration-day-protests-in-portland-seattle-turned-violent-11611260877How
do you explain that ****? Note that a Federal courthouse was attacked,
butno one was shot.Wow.===Wow indeed. Were there members of
congress inside the courthousetrying to carry out the constitutional
process of certifying thepresidential electoral college votes? Were
the rioters incited by thePOTUS in an attempt to overturn his
election defeat?None of that excuses mob violence of course, no matter
where and whyit happens. I'm also thinking that Portland needs to
make a concertedeffort to identify and arrest some of these hooligans.
I suspectthey've got a hard core group of repeat offenders that
should be dealtwith. Do we have any numbers yet on the
dwindling population of NYC, NY State, California, and Washington
State. Just curious. My unscientific poll says a significant number
of NYers and Fornians are moving to Florida. ===
Florida has been a popular retirement destination for New Yorkers
for more than 70 years. Over here on the left coast most of our
newcomers are from the mid-west. I call it the I-75 pipeline
effect. There has definitely been a move out of New York City.
Between Covid, high tax rates and crime, there have been a lot of
reasons to leave. My oldest son and his wife have done that,
turning their summer home out east into their year round residence,
and working from home. I gave up trying to convince my
wife that my favorite little Connecticut town, Milford, would be a
great place to retire. She's a Southern belle, and cannot tolerate
the winter cold there or the water temperature of the Sound for
swimming in the summer...too cold for her. Neither of us want to
return to Florida. Number One on our "hit list" are a couple of areas
just west of Savannah. Hilton Head is still nice, but it is pretty
congested these days and we noticed that for months at a time, from
spring through September at least, the auto traffic is very heavy all
around the island and just off of it. If you go off-island, the
traffic wait to get back on it is lengthy and annoying. Also, a lot
of the island is looking worn-out. Plus, Georgia seems a bit more
socially progressive than South Carolina, as evidenced that in the
recent elections there, a black minister and a Jew were elected to
the U.S. Senate, both Democrats. Atlanta might be for you. It is
pretty much like DC and I lived in both places. Those is the people
who are driving Georgia politics now. That's funny. I've no
interest in living in any big metro center, with the possible
exception of San Francisco. I've been to Atlanta maybe a half dozen
times on business and do not find it appealing. It is nothing like
D.C., which is a pretty small city. If we were to live again in
Florida, we think St. Augustine is livable. We like visiting Ft.
Lauderdale and Miami in the winter, though. Your fixation on
homosexuality will stand you in good stead in SF. Terrible place
anymore. Has been ruined in the last 20-30 years. Homelesseverywhere,
even city hall grounds. I grew up across the bay from SanFrancisco,
liked it. Went to City College of SF, and graduated from SFState.
Worked there for 10 years. The political leaders have trashed theplace.
Over taxed, under served.
Those damn republicans. They ruin everything, eh?

Same group emigrated to Portland. Why Oregonians dislike California.
Bring their mindset.