On Monday, December 30, 2013 5:28:59 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 16:03:19 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:



On 12/30/13, 11:59 AM, wrote:



Cost of living is certainly a big factor for people who are retired.



I wouldn't choose to live in MS, AL or SC but I chose not to live in

MD too.

Factors like crumbling roads, polluted water, urban sprawl, high

taxes, intrusive laws and crime made where I live now far more

attractive than where I lived in Maryland.

If I put my stuff on a truck, I am not moving 20 miles down the road

and hoping the problems will not catch up with me ... again..







I'm not familiar with your roads or sprawl. I've only been to your part

of Florida twice. I thought some of the beaches were nice.



... and add lots of unique boating opportunities with areas where you

can go for hours without seeing a soul. You will see endangered and

threatened species, living in a natural habitat. I don't fish but I

watch fish and if I ever decide to go get them, I know where they are.





We don't happen to have problems where we live with crumbling roads,

polluted water, urban sprawl, intrusive laws, or crime. I would guess

our county's crime rate is lower than the rate in your county.



As Hank Jr says, "You only get mugged when you go downtown"



I was up there last year and the roads were full of potholes, the

people who rate bridges say Maryland has about 15% in serious danger

and you can't deny the sprawl. It just hasn't swallowed you yet. Give

it a few years.



Chesapeake Bay is the sewer for towns from Binghampton Ny to Norfolk

Va.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation says the issues are



Nutrient and sediment pollution from agriculture, stormwater

runoff, air pollution and wastewater treatment plants

Development and population growth

Low populations of many fish and shellfish species, including

shad, oysters and menhaden



We have some of those issues here but I will swap water quality data

with you any time.



Oh and the bay is virtually useless as a swimming hole for most of the

summer because of the sea nettles.



Then you have winter. Sleet, gray slush and freezing rain



No thanks.

Heh, heh. Ain't that the truth.