Looks like 2014 is coming in strong!!

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by bradford

And why is it that no one cool moves down here from up there?

Well, we used to live in St. Mary's, Georgia, so it's not like we don't know how life is in the deep south, but....

A serious question so it gets a serious answer.....

A variety of things Brad... Location, finances, jobs, age, schools, demographics, weather, are but a few of the reasons.

For instance, I'd like to move to the southern part of NC or the northern part of SC. Have wanted to for over a decade. But my wife works for the state, and she still has 6+ years to go before she can retire with a full pension. If we were to leave now, we'd lose her pension and all her health benefits. With the new Obama health care taxes, it would be impossible for us to loose those benefits and survive. It sucks, but there it is. So we're stuck here.

Plus I think we're getting to the point in our lives where it's too late to learn an entirely new language. Y'all speak kinda funny ....

[charlie_the_tuna]

it's a vicious cycle. if I made this money down there i'd live like a king. making this money up here and I can barely keep my head above water. I just cant make this kind of money down there so when I retire in about 10-12 years i'll do the snowbird thing and then you'll have your cool person from up here.