docwebster | Okay, that's it.

There is a crack in the smegging foundation. I know this because the past two times it's rained the carpet gets sopping wet *only* right under where I set my feet when I'm at the computer. Therefore it's time to pack up tents and move unless Herself wants to put in money to: fix the foundation, replace carpet (that would have to be taken up to fix the foundation), get a new heater/AC unit, fix the electrical problems, get a plumber in (downstairs bathroom sink utterly refuses to drain despite every single plumbering goop I can get at the store) and shore up the little slope behind the house and underneath the back porch that is swiftly eroding away and I'm deathly afraid at some point in the next few years will peel the back of the house clean off like a bloody great boiled egg.

So what I want to hear from those of you who care to do so is a sales pitch for where you live and why Doc (and quite possibly Herself and the kittehs) should move there. Please don't think I've got some kind of exalted opinion of myself or anything, I'm just looking to cheer myself up a little and get information on various places that could be possibilities. There are already two leading contenders - Austin and Seattle. I just thought this might be fun.

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Austin is a "party town" with a lot of the Texas underground heading there for music. I even ran across an Austin web radio station being played in Canada.
However Seattle is indeed a hot contender.

I do not know the Pros and Cons completely for Seattle. My friends

catholicsin and

heresyoftruth just moved there. heresyoftruth found a punk flea market.
She cites the medical community can at times be a bit "old boys" network and can cover for each other's incompetency, but the public transit system seems to be VERY GOOD. Definately get her opinion since she is new to that area.

If you come to Texas I can give you some cons as well as pros:

The Public transit system sucks hard balls in the Dallas-FortWorth area and Houston is still flooded with people from New Orleans. Austin, I couldn't tell you.
Houses are cheaper here but you have to check for foundation damage everywhere because of Texas soil. An empty house during a drought can come with a lot of problems if there isn't an automated sprinkler system to keep the soil moist.

Our drinking laws are fucked up here in Texas.
You can buy hard liquor until 9pm.
You can buy Beer and Wine up until midnight.
You can drink in a bar until 2am
You cannot buy any alcohol before noon on Sunday.
No open containers (even resealed) in the car.

Speak to me of this Austin web station.

http://jukebox.jncgroup.com:14001/

Okay, that's it.

Oh SNAP HArd choice!

Re: Oh SNAP HArd choice!

been a long time since I bothered with it