zguitar71 Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Magnum Rockwilder, He lives by the St. Frances River, not to far from Marion about 70 miles to the south, south west of Memphis. Blue Oval was right, he lives in the delta. The Mississippi is about 5 miles east of his house. The pumping station is just before the St. Frances River dumps into the Mississippi. They have 10 huge diesel motors that can pump hundreds of thousands of gallons of water an hour. The motors have 2 crank shafts, one on top and one on the bottom and each cylinder has two piston that travel towards each other, one from above and one from below. When they are at tdc and bdc the fuel is injected between the pistons. Each motor is about 15 feet long and drives a prop that is 10 feet across. My father's side of the family is from Arkansas, mostly Brinkly and Wheatly. My Grandfather farmed there most of his life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Magnum Rockwilder Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I'm from Blytheville, about 70 miles North of Memphis, right on the river. My family still lives there. My dad makes $70k, and they live like kings. I may be moving there in about a year, to take advantage of cheap land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest comeandzpa Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Western PA is a very nice place to live, assuming you can handle a little snow. By "a little" I mean a few feet, but the winters haven't been too bad lately. Houses around me (Johnstown, about 75 miles east of Pittsburgh) are around 100K for a nice place, anything 250K and up is considered a mansion. Some parts of town are better than others of course, and there's a pretty good variety of classes from upper-lower class to lower-upper class. Nice and quiet, very safe (in the better parts), close to Pittsburgh...not a bad deal at all, if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Western PA is a very nice place to live, assuming you can handle a little snow. By "a little" I mean a few feet, but the winters haven't been too bad lately. Houses around me (Johnstown, about 75 miles east of Pittsburgh) are around 100K for a nice place, anything 250K and up is considered a mansion. Some parts of town are better than others of course, and there's a pretty good variety of classes from upper-lower class to lower-upper class. Nice and quiet, very safe (in the better parts), close to Pittsburgh...not a bad deal at all, if you ask me. The winters aren't too bad...but the humidity in the Summer!!! Damn!!! I went to Shippensburg University in South Central PA, and spent some time in the Philly area before and after that.....summers are brutal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 But Tim, It's a "dry" 90% humidity! HahahahahA! You guys crack me up... weather is weather, no matter where you live... Earthquakes and mudd slides in California, Twisters in the plain states, and Hurricanes on the east coast... Find a place you can be happy and enjoy your life at and call it home... If you aren't happy, MOVE... But whatever you do... Buy land, or buy a house... Kinda like guns... You're pretty hard pressed to "LOSE" money on the deal, and in most places you'll MAKE money... And in the end... It beats the HELL out of RENT, which equals NO return and NO tax write-offs! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHO-Z Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Well AZ is hotter than hell in the summer and ok in the winter. You can get a house in one of the outlying developments in the west valley of Phoenix for around 120K for around 1200 sq ft. with 2 car gar. or a modular on and acre for about the same. Wages are lower than Calif and so are the housing prices. I would advise you to do a search on the web of the areas that interest you and look in their local news papers and check out the housing prices and jobs that are available. It is not fun to be miserable in a place just because it is cheap to live there. Do your research and look for a place that has the most to offer to keep you and yours happy. Life is and adventure and you only have one trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zguitar71 Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 My Grandmother lives in Blythevile now. She lives on the old airforce base that has been turned into housing for older people. Tyr Montana for winter weather. The summers are awesome though. If it gets to hot just go up. If it is 90 in town it is about 60 on the mountain tops. And the air is always dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 My wife and I are struggling with this as we speak. We sold our house in CA to move here to Seattle so that she could go to grad school. The plan was to rent the house, but when it didn't rent for 4 months we had to sell. So now she's looking at about a year more in school, then the plan was to go back to CA. I really want to go back, all my friends and family are there, but it's so damn expensive. Our house that we sold for 315K is probably about 500K now, and it wasn't that special to be honest. It was a 3 bed 2 bath with a 2 car garage on a relatively busy street. I'd like some land, a separate shop, etc, but I'm thinking that the only way for that to happen is to move to another state. WA sucks donkey balls so I know I'm getting the hell outta here, and the draw to CA is still strong, but I keep thinking NM, AZ, maybe even ID... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest comeandzpa Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 The winters aren't too bad...but the humidity in the Summer!!! Damn!!!I went to Shippensburg University in South Central PA' date=' and spent some time in the Philly area before and after that.....summers are brutal![/quote'] Yeah, the humidity can kill you here. Once in a while you get a summer that's nice and dry, and MAN are they nice. The last time we had one, mind you, I was out of the country...serves me right, I suppose, cause it was beautiful where I was (England/Ireland, where it was in the 70s and sunny the entire time I was there). I'd say the biggest downfall to the area is that it isn't Z friendly...humid summers, harsh salty winters, lots of rain in the other months = rust rust rust rust rust. Oh, and rust. The Shippensburg area is a little bit worse than here during the summers, the winters there aren't quite as bad though. For the most part, that is, there's always an exception to the rule. Where around Philly were you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR8ED Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Well I might as well chime in for my area. I live 20min East of Toronto (kinda the burbs unless you talk to people from Toronto) ehehe Our cities are right along the lake, and the major highway is less than 5miles away from lake Ontario. (at least in the Greater Toronto Area) Houses in My area (not a very desireable area because of the large GM factory and local suppliers) (down at the lake) are in the $175per sq/ft The town next closer to Toronto is in the $225per sq/ft. In a nice area of Downtown Toronto near the water, a 70+ yr old home will fetch in the $600per sq/ft. This is about 20min away on the freeway. (20-25miles) Oh and that will be with a one car garage and street parking. For obvious reasons, as the houses increase in square footage, the price goes up at a higher ratio. For reference, GM is the top payer of salaries. A typical union job will pay in the $27/hr, Office type work is in the $12-20/hr range, and a fresh out of university engineer grad will earn about $42K per year. Local School teachers earn $35-$70K per year. Gas is about 75-90 cents per litre (approx 4 litres/gallon) Cigarettes are about $11.00/pack Beer is about $32/case of 24 Beer in a bar will be in the $4.00-$7.00 range Car Ins for my Z is dead cheap at 600.00/year (no collision) My 2003 Altima was in the $1700.00 range (perfect record) and buying anything from the US ya need to tack on 20% for dollar exchange, and 15% for taxes/tarrifs. (so much for free trade) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR8ED Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Hey Zguitar71 I visited Missoula. I had a G/F in Kalispell. Stunningly Beautiful area. No employment opportunities. Go to "Mooses" bar. Ask for the "free beer horn" hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zguitar71 Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Yea the job oportunities suck around here. If you can get a good job you keep it. I work for the City of Missoula as an Arborist. Now that the city has purchased much of the surrounding land I get to go out there and work, mostly forrest thinning projects. The pay for my job is about $5/hour less than the national average but $5/hour more than most of the people around here + decent bennies. I have not heard of that bar, there are tons of bars here. The great thing about mountains are the mountain roads. Some of the roads have made it into magazines like Road and Track. Highway 12 is one, it runs west from here. When you get to the top of the pass (Idaho border) there is a sign that says "winding road next 77 miles." The road follows the Lochsaw River through a very narrow canyon. I drive it quite a bit in the summer, you just have to watch out for elk, moose and logging trucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsommer Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 NW Arkansas. Booming economy home to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. I work as a vendor to W-M (Morton Salt). I am a bit underpaid in my current position but the work is not all that difficult. Houses will seem affordable to most at $110 to $135 per sq ft. There is plenty of opportunity up here for start up business etc. Seven years ago most of what we're living on now was cow pasture and chicken farms, they just leveled the old Pel-Freeze rabbit, yes rabbit, farm to make way for more new home constructon. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Wherever you do end up living, at some minimal level you have to feel like you're a part of the community - otherwise you'll be miserable. I'm not talking about civic activism or joining the local moose lodge. But you do need to consider yourself as having certain basic attributes in common with a large crossection of the local populace. For instance, if you're a born-again Protestant who enjoys hunting, drives a big truck, and smokes a pack of Marlboros every day, you'll be utterly miserable in San Francisco or Boston. I'm miserable where I currently live, because I feel completely alientated from the community. Simply put, my core beliefs are fundamentally inconsistent with the prevaling norms - from politics and religion, to taste in culture, to manner of speech. But I live here because my job is here. Let's see, how many years left until retirement?.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tony78_280z Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 "Where you come from is gone. Where you thought you were goin to were'nt ever there. And where you are aint no good unless you can get away from it." - Mynistry, Jesus built my hot rod. Of course, they were quoting someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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