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Where would you rather live, given the parameters in the post?

  1. The Mountains (Mt Hood)

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  2. The desert (like Bend)

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  3. The Coast (Oregon or Washington)

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  4. On a Lake (your choice of location)

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  5. Hawaii (haole or not!)

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  1. julius

    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Ok, since we seem to get hell bent on arguing over the same shit over and over, hows about this?

    If you could afford to (so not saying money is no longer an object, or that you won the lottery), would you rather live at:


    The Mountains (Mt Hood)
    The desert (like Bend)
    The Coast (Oregon or Washington)
    On a Lake (your choice of location)
     
    julius, Jul 3, 2020
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    I've always wanted to live at the coast but I would rent a place for a year before making a final decision.
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I'd love to retire to the coast, but I'm like 80 years from retirement.
     
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    I don't really think of Bend as the desert, even the Oregon version. Burns; Lakeview; Jordan Valley; Frenchglen....those are in the desert

    if money is no object and we're talking Oregon, I'd probably split my time between my mansion on the coast (South of Florence) and my ranch in the Steens Mountains
     
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    Beach. Dream to retire there in a small house with a huge satellite dish!
     
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    Where does the Mrs. plan to retire? Asking for a friend.
     
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    You know they make small ones now.
     
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    Like your penis#BAM
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Insert outdated joke about your wife disagreeing here.
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    btw, that was pretty funny.
     
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    Big Island for me, if @lawai'a can stand one more haole.
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I guess that could be under Coast..or even Mountains.
     
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    Well if that’s an option, North shore of Kauai for THE HCP CC0A421C-099D-4D1B-BE6A-1131D97D3FA7.jpeg
     
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    I'd go none of the above. Really prefer living in the city. If I HAD to choose just one of those...it's probably either Hawaii, or a lake that is in a city.
     
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    Hawaii can be awesome and I love living there.. but I love where I live....40 minute drive to the coast but in the foothills of the coastal range with mountains between me and that sandblaster that can be Florence...I don't want to live in a high elevation anymore...like the gentle foothills with the rivers and the windbreak from the ocean...for many many years I lived on the coast two blocks from the pacific in Taiwan...dramatic weather on the ocean. My wife and I used to rent a beach house in Yachats and there were times you couldn't even face the ocean...the wind and sand were a lot to deal with...like a sandblaster
     
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    Pretty much my answer. I love big cities, but aside from that, the coast in Oregon or Hawai'i would be the best of the options, IMO.
     
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    On a lake.
    I'd take Mercer Island or Oswego Lake.
     
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    Given those parameters, Lake Oswego on the lake.

    I need to be near a major airport. I like to travel too much to be locked out in Bend or some shit.

    I would get island fever in Hawaii too quick.

    Oregon Coast is so nice, but its too country.

    I was out in San Diego on Coronado Island today, I think that was almost perfect. There or Balboa Island in Newport. Upscale with a small town feel. People driving golf carts around the island.
     
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    I'm struggling with the answer to this, in real life as well as this poll.

    I don't give too much of a shit about lakes, so that one is out. The other 4 are quite appealing.

    But maybe something further afield...

    barfo
     
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    I'd much rather park at the Eugene airport or Bend airport than deal with a major city with the congested traffic ...you just shuttle to the big airport and avoid the crowds.....it's not that much more money
     
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    Also, the hypothetical is that you just won the lottery - you can now afford to buy your own plane to fly out of Bend.

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