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ImJustKCClone said:
I'm sorry for your friends' losses. As for the rest of it...I got nothin'. That ship is coming into port more frequently for me now....for friends, not just their parents. :(
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This is when you know you are getting older......you start actually paying attention to obit notices in the paper. I lost my dad 12 years ago, and Mom is now about to turn 87 - but she is going strong, and showing no signs of slipping. So that's a good thing. :D
 
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I keep typing up a post in the Younkers/Urban development thread but remember it isn't worth my time.
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What's going on in there? Should I even bother? I assume it's a bunch of people saying "brick/mortar is dead" on repeat, as if that's a good thing.
 
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harimad said:
What's going on in there? Should I even bother? I assume it's a bunch of people saying "brick/mortar is dead" on repeat, as if that's a good thing.
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Yes and no. It has devolved into a couple of protesters foretelling the demise of urban areas because people won't live in city centers and city's will go bankrupt because of urban sprawl.
 
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Yes and no. It has devolved into a couple of protesters foretelling the demise of urban areas because people won't live in city centers and city's will go bankrupt because of urban sprawl.
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I can't think of any place I'd like to live LESS than a city center, unless it's a ticky-tack suburb. Took me nearly 30 years to get back to where I really wanted to be, and I'm "firmly entrenched". :D
 
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ImJustKCClone said:
I can't think of any place I'd like to live LESS than a city center, unless it's a ticky-tack suburb. Took me nearly 30 years to get back to where I really wanted to be, and I'm "firmly entrenched". :D
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I keep flipping back and forth between a nice town like Davenport, with really cheap housing, versus a city neighborhood, with great transportation. I need to make a decision because once DD graduates in 2021, I'm no longer tied to this town, and I want to GTFO of Illinois.

I'm thinking Des Moines (I like what I've been reading about the redevelopment, and I think a single gal could have fun playing cougar with all the hipsters) or maybe even Ames (because I want to be able to go to games whenever I feel like it).

Then there's the left field choices, like moving down south to get warm (Texas, maybe?) or even living abroad for a few years.

I can't make up my mind.
 
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harimad said:
I keep flipping back and forth between a nice town like Davenport, with really cheap housing, versus a city neighborhood, with great transportation. I need to make a decision because once DD graduates in 2021, I'm no longer tied to this town, and I want to GTFO of Illinois.

I'm thinking Des Moines (I like what I've been reading about the redevelopment, and I think a single gal could have fun playing cougar with all the hipsters) or maybe even Ames (because I want to be able to go to games whenever I feel like it).

Then there's the left field choices, like moving down south to get warm (Texas, maybe?) or even living abroad for a few years.

I can't make up my mind.
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I think you handle crowds and the party circuit better than I do. Just a hunch! :)
 
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harimad said:
I keep flipping back and forth between a nice town like Davenport, with really cheap housing, versus a city neighborhood, with great transportation. I need to make a decision because once DD graduates in 2021, I'm no longer tied to this town, and I want to GTFO of Illinois.

I'm thinking Des Moines (I like what I've been reading about the redevelopment, and I think a single gal could have fun playing cougar with all the hipsters) or maybe even Ames (because I want to be able to go to games whenever I feel like it).

Then there's the left field choices, like moving down south to get warm (Texas, maybe?) or even living abroad for a few years.

I can't make up my mind.
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What some people don't want to admit is that Des Moines is a fairly desirable place to live. That is where we wanted to be when it was time to leave Wichita but it didn't work out. There is a lot to do and has many great places to live around the area.
 
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harimad said:
I keep flipping back and forth between a nice town like Davenport, with really cheap housing, versus a city neighborhood, with great transportation. I need to make a decision because once DD graduates in 2021, I'm no longer tied to this town, and I want to GTFO of Illinois.

I'm thinking Des Moines (I like what I've been reading about the redevelopment, and I think a single gal could have fun playing cougar with all the hipsters) or maybe even Ames (because I want to be able to go to games whenever I feel like it).

Then there's the left field choices, like moving down south to get warm (Texas, maybe?) or even living abroad for a few years.

I can't make up my mind.
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Illinois is about to expire. Literally. You'd be way better off leaving there, for sure.

The vixen and I have often talked about moving to Ames - we both lived there, me at ISU and she worked for a radio station there. It's big enough to contain everything we want in a town, and close enough to Des Moines for the symphony, events at the Civic Center, etc.
 
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SCyclone said:
Illinois is about to expire. Literally. You'd be way better off leaving there, for sure.

The vixen and I have often talked about moving to Ames - we both lived there, me at ISU and she worked for a radio station there. It's big enough to contain everything we want in a town, and close enough to Des Moines for the symphony, events at the Civic Center, etc.
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But, "Whar Taco Tico?"
 
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ImJustKCClone said:
I can't think of any place I'd like to live LESS than a city center, unless it's a ticky-tack suburb. Took me nearly 30 years to get back to where I really wanted to be, and I'm "firmly entrenched". :D
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Dang it mom. Not a good enough reason to remind me of "firmly entrenched".
 
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