I wanna move, I need to move!! (Page 2)

I grew up and went to school in Indiana.  After school, I lived in NJ, upstate NY, and NC each for a couple of years until moving here to Sarasota 19 years ago.  Wouldn't leave for anything.  Yeah, we have hurricanes, but we had tornados back in IN every spring, and blizzards in NY.  The sharks, gators, fire ants and red tide aren't too bad this time of year either...

Mark 

Those bastards!  I hate them too!

I think Nashville rocks!!

I have lived in a few larger towns and Nashville has that big little town feel. Plus I am only 4 hours from All3sports. Have all 4 seasons (little or no snow), 7 hours drive to the beach, Titans and the Preds.

Ok- I just talked to someone at work about an opportunity in Ithaca, NY.  If I got a job there I would probably accept it because I'm ready for a change.  What's wrong with me?  It's too cold up there.  Why am I even trying to pursue it?  I think I've gone crazy!

Janelle, stop trying to get attention. You already had a thread about Ithaca. Its Augusta but REALLY cold. Yes, something is wrong with you. Take the job, leave Jim alone.

Have fun in Ithaca!!!

(I won't be coming to visit...)

Comet- don't be jealous because I'll be working with cow semen!  No kidding- I really would be.  It would be the wahoo job. 

I can only talk about the places I've lived:

Louisiana (all over)
Texas (small town in NE)
Michigan (Detroit area)
Kansas (Kansas City area)
California (Bay Area)

I love the Bay Area over any other place I've ever been.  Louisiana is a kind of emotional "home" for me, and I love visiting there, but can't really see myself moving there unless something happens to me.

Texas was nice while I lived there, but Texas and me don't see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues and unless I was in Austin, I'd feel like a sore thumb all the time.

Michigan was nice, except for the 9 months of winter.    Actually, I'd consider moving back, but only if the job was GREAT.

Kansas -- well, no offense to anyone who loves living in Kansas, but it ain't the place for me.

California: PERFECT.  Except for that whole cost-of-living thing, and the fact that I'll never be able to afford a house here that's larger than a small garage.  We've got ocean, forests, trails, mountains, deserts, big cities, rural areas, etc.  In three hours, I can be carrying my skis into my cabin (rental).  In less than an hour, I can be staring at the Pacific Ocean.  Within 30 minutes of my home, there's 100s of miles of quiet back roads for safe bicycling, miles and miles of hiking/running/mountain bike trails, at least two redwood forests, San Francisco with all it's beauty and culture, and pretty much anything else you can think of in between.

I know people who live in other states and love them as much.  If I HAD to move anywhere outside California, I'd consider: Colorado, Oregon, Wisconsin (Madison), Georgia (Atlanta), Massachusetts (Boston).

Good luck with your selection!  I hope you find the perfect spot, and that all the pieces fall into place nicely!

I CANNOT believe Jim and welshy did not jump all over the cow semen thing.

Alas I am down and my faith in BT humanity is all but gone.

It's actually selective semen.  No really- this place is located on a cow stud farm.  What they do (I wouldn't be doing this part) is collect semen by changing the cows' flat tires.  The semen is collecting, and submitted to the lab.  The lab does a lot of fancy stuff to keep the semen alive, and injects it with dye.  The dye will adhere to the sperm that contains the female chromosome (the famous X chromosome), the semen is put throught a machine, the machine separates out the male/female sperm, and the sperm containing the female chromosome is collected.  It's then put into containers and cryogenically frozen for artificial insemination into bulls.  The semen has about a 80% guarantee to produce female calves, which is what the diary farmers want for milking.  It's some interesting genetic stuff.  I would actually be applying for the position of project coordinator so I wouldn't really be dealing with the cow semen directly.  Thank goodness.

Oh no- I would love to move to NC!!  RTP would be perfect.  I've also looked into Charlotte.  I would move to either of thos places if I got a job.