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[bill_powell]

Here we sit in a country full of men so castrated by political correctness that we can no longer even ensure safety and security in our own communities. We must resort to living behind guarded gates, but for how long will that be enough?

It's why I moved from Washington, D.C. , where I grew up, to Tulsa ,OK. Still enough men and women with strength and sense here to last perhaps one more generation. This place has allowed my children to grow up in the same America that I did.

Maybe we can still straighten it out, but it ain't looking good.

Fred, you have set the stage for what <span style="font-style: italic">could</span> be an interesting conversation, but I suspect things could get, umm, a little contentious in our politically charged times.

Midget content:

Cold and rainy this morning. The wife is griping about having to ride in the Midget. But the Midget is running great, and her Jeep needs a new radiator!

 

[DrEntropy]

Here we sit in a country full of men so castrated by political correctness that we can no longer even ensure safety and security in our own communities. We must resort to living behind guarded gates, but for how long will that be enough?

It's why I moved from Washington, D.C. , where I grew up, to Tulsa ,OK. Still enough men and women with strength and sense here to last perhaps one more generation. This place has allowed my children to grow up in the same America that I did.

Maybe we can still straighten it out, but it ain't looking good.

Fred, you have set the stage for what could be an interesting conversation, but I suspect things could get, umm, a little contentious in our politically charged times.

:lol:


And I like <span style="font-style: italic">cheese</span>.

 

[racingenglishcars]

Careful now. No politics.

 

[mightymidget]

The bird cage?

Do we have the bird in the cage

Or does the bird have us in a cage?

 

[scoutll]

I can put up with a little inconvenience in exchange for not having the Los Crazy Mofo's or the Nazi Lowriders cruising my neighborhood looking for something to do. And yes, I would not mind at all living elsewhere without such problems, but what can you do in today's market?

Wellllll! They are hiring in the North Dakota oil field's! I live 450 miles from there and they are blaming our labor shortage on the fact that everyone has gone to ND. Course the guys that showed up from down south figuring they could live in ther car till they find a job are getting a rude awakening right now! BRRRRRRRRR! Acute housing shortage up there from what I here.

Kurt.

Everybody stay away!.... Nothing to see here.
Crowds and traffic in Minot and Williston. No housing, people living in tent cities and cars (it'll be heck come "REAL" winter). Prices going up on everything... Crime and traffic accidents going up.. Progress and prosperity are going to ruin this area, just they have done elsewhere. I saw graffiti on a wall in Minot recently! We used to say North Dakota,
-40 helps keep out the Riff Raff ---- Not so much anymore.

 

[racingenglishcars]

Minot and Williston, I had to look that one up. Little out-of-the-way, off-the-beaten-path isn't it? Do people really want to move there?

Spridget content:
I have finally finished with the ´51 Jeep Pickup body
https://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x288/frogeye61/52Jeep/IMG_7969.jpg
and starting yesterday am again doing finishing work on the Bugeye, starting with the rear deck.

 

[jlaird]

here in the south East USA we have lots of Red Necks. Lots of guns and the willingness to use them to keep the peace. Also the law allows us to.

Good place to live and raise familys.

Gates keep out the folks that knock on doors and keep the streets safe for our kids and dogs. ie no racing here, speed limit 20 and we enforce it, everyone does.

Easy to get in though if friendly, lots of Forum folks have visited over the years. All have been great folks.

 

[mightymidget]

My list to consider a place a great place to live

1.Personality of the community
2.Climate
3.Land/river formations & enviromental conditons
4.How substainable to my needs

The Carolinas have suited me well, Every week I spend time in new places meeting new people. I have seen a lot of beautiful places that just make you stop and think "I could live here" but there is no place like home

 

[scoutll]

Minot and Williston, I had to look that one up. Little out-of-the-way, off-the-beaten-path isn't it? Do people really want to move there?

Spridget content:
I have finally finished with the ´51 Jeep Pickup body
https://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x288/frogeye61/52Jeep/IMG_7969.jpg
and starting yesterday am again doing finishing work on the Bugeye, starting with the rear deck.

Actually, life up here is good. Good law abiding people with old fashioned core values, self sufficiency and honesty. These people have made this an outstanding place to live. Long cold winters with lots of blizzards, but those are a minor inconvienence for the prepared.
North Dakota is a major world agricultural producer, a major oil producer and has had a funds surplus and a jobs surplus for many years. It has state owned and locally owned banks that did not get involved in shady or risky practices, therefore, no bailouts needed. The state has a nonexistant homes forclosure rate, the lowest crimes statistics in the country (we'll see how that changes inthe coming years)... Outside of the boom towns,(where traffic is admittedly getting bad), a car, a tractor and a moose on the same stretch of road is considered a traffic jam... The state has not had to deal with the global economic crisis and is a little island of prosperity and normalcy in the middle of the continent.
As far as people wanting to live here? I don't know if all the people currently flocking here actually "want to live here"... but they still come. As for the old established people who have lived here for years, or generations? Yes, they do want to live here, thank-you.

 

[TulsaFred]

I've lived in DC and San Francisco before I stumbled upon the realization that "flyover" country is the great secret to a good life.

No gangs, minimal crime, good people with good values, and at half the cost of living of the big coastal cities I spent 35 years living in.

Give me a midsize city in the midsection of the country (Tulsa city pop. 375k, metro area about 1 million) any day compared to a metropolis. Plenty of the shopping, restaurants, and good schools and neighborhoods, without traffic traffic snarled highways, mobbed malls, and hour long waits at restaurants.

I tried moving back home to Northern Virginia a few years ago and couldn't stay. Too much has changed for the worse (see above). I moved back to Tulsa.

 

[DylanDale]

No matter how much I love these cars, I feel I should point out that if people didn't destroy one every now and then, they would not be as cool and collectable. Though, that does not justify destroying them.

 

[bill_powell]

And I like <span style="font-style: italic">cheese</span>.

Parmesan okay? <span style="font-style: italic">It's all I have...and it's the cheap stuff!</span> :eeek:

 

[Westfield_XI]

No matter how much I love these cars, I feel I should point out that if people didn't destroy one every now and then, they would not be as cool and collectable. Though, that does not justify destroying them.

My donor car was on it's way to a junkyard within a few weeks if I didn't buy it. It did get junked, but the engine, axle, steering front uprights, and several minor parts like the e-brake live on in my Westfield.

 

[jlaird]

The last few posts made me start thinking.

I have never parted a Bugeye. However, square bodies is another matter.

I think the number is 3, all usable parts went into BEs or were sold for needed parts or given away.

 

[JPSmit]

The last few posts made me start thinking.

I have never parted a Bugeye. However, square bodies is another matter.

so what are we? chopped liver?! :madder:

 

[racingenglishcars]

Apparently you are cheese

 

[mightymidget]

The last few posts made me start thinking.

I have never parted a Bugeye. However, square bodies is another matter.

I think the number is 3, all usable parts went into BEs or were sold for needed parts or given away.

I have a bugeye in my shop that should be crushed, It needs so much metal work, nothing but a shell with front suspension, but I just cann't junk it. I put it in the one of these day pile.

 

[Gundy]

I always tell people wanting to live out in the country
that it has it's advantages and it's disadvantages.
I suggest you buy your own zoning if moving out.
10-20 acres around you makes for peaceful living.
Nothing is nearby but that has appeal to us.
I do have a electronic gate at the entrance to
the property to keep the tourist/curious out.
Friends get the code.
Heck I even have a restored outhouse on the property.
Try getting that past a HOA.
Country folk make wonderful neighbors. They stay out of your business but always lend a helping hand when needed.
My dogs NEVER know fencing. I've found letting them roam helps keeps the coyotes and bears at bay.
:thumbsup:

Man , I love Pumpkintown living.

 

[jlaird]

Sounds great Gundy. That's how I grew up.

 

[racingenglishcars]

I didn't part mine out either, though it probably should have been. Yeah, it's together now.