Where's a pretty place to live?

SnowymtnRN · Dec 30, 2003

Originally posted by lizz
Mountain living is tough, at least in Lake Arrowhead, CA, which is supposed to be one of the fancier mountain communities in my area. No home delivered mail or garbage pickup. Only two grocery stores where prices were high. You often had to drive half an hour for other shopping. Not to mention the constant fire danger, which finally hit in October.

Never could get used to that snow or ice either. The last straw was when my husband skidded out on some ice and the car went over a cliff (yes, we had snow tires and 4 wheel drive). The only thing that saved him was a tree.

We moved. Hopefully you'll have better luck than we did.

Yes it can be tough, but i think it depends on where you are too. We used to live in Southern WY at 7600 ft elevation, and the closest walmart was 80 miles away! :eek: that sucked. lol We did have a local post office, but no door to door delivery. Garbage we had to do, but we had a local dump that we just took our stuff too, so it was not the greatest but was no big deal. HOWEVER, we camped, fished, took our kids on nature hikes, etc...took scenic drives and that sort of thing. So for us it evened out. Also, in some of the mountain communities i've lived in, they seem to have the STRONGEST community involvement compared to anywhere else i've been. LOVED that.

Now i am a snow bunny. lol Love to go snowmobiling, snowshoeing, ice skating, etc...(just went sledding on the snowmobiles and let me tell you it was AWESEOM! Shouda seen my 7 mth preggo butt on that sucker going 60!!) we've never had any car trouble other than getting stuck in our own yard. :rolleyes: that did suck. lol Otherwise, its not been a big deal. We now live in the city (about 50K people) and its much more convienent, but sometimes i miss the country stuff too!

purplemania, BSN, RN · Dec 30, 2003

The Carolinas offer beaches and mountains, major cities with intl. airports and remote countryside---all within driving range of one another. But if pretty is what you want-try W. Virginia. Absolutely gorgeous.

VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN · Dec 30, 2003

Eastern North Carolina is one of the most pristine places in this nation. Unfortunately, the Navy is trying to destroy our quality of life, and if they succeed, this will not be a desirable place to live anymore (PLEASE PRAY FOR US.)

smk1, LPN · Dec 30, 2003

i agree with others about the pacific nw being a great place to live. portland and seattle can be expensive but there are plenty of other cities that are affordale and smaller. go to findmyspot.com and they will give you a great list of places based on your answers to a few pages of questions.

Dixen81 · Dec 30, 2003

Originally posted by VickyRN
Eastern North Carolina is one of the most pristine places in this nation. Unfortunately, the Navy is trying to destroy our quality of life, and if they succeed, this will not be a desirable place to live anymore (PLEASE PRAY FOR US.)

What do you mean? What's going on?

VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN · Dec 30, 2003

So as not to hijack this thread, please refer to this:

https://allnurses.com/t51610.html

Like I said earlier, PLEASE PRAY FOR US. We are in a life or death struggle for everything we hold dear. If the Navy succeeds, our quality of life and our economy will be ruined.

Dixen81 · Dec 30, 2003

Oh, my gosh...that's terrible. I will remember you and your community in my prayers. Best wishes.:kiss

Sheri257 · Dec 30, 2003

Originally posted by SnowymtnRN
Yes it can be tough, but i think it depends on where you are too. We used to live in Southern WY at 7600 ft elevation, and the closest walmart was 80 miles away! that sucked. lol We did have a local post office, but no door to door delivery. Garbage we had to do, but we had a local dump that we just took our stuff too, so it was not the greatest but was no big deal. HOWEVER, we camped, fished, took our kids on nature hikes, etc...took scenic drives and that sort of thing. So for us it evened out. Also, in some of the mountain communities i've lived in, they seem to have the STRONGEST community involvement compared to anywhere else i've been. LOVED that.

Now i am a snow bunny. lol Love to go snowmobiling, snowshoeing, ice skating, etc...(just went sledding on the snowmobiles and let me tell you it was AWESEOM! Shouda seen my 7 mth preggo butt on that sucker going 60!!) we've never had any car trouble other than getting stuck in our own yard. that did suck. lol Otherwise, its not been a big deal. We now live in the city (about 50K people) and its much more convienent, but sometimes i miss the country stuff too!

I hear ya. If you're a snow bunny, no wonder you luv it. I grew up in the south, so snow has always been a big adjustment for me.

We also have the problem of many trees dying here in SoCal with the extended drought. It fueled all of those California fires you may have heard about.

Take away the trees, and there's not much mountain left.