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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 10:56 PM
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On a whim where would you like to live?
I've got a real hankering to move to Helsinki right now.
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Moonbeam_Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 10:57 PM
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1. Why do you want to know????
Just kidding. On a whim, I'd move to Portland, Oregon (if I didn't have to worry about getting a job), Boston, possibly NYC, but I'm kinda afraid to live there, Oslo, Norway or London.

With lots of side trips to cool places in Europe.

Oh I'm also fairly certain I'd live in Vancouver or Toronto.
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Zero Gravitas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 10:58 PM
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2. New Zealand
Christchurch maybe
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wysi Donating Member (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:23 PM
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18. Hey!
That's where I live! :-)
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:08 AM
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35. I'll take Wellington.
No offence to Christchurch, mind.
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wysi Donating Member (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 04:51 PM
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60. None taken...
... I've never been to Wellington... ChCh is where the Mrs. is from (I'm from MA).
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stupid grin Donating Member (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:38 AM
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40. I'm dying for NZ!
I was married there a year ago and I still dream of moving to Queenstown. I love Wellington; the Oriental Parade was the most delightful place ever. I'm just afraid Wellington is going to experience the big one someday soon, I just rather not be there when it happens.

We plan on winning Powerball within the next few months, so we'll start packing fairly soon. They'll take a few smarmy Americans if we give them a cool mil right?
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xray s Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 10:58 PM
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3. Amsterdam
Or maybe Stockholm.
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Dem_Loyalist Donating Member (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:06 PM
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12. Agree about Amsterdam
Ive been there quite a few times, a long time ago, and loved the friendly people and their beautiful country. Plus most of the dutchies there speak better english than americans. France or Canada would be my next choice.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 03:02 AM
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24. Amsterdam is it
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2Design Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 10:58 PM
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4. didn't like helsinki - do you mean finland???
Edited on Wed Sep-22-04 10:58 PM by 28erl
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:02 PM
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7. No, the city of Helsinki
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2Design Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:03 PM
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9. helsinki, Finland or is there a helsinki, canada????
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:04 PM
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10. Oh, Ha, Finland!
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Spiffarino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:00 PM
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5. I'm thinking Antarctica
No king, no president, no parliament...sounds like Heaven to me. That is, if Heaven is running around 120 degrees below zero right now.
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:00 PM
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6. Scotland
Glasgow...Edin...failing that, Barcelona. :D
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:08 AM
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36. Scotland's a shithole.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 11:16 AM
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52. guess you would know
seriously is it that bad? or depend on what part you came from. You mean the Proclaimers were right? ;)
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 11:23 AM
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55. Nah, it's just an in-joke.
Scotland's OK.

(apart from Fife, obviously)
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 11:38 AM
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57. is that where you grew up?
what part? town or gown?
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Kelli372 Donating Member (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 11:26 AM
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56. Me too
I have a Clan over there and would love to go back to my family roots.
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medeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:02 PM
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8. France or Italy
vino baby
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The Great Escape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:05 PM
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11. Nothing Elaborate For Me...Always Thought I Would Love To Live In Maine
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:06 PM
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13. Panama
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:07 PM
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14. Just bought the house
next door to my parents, hope to be there for them in their latter years so I would not like to move right now. In the future? Maybe moriarty, NM or Lone Pine, CA. Used to live in Ridgecrest, CA and liked it as well.

How about places I would not like to move to - Trona, CA or Needles, CA :)

Out of country - New Zealand.
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Katherine2 Donating Member (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:10 PM
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15. I drove through Trona
on my way to Death Valley, and it was the strangest place, like the Twilight Zone. We didn't see a single person in the whole town.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:13 AM
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33. Trona...lol
No one goes to Trona who doesn't have to, and no one lives there who doesn't work in the chemical plant. An exaggeration, but not by much. I think it's the ever present, inescapable smell of sulphur on the air. Have you ever seen the high school football field? All dirt. They can't grow grass.

If I was a fugitive needing an out-of-the-way place to hide out, Trona might be high on my list.

The armpit of California.
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 04:21 PM
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58. You have trona pegged :)
I have some photos floating around of it I took last time I was there. If I find them will toss em up on the web server. That place is downright weird. I knew a few people from the area and I would swear the chemicals did something to their brains...

I used to work for KRAJ radio - some weird but cool folk there as well. Will be heading out there in December and I am planning on heading to Trona for some more pics.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:50 PM
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64. heh
I was there 15-20 years ago or so, several times, when my boys played football. We did a yearly trek to the highschool football field when Trona was the home team (youth football, not highschool; a larger region).

I'll look for your pics; after all, my info is a decade or two old. Trona may have become a garden paradise! ;-)
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:21 PM
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16. Mars
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:21 PM
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17. New York City or Montreal.
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:32 PM
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19. Sorrento, Italy
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LincolnMcGrath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:34 PM
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20. Winnipeg!
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:49 PM
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21. Hmm...
Somewhere on the coast of Italy...I just like the thought of raising my children in a very laid back atmosphere.
Duckie
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DemWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 11:54 PM
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22. On a houseboat
Lake Mead, Nevada
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St. Jarvitude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 01:18 AM
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23. Rügen, Germany
Little island on the northeast coast.

I dunno. I've always thought it would be cool to live on an island.
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 03:12 AM
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25. The South of France...
Just to get away -- really away.
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 03:16 AM
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26. George Clooney's bed
OMG did i have to take this thread to that level

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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 03:25 AM
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27. Manhattan
The most exciting place on earth IMO.
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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 03:33 AM
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28. Vermont
What's funny is that I've never actually been anywhere in Vermont, and only through it once when I was like six years old. Though I did spend a week in Claremont, NH during the NH primary back in January which is right near the border. I just like what I know about Vermont. The land looks beautiful, I like cold weather, I like liberal politics... think it would be neat to spend some time there. Other places I've never been but would like to check out are Minneapolis, MN and Eugene, OR. And San Francisco and Boston for that matter...
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 04:33 AM
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29. San Francisco
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 11:17 AM
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53. me too
or BOulder
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 04:55 AM
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30. Rekj... Reka... Rejk... Iceland.
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:09 AM
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37. You just want to stalk Einar from the Sugarcubes.
Do you still want to put him in a bathtub?
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:10 AM
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38. I am very determined to get what I want.
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 05:04 AM
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31. Cape Cod
WELLLFLEET,is best,especially Marconi area.
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 05:08 AM
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32. Bandon, Oregon
one of the coolest little towns I have ever been to in my life-
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:23 AM
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34. 404 Roncesvalles Ave Toronto, Ontario.
That is Doug's address. :-)
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:33 AM
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39. Amsterdam!
Edited on Thu Sep-23-04 08:38 AM by pagerbear


Taken February, 2003.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:59 AM
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43. omg!!
i only met 1/2 of pagerbear...where is your other half
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 09:56 AM
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46. Honey, you knew that's been happening over time!
You've seen this before, haven't you?
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:57 AM
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41. New York City
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:59 AM
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42. come on over
we would LOVE to have you here :bounce:
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 11:22 AM
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54. I'd love to!
Come on California lotto!
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Commendatori Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 09:15 AM
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44. Rose Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
'Twould be a blast.
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 09:17 AM
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45. Apparently still available for sale or longterm rent....
"Thoor Cottage", Thoor, Ballylee, Gort, Co. Galway



Adjacent to the Tower. Built in the 19th century & recently updated, though retaining its charm. Rather small but has outbuildings on the half acre site. It's 22 km from Galway City. Given the size of the island, it's really not far from anywhere else in Ireland. (My sense of distance has been affected by all these years in Texas.)
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Donkeyboy75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 11:00 AM
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50. Are you selling?
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RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 10:09 AM
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47. East Coast USA
I'd love to move to the States
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liontamer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 10:32 AM
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48. Berkeley, Stokholm or Florence n/t
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Surf Cowboy Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 10:58 AM
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49. Belize or Costa Rica. Somewhere with lots of big tarpon.
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Laughing Mirror Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 11:08 AM
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51. In this old stone cottage with a view
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 04:48 PM
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59. If not NYC, where I live then it would be
Southern Europe in the Winter (Mediterranean or Swiss/Austrian/Italian Lake District) and Northern Europe in the Summer (Czech Republic, UK, Holland, Belgium, Denmark)

Can't decide though, maybe I should just live in the middle and travel all the time.
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LDS Jock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 06:30 PM
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61. I think I'd like to live in the Washington DC area
Its big city, which I love, all the politics and landmarks, easy travel to NYC for occassional trips, some beautiful land nearby for trips out of the city, great arts scene, much more liberal than Texas, thriving gay scene. Just a great center for a lot of things.
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 06:39 PM
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62. Amsterdam. eom
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jeff_thompson Donating Member (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:27 PM
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63. Vienna and/or the Austrian Alps
I Would like to retire there in six-seven years, but I might have to move up my schedule a little if Chimpy is elected. Right now many in the world have sympathy with Americans, making a distinction between us and our government's policies. But if America "endorses" these fascist policies by keeping Chimpy in office, then the distinction between "Americans" and "American Foreign Policy" will disappear. Let's all do what we can to make sure that doesn't happen, please. Vote for sanity. Vote for America. Vote for KERRY.
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