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General => General Discussion and ??? => Topic started by: tonypep on August 07, 2014, 12:06:27 PM
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Just because Conde Naste voted Charleston number one most friendliest city in the US (3rd time in a row)don't think ya'll are going to pack up and move here! Well except Dave maybe; as he has some ties here and is a reasonably good fellow (plus he has the coolest monicker).Yes it is boasting a little but I have lived in a very lot of places and am quite grateful to have been invited back by IBG and be able to live right off the islands.
BTW I hail from Conn and typed ya'll........kind of rubs off on you
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Its Yawwll in the deep south.
Chris
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If we didn't move back to New Orleans from Seattle it would have been Charleston. But the music scene here is much more to my liking (and work haha). My wife and I will be up next year to Charleston to visit old friends and family. Will have to take you out for beers Tony! And we can swing by Timbo's Boiled Peanut Shack if it is still there
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Maybe that's where I'd go when I finally retire. I grew up here in Mass, but despise it here now. It's like the place I grew up in moved to another planet and I didn't get the memo. I've often thought south would be the way to go...
Steve
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I was supposed to have spent the last week in Charleston and Savannah, but had to cancel at the last minute. the Wife and chittlens are having a good ol' time down there though.
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People come to visit and then figure out how to live here. It happens a lot. That's what my friends do. Charleston/Mount Pleasant was barely affected by the recession. Huge housing boon and infrastructure expansion to meet the population increase. Theres two sides to that story as it continues to happen. Mount P was a sleepy, hip, Bohemian island town 15 ys ago. I left for ten ys and so much has changed. Its more modern but the zoning board diligently fights to keep much of the old Southern Charm. Back in the day it was considered rude not to say "hey!" to a complete stranger passing by or in the grocery store. When walking or bicycling in the old village it still isn't uncommon to have people in cars wave at you. A little less common as so many transplants are not aware of these unspoken customs. Even with all these changes I never want to leave. I've made a considerable amount more money elsewhere but I put a pretty high price tag on all this stuff.
That said I'd love to hear about where the rest of you folks live; especially places I've not been to. Might make for some light Friday discussion.
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I used to go there every year for the British car show...we would have dinner on the Yorktown some years. It was really neat. Beautiful place.
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People come to visit and then figure out how to live here. It happens a lot. That's what my friends do. Charleston/Mount Pleasant was barely affected by the recession. Huge housing boon and infrastructure expansion to meet the population increase. Theres two sides to that story as it continues to happen. Mount P was a sleepy, hip, Bohemian island town 15 ys ago. I left for ten ys and so much has changed. Its more modern but the zoning board diligently fights to keep much of the old Southern Charm. Back in the day it was considered rude not to say "hey!" to a complete stranger passing by or in the grocery store. When walking or bicycling in the old village it still isn't uncommon to have people in cars wave at you. A little less common as so many transplants are not aware of these unspoken customs. Even with all these changes I never want to leave. I've made a considerable amount more money elsewhere but I put a pretty high price tag on all this stuff.
That said I'd love to hear about where the rest of you folks live; especially places I've not been to. Might make for some light Friday discussion.
This is similar to how I feel about living in New Orleans. People think we are crazy to live here because of the hurricanes but at least we know when they are coming and we have seen that not many places are immune to large disasters. I can do without the hurricanes and low elevation but don't think I could ever leave because of our coastal fishing and food. Two nights ago I took my wife and twin babies out to eat and had the most delicious blue crab beignets and shrimp and grits with roasted shiitake mushrooms, smoked bacon & thyme. Very hard to leave this kind of eating. In fact I am going crabbing tomorrow because my in-laws requested a crab boil. Gotta love Sportsman's Paradise...if only we could get the government to do something about the coastal erosion. If not my kids and grandkids (God willing) will not enjoy the same resources I have been able to.
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People come to visit and then figure out how to live here. It happens a lot. That's what my friends do. Charleston/Mount Pleasant was barely affected by the recession. Huge housing boon and infrastructure expansion to meet the population increase. Theres two sides to that story as it continues to happen. Mount P was a sleepy, hip, Bohemian island town 15 ys ago. I left for ten ys and so much has changed. Its more modern but the zoning board diligently fights to keep much of the old Southern Charm. Back in the day it was considered rude not to say "hey!" to a complete stranger passing by or in the grocery store. When walking or bicycling in the old village it still isn't uncommon to have people in cars wave at you. A little less common as so many transplants are not aware of these unspoken customs. Even with all these changes I never want to leave. I've made a considerable amount more money elsewhere but I put a pretty high price tag on all this stuff.
That said I'd love to hear about where the rest of you folks live; especially places I've not been to. Might make for some light Friday discussion.
Most of your post sounds like Western Canada, we've weathered the recession very nicely. The Olympics helped a bit, so did a healthy resource based economy, although that comes with it's environmental drawbacks.
I live in the Okanagan Valley, BC Canada, medium winters, better than central US for sure, and great summers, lots of beaches, orchards and a booming wine industry, in Fact USA Today just named us the second best wine area to visit in the world, the Valley is 5 large lakes in a chain with small towns (100000 - 5000people) scattered on their shores.
(http://assets.vancitybuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/shutterstock_113928664-900x600.jpg?d03c45)
ps: that lake has 10lb+ LM Bass, 5lb+ Smallmouth, good Trout and we now have great Sockeye Salmon fishing in-season just South of there...Mmmm.. Sockeye...
(http://vacay1.vacayca.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Naramata-Bench-Chris-Mason-Stearns-Penticton-Wine-Country-Tourism.jpg)
This is my sleepy little berg, Summerland, BC:
(http://openskiesmedia.ca/wp-content/uploads/summerland-bc.jpg)
my shop is right at the base of the mountain in the middle, on the right hand side.
We're a tourist destination for most of Western Canada, but with retirement being the #2 industry most of the year, it makes for some interesting business combinations.
For the Fishermen, we get lot's of this:
(http://gallery.flybc.ca/albums/album121/P1010012.jpg)
which leads to lots of this:
(http://gallery.flybc.ca/albums/album57/Edcrop.sized.jpg)
Ps: I'm still choked I didn't get down to SC. next time!
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Fishing and wine... I am all in..... Pm on its way very soon!!!
People come to visit and then figure out how to live here. It happens a lot. That's what my friends do. Charleston/Mount Pleasant was barely affected by the recession. Huge housing boon and infrastructure expansion to meet the population increase. Theres two sides to that story as it continues to happen. Mount P was a sleepy, hip, Bohemian island town 15 ys ago. I left for ten ys and so much has changed. Its more modern but the zoning board diligently fights to keep much of the old Southern Charm. Back in the day it was considered rude not to say "hey!" to a complete stranger passing by or in the grocery store. When walking or bicycling in the old village it still isn't uncommon to have people in cars wave at you. A little less common as so many transplants are not aware of these unspoken customs. Even with all these changes I never want to leave. I've made a considerable amount more money elsewhere but I put a pretty high price tag on all this stuff.
That said I'd love to hear about where the rest of you folks live; especially places I've not been to. Might make for some light Friday discussion.
Most of your post sounds like Western Canada, we've weathered the recession very nicely. The Olympics helped a bit, so did a healthy resource based economy, although that comes with it's environmental drawbacks.
I live in the Okanagan Valley, BC Canada, medium winters, better than central US for sure, and great summers, lots of beaches, orchards and a booming wine industry, in Fact USA Today just named us the second best wine area to visit in the world, the Valley is 5 large lakes in a chain with small towns (100000 - 5000people) scattered on their shores.
([url]http://assets.vancitybuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/shutterstock_113928664-900x600.jpg?d03c45[/url])
ps: that lake has 10lb+ LM Bass, 5lb+ Smallmouth, good Trout and we now have great Sockeye Salmon fishing in-season just South of there...Mmmm.. Sockeye...
([url]http://vacay1.vacayca.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Naramata-Bench-Chris-Mason-Stearns-Penticton-Wine-Country-Tourism.jpg[/url])
This is my sleepy little berg, Summerland, BC:
([url]http://openskiesmedia.ca/wp-content/uploads/summerland-bc.jpg[/url])
my shop is right at the base of the mountain in the middle, on the right hand side.
We're a tourist destination for most of Western Canada, but with retirement being the #2 industry most of the year, it makes for some interesting business combinations.
For the Fishermen, we get lot's of this:
([url]http://gallery.flybc.ca/albums/album121/P1010012.jpg[/url])
which leads to lots of this:
([url]http://gallery.flybc.ca/albums/album57/Edcrop.sized.jpg[/url])
Ps: I'm still choked I didn't get down to SC. next time!
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Looks like Okanagan Valley is my next vacation!!! What are those tall lumpy rocky things mixed in with the flat land? ;)
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http://www.movoto.com/blog/opinions/new-hampshire-jam/
But you don't have this!!!!
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Man, BC looks amazing. I have always wanted to vacation there. After seeing those pics I'll have to press my wife a little more to get things rolling.
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Royster should post some pictures from his neck of the woods too if you like mountains.
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I've always wanted to live in SW colorado. I went to school in Durango and have always wanted to go back. Ouray is awesome if you never been.
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And for those who want to see what the east side of the mountains (where Inkworks lives) look like.
Kananaskis Country in Alberta(where I live)
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Pretty sure Ouray Sportswear hails from Ouray
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Tony, no printers in Ouray. I think Ouray Sportswear is in Denver.
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Ok I've got to get in on this.
Fort Collins CO ( Northern Colorado )
The first one is pretty much my view of the Rocky's from the shop.
The next few are of Horsetooth rock & Horsetooth Reservoir.
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The last few are of the Pouder river & a sweet little Restaurant/amphitheater ( Mishawaka )on the river. This is where I was with the family this weekend hiking & playing.
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Hopefully Danny will chime in with some pics of Red Rocks......If you've ever been there you know what I'm talking about.....flipin sweet place to see a concert 8)
But its about 60 miles from me.
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I saw Steely Dan there about 300 ys ago
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Hey Tony, is the Windjammer still there? On King St there used to be a great little bar called "The Keg" and there was AC's as well. I know AC's relocated further up King. I lived up on Cannon years before it was gentrified. Over on America Street as well. Hootie wrote a song about my street hahaha
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The Windjammer is still here. Not sure about the others. Hootie used to live behind my condos in a ginormous house. His mother lives in now I think. They named a street after him. Bill Murray has a hose on the islands, is part owner of the Riverdogs, and owns a restaurant downtown. The new restaurants are awesome and most are dog friendly (except for the super posh ones)
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Its actually a house not a hose but you knew that
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Man, I forgot all about the River Dogs hahaha. When my wife and I visit next year (her first time, and New Orleans is her first time living in the South) I am sure it will be very different from what I remember. Remember the old, old bridge! Can't believe cars drove over that haha!
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Yeah it was scary dude They upgraded a little. (PS downside: four inches of rain on Sunday)
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Tony, next time let's meet at Poe's ;D Love that place too
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Shall do. Im right on the marsh right before the bridge to the islands. Heres the back yard when we lived in the old village ys ago