Where to move?

[Bookkeeper's Son]

Python, I suspect that it would have been a parking nightmare. I dunno about Cleveland. But when I worked at Two Liberty, I sure woulda gone to a lot more games.

 

[Eric]

Hmmmmmmm....no hockey team to root for there.....a worse football team than the Iggles....the American League for baseball....B-ball team worse than the 76ers. lol

It's true that Cleveland definitely has hard luck with their sports franchises. At least I'll be familiar with the dynamics after spending some time here.

Good for you and the Mrs that you found a place you can move to. Quite frankly, I can't imagine moving to a place I had never been to or at least spent vacations at.

I've heard from headhunters before that Philadelphia is one of the most difficult areas to get people to move out of. I'm not sure if that's utopia, xenophobia, or some odd combination of the two, but your commitment to the area is not uncommon among Philadelphians.

Hey, you didn't mistakenly move your gits/gear to Cleveland I hope?

Everything is there except for 1 guitar, 1 guitar amp, and 1 bass. That stuff will allow me to still play at church until I can cram it in the car and motor on out to Cleveland permanently. My living situation doesn't allow for a lot of gear sprawl right now, but I think it's a pretty good compromise.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

I have never been to Ohio. I am sure it will be a nice family type life there. I hope it is not TOO sprawled out with suburbs and malls. Hearing the name "Ohio" always reminds me of that old Pretenders song with Chrissie lamenting the changes in Ohio from the days of her youth. Sounds better to me than Philadelphia though.

 

[piebaldpython]

I've heard from headhunters before that Philadelphia is one of the most difficult areas to get people to move out of. I'm not sure if that's utopia, xenophobia, or some odd combination of the two, but your commitment to the area is not uncommon among Philadelphians.

lol Yeah, some type of weird combination to be sure. It's an area that holds it's "lifers" (like me) and it's newcomers. There is no better evidence of the Philly appeal than we have more colleges/universities within a certain mile radius of our city than any other city in the US. We ain't NYC or Washington (too much hustle and bustle). We have the "old neighborhood" feel of Boston without the annoying accent (lol; the Philly accent is charming; please note I don't mean the Rocky accent; lol) and the cold of winter.

While we have our share of bad weather.....it seems much less so than just about most places in the country......meaning that we aren't part of a tornado or hurricane alley; we don't freeze our butts off for 4 months of the year; we don't swelter for 4 months of the year;........we have world class medical care.

 

[Commodore 64]

Aww yeah. NE Ohio in THA HOUSE!

 

[Bookkeeper's Son]

But if you're looking for that mythical Leave it to Beaver/Father Knows Best vibe, Philly definitely ain't the place. Ohio may be as close as one can get.

 

[Bookkeeper's Son]

Double post

 

[Eric]

But if you're looking for that mythical Leave it to Beaver/Father Knows Best vibe, Philly definitely ain't the place. Ohio may be as close as one can get.

Huh? Was this in reply to another post?

 

[piebaldpython]

But if you're looking for that mythical Leave it to Beaver/Father Knows Best vibe, Philly definitely ain't the place. Ohio may be as close as one can get.

+1 lol. My sister-in-law and family live out in a little town called Milton WI...near Janesville in SE Wisconsin. First time I went there was 1980....OMG....culture-shock!!! It was like Leave It To Beaver, Andy of Mayberry and Dennis the Menace all rolled into one. A little 1 stop-light town with the cliche' ice-cream parlor. lol My wife went for a visit last year and said it's still pretty much the same.