Big_Hitter
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where is the link that gives the various grades?
where is the link that gives the various grades?
where is the link that gives the various grades?
It's funny how your place (and I figured out the specific place on my 3rd try, knowing where you've been looking) gets a C in Housing, which is almost all about price, but an F in cost of living where housing is the only outlier.https://www.areavibes.com
Here’s an example using the place we currently hope to relocate to [It doesn’t take much to get an F in Cost of Living due to real estate].
A+ in crime...there used to be a saying there that the biggest crime was someone serving the wrong wine with cheese. I did get my wallet stolen from my car though. Left it in the car in my driveway and didn't lock it when I got home late from a trip. My fault, but still, I don't know if I just had terrible luck with timing, or if someone was often checking cars at night in my neighborhood. Ah well, one crime in 14 years there. It only took a few months in Austin to get my car window broken and cheap stereo stolen.
Some people want warm weather all the time and some want 4 seasons. We went on a big driving trip this summer and Wisconsin had such a wet spring that in July you couldn’t sit outside without getting eaten alive by mosquitoes.
No but northern Nevada doesn’t have many. We don’t have to use flea and tick medication for our dogs either unless we leave the state. We sit outside at night without being bothered. We rarely see a mosquito and have some flies, bees.
And bears that can break into anything, big cats to eat you, moose that stomp you to death, suicidal deer and elk that run out in front of your vehicle at just the right time, but not many bugs. [emoji23]Colorado with a few exceptions doesn't have bugs either, at least not the biting kind. We do have snakes. Lots of them.
And bears that can break into anything, big cats to eat you, moose that stomp you to death, suicidal deer and elk that run out in front of your vehicle at just the right time, but not many bugs. [emoji23]
+1I discovered when I moved to Colorado 25+ years ago that there are more ways to die here than in most other states. Rocks will fall on your car on the interstate. Mountain lions will snatch you off the trail without a trace. Hail kills here. Cars fall off mountains. Now let's talk about the uranium deposits in the soil.
I've got a friend that lives in Wake Forest, NC, and he's urging me to look at his area. He loves it. He grew up in Minnesota and left because of the weather. Moved to NC in 2013. My wife is hesitant because of humidity and hurricanes.
Does anyone know of a site with a bug map? I'm serious. I hate bugs.
According to Wikipedia, the most widespread (according to those maps,) is Aedes vexans, its "abundance depends upon availability of floodwater pools." So locations with variable wetlands are going to be great hosts.
A little while after the still ponds around Denali thaw is when the mosquitoes hatch or emerge. Allegedly anytime before June 20 or after end of July is when one would be relatively safe from mosquitoes in Alaska. About a decade ago we drove through Denali late August and I don't recall any problems with bugs. Found this tidbit about Denali area mosquitoes:I can't dispute that, but anecdotally the two worst mosquito problem areas I've ever encountered were Denali NP in June and the Montreal area in July. Neither were near wetlands (very dry) but the swarms of mosquitos were unbelievable.
I've heard it said that the mosquito is Alaska's state bird, and I wouldn't doubt it.