Trek - hope the new place is full of great stuff, and no whacko neighbors!
Salsa - Love the cut... and the drift. ;)
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Trek - hope the new place is full of great stuff, and no whacko neighbors!
Salsa - Love the cut... and the drift. ;)
magnetic poetry ftw!! :).....and nice hair stylin' too :DQuote:
Originally Posted by salsabike
Thanks. There's always one in the complex but it's never been a paranoid schizophrenic deposed nun before. :roll eyes: The new place is around some great stuff and of course near the Burke Gillman. Right now it's up to the seller. We should hear in a day or so if they take our offer. If they don't accept it, we'll find another. Knott is nervous about it but it'll work out, this one or another spot. We go back to court to extend the restraining order on CCN (crazy condo neighbor) on Thursday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
Love the cut, Salsa. Very fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
Fingers crossed for you, you've been through the ringer with CCN, a fresh start will be good for the soul.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
Hey - that's really similiar to mine but for the color!Quote:
Originally Posted by salsabike
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Oh, and I did want to mention that I was discussing this with a friend the other day...how it's really white up here. My world is actually quite racially diverse but that's because I work in tech (and live very close to it)...but there is a severe shortage of racial diversity once you leave my neighborhood, for sure. Not sure why that is but it struck me the last time I was in Boston/Atlanta/Chicago how very different Portland looks in comparison (some ways good, other ways bad!).
Ahhh...this is what I love about you ladies -- I believe I would feel totally at home in a community full of the likes of this group.
Unfortunately I live in the uppity WASP Bible belt of West MI. And the older I get, the less comfortable I feel here. I have lived here more than half my life, but it's never felt like home. And it doesn't help that I loathe Winter and overcast skies. We have more than our fair share of that, here.
I dream of living in the desert SW and being a big of a hermit with DH and our bikes and cats.
Boy, GLC, that haircut and color look great!
It's also way white here for me, having grown up in NY. When I go back east, I just bask in the ethnic richness--and the cultural and behavioral differences too. Love living here, but seriously miss that.
But also, in the spirit of what I said above about when I express my opinion--this region can be rather intolerant of viewpoints other than the very progressive. That is one way to dampen diversity that is not often mentioned but that matters to me. I have some moderate Republican friends who care about all the same things the rest of us do, although their beliefs about solutions may be different, and they feel pretty unwelcome. That bothers me, and I think it actually creates problems that we all pay for later.
I'm loving the haircuts! GLC - you look great! Salsa - that looks so fun!
This is a really interesting perspective for me. I've lived in the "south" my whole life. DH and I are starting to dream about where we might want to wind up for residency/fellowship and beyond (yes, it's early. yes, there's the match. but - I want to know what places look like so I can rank appropriately in - oh - 3 years). Anyway - there is logic. And travel is fun. Please keep the comments coming!
Trek - good luck with the new place, and with the crazy lady! Will you sell your current place or rent it out, if you get the new one?
Blueberry, come visit! This area has an extremely well developed health care sector (the Pacific Northwest). And the weather is--for me--delightfully moderate. Ride all year round. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Blueberry
Edit--oh, wait. You ARE coming. To Portland soon. To Seattle later. Perfect!
Right now we're planning to keep the place and rent it out. For one thing because it will drive CCN right up the freaking wall. I am sure our tenants will be safe. We have chosen a property manager, the restraining order still stands as we own the unit and she is focussed on Knot anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blueberry
It must be that she likes tall, brilliant, beautiful blondes. The one that got away in the nunnery. :cool:
If we sold right now we'd make bank but while anything can happen in real estate for several reason we feel the values in the area will go up. I'm extremely nervous but still both seem a good investment. And she's 70+ and in poor health so while I wish her well in the spiritual sense of the universe we could move back someday.
Old and new pad are about a half hour bike ride apart so we can swing by and take a look around and make sure walls still stand.
So, if you're in or around or moving to Seattle and interested in a one bedroom bike able condo apartment that takes pets pm me.
Maybe in the summer of 2019 (when I finish med school and go through the match). :p Until then, I'm not so mobile!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420