> else on earth.
I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in the United States....I've been
in all of them but Alaska. I'm not sure about "on earth" because I've
been in some places in Europe I sure would like to try living for
awhile. But I was there in
Springtime...probably wouldn't like the
other seasons for one reason or another.
What I do not like here in winter isn't the rain or the snow we
occasionally get....it's the long darkness and short days. When it's
gloomy, even the days require headlights when driving. That lack of
daylight gets to me worse than any rain, snow or wind. I am quite a bit
farther north here than where I lived in WI....we started fireworks on
the 4th of July at 9:30 and it was plenty dark enough. Here, they don't
start till 10:30. What I look forward to most here in Spring is the
days getting longer and the nights shorter....then comes the tulips and
other bulbs getting ready to bloom and then....the rains letting up. I
am happy on Dec. 21 because I know every day will bring a bit less
darkness. After June 21, I start to dread the days getting shorter
already.
You are a blessed man to have been born and always lived here. Life is
soooo much easier here because of the mild/moderate weather and low
humidity. What have we to worry about except a "possible"
earthquake...someday? No lightning and summer storms, no tornadoes, no
hurricanes, no flooding or fires (where we live) and some winters only
one brief snowfall. I never wear any of the winter clothes I brought
with me. My vehicles are happier here, too. No frigid cold that kills
batteries that aren't fully charged, no salt to rust the body, no dirty
slop and slush covering the windshield and getting on clothes and
footware to be dragged inside onto the carpeting.
Life is just so much easier and carefree here. It's the perfect place
for me to retire...NO interest in moving to AZ or FL...climate doesn't
suit me at ALL, for starters. I've spent a dozen winters in AZ and one
in FL (not to mention my infamous 2-week trip in 2004)....I didn't much
like it in WINTER....I couldn't possibly make it through summer.
You condemn Bremerton, but I can't afford to live on Bainbridge Island
like you can. I don't care for Bremerton myself, but I moved here
because I'm on the east side of town and not far from Silverdale...and
everything is not far from Bremerton..in all 4 directions. I'm on a
dead end road and it feels like "country"...incredibly quiet here. I
can see water and Mount Rainier everywhere I go. So for all that, I
love it here. I very rarely cross the bridges to the other side of
town...and then it's usually to board the ferry or head on south to Port
Orchard, Gig Harbor or Tacoma....or to Belfair and on to the Coast.
Wouldn't live over on the West Side of town at all.
I didn't move to Bremerton to IMPRESS anybody with the swank city I
moved to because I had no interest in becoming involved in community
affairs or make a lot of new friends. I don't live to "impress" or
"brag" anyway. I just feel secure and comfortable and content where I
am and my medical care is GOOD and nearby. My life is different now in
my retirement years than it was in my 20s-50s. Weather in WI meant
nothing to me...my LIFE was there. But that changed after my parents
died and I was getting older. I wanted something different. And here I
am....
> Why was Ken quoting from the Providence Journal back in 2003? Odd.
