<p>lateto school.
Loved the flamingo story.</p>
<p>My brother also has a job which allows him to live anywhere he wants. He is a very thorough financial kind of guy and was looking for a home base with the best possible financial picture. After much research he chose to move to… Florida. </p>
<p>As for your love life A.S.A.P. had your number in the other thread (in a good, thought provoking way).:)</p>
<p>Best of luck with your decision.</p>
<p>Money magazine just came out with real estate price predictions. They forcast housing prices will fall 8.8 % by next April in the Miami market. They have dropped 1.3% this last year (however realized a 149% increase in the last 5 years combined). Out of 100 markets nationwide they believe Maimi will fair the worst only beaten by Vegas at -8.9% FWIW.</p>
<p>Oh, good, just in time for me to buy… :)</p>
<p>I’m having dinner with the European tonight. It’s totally, completely A.S.A.P.'s fault. <em>I</em> asked HIM (gasp!!!). I’m quite sure this is a terrible mistake…it’s just not the right thing to do, not at all…hee hee.</p>
<p>Wow, talk about out of your comfort zone! Congrats to you for breaking away from your standard operating procedures, you crazy woman, you.</p>
<p>LTS, if you haven’t seen the French movie “Amelie,” see it sometime: there’s a thread in there about someone’s garden gnome being stolen and subsequent receipt of photos showing the gnome in all sorts exotic locales.</p>
<p>As for psychics, TheMom once, at a RenFaire, suggested we get a Tarot reading and had already committed us before she got the cost. I needled her for years about that one. Not withstanding, I sometimes figuratively read the Tarot and cast the I Ching, e.g., consult with my subconscious, before making some decisions. But we Virgos don’t believe in astrology.</p>
<p>Relocating may become a serious topic around here in about 5 or 6 months after S#2 (of 2) goes off to college and our savings deplete. We will likely focus on areas south of NJ, but north of Florida. </p>
<p>As for your choices, if Boston is too cold, isn’t Chicago too cold also? </p>
<p>San Francisco: Lived there and Oakland for 6 years. Every time I go back I am struck by how beautiful the area is, and long to return, but it’s too expensive. </p>
<p>Miami: Visit a lot, but isn’t it too hot in the summer?</p>
<p>Washington D.C.: Grew up in and around D.C. and it’s a great area but now when I visit I am struck by how congested it is. </p>
<p>NY: Nice place to visit on a nice day, but I wouldn’t want to live there! 
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<p>Personally, I want to visit Asheville NC and see what that’s like.</p>