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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 08:59 AM Original message |
is Grand Rapids, MI, a good place for a bed-wettin liberal? |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. people there are mean |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Ha! |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. i'm not kidding |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 01:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Well I'm in Michigan |
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TedsGarage (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. Hard-assed Republican territory. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. hee hee, thanks for the tip! |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. On the other hand... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. yes, I once visited Ann Arbor and liked it very much |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. It isn't too expensive but it is pretty conservative overall |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. thank you so much for that link! |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
8. Any way to get into U of South Forida and Tampa area? Not a safe |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. actually, this same employer has a branch in Tampa |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. My sister-in law just got a great home north of Baxter - but there are no |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Baxter state park? |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. True - but only a lost Canadian bear gets to her door now and then |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Are you from Maine too? |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. I lived in Maine from about 1981 till 1996 |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 11:07 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I went to UMaine too. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I feel as nostalgic about the Orono area as about Cambridge, MA |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Who's proposing NE jobs move to India? Romney? |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. oh, I will always have such a warm spot in my heart for Boston area |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. the days of rent control are long gone |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Fortune 50 financial companies. :-( |
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Jokinomx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. I live 30 mile north of G.R... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. thanks, Jokinomx -- being within minutes of camping appeals to me too |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
16. Fundie Central and Amway HQ |
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two gun sid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
17. It is the home of Amway and the DeVos Family. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Detroiter here |
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two gun sid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Hey, Az Detroiter. |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
18. From what I've heard about Michigan it seems to be |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Examples |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:50 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Even more likely is that they would criticize you for |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. oh, I SO agree!! |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 06:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
49. It drives me crazy when they move Halloween because it falls on Sunday |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. wise move, I envy you! |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. True... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I see above you live in Orlando, I detested that place |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. I was raised in Kalamazoo, pretty close to Grand Rapids |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. hmm, I hadn't even thought of the topography |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. ok, to be fair there are a lot of lakes in the whole state |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. LOL, I was just going to say how pretty the GR area is, |
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Madrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. Kalamazoo gal here too! |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. The city of Kalamazoo is probably more like 50/50 |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. Another Kalamazoo gal |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 08:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Three Kalamazoo gals? |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
36. Lived there for five years. Couldn't wait to get out. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. even before I read this I had crossed GR off my list of possibles |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Here is my experience |
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Pied Piper (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. I grew up there |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. sweet heavens..... no! |
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Coyul (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
51. NO |
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