In my 34 years (18 in TX, 16 in CO) - San Antonio, TX - Houston, TX - Boulder, CO - Avon, CO - Denver, CO
Full time? mo city and Austin lived in DFW for work but always had a permanent spot in Austin and just had temp rentals in different areas around DFW. Really hated it there.
I graduated HHS in 90. Not sure how close that aligns with your past. Maybe we did run into each other at some point.
91 here so we we're very close - Do you remember when they used to have the buses at the "junction" where everyone had to scramble and get on different buses there after initial pickup / Small world we may have run into each other or close by lol I think you were in the same class as Steve Clements if I'm not mistaken
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Steve and I were in the same class. Very gifted athlete who was also pretty smart. Not sure UT/BYU routes were the best for him to get a shot at playing college ball (his dad was a big thing at UT back in the yonder times). I was a year ahead of UH phenom Chuck Clements (who would've been in your class).
out of curiosity, what did you find super interesting? i guess it depends on what one compares it to but park slope is considered boring by many new yorkers. however, the people who live here tend to LOVE it, me included.
Yep ! It's crazy how Chuck actually had a better post High school career When Steve was the one that had all the deserved hype and promise - They lived in my neighborhood subdivision when I grew up. - they would toss the football before the bus pickup in morning -I think it was called "Forest Hills" if I still remember not far from I45 - This brings back so many memories like it was yesterday and yet it was so long ago- very cool to reminisce with you bro
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What's Maryland all about? I've been kicking around the idea of a part-time place somewhere on the east coast
Eastern Shore and Baltimore and it's suburbs are blue collar, working class for the most part. DC suburbs and Western MD suck ass. Once you get past Frederick, you're literally in white hood country (although there's a some really nice skiing out that way). They've got beaches and Ocean City is nice and red-neckish (in a good way), but it's too regulated. You gotta find parking and lug your **** blocks because you can't park on the beach. They claim to have a style of BBQ (Pit Beef), but it's, literally, the worst. If you like crabs, obviously, you're in luck. They've got some other weird local dishes (stuffed ham, Smith Island cake) that don't move the needle. Camden Yards alone makes it worth living there and one of the things I miss the most is the ability to visit half a dozen major league parks every summer, not to mention dozens of quality minor league venues. You get 4 seasons which I miss. It can get as hot as Texas (and almost as humid as well) in the summer, but only for a couple of days at a time.
Virginia Beach is a great place to visit, but I don't think owning a place there would be very enjoyable. It's crazy touristy and the traffic sucks. Actually, maybe look a little further north at Rehoboth or Bethany in Delaware. Both lesser known and thus quieter. Preferred either to OCena City once we left our twenties and and the desire to go all out on a beach weekend. The wife and I always said if we were going to get a place on the east coast (and we most definitely are not), it'd be in Cape May, NJ. That's the only place in Jersey we found tolerable and it's a fantastic community.
Yeah, neither did I, but like I said, once we had different expectations for the beach, that's where we ended up. Found Cape May during an Atlantic City weekend and we just had enough of AC and just drove down the coast. Hated the vibe of every other Jersey Shore community, but LOVED Cape May. Quiet, older more laid back crowd (seemed mostly from out of state), lots of fantastic Victorian homes and good restaurants.
