Safest Places in the US?

On 2006-04-10 15:45:05 -0400, "Robert" said:

Speak for yourself. I grew up in Montana and snow IS a major problem.

Well, the OP was talking about RETIRING here. I'm retired in
Schenectady, NY, and when I see a snowstorm out my windows I just
quietly gloat about how glad I am I don't have to go anywhere.

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:45:05 -0700, Robert wrote:



"Dave Smith" wrote in message
...
sechumlib wrote:

I'd suggest Argyle, NY. It's absolutely MILES from anywhere important
and is a dry town, besides.

Of course, there's lots of cold weather and there are major snowstorms
in the winter.

Snow storms aren't a major problem. Living in an area where snow is a
fact of life in
the winter, you get used to it and learn to deal with. I have to admit
that I do find
it entertaining when I hear about "snow storms" in the southern US where
roads are icy
and treacherous after a snow fall that would be considered to be
insignificant here.
Every city and town has a stockpile of salt and sand to spread on the
roads and a
fleet of plow trucks. Snow is one of the few natural disasters that most
of us here
look forward to and enjoy.

Speak for yourself. I grew up in Montana and snow IS a major problem.

When was that? Right at the dawn of the automobile age before they'd
figured out how to plow roads?

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:26:28 GMT, AZ Nomad
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:45:05 -0700, Robert wrote:

Speak for yourself. I grew up in Montana and snow IS a major problem.

When was that? Right at the dawn of the automobile age before they'd
figured out how to plow roads?

There are times when it can take several days to even get
Interstates open up across the tier of northern plains states.
Minor back roads may stay closed for days and days and never get
plowed.

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* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:34:26 -0700, Hatunen wrote:


On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:26:28 GMT, AZ Nomad
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:45:05 -0700, Robert wrote:

Speak for yourself. I grew up in Montana and snow IS a major problem.

When was that? Right at the dawn of the automobile age before they'd
figured out how to plow roads?

There are times when it can take several days to even get
Interstates open up across the tier of northern plains states.
Minor back roads may stay closed for days and days and never get
plowed.

Oh my god no! What do you do if you live in a 50 square foot shack and only
have room in the pantry for one meal?

Dave Smith wrote:
sechumlib wrote:


I'd suggest Argyle, NY. It's absolutely MILES from anywhere important
and is a dry town, besides.

Of course, there's lots of cold weather and there are major snowstorms
in the winter.


Snow storms aren't a major problem. Living in an area where snow is a fact of life in
the winter, you get used to it and learn to deal with. I have to admit that I do find
it entertaining when I hear about "snow storms" in the southern US where roads are icy
and treacherous after a snow fall that would be considered to be insignificant here.
Every city and town has a stockpile of salt and sand to spread on the roads and a
fleet of plow trucks. Snow is one of the few natural disasters that most of us here
look forward to and enjoy.


Well, snow usually means freezing & the OP didn't want freezing.

sechumlib wrote:

On 2006-04-10 15:45:05 -0400, "Robert" said:

Speak for yourself. I grew up in Montana and snow IS a major problem.


Well, the OP was talking about RETIRING here. I'm retired in
Schenectady, NY, and when I see a snowstorm out my windows I just
quietly gloat about how glad I am I don't have to go anywhere.


And the OP didn't want freezing.

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:08:26 GMT, AZ Nomad
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:34:26 -0700, Hatunen wrote:


On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:26:28 GMT, AZ Nomad
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:45:05 -0700, Robert wrote:

Speak for yourself. I grew up in Montana and snow IS a major problem.

When was that? Right at the dawn of the automobile age before they'd
figured out how to plow roads?

There are times when it can take several days to even get
Interstates open up across the tier of northern plains states.
Minor back roads may stay closed for days and days and never get
plowed.

Oh my god no! What do you do if you live in a 50 square foot shack and only
have room in the pantry for one meal?

Uh. What would you think?

Plan ahead.

next question, please.

************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

"Alohacyberian" wrote:

... Ouray, Colorado is probably quite safe as is Lake City and
both are scenic. KM

Ahhhh, the San Juan Mountains. I don't have a nice set of web pages
(like you, Keith) to display my information on this fabulous area, but
if anyone in this group is interested in going to the towns in the San
Juans mentioned above, they might find this series of posts to another
newsgroup useful:

http://tinyurl.com/qpmb8


Caveat

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:39:50 -0700, Hatunen wrote:


On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:08:26 GMT, AZ Nomad
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:34:26 -0700, Hatunen wrote:


On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:26:28 GMT, AZ Nomad
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:45:05 -0700, Robert wrote:

Speak for yourself. I grew up in Montana and snow IS a major problem.

When was that? Right at the dawn of the automobile age before they'd
figured out how to plow roads?

There are times when it can take several days to even get
Interstates open up across the tier of northern plains states.
Minor back roads may stay closed for days and days and never get
plowed.

Oh my god no! What do you do if you live in a 50 square foot shack and only
have room in the pantry for one meal?

Uh. What would you think?

Plan ahead.

no **** sherlock. That perhaps is why being snowed in for a couple of
days isn't a big deal.


next question, please.
What is sarcasm?


************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:02:31 GMT, AZ Nomad
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:39:50 -0700, Hatunen wrote:


On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:08:26 GMT, AZ Nomad
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:34:26 -0700, Hatunen wrote:


On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:26:28 GMT, AZ Nomad
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:45:05 -0700, Robert wrote:

Speak for yourself. I grew up in Montana and snow IS a major problem.

When was that? Right at the dawn of the automobile age before they'd
figured out how to plow roads?

There are times when it can take several days to even get
Interstates open up across the tier of northern plains states.
Minor back roads may stay closed for days and days and never get
plowed.

Oh my god no! What do you do if you live in a 50 square foot shack and only
have room in the pantry for one meal?

Uh. What would you think?

Plan ahead.

no **** sherlock. That perhaps is why being snowed in for a couple of
days isn't a big deal.

I suspect that if even you were cooped up in a 50 sq ft cabin for
several days if would be a big deal.

************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *