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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Retirement = Where To Live

You can live in Phoenix where...
1.You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
3. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
4. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
5. You know that 'dry heat' is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.
6. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME??!!


OR, you can Live in California where...
1. You make over $250,000 but still can't afford to buy a house.
2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
3. You know how to eat an artichoke.
4. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
5. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.
6. The 4 seasons are: Fire, Flood, Mud and drought!


OR, you can Live in New York City where...
1. You say "The City" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan .
2. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
3. You think Central Park is "Nature."
4. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
5. You've worn out a car horn (Ed note, if you even have a car!)
6. You think eye contact is an Act of Aggression.


OR, you can Live in Minnesota where...
1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco .
2. Halloween costumes all fit over parkas.
3. You have more than one recipe for moose.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.


OR, you can live in Colorado where...
1.. You carry your $3000.00 mountain bike atop your $500 car!
2.. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and so he stops at the day care center.
3.. A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4.. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.


OR, you can live in Ohio where...
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"


OR FINALLY, you can live in Florida where...
1. You eat "dinner" at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you often appear to be driven by headless people.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

OR you can retire to the EASTERN SHORE where you:

1. are allowed to drive a car with no turn signals
2. are allowed to speak a seperate version of English
3. are allowed to be an illegal alien
4. are allowed to still use the confederate flag
5. are allowed to be dumbas-es.

citygoer said...

AMEN!!!! I'll add a few.

6. are more than likely house-poor.
7. are afraid to visit any REAL city because it "has too much going on."
8. are slow and backwards like the rest of the locals and you feel right at home.

ranger3325 said...

Let me see ,I have traveled to more countries (including the "real cities") than most have traveled to states,i have lived the faster and foward life style and do very well for my self and yet i do not find it necessary to berate other people because they do not to choose to conform to your ways. Makes you think who is "backwards".