grcamna2
The neighbors are great were I am. Mostly people in the trades and folk musicians, it could be really an easy going, relaxing place in the summer. Much like Woodstock NY in the 70's, before the super wealthy discovered it and drove regular folks out.
NY has been scrambling to make money and has been squeezing it's residents from every angle. Changing it's building codes twice in the past 8 years adding thousands of new building code laws that are so ridiculous and expensive that everyone is having a hard time affording upgrades or new construction, and if you are able afford to build the taxes are sure to leave you poor.
I've been a builder here for 30 years, seen allot of ups and downs...only see downs now. The industry has been destroyed, the only thing saving us are the people who relocate from N.Y.C. but, they feel it once they've gotten here.
The theater project that I have been putting together in my town for years, out of my pocket, is now at a grinding halt with new rules that wold add another 100,000 to the project. And that's after I had to rebuild half of it from NYC's Reservoir Dam failure during hurricane Irene. There's a half mill down the $hitter. And I'm ready to just walk away and start from ground up somewhere's else.
This winter has been bad all the way around, Kerosene and diesel fuel are at $4.69, propane has jumped up just below that, some of the most expensive electric in the country for years was allowed to double it's prices mid winter . It's shocking.
Now they want to run pipelines through the state for natural gas export. That good cheap source of energy will go right past us and be shipped to other shores. The last NYC Mayor made the push by saying that NYC is to be off of #2,3,4 fuels and will be running all natural gas. Won't happen, all for export.
NY state has decided in it's in finant wisdom to fill the budget gap and fiscal short comings by putting up 7 more (state) casinos that will stimulate growth, They can't even run NYRA ( The horse tracks) with profit, state ski slopes ...same thing.
I just got to get the hell out of here, this place is crazy.
I saw Arkansas has mountains, beautiful mountains like here. There is population that must be working according to house prices. They are closer to the equator and winters are shorter and not as harsh.
Shoot. if I knew I was going to be out of work for the last 4 months , I would be there now.
Can anyone vouch for north west Arkansas, or is it a pie in the sky?
