Where should I live???

[Maddawg]

There are automotive design studios here in California as well. The big three auto makers use them for advance design concepts. I believe the new Chevy Camero was born here among others.

I was born and raised in Detroit, came here when I was 25. Found reasonably affordable college tuitions and was employed in the aircraft industry for close to 40 years. I worked as a design engineer for that time and was steadily employed. Hurrah for California!!

[vt_maverick]

OK...I couldn't find the ad copy, but it was a pic like this...



& the caption read:

Is Jim coming fishing today?

Naaaaa...his wife lets him drink at home...

Too true, went ice fishing with the father-in-law up in northern Wisconsin a couple Christmas's ago. There's nothing like lugging your shack and gear across a sheet of ice through a roaring 50 MPH wind. And after all that effort you can expect to catch mostly (at least in this lake) 6" fish.

I really want to try that tip-up fishing though, seems like all the fun with none of the actually holding the fishing pole part required.

[CrnCnn]

I would go back to Reno if I could. I miss it for sure. I regret my decision to move back to AZ on the daily. For you tho, I understand it was rated pretty high on the list for lack of jobs right now. If you like the heat and crap roads the you could try at Raytheon here in Tucson. My friend works there as a mech engineer and makes good money. Phoenix may have more options for you.

[Maddawg]

The weather is mild compared to Wisconsin, I grew up in Iowa. The summers can be hold but there is almost no humidity. The winters are milder than you would think.

But not this mild. I'll paste another one at the beginning of December. This is from the MSN weather page.

Hesperia, CA (92345) - Clear, 64°
Saturday77° / 51° Sunday79° / 53° Monday81° / 51° Tuesday80° / 52°

[Maddawg]

Again from the MSN weather page.

Hesperia, CA (92345) - Clear, 57°
Monday64° / 40° Tuesday68° / 42° Wednesday65° / 42° Thursday68° / 45°

[pbkid]

Huh, looks just like my weather.com app for denver

[Maddawg]

Huh, looks just like my weather.com app for denver

Wait til next month, heheheheheh.

[mdwyer]

There is only one answer: Austin, Texas. It's like Texas, without all those idiot redneck Texans.

...and yet still in Texas. I'll take Austin seriously when it succeeds from Texas. Until then, this card-carrying lefty pinko liberal tosses another vote in for Colorado.

We're dead-frickin'-last as being obese, and we're well educated. There's a lot of engineering and tech out here, and it isn't all rocks and oil. Cable/Satellite TV pretty much started here, so there's plenty of communications tech, here, and we've got a strong television market. Some of those communications bounce off satellites that are manufactured here by Ball or Lockheed/Martin. For some reason, there's a lot of biosciences companies. If Saccharomyces cerevisiae is your thing, there's plenty of places around here to put that skill to work. If computers are your thing, there's scatterings of all the big ones here. Between NREL, Vestas, and a dozen solar startups, there plenty of work in renewables up here, too.

I think Austin does have a scene that we can't yet top, but we're getting closer every day. South Park and Book or Mormon came from here. We're exporting some pretty good acts, lately; we've come a long way from John Denver. We've got awesome venues like Red Rocks. We've got a full complement of sports teams in beautiful stadiums (...glossing over that whole NHL thing for the moment...). We've got nearly 50% more Roller Derby teams than Texas, despite being 1/3 the size.

We can buy liquor on Sundays. Finally.

We're pretty welcoming. Now, you'll have to get used to some things if you come here. You probably won't need your suit and tie anymore. Sorry. You might have to add some jeans to your wardrobe. When you get to the state line, you're assigned a late-model Subaru and a fleece jacket. You're going to have to get used to green chile being poured on everything. You'll be able to get a steak at a drive-up window, but good seafood will be trickier.

Did I miss anything?

[Maddawg]

The weather, its all about the weather.

Hesperia, CA (92345) - Clear, 72°
Wednesday72° / 41° Thursday66° / 43° Friday68° / 46° Saturday69° / 46°

Denver, CO (80203) - Clear, 72°
Wednesday73° / 41° Thursday55° / 30° Friday52° / 30° Saturday64° / 34°

[Maddawg]

Just another crappy day in pardise.

Hesperia, CA (92345) - Clear, 72°
Friday72° / 44° Saturday72° / 46° Sunday72° / 45° Monday65° / 43°

Denver, CO (80203) - Clear, 50°
Friday48° / 33° Saturday70° / 33° Sunday60° / 28° Monday42° / 21°

[vt_maverick]

...and yet still in Texas. I'll take Austin seriously when it succeeds from Texas. Until then, this card-carrying lefty pinko liberal tosses another vote in for Colorado.

You know people say the same thing about Boulder and Colorado too...

Both are good options IMHO.

[pbkid]

You know people say the same thing about Boulder and Colorado too...

Both are good options IMHO.

Boulder, yes, absolutely. Buncha crazy hippies (beautiful place, crazy pp). Colorado, not as much, depends on the city.

[Maddawg]

ahem!



Hesperia, CA (92345) - Partly Cloudy, 70°
Monday68° / 46° Tuesday67° / 46° Wednesday69° / 47° Thursday63° / 43°

Denver, CO (80203) - Clear, 53°
Monday57° / 29° Tuesday59° / 35° Wednesday67° / 35° Thursday50° / 27°

[eblank]

Bless you...

California was a serious option. I like the idea, but the wife isn't so keen on it. Currently we're looking for jobs in the Denver direction. So if anyone has any cool engineering or PR job ideas in CO, speak up!

[pbkid]

Bless you...

California was a serious option. I like the idea, but the wife isn't so keen on it. Currently we're looking for jobs in the Denver direction. So if anyone has any cool engineering or PR job ideas in CO, speak up!

nice! good choice!

I hope we see you out here for the next CO meet up