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[Apex]

And to people over there, I live in the arctic.

People will justify anywhere they live as the best and others the worst. It's human nature. Nobody wants to admit they fucked up in moving somewhere. Nowhere is 100% safe, though the upper midwest is pretty close. No hurricanes, no fires, no earthquakes, minimal tornadoe risk, just get some snow and cold in the winter.

Can't disagree, though I think Illinois gets more tornadoes that Meatchicken. And except for those who live near rivers in flood zones, we get relatively little flooding, and certainly rare catastrophic flooding.
Probably

You get sneau which is to a lot of people I guess?

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Can't disagree, though I think Illinois gets more tornadoes that Meatchicken. And except for those who live near rivers in flood zones, we get relatively little flooding, and certainly rare catastrophic flooding.
Probably

You get sneau which is to a lot of people I guess?

We do! Got a couple inches on Saturday and 3-4 more overnight last night, with more supposedly tonight then temps plunge to highs in the negative double digits later in the week.

[Apex]

You get sneau which is to a lot of people I guess?

We do! Got a couple inches on Saturday and 3-4 more overnight last night, with more supposedly tonight then temps plunge to highs in the negative double digits later in the week.

Even for me that is a bit chilly...

We've barely had any of the white stuff this year which is

[Apex]

And to people over there, I live in the arctic.

People will justify anywhere they live as the best and others the worst. It's human nature. Nobody wants to admit they fucked up in moving somewhere. Nowhere is 100% safe, though the upper midwest is pretty close. No hurricanes, no fires, no earthquakes, minimal tornadoe risk, just get some snow and cold in the winter.

You forgot about the

So much

That being said, there seems to also be a lot of in the bayou.

It's from all the dried up seawater deposited by the hurricanes and flooding.

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We do! Got a couple inches on Saturday and 3-4 more overnight last night, with more supposedly tonight then temps plunge to highs in the negative double digits later in the week.

Even for me that is a bit chilly...

We've barely had any of the white stuff this year which is

Those are the temps where you spit and it freezes almost before it hits the ground.

No snow in winter is indeed

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You forgot about the

So much

That being said, there seems to also be a lot of in the bayou.

It's from all the dried up seawater deposited by the hurricanes and flooding.

[dubshow]

Got a prelim flood insurance quote back.

So I need a foundation elevation survey, which the current owner's agent said isn't available. But it pretty much HAS to be available for his current ins policy.

A quote without that survey was $12k / year.

[Johnny_P]

Shower update:

Culprit for the hot/cold water temperature swings was a broken center shutoff valve gasket on our 3-handle tub faucet. Replaced that cartridge, it's now rock steady temp wise.

Installed a new shower head, IDK how I feel about it, but it did cut down on flow rate, so the hot tank doesn't just it all out in 10 minutes anymore, the hot lasts much longer and doesn't fade during a regular length shower.

Purchased a new water heater, it's in the basement in the box. Maybe this weekend I'll install it. Was too sore/busted up last weekend to do it from all the mountain bike trail work I did the day before. Went 40k BTU instead of the 32k BTU of the O.G. one. so it should recover hot water quicker. 25 years old, can't really ask for more from it...

[Desertbreh]

You boys like cocaine airboat strips?

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/16931+M ... 540371!3e0

Dang.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

You boys like cocaine airboat strips?

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/16931+M ... 540371!3e0

Dang.

Fucking "Hoo Shoo Too Rd".

The names must be named that way so the feds don't take it seriously.

Agent: "Boss, fresh intel came in that there's a coke landing strip in airboat land"
Boss: "Excellent! Got a location?"
Agent: PAUSE....PAUSE...
Boss: "Well?"
Agent: "Yessir, it's off Hoo Shoo Too Rd"
Boss: "What the...stop making shit up and get out of my face. Next time do some real work"

[dubshow]

While riding bikes around, wife and I browsed some houses IRL that ive been stalking.

The last floodville was a nope. Not sure if I updated but the owner countered my $260k fast close, zero stipulation or money back offer with $293k. Ask was $295. for ref he bought house for $154k 1.5 years ago and has MAYBE 75k into it.

So new house that is MASSIVE. Im very over all on it. We will either do some reno to our (cheaper option most likely) or continue to browse things. This was 3150 sqft with a 20x20 garage and a 19x20 carport. The house needs a roof IMO, its aged. Has a lot of great reno things done but they totally fucked up the tile install in every room i could see. it looks good in photos but IRL the tiles cast shadows and the grout is done poorly in the master bed. The bathrooms are also fairly pleb for a house in the nearly $300k range. The wife likes the kitchen. I like the already extended garage/shop thing. The outdoor patio area is also nice.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1600 ... lpage=true

[dubshow]

Dang.

Fucking "Hoo Shoo Too Rd".

The names must be named that way so the feds don't take it seriously.

Agent: "Boss, fresh intel came in that there's a coke landing strip in airboat land"
Boss: "Excellent! Got a location?"
Agent: PAUSE....PAUSE...
Boss: "Well?"
Agent: "Yessir, it's off Hoo Shoo Too Rd"
Boss: "What the...stop making shit up and get out of my face. Next time do some real work"

did you read the history link I shared on how it was named?

[SAWCE]

While riding bikes around, wife and I browsed some houses IRL that ive been stalking.

The last floodville was a nope. Not sure if I updated but the owner countered my $260k fast close, zero stipulation or money back offer with $293k. Ask was $295. for ref he bought house for $154k 1.5 years ago and has MAYBE 75k into it.

So new house that is MASSIVE. Im very over all on it. We will either do some reno to our (cheaper option most likely) or continue to browse things. This was 3150 sqft with a 20x20 garage and a 19x20 carport. The house needs a roof IMO, its aged. Has a lot of great reno things done but they totally fucked up the tile install in every room i could see. it looks good in photos but IRL the tiles cast shadows and the grout is done poorly in the master bed. The bathrooms are also fairly pleb for a house in the nearly $300k range. The wife likes the kitchen. I like the already extended garage/shop thing. The outdoor patio area is also nice.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1600 ... lpage=true

That looks pretty sweet.

[dubshow]

submitted some drawings to get some concrete work done. Lets see how this patio cost shapes up.

[dubshow]

Oh how the turns. Looks like cereal things are shaping up for the massive haus shown above.

Still have to do the fixes to ours with the quickness.

[dubshow]

While riding bikes around, wife and I browsed some houses IRL that ive been stalking.

The last floodville was a nope. Not sure if I updated but the owner countered my $260k fast close, zero stipulation or money back offer with $293k. Ask was $295. for ref he bought house for $154k 1.5 years ago and has MAYBE 75k into it.

So new house that is MASSIVE. Im very over all on it. We will either do some reno to our (cheaper option most likely) or continue to browse things. This was 3150 sqft with a 20x20 garage and a 19x20 carport. The house needs a roof IMO, its aged. Has a lot of great reno things done but they totally fucked up the tile install in every room i could see. it looks good in photos but IRL the tiles cast shadows and the grout is done poorly in the master bed. The bathrooms are also fairly pleb for a house in the nearly $300k range. The wife likes the kitchen. I like the already extended garage/shop thing. The outdoor patio area is also nice.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1600 ... lpage=true

That looks pretty sweet.

Things are happening!

[Apex]

Oh how the turns. Looks like cereal things are shaping up for the massive haus shown above.

Still have to do the fixes to ours with the quickness.

[SAWCE]

That looks pretty sweet.

Things are happening!

[ChrisoftheNorth]

I missed it, why the desire for a giant house? 3k sq ft is massive. A lot to consider for cost of maintenance, heating/cooling, taxes, etc.

[dubshow]

I missed it, why the desire for a giant house? 3k sq ft is massive. A lot to consider for cost of maintenance, heating/cooling, taxes, etc.

equity position. Bank will loan the money on a large house. Large ass kitchen. Large ass pantry. Wife wants those 2 things. Seller dropped the price significantly with our "As-is" offer and statement of work needed (which they knew it needs)

It will always be the "overbuilt" house on the block so $/sqft isnt great but we have way less money to come out of pocket with.

It has a garage space that works for me.

[goIftdibrad]

I missed it, why the desire for a giant house? 3k sq ft is massive. A lot to consider for cost of maintenance, heating/cooling, taxes, etc.

it has a garage and is too to build one onto his current house.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

I missed it, why the desire for a giant house? 3k sq ft is massive. A lot to consider for cost of maintenance, heating/cooling, taxes, etc.

it has a garage and is too to build one onto his current house.

Interesting.

You do you. I did the big house thing before and it sucks. I'll never have a house larger than 2.5k.

[Apex]

it has a garage and is too to build one onto his current house.

Interesting.

You do you. I did the big house thing before and it sucks. I'll never have a house larger than 2.5k.

That's still a big-ass

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Interesting.

You do you. I did the big house thing before and it sucks. I'll never have a house larger than 2.5k.

That's still a big-ass

I know it! ours is 2.4k and it's too big, but whatever.

3k sq ft is

[goIftdibrad]

it has a garage and is too to build one onto his current house.

Interesting.

You do you. I did the big house thing before and it sucks. I'll never have a house larger than 2.5k.

I like our well laid out 2k + 650 in the garage. its comfortable but manageable.