Over the years, my job took me to many different cities around the U.S…. I found five locations which are much more desirable than my current location of the Oklahoma City area…. New Orleans was on the top, but I dropped it due to the recent damage…. I don’t think they’ll have it up-to-snuff anytime soon…. It’s a shame, though, because you talk about a 24-hour party place…. If you’re in the French Quarter after about 1 a.m. you’ll notice that all the police seem to disappear…. I guess they figure if you’re there that late, you’re there for something more than sightseeing and short of murder, it’s a wide-open town!…. Another favorite place is hidden in the mountains of Arkansas called Hot Springs…. They have bath houses there that date back to the twenties when the rich and famous used to enjoy the natural hot springs…. There are casinos, horse tracks, a famous wax museum, and a beautifully preserved historic downtown…. Much more to offer than Vegas and a lot less crowded….. Next is in the Rocky Mountains – Colorado Springs….. Lots and lots of natural beauty here: Pikes Peak, Cave of the Winds, even a Will Rogers Memorial (I never figured out why since Will was from Oklahoma)…. Haven’t been there for many years, so it’s probably a lot more crowded these days….. My “out-of-the-country” pick is Priory Bay, Jamaica…. I picked Jamaica because they speak English there (well, a form of English)…. You’ve got “James Bond Beach” just across the bay where they filmed a lot of the stuff for the movies and right in the middle of the bay is one of Columbus’s ships that sank in the bay on one of his first voyages to the new world…. you can still see the tops of the masts in the crystal clear water of the Caribbean….. The temp is a constant ’70’s day or night and they make a helluva rum drink…. But, I decided on my fifth place as my choice…. I just can’t afford to move there at this time – Seattle…. It’s got everything I enjoy – a serious music scene, cool temps, beautiful scenery, and the Space Needle…. All I need is cash (sounds like a good title for a movie)…. So, that’s my pick for a “Home, Sweet, Home”…. Look for “MR’s Big Bargain Basement” coming soon (gotta raise money somehow!)….. So, does anyone else want to live in a different place than they are now?…. I don’t mean a dream island, but a serious intention of moving that they might do in the future….. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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