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<blockquote data-quote="Frog4aday" data-source="post: 1827679" data-attributes="member: 9308"><p>Hey Hyde,</p><p>Wow...that's cold (12 degrees for a high & a low of -1.) And those snow drifts (15 feet high) are just incredible. You make a great point - just because it was an 8" snow doesn't mean the wind didn't blow and pile it all up against your house and/or garage! Sounds like you have a great snow plow driver. Still took you six HOURS to clear the rest?! Wow. And to think I used to get so mad when I'd shovel the sidewalk in Aurora, CO, and the snowplow guy would FINALLY show up and...plow a ton of snow right back onto the freshly cleared sidewalk! You'd either laugh or cry. I did some of both.</p><p></p><p>When I lived in Monument, CO, our first winter brought 206" of snow (2006/2007 winter.) I was stunned. It's not a ski resort! I was so thankful and blessed that my neighbor had an ATV with a snow plow blade on it. He'd hit the sidewalks (the whole neighborhood LOVED him!) and do part of my driveway when he had the time. God bless that man. What lesson did I take away from my time in Monument? <u>Never have a NORTH facing driveway</u>! Darn thing never thawed out.</p><p></p><p>Here in the Texas Hill Country, we woke up to temps of 26 degrees (brrr, ha!) but it warmed up fast and is now 70 and sunny (warmer than predicted.) I just love it. Our neighborhood is great. Our neighbors are great. The winters are heaven. But we pay $5000 a year in property and school taxes. We are not rich. We don't live in the 'fancy' housing development. We are just average, middle class, retired military folks. It just kills me. I now totally get how the elderly get 'priced' out of their own homes. Values go up, tax assessor keeps asking for more and more money, and pretty soon the TAXES are higher than their mortgage was when they bought the place. It is so sad.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what we are going to do. Taxes never go down, so options are to grin and bear it or move to a better 'tax' environment (hence the interest in Arkansas.) But for now, kid is in school so not going anywhere. We'll see what the future brings. And as much as I love the beauty of SD, WY, CO, MT, ID, etc., I just can't go back to doing "winter". I'm thinking AR is going to be an 'adjustment', but if we can get to the middle or lower part of the state, maybe not too bad? My 'dream' is to get enough land I could shoot on my own property. If not everything (.338 Win Mag is pretty dang loud) at least the .22s and maybe some suppressed stuff. That would be great.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frog4aday, post: 1827679, member: 9308"] Hey Hyde, Wow...that's cold (12 degrees for a high & a low of -1.) And those snow drifts (15 feet high) are just incredible. You make a great point - just because it was an 8" snow doesn't mean the wind didn't blow and pile it all up against your house and/or garage! Sounds like you have a great snow plow driver. Still took you six HOURS to clear the rest?! Wow. And to think I used to get so mad when I'd shovel the sidewalk in Aurora, CO, and the snowplow guy would FINALLY show up and...plow a ton of snow right back onto the freshly cleared sidewalk! You'd either laugh or cry. I did some of both. When I lived in Monument, CO, our first winter brought 206" of snow (2006/2007 winter.) I was stunned. It's not a ski resort! I was so thankful and blessed that my neighbor had an ATV with a snow plow blade on it. He'd hit the sidewalks (the whole neighborhood LOVED him!) and do part of my driveway when he had the time. God bless that man. What lesson did I take away from my time in Monument? [U]Never have a NORTH facing driveway[/U]! Darn thing never thawed out. Here in the Texas Hill Country, we woke up to temps of 26 degrees (brrr, ha!) but it warmed up fast and is now 70 and sunny (warmer than predicted.) I just love it. Our neighborhood is great. Our neighbors are great. The winters are heaven. But we pay $5000 a year in property and school taxes. We are not rich. We don't live in the 'fancy' housing development. We are just average, middle class, retired military folks. It just kills me. I now totally get how the elderly get 'priced' out of their own homes. Values go up, tax assessor keeps asking for more and more money, and pretty soon the TAXES are higher than their mortgage was when they bought the place. It is so sad. I'm not sure what we are going to do. Taxes never go down, so options are to grin and bear it or move to a better 'tax' environment (hence the interest in Arkansas.) But for now, kid is in school so not going anywhere. We'll see what the future brings. And as much as I love the beauty of SD, WY, CO, MT, ID, etc., I just can't go back to doing "winter". I'm thinking AR is going to be an 'adjustment', but if we can get to the middle or lower part of the state, maybe not too bad? My 'dream' is to get enough land I could shoot on my own property. If not everything (.338 Win Mag is pretty dang loud) at least the .22s and maybe some suppressed stuff. That would be great. [/QUOTE]
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