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Idaho

Turbineguy

(38,812 posts)

5. Years ago I bought 20 acres there.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 07:43 PM

Mar 2022

That was 1992. It was the beginning of the ex-urbia wave, the beginning of work from anywhere. We were planning on building a nice house there.

But my Wife is Asian. I found she was getting some rather disparaging looks from the locals. I decided that perhaps we should change our plans. I sold the property and that was that.

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Rural Idaho town part of trend: Conservatives seeking escape from liberal politics [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2022 OP

too bad it is not out of the country Skittles Mar 2022 #1

+1,000,000 Peregrine Took Mar 2022 #2

I hear Somalia is nice... orwell Mar 2022 #6

Yeah, actually it's more that relayerbob Mar 2022 #3

In a community of 10,000 conservatives, you will have half relatively cons and half relatively liber keithbvadu2 Mar 2022 #4

Years ago I bought 20 acres there. Turbineguy Mar 2022 #5

You should have sat on the property.. raising2moredems Mar 2022 #7