The Winter of 2003 has me all fired up in search of greener pastures. I'm in a "nothing-left-to-lose" state of mind.
So, hey, everyone, let's hear it!
Tell us where you would choose to live as an owner of a Z06, and why. Is it exactly where you live now? Is it maybe "California Dreamin"?
I wanted to make this a formal POLL, but with a max of 10 options, it just doesn't work. Plus, I wouldn't dare try grouping a bunch of states under a regional category. E.g., if I put Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama, and South Carolina under the category Southeast, I'd risk stepping on some serious Southern toes, now wouldn't I?
If, I were young, single, and could find employment anywhere. I would live in Las Vegas, 1st choice, or Colorado Springs, second choice. In Vegas you could drive your Z all the time and Colorado Springs you could have some real fun in the mountains.
My .02
Santa Barbara! It gets up to about 70-75 every day. It gets a little hot for a few weeks in August and September, but it's not too humid. There is some fog, but not much rain unless it's an El Nino year. There can be some cool nights, but it rarely freezes. You can ride a motorcycle on the freeway in January during the day in a tank top and shorts if you want to.
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California, Colorado, Florida and Nevada. All sounds good to me.
I like that weather picture from Santa Barbara. How about earthquakes? Are you on the safe side of that fault line, or do we really care about that anymore?
Originally posted by wvphoto hell...i'm happy anywhere i am !!!
Mike, how existential! Be Here Now. I aspire to achieve your level of spiritual evolution, maybe in another life. Or maybe I'll just move to Santa Barbara!
There's only been one small one that was close; it rattled the walls a little, but that was over 15 years ago. Occasionally there is one in the Big Bear area that you can feel, but that's far enough away so that you only get the low frequency waves, so it's like a gentle rolling, like being on a ship going through the swells. You get the higher frequencies when you're closer to the epicenter; those are more jarring. The lower frequency waves are damped less and travel farther.
There are actually big faults in MA, NY, SC and lots of other places in the Midwest. It's just that they're not active, but when they go off, they go off big. There was a 9.5 I believe in MA in the 1800's, and the ground had waves in it like the sea. At least in CA the stress is relieved frequently. SB had a big one in the 20's, so there are no tall buildings here. Earth quakes are nothing to worry about unless something falls on you or the ground opens up beneath you. They can cause property damage, but most buildings are fairly earthquake proof to all but the biggest ones. You have to worry more about earthquakes in the Big Bear, LA, and SF areas than in SB.
Originally posted by King Ray There's only been one small one that was close; it rattled the walls a little, but that was over 15 years ago. Occasionally there is one in the Big Bear area that you can feel, but that's far enough away so that you only get the low frequency waves, so it's like a gentle rolling, like being on a ship going through the swells. You get the higher frequencies when you're closer to the epicenter; those are more jarring. The lower frequency waves are damped less and travel farther.
There are actually big faults in MA, NY, SC and lots of other places in the Midwest. It's just that they're not active, but when they go off, they go off big. There was a 9.5 I believe in MA in the 1800's, and the ground had waves in it like the sea. At least in CA the stress is relieved frequently. SB had a big one in the 20's, so there are no tall buildings here. Earth quakes are nothing to worry about unless something falls on you or the ground opens up beneath you. They can cause property damage, but most buildings are fairly earthquake proof to all but the biggest ones. You have to worry more about earthquakes in the Big Bear, LA, and SF areas than in SB.
So, come on out!
You know your Earth Science too King Ray.
The only experience I ever had with an earthquake here in Jersey happened back in 1984. It happened at daybreak. I thought it was the vibration from a heavy truck outside on the street -- until I saw the bed bouncing around on the floor! I learned later that it was in fact an earthquake.
Anyway, SB sounds heavenly! How did you end up there? By luck, by chance or intent?
I was at MIT in grad school one January when it was freezing cold and made the mistake of asking an MIT buddy of mine that went to UCSB for grad school what the weather was like that day. He said 75 and sunny and I was out there about 7 months later! He used to send me lots of pictures of SB, so it's his fault. I came out for the physics department. UCSB has the Institute for Theoretical Physics and a top notch gravity group, so I came out to study physics. I was in EE grad school at MIT but decided to switch to physics. Two of my profs at UCSB won Nobel prizes in the last few years (Kohn and Heeger).
I felt a couple of small ones at MIT. They just rattled my table a little.
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