man i have worked in the trades most of my life, remodlings my gig,59 and i’ve never seen it so bad. devorce,moves,etc.and starting over again where to go,what to do. my 30 year old son with a family said pop let’s leave the coast n.c. and go to colarado ft. collins maybe.i’ve got a 24 footer jacked to the max with tools. my self i’ll go any where. tell me what you think,i’m start’in over,over again.
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this is yur neck of the woods...
what say you???
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Suggest you check out Steamboat Springs, CO.
Well, you could do worse than stopping in Austin for a bit. They need actually skilled people with all the growth around there. The winters are a lot milder than in CO (more like coastal NC with a lot less snow). And, worst comes to worst (meaning between JIm, Hiker, Tom, and Blownonfuel's addition we can't find you work), you could still head off to CO.
Los Angeles-Glendale area... still solid (but expensive to put down roots).
Houston is still hopping, house prices never did spike like elsewhere so they are still doing ok--lots of competition from our southern cuzins though. (talk to Blue about that--he's in Tx).
Hartford Conn - Insurance money.. medical etc...
New York City - always folks making money there--so long as you aren't afraid of heights. Customers still say it is impossible to find anyone to build anything.
Aim for cities 2 mil plus... cream floats--if you are good you will find your way.
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I'v been thinking of moving to outer banks. Are you from Duck?
rumours lots of energy developement in NW Colorado. Grand Junction, Rifle....
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Rifle's got an interesting future. Oil shale's back, with gargantuan water needs. From the Denver Post: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10220108
It's a concern shared by Rifle Mayor Keith Lambert, whose community would get a share of that money and whose skepticism may be telling of the potential political risks the Republicans are taking by pushing the oil-shale debate on the Western Slope, an area that will be critical to GOP chances in the state this year.
An affable personality and a popular local figure, these days Lambert is also a man overwhelmed. The city of 9,000 is trying to keep up with the breakneck growth produced by a boom in natural-gas drilling, with construction projects for a new water treatment plant, millions of dollars in expanded roads and a new police station.
Lambert said locals have strong concerns over what commercial oil-shale development could mean on top of all that — in terms of growth, infrastructure demands and especially water.
"They say around here that you talk over whiskey and fight over water. . . . We will dig our heels in when it comes to our water," the mayor said.
PAHS works. Bury it.
Edited 8/17/2008 11:40 am ET by VaTom
nashville is good... one of the highest concentrations of millionaires anywhere and it's still cheap to live there... look toward franklin... go where the money is...
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