I Quit! Left the toxic PNW...

[MikeInOr]

When you reach my age you begin to appreciate flat terrain. This is where I used to deer hunt...

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I was joking. i am happy that you are enjoying your new location!

 

[orygun]

Some issues is putting it lightly! Oregon has turned into a complete $#!t show, we are circling the drain

There is a reason that the people in Eastern Oregon want to join Idaho. There are an awful lot of people who are good people with high standards, then there is the Willamette Valley with Portland, Salem and Eugene. It's a shame that the people in a few counties are trying to ruin this state.

 

[po18guy]

Well, here I am in Indiana for the last 2 weeks. I have to admit that I enjoyed being an outlaw when I drove across Illinois with a truck load of guns and 20K rounds of ammo. It's a permanent move, even though I hung on to my Oregon property. My wife is loving her new job running a statewide program for one of the medical schools. Among the perks of living here:

1) Constitutional Carry
2) No BGC on private gun sales
3) Nearly everyone here likes guns
4) Red state conservative political atmosphere
5) Schools are not indoctrinating my kids
6) Virtually no homeless
7) Almost no graffiti
8) Nobody cares about your pronouns
9) Green haired people are damn few and far between
10) Damn few sh*tbox Subarus covered in leftist stickers and driven by angry, mean faced, clipped haired women at 15 mph
11) Statewide school vouchers
12) No DEQ except the two counties bordering Chicago
13) They still have sit down restaurants here
14) Costco, Home Depot, and dozens of decent restaurants are within 5 minutes of my house
15) $3 gasoline
16) Reasonable speed limits
17) 50% lower real estate prices

I've been involved in open wheel, paved oval track racing since I was 14 years old. I now live 2 miles from Indianapolis Raceway Park, and 5 miles from Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I had breakfast the other day at Charlie Brown's, a stone's throw from IMS and a legendary racer's hangout. So far, so good. When I take the oldest kid to her charter prep school each morning I pass by the Turn 2 grandstands at IMS. Looking forward to next Memorial day...and to being able to actually buy and sell some firearms privately without losing 20% to dealers and BCGs.

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Other than that, what do you like about it?
You can always cruise up to Laporte and visit the site of "Hell's Belle" and her bachelor slaughterhouse.

 

[whiskeybill]

Congratulations! I finally moved home to Montana after 19 years living in Oregon and SW Washington. Don't get me wrong, there are some fine folks that I got to know, particularly among the gun crowd. The one sided politics and the rain is what got me down. And the high population. Yep, good to be home.

 

[The Quiet Man]

Well, here I am in Indiana for the last 2 weeks. I have to admit that I enjoyed being an outlaw when I drove across Illinois with a truck load of guns and 20K rounds of ammo. It's a permanent move, even though I hung on to my Oregon property. My wife is loving her new job running a statewide program for one of the medical schools. Among the perks of living here:

1) Constitutional Carry
2) No BGC on private gun sales
3) Nearly everyone here likes guns
4) Red state conservative political atmosphere
5) Schools are not indoctrinating my kids
6) Virtually no homeless
7) Almost no graffiti
8) Nobody cares about your pronouns
9) Green haired people are damn few and far between
10) Damn few sh*tbox Subarus covered in leftist stickers and driven by angry, mean faced, clipped haired women at 15 mph
11) Statewide school vouchers
12) No DEQ except the two counties bordering Chicago
13) They still have sit down restaurants here
14) Costco, Home Depot, and dozens of decent restaurants are within 5 minutes of my house
15) $3 gasoline
16) Reasonable speed limits
17) 50% lower real estate prices

I've been involved in open wheel, paved oval track racing since I was 14 years old. I now live 2 miles from Indianapolis Raceway Park, and 5 miles from Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I had breakfast the other day at Charlie Brown's, a stone's throw from IMS and a legendary racer's hangout. So far, so good. When I take the oldest kid to her charter prep school each morning I pass by the Turn 2 grandstands at IMS. Looking forward to next Memorial day...and to being able to actually buy and sell some firearms privately without losing 20% to dealers and BCGs.

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[The Quiet Man]

Congrats on your move! We came to the same conclusion and, after 25 years is Oregon, landed in Ohio last April with the same list of benefits you stated. The drive across Illinois was a fun one for us, too Other than in that cesspool, we were legal all the way from Oregon.

 

[Certaindeaf]

$oros judiciary will ultimately legislate that you're a criminal no matter the jurisdiction.

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

I am hoping to make our escape to Texas in the next 18 to 24 months.

 

[Member 89510]

Quitters!

You could have moved to the East side of Oregon and helped our counties vote against the FN lib-tards that move here to escape the situation they voted for on the West side and are trying to recreate on the East side.

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

Quitters!

You could have moved to the East side of Oregon and helped our counties vote against the FN lib-tards that move here to escape the situation they voted for on the West side and are trying to recreate on the East side.

Too many libtards and Non-English speakers have moved into my East side county over the past three years. Greater Idaho is afraid to put it on the ballot.

 

[Member 89510]

Too many libtards and Non-English speakers have moved into my East side county over the past three years. Greater Idaho is afraid to put it on the ballot.

You must live in one of the last couple of counties that haven't voted? I'm hoping for my sake we can do a trial run and let Idaho have the 3 Oregon/Idaho border counties!

 

[orygun]

Quitters!

You could have moved to the East side of Oregon and helped our counties vote against the FN lib-tards that move here to escape the situation they voted for on the West side and are trying to recreate on the East side.

That's one of the more popular ideas my wife and I have between us as we move toward retirement.

 

[Ducati_Meister]

I'd like to move, aka definitely not retire in this cesspool called western WA where as some said, the one sided politics run everything. My current job, family keep me here for now. I vote regularly to try to keep what's left of the American past time, but it's an uphill battle nonetheless. I can understand why people here feel brow beaten with how the left agendas go on, despite any conservative voices.

 

[ZigZagZeke]

Congrats. I baled out too. The cost of living just priced me out. Not to mention the ongoing liberal garbage and anti 2A agenda . I've been in western Montana for 3 weeks now. I'm a little further from Costco and Home Depot ( 2 hours) but there is not any pink hair nose ring freaks in this area either.

We spend a lot of time around Kalispell, Whitefish, and Big Fork every year. Love the summers there. Never tried winter there. We decided not was too expensive for us in that area.

 

[shlo812]

Can you imagine the headlines if I'd gotten pulled over in Illinois? "Man stopped for smuggling 3 AR-15s, multiple handguns, and dozens of other long guns, along with 20,000 rounds of ammo into the state!"

Clearly you would've been a domestic terrorist

 

[ZigZagZeke]

Quitters!

You could have moved to the East side of Oregon and helped our counties vote against the FN lib-tards that move here to escape the situation they voted for on the West side and are trying to recreate on the East side.

This is where I deer hunted for 25 years on the family ranches around Maupin. It takes a special kind of person to live there permanently. Life is harsh and the wind never quits. Lots of people try it and go stir crazy. Maupin itself has lost most of its amenities for permanent residents because the rafting companies have driven other businesses out. There's no longer a full service grocery store with a butcher shop. It's been turned into a convenience store/delicatessen to cater to the rafters. The best breakfast restaurant in town closed down and is now a rafting company sales office. Lots of residences have been turned into short term rentals to cater to the rafting crowd. Year round residents are now even more dependent on services in The Dalles than they ever were. I used to have breakfast in town with my gun belt on and a Model 66 S&W .357 Mag on my hip, and a deer carcass in the bed of the truck, and nobody batted an eye. Now you get dirty looks and fearful whispers from the 20-somethings from Portland in cargo shorts and flip flops.

 

[MTpockets]

Checking in on you @ZigZagZeke

Hope all is working out well for you.

 

[gmerkt]

When you reach my age you begin to appreciate flat terrain.

Especially if you ride a bicycle.

 

[CastleRocker]

As soon a my wife and I retire, we are going either to Montana or Alaska. Looking at property both places. We love where we live now, just don't like the politics. We only have one neighbor within 400 yards of us. Also, according to the All Seeing Eye in The Sky; (aka Google Earth), I can walk due west from our house right now and not cross pavement for about 50 miles until I hit hwy 101 on the coast. It's all timberland/tree farm. There's alot to be said for that. We have a nice view of the mountains, and all our Grandchildren are within a couple hours of us. I remind my wife that life's about choices, and we need to make a new one. My daughter/son-n-law's family is looking at moving to Montana next spring. That may tip the scales.

I still want AK though, as the weather will always keep the folks from Southern Commiefornia out.

 

[OneArgus]

I remember as a Kid, ( totally dated my age here) California was and amazing place.
Then moved and Oregon was and amazing place.
The fact of the matter is, no one fights everyone moves. Then they just take over and move along.
No place is immune just a matter of time since no one even comes close to fight the way the left does.