Getting screwed at the gas pump - not just the cost of gas..

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Any tips on where you would move to if you were moving?

I got no clue. My wife wants to move back to Minneapolis in a couple years so that's probably where my next destination will be.

I've already lived up north and in the midwest. I kind of want to go south. Thinking AZ, CA, FL, GA, NM or AL......although Denver has definitely crept into my mind as well......

[wart57]

I live in north Peoria Az. The new houses right up the road had a $400 to $800 grand price tag on them 2 years ago, now they are sitting empty because people can get the same house for $200 grand or less. The number of vacant brand new houses is staggering.

[phins]

Las Vegas is probably the worst. Of the people that could hang on to their houses, I know a ton who are paying a mortgage that is $100K or more higher than the market value right now. It would be a pretty good place to be a buyer, though.

Re: the debit cards, I think I've ranted about those before wart. It must be a thing only out west. Lots of gas stations and fast food type places try to pull that garbage here. I find it hard to believe they incur much, if any, extra costs to perform those transactions. But they make a lot of free money every month from people that either don't notice or don't care. Me, I won't go into any of those places if I don't have cash. I wonder if the extra money they make is enough to make up for lost business from people like me. I suspect it is.

Well, it is enough money per year that Wal-Mart is thinking of forming their own banking system to avoid all fee's from their banks currently...though I find that kind of hard to believe they couldn't negotiate that into their contracts given their worth...

[phins]

Any tips on where you would move to if you were moving?

I got no clue. My wife wants to move back to Minneapolis in a couple years so that's probably where my next destination will be.

I've already lived up north and in the midwest. I kind of want to go south. Thinking AZ, CA, FL, GA, NM or AL......although Denver has definitely crept into my mind as well......

Denver is the coolest city I've been to as far as 30 year old people all single, liking to have a good time, educated, and a good mixture of mountains and city life. Cool town for sure, with lots to do.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Any tips on where you would move to if you were moving?

I got no clue. My wife wants to move back to Minneapolis in a couple years so that's probably where my next destination will be.

I've already lived up north and in the midwest. I kind of want to go south. Thinking AZ, CA, FL, GA, NM or AL......although Denver has definitely crept into my mind as well......

Denver is the coolest city I've been to as far as 30 year old people all single, liking to have a good time, educated, and a good mixture of mountains and city life. Cool town for sure, with lots to do.

That's what I have heard, although I have a gf moving with me, so the single thing isn't a big deal. But, yeah, living in a city with mountains only a couple hours away is the huge draw. And, it seems they offer something all year. Snowboarding in the winter and rafting in the summer as well as fishing, hiking, biking and all that cool [expletive] you can do. So, it's what makes me want to go there. What makes me not want to move there is, well, it's not the south. And, I've always wanted to live in the south.....the SW or the SE.....I couldn't care less.

Edit: Ive been to Denver a couple times, but only to fly into and rent a car and head on to skiing resorts. So, from what I've seen, I've liked, though it is only about 1% of the City.