[AGL] Where to live?

[Wayne Johnson]

All I know about Wales is what I read on the Net.  Much of the choice 
property was grabbed up by British Yuppies in the last decade, or so I have 
read.  Scotland?  Good things and bad.  Health care is wobbly and crime is 
high in major cities.  Elsewhere, cold, colder and the food is...well...dour 
at best.

SE England, where I have spent a little bit of time is lovely.  I think 
Cornwall might be good as it is really an extended peninsula jutting out 
into the Atlantic where the remnants of the Gulf Stream peter out for sure. 
Cotswalds have been consired "Idyllic" since before Stonehenge; many artist 
and poets of the 18th and 19th C loved it, wrote about it and painted it. 
Not been there.  Want to.

We are currently trying to get a fix on Asheville, N.C. which gets high 
ratings for a small US city/region with "culture"...ie good Universities and 
a good art and music scene.  Lots of Scottish/Irish/Appalachian musicians. 
It is where dulcimers go to die, I think.

Let us know what you find out?  Suggest quick trip, btw.  Don't move 
"blind".  Been there and don't want to again.

wgJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michelemason" <coltrane at ev1.net>
To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s" 
<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Cc: "michelemason" <coltrane at ev1.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:20 AM
Subject: [AGL] Where to live?


> All, or any, PLEASE add in your ideas. 1. going for health care—must do. 
> 2. Has climate like Ireland. 3. Hope to find mountains, rivers. 4. Nestle 
> into a cottage between sheep farms, or any rural setting, 5. near small 
> village 6. Only thing wrong with Ireland is cost of living—beats San Fran 
> & Miami, but that was mostly taken from a list of cities. Does anyone know 
> Wales, Scotland, or Northern English countryside? Any where else  English 
> is spoken? All suggestions  welcome—NEVER another Texas summer!!!—though 
> Texan I am.
> Thanks, Michele
>
>