[AGL] Where to live?

[michelemason]

Not to worry, I'm out of here shortly for a look around.  mm

On Sep 27, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Wayne Johnson wrote:

> 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
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>> 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
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