I don’t get what you mean here. Do you mean watch the sunset over the water? Because you can do that in Massachusetts on the Cape, and over Buzzards Bay in Falmouth. Also, I think in a couple places in RI, and a couple of spots on the NE tip of Long Island.
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I knew someone would try and bring this up. I meant a real body of water.
And South Carolina.
And, heck, Erie, PA.
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Randy, Portland Maine would be a prime location. the infrastructure is awesome, and rapidly expanding. the airport is amazing, small and maybe not directs all over the place, but easy drive or connecting flight to Boston. the population is thriving, getting more and more diverse, and food to feed those people is top notch from the Bon appetit magazine Portland Maine was the #1 restaurant city in the US in the year 2018. 4 major seasons for sure, amazing summers, great for golf, mountain adventures and beach time, fall has some of the most amazing foliage scenes known to man, winter, while harsh brings many activities. Pond Hockey, Skiing on one of the many world class mountains in the state. Spring is a transition season for sure, starting as a wet, sloppy tough start but once the weather flips, Baseball, Golf and the weather heats up fast. Having the Portland Sea Dogs (RedSox Double AA farm team) for great baseball watching, and the Maine Red Claws (Celtics farm team) for some more young studs soon to shine in Boston. As for Golf, the season can be short. Although this past year I played April-December with some luck of no snow and warm enough weather in december. Normally its about April-october/early November for a solid season. The courses around here are pretty solid, loads of cheap cheap muni/ public golf that has lots of variety. Also plenty of Private courses if you would like to harken back to the Hide Park days ranging from cheaper clubs with many member to exclusive Donald Ross seaside clubs like Portland Country Club (actually in Falmouth ME) but a 30 second drive from Portland really. there is my pitch for Portland Maine, an incredible thriving city.
(Yes I am from here obviously)
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The JLO slip up was much better than anticipated.
Also, as a father of 3 boys aged 5,4,4… very disappointed @Tron didn’t let Lew continue his “Bluey” thought right out of the gates. I was 100% piqued.
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His short list includes Portland and Denver - very much a lot like US versions of Vancouver and Calgary respectively. In my previous job I went to Denver a lot and really couldn’t believe how similar the two cities felt in a variety of ways. Portland too, though a little smaller feel than Vancouver has a similar vibe.
I like Randy’s list. All good choices!
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I am pretty sure you can catch sunrise and sunset in Provincetown, MA over the ocean without leaving the city limits.
Did you factor in the tax implications? You will be leaving a no income tax state. NH is at least no sales, no income tax, but you get killed on property taxes.
Except Portland has Powell’s and Vancouver doesn’t 
Edit: I assumed you’re talking Portland, Oregon
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See above
Charleston is the new Austin. Bursting at the seams with dipshits moving in from NY/LA and struggling to keep up with the growth. Discussed at length on the pod! Gonna need a mea culpa from you, @BillyWalters
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RE the Triangle in NC. New condos in Durham overlooking the Bulls Stadium that are walkable to everything in downtown Durham. It’s also next to the American Tobacco Campus (redeveloped and then lost by Christian Laettner). At one point everyone who played in the NBA in the late 90s early 2000s owned a piece of it after they sued Laettner.
Durham is a town that the big guy would love with the highly educated population (many single women), restaurant scene, the American Tobacco Trail, the farmers market is located at the old Bulls Stadium (site of Crash Davis’ and Nuke LaLoosh’s exploits), a proper Muni (Hillandale), and Big Daddy Kane lives in town. The best beaches on the Eastern Seaboard (OBX) are 2.5 hours away. There are plenty of lakes and rivers for inland hydro recreation.
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Gotta stick up for Charleston here. Mea Culpa will not be forthcoming.
The Austin comparison is laughable. First, Austin has almost 3x the population, with accompanying traffic and cost of living problems. Second, there is no ocean and/or beach. Third, their golf scene is a joke. Fourth, its 100 fucking degrees there for a third of the year. Fourth, food. Fifth, the people moving to Austin are Elon Musk and his merry band of techbro douchebags while the people moving to Charleston are laid back work from home types hoping to get on island time. People are legitimately nice, and fun.
Charleston is a breeze to travel in and out of. Fantastic airport with plenty of flights. Tons of culture, a diverse population, reasonable cost of living and natural geographic barriers to endless growth. A wonderful place, though I will admit the political scene can be tough.
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Which one is it?
Re: Charleston
Re: Somebody’s apple farm in NH
Land being developed instead of farmed = endless growth
Both? You seem confused. I’m talking about large bodies of water.
It appears you’re anti-endless growth while also stating there’s nothing inherently good about land being farmed instead of developed. Land being developed instead of farmed = endless growth.
This is spot on. I will say the people buying up homes on Kiawah Island from New York is a tough scene but Kiawah kinda sucks. Sullivan’s >>>>
Austin doesn’t seem to have the port and manufacturing jobs that I’ve seen. Maybe it does but in Charleston it’s unmistakable.
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Kiawah isn’t Charleston! It’s an hour away!
Very tough scene this week with disgraced GE head Jeff Immelt (I’m sure Randy is a big fan of his predecessor, Jack “fire 10% every year no matter what” Welch) doing his rehab/book tour from his new home in…Kiawah Island.
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Agree but for trap draw purposes where do you think they will preview in May prior to the PGA?
Of all the @BaxterMSP subtweets (there are several) this one feels the most Baxter-y of them all. A+ for being spot on and just the right level of petty. Megan Schuster (I’ll name her, dammit) did a disservice to the Twin Cities.
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