OK Tim, where do you live, it sounds great?
"Tim Taylor" wrote in message
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On Feb 14, 12:15 pm, Nyal Williams wrote:
Move to the Mid-west. Housing is cheap. Thermals don't go very high
(5000agl on the best days) so retrieves are cheap. Fly only seven months
of the year, so the entire bill is cheap. Lots of hangar flying in the
winter, and that's cheap.

At 17:30 14 February 2009, Jp Mobo wrote:





redding, sandwiched between a high fire hazard zone and a flood plain

http://www.ci.redding.ca.us/devserv/gis/download.html

desert southwest - dry, lifeless air not good for soaring

At 16:52 14 February 2009, wrote:
On Feb 14, 8:49=A0am, wrote:
Tienshanman:

I'm a big Minden booster. =A0I moved here 4 years ago for the
soaring
and love the mountains, outdoor activities, and -- best of all -- the
soaring. =A0Schools in Douglas County are the best in the state,
population growth is not explosive the way it is in other nice parts
of the US, people are friendly and it's generally a very nice place
to
live. =A0Reno is a 40 minute drive, San Francisco 4 hours, and did I
mention the soaring is the best in the world? Oh, and we don't have
California's tax situation. =A0 Write if there are any questions I
can
answer specifically.

Fred LaSor
email =3D flasor AT frognet.net

Redding is about 100 miles from Montague, CA, lots of soaring
activity, also about 100 miles from Williams, CA Commercial operation
with lots of active pilots.

Turf Soaring and Estrella near Phoenix if you can stand the heat have
incredibly inexpensive housing prices right now (Phoenix Area)

Ah yes, Midwest soaring. I spent "Two years, Two months, Too long" in
Minnesota, followed by nearly five years too long in Missouri. The
only good part about the two was the pilots I got to know while
there. The soaring was marginal and unpredictable and the season was
short. Never did get into ice fishing (or is it ice drinking?) in MN.

My criteria was south and west of MN and a true college town to get
the small town atmosphere coupled with all the cultural and health
amenities of larger cites. My commute to work is 1.1 miles and less
than 4 miles to the airport. I think college towns are a big plus for
long term livability.

Can't complain I ended up in one of the best and best kept secrets of
soaring in the world. Thermals to 18K, hundreds of miles of ridge and
wave.

Tim