10-16-2018, 09:09 AM
Before actually moving here we vacationed 3 times on BI.
The 3rd vacation was actually a scouting trip to decide where we wanted to live.
We chose to concentrate on HPP and LE.
They appeared to come the closest to what we thought we wanted for living conditions.
Our primary consideration was that we could buy a home and land for less than it would cost to rent the equivalent.
And, the cost would be stable.
We wouldn't be subject to the whims of a landlord.
We assumed we would end up in HPP, but were ecstatic that we found what we wanted in LE.
We were aware that it was in LZ1.
We knew what the chances were, that we might lose everything to a lava flow.
But, that's true for everywhere on a volcanic island.
In spite of that, we were willing to gamble that it would not happen in our life time.
at the time, it seemed to be a reasonable risk.
The land in LZ1 is covered approximately every 750 years and it had been 200+ years since the location of our home was last covered.
We still had 500 years on our clock.
In spite of what has happened, we still consider ourselves to be winning our bet.
Our home and property are still intact and livable.
In fact, we consider the recent events have reset our clock back to 750 years.
What we did not expect is for a county government to have designs on our home.
That is intolerable.
The 3rd vacation was actually a scouting trip to decide where we wanted to live.
We chose to concentrate on HPP and LE.
They appeared to come the closest to what we thought we wanted for living conditions.
Our primary consideration was that we could buy a home and land for less than it would cost to rent the equivalent.
And, the cost would be stable.
We wouldn't be subject to the whims of a landlord.
We assumed we would end up in HPP, but were ecstatic that we found what we wanted in LE.
We were aware that it was in LZ1.
We knew what the chances were, that we might lose everything to a lava flow.
But, that's true for everywhere on a volcanic island.
In spite of that, we were willing to gamble that it would not happen in our life time.
at the time, it seemed to be a reasonable risk.
The land in LZ1 is covered approximately every 750 years and it had been 200+ years since the location of our home was last covered.
We still had 500 years on our clock.
In spite of what has happened, we still consider ourselves to be winning our bet.
Our home and property are still intact and livable.
In fact, we consider the recent events have reset our clock back to 750 years.
What we did not expect is for a county government to have designs on our home.
That is intolerable.
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Was a Democrat until gun control became a knee jerk, then a Republican until the crazies took over, back to being a nonpartisan again.
This time, I can no longer participate in the primary.
Was a Democrat until gun control became a knee jerk, then a Republican until the crazies took over, back to being a nonpartisan again.
This time, I can no longer participate in the primary.