I came form California and I'm overweight. In fact I didn't take up swimming until again until I spent 3 years in Arizona. Now, there was a country club pool I could have swam there but I didn't. In fact in my area in Arizona there are public pools or health club pools as just are ready as there was in California. I think that many people back east are probably are into other sports more like figure Skating, in fact a top figure skater name Sasha Cohen went back there to get better coaching and a better facility. Also, just because Long Island isn't into swimming as much as the Pacific region doesn't mean they don't workout. Also, I enjoy indoor pools, something that both California and Arizona lack. The weather is not always rosy in either states. There are sometimes bad rain storms in California in the January or February period and Monsoon conditions in Arizona in the summer. The New Yorkers are a little wiser to built the indoor pools, in Tempe we had rain problems and the 800 was delayed until the next day and the 200 IM relays got cancel. Now back east and in the mid-west where pools are mainly indoors they could have continue on with the meet.
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Hi there! I've been spending some time reading all of these posts on this thread which has fogged my reading specs. Everyone's input as to what part of these United States is best for living reminds me of an old Latin idiom, de gustibus non est disputandem. Simply put, it means to each is his own.
Certainly, there are places of this great country where some would rather live, and other places where others would rather live. The point here is that not everyone is going to like where you live. So, don't take too much offense when someone "disses" where you live, as there are probably +'s and -'s to every locale.
I believe we should all be thankful we have the freedom to choose where we live. As far as offense taken from the posts on this particular thread, none taken here. I thought it rather amusing! I figured that no one was picking on the Baltimore area. :D
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Hi there! I've been spending some time reading all of these posts on this thread which has fogged my reading specs. Everyone's input as to what part of these United States is best for living reminds me of an old Latin idiom, de gustibus non est disputandem. Simply put, it means to each is his own.
Certainly, there are places of this great country where some would rather live, and other places where others would rather live. The point here is that not everyone is going to like where you live. So, don't take too much offense when someone "disses" where you live, as there are probably +'s and -'s to every locale.
I believe we should all be thankful we have the freedom to choose where we live. As far as offense taken from the posts on this particular thread, none taken here. I thought it rather amusing! I figured that no one was picking on the Baltimore area. :D
