Whoa! I hadn't realized how bad MyLot's issues are right now. I took me four tries to get to the site. Here's a "negatve" post to suit my mood: Have you ever visited somewhere you would NEVER live? / myLot

@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

I miss living a block from the ocean as I did in Santa Barbara. But I don't mind living in California Suburbia. I have access to nice hikes here. Western Nevada would be hell for me.

@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

@myklj999 I had about three days with minimal errors before I left for Montana.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

4 Aug 20

@TheHorse Those were the good old days.

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Alex Socorro

@Alexandoy (65308)

• Cainta, Philippines

4 Aug 20

I think I am challenged by that desolate place you mentioned. It seems that there is no more place like that because I see the earth as too crowded already.

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Alex Socorro

@Alexandoy (65308)

• Cainta, Philippines

4 Aug 20

@TheHorse same here but those places are inhabited by rebels.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

@Alexandoy Really? Do you mean in the South?

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

There are many places in the US with low population density.

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Kareng

@kareng (61739)

• United States

4 Aug 20

I would have to say New Orleans off the top of my head. Way too much crime there and I hate the traffic. The error messages are back and as bad as or worse than before. I get it mainly when opening new posts. Errr!

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Kareng

@kareng (61739)

• United States

7 Aug 20

@TheHorse YeeHI!

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Aug 20

@kareng I had some slow loading ties yesterday, but am not sure that I had any error messages.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

It was hard for me to get to this post, but now I'm on a roll.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (47667)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

4 Aug 20

I could never live in your country.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (47667)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

4 Aug 20

@TheHorse Your constitution, your electoral system, your current president...

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

American woman! Stay away from me. American women. Momma, Let me be! (had to quote a Canadian band)

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

What are your top three reasons for nt wanting to live in the US? I think I'd like Canada.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (108144)

• Marion, Ohio

4 Aug 20

I would love to live there. It looks very peaceful.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (108144)

• Marion, Ohio

4 Aug 20

@TheHorse Get a few horses, a few goats, some good farm dogs and cats. Maybe even a cow or 2. Now you are not lonely.

@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

@wolfgirl569 Good suggestion. Don't forget chickens.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

Too isolated for me.

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paigea

@paigea (36315)

• Canada

4 Aug 20

I have lived on the prairie- Southern Alberta. Looks like that some places. I would find Nevada too hot though.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

Were there things like wheat fields? That would be OK with me.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

@paigea I'd need to be near at least a medium sized town.

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paigea

@paigea (36315)

• Canada

4 Aug 20

@TheHorse They have to irrigate to grow crops in Southern Alberta. So, there are a variety of crops but there is a lot of ranching /pasture that looks like your picture. Windy, and dusty living in a small town.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (69008)

• United States

4 Aug 20

Yeah, NYC. As Buck Owens sang, I wouldn’t live in New York City if they gave me the whole dang town. Ditto Chicago. Wouldn’t mind visiting again, though.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (69008)

• United States

4 Aug 20

@TheHorse — too dang big, and too dang cold in the winter (that’s when I was there....February!) Oh, and no parking spots and you have to pay $6000 a month for an apartment the size of my bathroom.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

@FourWalls Heh. I see your point.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

Too dang big? But there are some nice neighborhoods and suburbs. I love my Auntie's place on Long Island. and I liked Hyde Park in Chicago (except for the muggers from the nearby 'hood).

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (41750)

• United States

4 Aug 20

Glad you're back home. Right now I could never live in Portland. Or Chicago.

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (41750)

• United States

4 Aug 20

@TheHorse Right now it's all the violence and riots, but a few years ago they were probably okay. Most of all, I just like living in the south.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

What is it about those two cities? I have friends/family in both places and so could probably tolerate them.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Aug 20

@1creekgirl Do things really happen at a slightly slower pace there? It's kind of like that in Montana.

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (121715)

• Gainesville, Florida

4 Aug 20

I was going to say that I would never live in a place that is miserably hot, but then I realize that I already live in such a hellhole here in Florida! lol I don't think I could live in any of the flyover states (wheat belt). I would go crazy looking out and seeing nothing but rows and rows of wheat or corn.

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (121715)

• Gainesville, Florida

5 Aug 20

@TheHorse I got lost in a cornfield once when I was in 3rd grade. Of course, it wasn't a big cornfield, and I could have just walked in any direction and found my way out, but hey, I was just a little kid. It freaked me out.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Aug 20

@moffittjc Where did you live then?

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

I actually enjoyed cycling our through the corn when I lived in Iowa. Wouldn't want to live on a pig farm, though.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317242)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

5 Aug 20

I crossed through the panhandle of Texas on a road trip from Chicago to San Diego many many years ago. I couldn't live in such a flat desolate area. There's nothing to see except grain silos on the horizon. Even the road was barren. I would like to live in a place where I couldn't see my neighbors except on the horizon, but I still want neighbors and I would like to see traffic. I don't want to feel alone in the world.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Aug 20

I agree. Where you live looks nice to me. But you know I love and sometimes miss the Midwest. I MIGHT be able to live at my Montana cabin year around if I had insulation in the ceiling and phone and internet. My neighbors are a drive away but they're wonderful people.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Aug 20

@just4him I could also buy a house in town there. They're not that expensive in small town Montana. When I retire, I want to be a music teacher.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317242)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

5 Aug 20

@TheHorse Thank you. I need more snow than I get. I know it's too much for many people who live here and don't want to hear that word, especially in summer. Though by this time they are using the word cool and fall/autumn more as the heat of summer is so draining. I'm sure if you got the cabin insulated and a phone/Internet line installed, you would love living there. A neighbor a drive away is doable for me too.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

5 Aug 20

Neither could I live there. That's too much open spaces for me. How far would you have to drive to get to a grocery store?

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Aug 20

I thought of that! Dozens of miles at least!

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 20

@RubyHawk There have only been a couple of cases in the County I was living in this month in Montana.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

6 Aug 20

@TheHorse There are some people who love to be isolated. it might be a good thing while the covid's with us.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (181642)

• United States

6 Aug 20

I'd never live in Arizona. It's much too hot; and the scenery is rocks and cactus. Sorry you are still having error issues.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 20

They haven't been that bad since the first day I got back.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Aug 20

@LindaOHio But now I'm getting this new add that engulfs the screen when I first get on. I have to back out of MyLot. Then it's gone when I return. .

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (181642)

• United States

7 Aug 20

@TheHorse Glad to hear it.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

4 Aug 20

Things don't seem to be getting any faster. Hoping each day it will be better.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

I haven't had a any problems today.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

@CarolDM It's after Noon now and I haven't had any issues. Could the Second Coming be near?

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

4 Aug 20

@TheHorse I just got here so it is still early for me.

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José Valera

@jvicentevalera (13671)

• Santiago, Chile

4 Aug 20

Hey @TheHorse nice post and picture. Regarding your question I think I would never live in the suburbs, or in places like the one you mentioned above. Why? Cause I happen to like the city and crowded places, it is like it makes me feel alive. However I would indeed spend vacation on a place like your picture shows!

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

Montana, where I just visited (and enjoyed the isolation), is much prettier.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Aug 20

@jvicentevalera In Montana, both Glacier Park and Yellowstone Park are quite lovely.

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José Valera

@jvicentevalera (13671)

• Santiago, Chile

4 Aug 20

@TheHorse really? I got to there once I start traveling the world lol

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snowy

@snowy22315 (182193)

• United States

4 Aug 20

I wasn't visiting, I was passing through...but I would say Western indiana. That was some of the coldest air I ever experienced and I grew up on the Great Lakes. Just, bitter, bitter, bitter..raw. in Western Indiana..on the prarie there.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (182193)

• United States

4 Aug 20

@TheHorse I got out of the car a couple of times there and nearly froze my butt off taking a picture.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Aug 20

@snowy22315 I think of Bloomington as a bit warmer than the Northern Midwest.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

I lived for a couple of years in Bloomington. It was...OK.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (80748)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

5 Aug 20

Right now I cannot think of a place I would never live except for some really desolate places out in the country in Latvia.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (80748)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

7 Aug 20

@TheHorse you could wind up in a rambling or small old house. Sure you could have running water and electricity but probably your neighbors would be pretty far away. You'd have to drive into the nearest small town to shop and hope they had a supermarket but they might not. And there you would be sort of like in the little house on the prairie. Nope, definitely not for me. I even hate it now that I cannot walk to the nearest supermarket but would have to take a bus. I don't like to do that alone.

@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 20

What is it like out there?

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Thelma

@thelme55 (77167)

• Germany

4 Aug 20

That is the so-called "ar..h of the word". I could never live in that isolated place either. So scary.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Aug 20

I'd be more bored than scared.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 20

@thelme55 Actually, that's a good thought. Maybe i could make my own private Israel in the desert.

Thelma

@thelme55 (77167)

• Germany

5 Aug 20

@TheHorse I think I will begin planting trees and flowers so I will not get bored living in that kind of place.

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Bensen32

@Bensen32 (27753)

• United States

4 Aug 20

Oh there are many places I have visited that I would NEVER live first ones that come to mind is California (southern), Florida, New York City just to mention a few.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 20

I like to visit NYC and San Francisco, but I think I'd feel claustrophobic if I lived in either place.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Aug 20

@Bensen32 Where in the US are you? I forget!

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Bensen32

@Bensen32 (27753)

• United States

4 Aug 20

@TheHorse The weather and politics would be my biggest issues.

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Nicole W.

@things4gotten (476)

• United States

5 Aug 20

Oddly I somehow ended up living in a place I thought I would never live. While I can't say I have entirely warmed up to living here, there are certain charms that you don't initially notice about a place when you are just passing through it.

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