Growing up in Arizona: 120 sucks but whatever.
Growing old in Texas: Furiously googling real estate in Wyoming.
Today's it's too damned hot googling target, what's Sioux Falls, SD like…
I’ll be furiously googling Colorado Springs starting tomorrow.
Colorado Dreamin’
On such a summer's day.
Only an 8 hour drive…
@paul please pick me up in Waco on the way (technically not on the way but im desperate)
@ChanceHMiller thanks for reminding me, it could be worse.
@paul plus you could visit Roswell on the way!
@paul come on down to austin. Worse weather, worse real estate but better food ;)
@paul I think ruidoso means noisy in Spanish.

@paul I was there a month ago when the first heat wave rolled in here. We extended our stay a day to avoid coming home to the furnace that is Texas.

And I swear, as soon as we crossed the state line from New Mexico, the temperature shot up 30F lol.

@dustinsvehlak how busy was it?
@paul it was not bad at all, we stayed at the Inn of the Mountain Gods and just did outdoorsy stuff — hiked, biked, zip line, and sleeping. It ruled.
@paul how is Florida colder than Dallas 😭
@joey_needs_sleep is it underwater?
@paul It will be soon, thankfully 🙃

@paul Ruidoso is a nice little village honestly. Was there for work reasons and stayed there for about 30 days. They have a nice “downtown” area with shops, sushi place, nice breweries. Also a winery.

Even a movie theater (very small!) but I saw last Top Gun movie there. The Inn of the Mountain Gods is very good, fun casino 🎰 even if to people watch. Restaurants.

@paul 😎
@paul but after living 4 years of this I feel I earned weather in New State.
@kdbdallas @paul my last place would hit 120F sometimes. Don’t miss that shit now that I moved to snow country.
@Sonikku @paul I hate the heat but will take it over the cold and snow. Lived that life for way too long. Hated shoveling

@kdbdallas @paul to each thier own. Lived in snow places before and never much minded it.

I do much better with cold than hot haha.

4 years of AZ summers and I was done :-P

Give me the snow!

@Sonikku @kdbdallas I'm thinking of the snowbird life.
@paul @Sonikku if you can make it work then it’s totally the way to go

@paul @kdbdallas

Can’t blame anyone there. Temperatures are getting out of control, and not gonna get better any time soon with the way we’re doing things.

Everyone gonna be heading north eventually.

@paul oooooh… now do San Francisco!! 😶‍🌫️
@exkclamation @paul I occasionally have a video call with an intern working from the San Francisco office. He likes to complain San Francisco is too cold.
@kccqzy @paul the intern is wrong 😉😁 LOL
@paul I live in Colorado Springs. Happy to answer any questions! It’s a weird place, not Portland weird, but different weird.
@paul Hmm. It’s developed in some strange ways. Prior to the evangelical move here in the 80s, it was actually a fairly moderate, artsy, smallish community. So there are a lot remnants of that heritage still around. The military bases create a third community that doesn’t neatly fit into arts/patrons or evangelicals. So there’s a fair amount of tension that creates some interesting community situations and conversations.
@paul I live in a part of town that has a good mix of folks and has some of the best ethnic food options and variety around. There are plenty of outdoor activities of all sorts so if you’re into that stuff you’ll have all the options.
@nathanwillers I'm basically into sitting outside when its not 105+.
@paul @nathanwillers also happy to answer questions about Denver. I live in Wheat Ridge and it's lovely
@paul yeah, we have a lot of that. Sun is intense here because of altitude (6500 ft give or take) but it cools into the 60s or 50s every night and evening deck hangs are lovely.
@paul right there with ya
@paul Oh hey that’s where I’m at. Went for a lovely walk today.
@StarLog which one? One of them is for sure not lovely.
@paul Move north, young man 🙂 And apologies to The Mamas & The Pappas.
@paul same temperature in barcelona yesterday 🥵
@paul I usually don’t tell anyone about summers in Western Washington, but… they’re pretty nice.
@adam way too long of a drive. 😢
@paul as long as you don’t mind the occasional forest fire or Christian nationalist hate group, it’s fine.
@paul Come join us in Colorado! Not the Springs though, come north where all the fun people are. 🙂
@paul It's 69 in San Francisco and people are driving out of town “to experience this so-called heatwave."
@paul I’ve been in the Springs for a couple years now. Beautiful place but consider the wind in your research! Chicago has nothing on this place
@paul What’s the water situation? Not a question people think about much now, but they will over the next few decades. Too late for Phoenix, as an example, but the whole southwest will have trouble meeting demand.
@paul Bellingham, WA seems nice. On the coast, close to Seattle and Vancouver, not too big. Weather should still be good in 30 years.
@chrisheinonen @paul The City of Subdued Excitement
@paul here’s to hoping your grid holds up 🙏🏻
@paul not so fast. Springs is in El Paso county, fwiw.
@paul I'll be in Jackson, New Hampshire in two weeks and sooooooo looking forward to it.
@paul colorado springs sucks
@paul How is it rainy with 105 degrees? What is raining? Boiling water?