On 7/31/2011 12:57 PM, Han wrote:

You're giving me more reasons not to go to Houston. And I had been
believing that Texas was God's country {actually, a friend from long ago
thought of NH as that).
/tongue thing

Han, you come to Houston, you stay with friends, you need nothing else
(except a pair of shorts and a tee shirt).

LOL ... A good part of Texas is still just that. But it too has changed.
Running an O&G lease brokerage and exploration company in the 70's and
80's, and therefore being heavily involved in land, land titles, and
buying leases from farmers and ranchers, there were still plenty of
landowners living, farming and ranching on the land for three or more
generations ... now most of those folks are gone and absentee and
corporate ownership has supplanted that way of life. An age based
perspective on the way things have changed leaves much of it
unrecognizable ... Austin is a prime example, might as well be in
Lalafornia (Sorry, Steve ... ).

That said, I'm certain my grandfathers said the same things about their
times.

Actually, living here in NJhttp://radburn.org in a small village
within a village has advantages. I can talk to the mayor etc, etc.

Actually, we live in a city (City of West University Place, TX) within a
city, and bordering another city, so I can talk to mine also, but I'd
prefer not.

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