As A Leatherworker - Where In The US Would You Choose To Live?

[Rawhide]

Well David,

It's about 1000 miles from Hamilton, adding the bike, might want to tack on a couple hundred bike miles (kinda like wind chill factor, "feels like"). Roughly about 16 hours.

I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could!

Marlon

[skipj]

I think a lot of us are restrained by family location, although it isn't as important as it once was to most people.

SkipJ

[superchute]

how about the black hills of wyo. the taxes are low and not to far to a lot off places. Rapid city is about 90 miles sheridan is 150 , Billings mt 220 for mileage nice summers and a little now in the winter. lots of little town like Sundance wyo or Hulet wyo.

just a thought

Russell

[bustedlifter]

Texas seems pretty cool, although I like the different seasons. I'm in the middle of the People's Republic of Illinois and have been thinking about moving north back to Wisconsin but that seems to be turning into another "worker's paradise" state. At any rate, wherever I would chose to live I would make sure there is a drag strip within a reasonable distance, say, 1-2 miles or closer!

[wildrose]

Delaware doesn't have a sales tax, if you consider those sorts of things, but I didn't much care for it there...

[howardb]

Ireland. It is, hands down, . If I had to stay in-country, then probably Tennessee, the most beautiful place I've ever been in the US. Canada is nice and has some gorgeous places, but it's so krikey cold & damp; plus their fetish for Hockey. It just un-natural...

Brent

[indypbear]

Richard,

Very interesting question. If you notice the responses most of us chose right were we currently live. You might consider that. The grass isn't always greener....etc. etc.

MARLON!! No state tax in Texas? How far is that from Hamilton, Ohio....in rigid motorcycle miles?

Dave Theobald

David,

Hamilton, being outside of Cincinnati, is about 900 miles @ 65 mph is nearly 14 hrs from Fort Worth. Now remember, you have to survive the trip through KY & TN-two beautiful States. OH has its own beauty also! I'm originally from IN, go figure that, but I like TX too. A lot of family history here from the Republic of TX and the TX Rangers.

Indy

[Ian]

Richard,

Very interesting question. If you notice the responses most of us chose right were we currently live. You might consider that. The grass isn't always greener....etc. etc.

Dave Theobald

The grass IS always greener on the other side. Fortunately I live on the other side

[barra]

Ireland. It is, hands down, . If I had to stay in-country, then probably Tennessee, the most beautiful place I've ever been in the US. Canada is nice and has some gorgeous places, but it's so krikey cold & damp; plus their fetish for Hockey. It just un-natural...

Brent

You have no Idea how true that is right now from where i sit.

Edited March 9, 2008 by barra

[CitizenKate]

Wow! Lots of replies already and some funny ones to boot! I guess I should have mentioned that all of my business is done online so local sales or city size isn't a concern really. Hey, keep 'em comin'!

I would love to live someplace where I can get everything I need locally, like leather, craft supplies, and even shipping boxes. Shipping boxes...? Most of my game boards are considered "oversized" by the shipping services. And the boxes I need to ship them in make a pretty big package, too, when I order them. Once they get to a certain size, then they have to be shipped to me by motor freight, and that adds about $13 to the cost of each box I buy. Kinda ridiculous, but that's how it goes. <_<

Kate