Good Morning

[latina4621]

[jimmy*part4]

I took this one for the sox thread....

This one was my trip into the city. Those 'things' above the road signs ar the things from the movie Men in black....at the end they discover they are really space ships.

[katymatey*]

Good to see you posting pics again Jimmeh.

Night all.

[Anonymous]

Night Katy :heart :

Evening all.. l love the pics jimmy .
Just watched squizzy ..gee they were bad shots back in the early 1900,s .lol.

[jimmy*part4]

Good night Katy.

Hi Annie. I still have a few pics left. Wanna see em ,lol.

I had breakfast here a couple of weeks ago. Nice place!

This one is a private beach. As you can see it was cloudy that day, so not much happening. I just pretend it's mine, lol.

[jimmy*part4]

Only a couple left.

Drive along the shore.....

A new sign I thought was cool....other signs show a person on a horse, a couple crossing the street, a duck with baby ducks following, and a car going out of control,

[Anonymous]

Yes jimmy love your pics ..I should take some of here but it's just mud ATM !

Did see 3 black swans on a dam this morning tho .

[j*oono]

Those pics are beautiful.  Much better than the same beach pic over again.  The apartments pic was a little bit shocking.  I hope we don't have apartment blocks like that in Australia but in Melbourne there was one that I thought OMG you've got to be kidding!

I would never live above ground floor.  You never know what idi... person is living in the level under you that smokes in bed or forgets that they put the chip pan on.

Do they really pay over $5000 taxes a year for one of those apartments?

[jimmy*part4]

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@j*oono wrote:

Those pics are beautiful.  Much better than the same beach pic over again.  The apartments pic was a little bit shocking.  I hope we don't have apartment blocks like that in Australia but in Melbourne there was one that I thought OMG you've got to be kidding!

I would never live above ground floor.  You never know what idi... person is living in the level under you that smokes in bed or forgets that they put the chip pan on.

Do they really pay over $5000 taxes a year for one of those apartments?

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That apartment building is in the city. Us on the Island consider Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, and Manhatten as the city....called 'The 5 boroughs'. (though if you live in those boroughs, they consider Manhatten as the city)

If I had to guess I'd say those apartments run between $1,200 and $1,800 a month, plus utilities (electric, cable, phone, gas, internet....$200 to $400 a month, no taxes). I agree, I'd live in another state before living in one of those. They are very efficient in preventing fires from spreading, though I'd be more concerned about noise and flooding from the apt above.

$5,000 a month taxes for a house on Long Island is considered low and most likely a bad neighbourhood.

I just looked at a house in North Carolina on an acre.....only $200,000 and $1,200 a year taxes. Though for me, that would be like living in the middle of nowhere. It's expensive here, but everything you can think of doing is within a short drive.

I've been all over this country and the only other place I'd like to live was Georgia/Florida. I'd say they were a great place to visit, but not to live (unless I was older and ready to retire....and couldn't afford to live here)

[j*oono]

I thought housing was much cheaper in the United States.  It is getting unaffordable if you want to rent here.  It's sad but I hope those ugly apartment blocks won't become the norm.

There is always someone that will buy one and then bleed the misfortunate.

[jimmy*part4]

Oh, and the apartment....I was crawling in traffic when I took that pic, it reminds me of a slum in India. (Nothing against India, just reminds me of it?)

When I took that first pic I posted yesterday I didn't notice I was being swarmed by bees. I retreated then went back and took a pic of them, lol...

And the only left that's new was some horses I passed near my house....(did I post that already???)