WHAT ARE YOUR QUALITY DECISIONS BASED ON?

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I have been participating in this site for more than a year [much more]. As I have said, I am now on the road. Just got back from south-central TN. Great Place. Will leave again next week. I have trouble relating to many of the posts. The county that I live in has an unemployment rate of 1.1% [lowest in the country]. When new companies move in [which they do on a regular basis], they recruit outside the county [no other way]. Much of the question deals with personal choices. I have been to San Hose [sic] two times this year. I don't know how Diane stands it. But that is her choice. I have been going through SeaTac for 30 y. It is worse than San Hose [sic]. It seems to me that many complaints deal with the fact that things aren't the way they used to be. This is true. Personally, I have been there and done that, and, I agree.

Best wis

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), November 19, 1999

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Good point. I base my quality of life decisions on my own experience. But Hawai'i has changed massively since I first visited in 1957! And California has definitely changed since my family first settled in Santa Barbara in 1868... One thing that I am looking at is whether or not the changes are positive. Will that new road lower my commute time, allow me to drive down a nicer route, or simply pump more workers into a small area. Will the new building be landscaped to improve (or not deface much) the landscape? Will water be cleaner or worse? Etc.

A further question could be what will my grandkids and greatgrandkids have (when they come)? Will they have empty beaches? (not likely!) Will they have clean water to swim in? (Hopefully, yes!) Will they have fish to be cought? (Yes, but we should also see commercial fish farming for increased food supply.) Will they have to work harder, longer hours, for a lower standard of living? Will they be able to afford their own homes? Will the males continue to be discriminated against by the military draft simply because of their gender?

These and other questions are perfectly valid. I tend not to look more than 3 generations in the future because I won't (probably) know my great-greatgrandkids...also because correctly projecting out that far is extremely difficult.

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), November 19, 1999.


Mad Monk:

Glad that you caught the drift of my question. You aren't so Mad. Where we are going is important. We live in an area that everyone wants to populate. It is a problem. California and Washington haven't done a great job in handling it. How we handle it will be important. Others should tell us how they are handling the problem.

Best wishes,,,

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), November 19, 1999.


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