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From: John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: connected lights
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 10:19:19 +0700
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On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 07:43:59 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 11:53:01 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:04:05 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>
>>>On 9/15/2024 11:51 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 11:07:24 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> As Mr Reagan noted well, where if not here shall we go?
>>>> 
>>>> His quote was:  "If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape
>>>> to. This is the last stand on earth."
>>>> 
>>>> Over the last few years, Santa Cruz County and California in general,
>>>> have had it's shares of storms and wildfires.  One result is that no
>>>> insurance company will write new homeowners policies in California.
>>>> The recent fires will probably make the insurance situation worse.
>>>> 
>>>> When we get together for various events, moving elsewhere is a common
>>>> topic of conversation.  There have been many who suggested that it
>>>> might be best to sell their homes and move elsewhere.  So far, one
>>>> family has moved to somewhere in Idaho, while another has moved to
>>>> Costa Rica.  A few, including me, have done some preliminary research
>>>> into where to move.  I've been watching YouTube videos in the style of
>>>> "Ten best places to live in [select a state]".  These are interesting
>>>> but not very useful.  Others have done similar research.  In general,
>>>> the best places to live are already saturated with immigrants or have
>>>> undesirable environmental hazards (tornados, hurricanes, floods, snow,
>>>> taxes etc).  The consensus seems to be that the potential benefits of
>>>> moving do not compensate for the risks.
>>>> 
>>>> "How Many People Are Leaving California (2024)"
>>>> <https://www.rubyhome.com/blog/leaving-california/>
>>>> "Texas was the biggest winner of California outmigration...  Texas
>>>> also was the state from which the most people moved to California."
>>>> 102,000 Calif -> Texas
>>>>   42,000 Texas -> Calif
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>
>>>Much agreed.  It's a daunting and complex problem.
>>>
>>>I know (and ship to) expats in Italy, Mexico, Japan for 
>>>example each with new and different blessings and troubles 
>>>and foibles.
>>>
>>>For example, as Italy depopulates there are villages which 
>>>will sell you a house for a Euro with a contract to live in 
>>>it and maintain it for some number of years.  Then again 
>>>Italy is more socialist than California so not for everyone.
>>>
>>>https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/real-estate/g61420190/places-in-italy-to-buy-one-dollar-homes/
>>>
>>>Plus the Italian bureaucracy beats the California paper 
>>>mavens hands down. Makes 'Byzantine' look like an 
>>>understatement.
>>
>>At my age, leaving the US for a different country is probably not a
>>good option.  In the past, I had considered Israel, Poland, Canada and
>>Japan (in that order).  Japan looked tolerable until I read about
>>their "Hostage Justice" system:
>><https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hostage+justice+japan>
>
>Well Yes.  But...
>
>When I was stationed in Japan a friend had his motorcycle stolen and
>reported it to the police. Two weeks later the police requested he
>come to the police to indemnify his motorcycle. He did and was told
>that they had recovered his motorcycle from a southern island half the
>country away.


Errr "indemnify  should be pronounced as "identify"
-- 
Cheers,

John B.