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  • ihavenopeopleskills@kbin.socialtoMemes@lemmy.mlOne last Chuck
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    1 year ago

    The following are the twelve points that guide Mr. Norris’ life:

    1. I will develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways.
    2. I will forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements.
    3. I will always be in a positive frame of mind and convey this feeling to every person that I meet.
    4. I will continually work at developing love, happiness and loyalty in my family and acknowledge that no other success can compensate for failure in the home.
    5. I will look for the good in all people and make them feel worthwhile.
    6. If I have nothing good to say about a person, I will say nothing.
    7. I will give so much time to the improvement of myself that I will have no time to criticize others.
    8. I will always be as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
    9. I will maintain an attitude of open-mindedness toward another person’s viewpoint while still holding fast to that which I know to be true and honest.
    10. I will maintain respect for those in authority and demonstrate this respect at all times.
    11. I will always remain loyal to God, my country, family and my friends.
    12. I will remain highly goal-oriented throughout my life because that positive attitude helps my family, my country, and myself.

  • Virginia still has cheap areas and is a blue state thanks to the DC area and Hampton Roads, but the cheap areas suck and don’t necessarily have broadband access or mobile coverage.

    Are you a blue voter or do you just like blue areas?

    https://www.kiplinger.com/real-estate/places-to-live/601488/25-cheapest-us-cities-to-live-in

    Michigan isn’t a friendly place for taxes on middle-class families. Things have changed with the influx of people from neighboring blue states. For example, my hometown of Grand Rapids, which once had an average midwestern cost of living, is now no longer affordable:

    • So-called affordable housing in Westside is around $2000/mo
    • Rooms start around $800/mo, which is more than my mortgage payment an hour south in Kalamazoo
    • Houses under $500,000 are plentiful, but you’ll be a belligerent in a bidding war to get one. Furthermore, you won’t be getting a palace at that price.

    Also, if you are looking for somewhere temperate, you’ll only have that here May through August.