Dayton, OH is lovely in winter, as evidenced here:

Why? It will sell anyhow.

He must've read my book: 5 Cheap Ways to Write Guides to Things You Know Nothing About.

ballchain: The author is a moron. Hills, pine trees and snow aren't in the vocabulary in any of these areas (Galena Park may have one or two pine trees though). There are better places to live for cheap in the same general area, I wouldn't recommend any of those listed.

City of South Houston = Gun Violence
Angleton = Scary Rednecks
Baytown = Chemical Plants
Galena Park = Gun Violence
Galveston = Corrupt Hell hole + brown water
La Porte = Chemical Plants
Pasadena = Chemical Plants
Rosenberg = Prisons
Santa Fe = Single-Wide Trailers
Texas City = 80,000 resident Ghost Town + Chemical Plants
Vidor = Ku Klux Klan

Counterpoint: The author is a really smart guy. You think his goal was to write an informative, useful book. I don't. I think his goal is to make money.

FTFA - Corley, a New Jersey accountant and author of a 2010 guide to the daily "success habits" of rich folks

Think about it. What were his costs? He probably spent a few hours on google, a few days pounding a keyboard probably in his free time as an accountant and walla, he's got an ebook. If he sells a single ebook, he's making profit. Seems like a smart move to me. A dick move, sure. But a smart one.

Angleton, Baytown, Galena Park, Galveston, La Porte, Pasadena, Rosenberg, Santa Fe, Texas City.....?????

He just named a list of places where I would literally kill myself within a week of moving there.
Texas City and Galena Park are Industrial hellscape's similar to the opening scenes of 'Blade Runner'. I ride my bike around there on the weekends and the area is usually a creepy ghost town.
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AqueousBoy: Dayton, OH is lovely in winter, as evidenced here:

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Almost as beautiful as Knoxville, Tennessee, shown here in this GIS result:

ballchain: The author is a moron. Hills, pine trees and snow aren't in the vocabulary in any of these areas (Galena Park may have one or two pine trees though). There are better places to live for cheap in the same general area, I wouldn't recommend any of those listed.

City of South Houston = Gun Violence
Angleton = Scary Rednecks
Baytown = Chemical Plants
Galena Park = Gun Violence
Galveston = Corrupt Hell hole + brown water
La Porte = Chemical Plants
Pasadena = Chemical Plants
Rosenberg = Prisons
Santa Fe = Single-Wide Trailers
Texas City = 80,000 resident Ghost Town + Chemical Plants
Vidor = Ku Klux Klan

My mother-in-law talked a whole contingent of our families to beach house in Galveston because of how awesome it would be. Probably the worst vacation I've ever had. I had no idea sea water could be that gross.

In any event, whenever she has a bright idea I run the other way.

Last line of TFA:

The ebook can be purchased for $10 at www.richhabits.net.

Rich Habit #1:

Write some bull-shiate e-book with zero research and/or subject matter knowledge, and charge dumb-arse boomers $10 to read it.

I did. I knew. However, instead South Houston has the lovely smells of a paper plant. Enjoy!

AqueousBoy: Dayton, OH is lovely in winter, as evidenced here:



Ooh, I LOVE Dayton! They also have an excellent hot dog-eating competition every May:

Pretty boring, but the sidebar had a link to another article.

Awesome photo. Please do something with it.


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/just wanted an excuse to post this

What exactly is the licensing on the images he used? Did he acquire publishing licenses for them? Were they creative commons and he gave attribution?

When in Houston, be sure to stop by and see their exhibit of an actual retired space shuttle orbiter

ballchain:
Texas City = 80,000 resident Ghost Town

In their defense, blowing up twice in the last 64 years might make it hard to attract new residents.

My grandparents used to live in Stinkadena. These were basically their most important retirement possessions:









Don't think I saw any snowy peaks or gondolas in South Houston, unless that was supposed to be a euphemism for snorting cocaine in Sugarland.

"But the overriding thing ... is its being an affordable place to live," he said. "When you're looking for affordable, you're going to give up some quality of life.

Defeats the whole idea of retirement then, champ. But then, there are some hidden gems: the weather in Detroit in May is probably nice, so there is that.

ballchain: The author is a moron. Hills, pine trees and snow aren't in the vocabulary in any of these areas (Galena Park may have one or two pine trees though). There are better places to live for cheap in the same general area, I wouldn't recommend any of those listed.

City of South Houston = Gun Violence
Angleton = Scary Rednecks
Baytown = Chemical Plants
Galena Park = Gun Violence
Galveston = Corrupt Hell hole + brown water
La Porte = Chemical Plants
Pasadena = Chemical Plants
Rosenberg = Prisons
Santa Fe = Single-Wide Trailers
Texas City = 80,000 resident Ghost Town + Chemical Plants
Vidor = Ku Klux Klan

Look, you can't sell the Houston area so well. We'll be swamped with people trying to move here and my rent will skyrocket.

/Those chemical plants bring a tear to my eye every time

...Is Not Amused

And is East Houston still the hot spot for supervillians?

Is there no one on this planet to even challenge we?

lennavan: Think about it. What were his costs? He probably spent a few hours on google, a few days pounding a keyboard probably in his free time as an accountant and walla, he's got an ebook. If he sells a single ebook, he's making profit. Seems like a smart move to me. A dick move, sure. But a smart one.

Heh. My brother-in-law makes a very nice living selling content online. Not ebooks, but electronic content aimed at a specific target audience that uses it in their business. Here is how he does it:

1. He posts a lot of good stuff online, to get people signed up to his site, all of which is free.
2. He periodically posts a large package of "Premium" content that will only be available for $X dollars for Y days, after which it won't be available anymore at any price.

People eat that shiat up. There is no reason why he needs to limit the availability to 2 days, or a week, or whatever, other than to induce people to buy the content *NOW*, and pay the asking price, for fear of missing out on the really, really good stuff. He does a build-up on his website for weeks prior to posting new premium stuff, to get people excited.

I just shake my head and wonder how people can be so naive as to believe that stuff like that has an expiration date. But hey, he makes a lot more money than I do, so what do I know?

ballchain: Rosenberg = Prisons

I think that's Sugar Land, actually. For me:

Rosenberg = Mexicans

ballchain:
Pasadena = Chemical Plants

I've always maintained that "Urban Cowboy" was a documentary.

iamskibibitz: ballchain: Rosenberg = Prisons

I think that's Sugar Land, actually. For me:

Rosenberg = Mexicans

I do miss going to Fiesta Mart, where the Impulse Items looked like this:

They got ski lifts in Dubai - isn't that like Houston, oil money and all?

ballchain:
Vidor = Ku Klux Klan

Is that really a bad thing?

iamskibibitz: ballchain: Rosenberg = Prisons

I think that's Sugar Land, actually. For me:

Rosenberg = Mexicans

For me:

Rosenberg = Orange Julius

dittybopper: Heh. My brother-in-law makes a very nice living selling content online. Not ebooks, but electronic content aimed at a specific target audience that uses it in their business. Here is how he does it:

1. He posts a lot of good stuff online, to get people signed up to his site, all of which is free.
2. He periodically posts a large package of "Premium" content that will only be available for $X dollars for Y days, after which it won't be available anymore at any price.

People eat that shiat up. There is no reason why he needs to limit the availability to 2 days, or a week, or whatever, other than to induce people to buy the content *NOW*, and pay the asking price, for fear of missing out on the really, really good stuff. He does a build-up on his website for weeks prior to posting new premium stuff, to get people excited.

I just shake my head and wonder how people can be so naive as to believe that stuff like that has an expiration date. But hey, he makes a lot more money than I do, so what do I know?

It's a lot like what Google does, releases new products but makes them "invitation only." The feigned exclusivity makes people go bonkers.

Vidor is one of the worst places in the world.

iamskibibitz: ballchain: Rosenberg = Prisons

I think that's Sugar Land, actually. For me:

Rosenberg = Mexicans

The Texas Department of Correction operates over 100 facilities so pretty much any medium sized town can "= Prisons"

MisterLoki: Vidor is one of the worst places in the world.

I did a GIS for Vidor, TX and I got rundown foreclosures and slutty mypace photos. And one of an angry dog on top of an abandoned '88 Cavalier.

Rapmaster2000: [stilllookingforacowboy.files.wordpress.com image 640x466]

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That picture is missing the delta hub and coke plant

ballchain: The author is a moron. Hills, pine trees and snow aren't in the vocabulary in any of these areas (Galena Park may have one or two pine trees though). There are better places to live for cheap in the same general area, I wouldn't recommend any of those listed.

City of South Houston = Gun Violence
Angleton = Scary Rednecks
Baytown = Chemical Plants
Galena Park = Gun Violence
Galveston = Corrupt Hell hole + brown water
La Porte = Chemical Plants
Pasadena = Chemical Plants
Rosenberg = Prisons
Santa Fe = Single-Wide Trailers
Texas City = 80,000 resident Ghost Town + Chemical Plants
Vidor = Ku Klux Klan


Pasadena and La Porte are excellent places to retire because you'll die quickly from exposure to all of the noxious chemicals.

/Going to visit my grandparents in Rosenberg this weekend. I have no idea how that small crappy town ever ended up on the list.

I rarely find that General Mills stock name is useful for much.

groppet: Rapmaster2000: [stilllookingforacowboy.files.wordpress.com image 640x466]

/just wanted an excuse to post this

That picture is missing the delta hub and coke plant

It's what makes Atlanta such an exciting tourism destination. Because when I'm looking for an fantastic getaway, I'm thinking "kind of like Dallas or Houston.... but in Georgia."

Threadjack

If God had meant for Texans to ski, he'd have made bullshiat white.
/Farking dangerous assholes on the slopes.

/Threadjack

Degenerate Monkey: Pretty boring, but the sidebar had a link to another article.

Awesome photo. Please do something with it.

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Gig 'em baby