My parents moved from Chicagoland in the mid-1950s to a suburb of Milwaukee where they raised us three kids even though I greeted the arrival of my younger brother by taking off at three for about a few mile tricycle ride. Wound up in the back of a police cruiser, I think. At three!
We then moved to Reno, Nevada in very early 1970 and grew up there.
I have met quite a few Villagers who worked in Reno, Nevada for a time and even more who have visited there.
I spent 5.5 years in Minneapolis getting a law degree and working at the downtown Minneapolis Public Library for about a semester before getting hired by the U of MN Law Library. Worked at that library until mid-1991. Also helped prisoners and former inmates at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater while a law student.
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Originally Posted by GpaVader
We were born and raised in MN. My wife has SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) so we needed to move someplace with more sun in the winter, plus we both hate snow.... We've spent the last 8 or so years of our vacations exploring where we wanted to retire. Saw a commercial on the Golf Channel and came to check it out, and we kept coming back. We tried it at different times of the year figuring if we can handle the heat and humidity at its worst, we could live here. Not ready to retire yet, 2 years ago I put out resumes from here to Orlando, Tampa to Ocala and didn't get any interest, plus COVID hit. We had planned a Life Style visit for Aug of last year and 2 weeks before our trip I had some tickles on a job. Flew out for our visit, went to the job interview, got an offer the next day and the rest is history. We get to see how we like it and if it doesn't work out we still have time to hit the reset button.... Love so far but still adjusting.
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