yes, but look at the space you have for HF antennas?
life is always a compremise as you know.
to get relative piece and quiet, your own space and room to breathe, away 
from close neighbors, then as a blind person, you almost have to give up 
transportation unless you are living with someone who has a vehicle.
I could be in a place out of town too where i could have all my antennas, a 
yard for the dog, much cheaper rent, and no way to get to the grossery store 
without asking someone to drive half an hour to pick me up.
Instead, i live in a one bedroom condo shared with a room mate who sleeps on 
the couch and drives, no yard, very little living space, definitely no 
chance of HF antennas, but half a block from a bus stop, a ten minute bus 
ride from multiple shopping centers etcetra.
So, it's a trade off.
everywhere has crime and one gets used to it.  I've also found, and this may 
just be in the cities i've lived in, that nearly everyone will leave a blind 
guy with a cane or a dog alone even at night.  Even the drunken or stoned 
idiots are fairly harmless to me even if not to others in their viscinity.
Remember, your the one with the big metal stick in your hand and or the good 
sized dog.
It's all about priorities and compremises.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: Off Topic Transpertation Question


>
> All we have that comes out here is dial-a-ride which is fine, but because
> this end of town has nothing, too often a 15 minute ride home can take 
> over
> an hour as they stick me between pickups of people coming kind of out this
> way. Other than that, we have nothing that comes out here, and if I want 
> to
> go out at night, that closes down about 5 or 6. More in town it's easy to
> get around, but out here, it's like a whole different town, we don't even
> get plowed out very much when it snows until last if even then.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Terri Pannett" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 5:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Off Topic Transpertation Question
>
>
>> Dear John,
>>
>> Doesn't your city have a paratransit system?  I can understand a very
>> small
>> town not having one, but a city?
>>
>> Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
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