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where else could you live?

Posted by Nobster <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Nobster' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 27, 2026, 20:45:26

we just got back from spain last week.

granda might be the perfect towngreat food. ski 6 months and 30 minutes to the beach. also, free tapas! buy a drink, get a plate. dinner was 9 bucks each night!

wife's great grandpa was a citizen...considering it.

having moved to a mid-sized city from new york, we've realized we're big city people

Posted by snipes824 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=snipes824' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 29, 2026, 19:41:54, in reply to "where else could you live? "

and also coastal people.

so new york and san francisco pretty much.

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If I may interject…San Francisco feels like a very small city in comparison…

Posted by haighter <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=haighter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 29, 2026, 19:50:25, in reply to "having moved to a mid-sized city from new york, we've realized we're big city people"

It’s got great food. It’s dense. That said…the footprint is exceedingly small. Everything closes early. The public transit is a joke.

I love it but it’s a “city” in a way with a very small vibe.

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and also coastal people.

so new york and san francisco pretty much.

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yeah, I meant density, walkability, diversity, food and drink, global influence and connection, etc.

it's small in footprint, but a major city in feel.

it's actually got a really great mix between the two. big in the right ways and small in the right ways.

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It’s got great food. It’s dense. That said…the footprint is exceedingly small. Everything closes early. The public transit is a joke.

I love it but it’s a “city” either way a very small vibe.

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and also coastal people.

so new york and san francisco pretty much.

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I COULD live a lot of places. The real question is where you would actually consider...

Posted by haighter <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=haighter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 29, 2026, 15:09:15, in reply to "where else could you live? "

...if the opportunity presented itself right?

At this point in life, I can't say much of anywhere. I value community greatly and it takes a REALLY long time to build community.

At (almost) 47 I'm not sure that I have it in me to rebuild that social currency again?

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Ooo

Posted by DocWalk20 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DocWalk20' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 29, 2026, 19:27:00, in reply to "I COULD live a lot of places. The real question is where you would actually consider..."

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Thanks for typing out the rationale I was too lazy to type.
At just over 50 we are moving back to metro Denver after 10+ years in the Pacific Northwest. Lots of places we theoretically would consider living. But realistically would have only taken a new job that wouldn’t have required moving or one that would move us back to Colorado where we lived 10 years ago.

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100% this

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 29, 2026, 15:12:37, in reply to "I COULD live a lot of places. The real question is where you would actually consider..."

I mean LBK and I have loved everywhere we've gone in Canada (she was more fond of PEI than I was)but it's not like we'd leave Chicago, our friend groups in the city, and sell our cabin to move there in my mid-50s

"You must own the honor of being the whitest, military vet, fat, multiple state property owner but most of all the one who hates their own country the most in our country."

Community is a lot. Moving to a new place where you know practically no one is a hard adjust

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 29, 2026, 15:10:55, in reply to "I COULD live a lot of places. The real question is where you would actually consider..."

Which is why I’d like to move back to Germany at some point for work. There’s an ex-pat community of the same people with the same problem but luckily the community part is already built in; you just need to dive in.

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I'm with harb. USVI.

Posted by Illiniphil <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Illiniphil' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 29, 2026, 6:18:25, in reply to "where else could you live? "

Or San Diego.

That's the list.

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Seriously, Lauterbrunnen (CH) or Lermoos (AT) or Innsbruck (AT)

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 29, 2026, 4:56:03, in reply to "where else could you live? "

Won’t need much; just a 90 sqm place

But will probably end up in some retirement community in the US

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(for rent)

La Jolla is my dream. Probably not gonna happen.*

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 21:21:41, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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Taipei, Tokyo, Montreal (winters would be real though though)*

Posted by ECEIllinois <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ECEIllinois' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 19:10:54, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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Alright, chance to daydream about retirement. My top 10 list of places I’d like to live.

Posted by Carl Spackler <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Carl+Spackler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 18:30:15, in reply to "where else could you live? "

In no particular order, 3 months in each.

Paris
Barcelona
Costa Rica
San Diego
New Orleans
Denver/Boulder
Vancouver
Dubrovnik (really Balkans)
Chiang Mai
Cape Town

Skewed mostly to warm weather places to avoid Chicago winters.

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I’ve been thinking of the 3 months thing for a while now

Posted by Tortillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Tortillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 18:46:46, in reply to "Alright, chance to daydream about retirement. My top 10 list of places I’d like to live."

And I like most of the places on your list.

I suspect it will be more like a US home base (where the rugrat winds up will play a role in where that will be) coupled with slow travel.

Yep, I’ll be envious of you when you kick this off. What else is on your list?*

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And I like most of the places on your list.

I suspect it will be more like a US home base (where the rugrat winds up will play a role in where that will be) coupled with slow travel.

First I need to visit a bunch of places I’ve been wanting to check out but haven’t yet

Posted by Tortillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Tortillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 19:06:38, in reply to "Yep, I’ll be envious of you when you kick this off. What else is on your list?*"

Of the places I have been, two primary thoughts:

After spending time in a couple Euro alpine lake towns (Vevey Switzerland & Riva Del Garda Italy) and not wanting to leave either of them I think I’ve identified a type of place that really does it for me. Lots of other options like those two but they made me swoon.

I could spend every US winter in Cape Town. Mrs. Tort spent 5 weeks there for a grad school project and loved it, and when I went I fell hard too.

But so many other places I need to visit!

I think I’d be scared to 3 month commit to a place I’ve never been.

So I’d probably visit those first to test the waters.

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Valid. However…

Posted by Tortillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Tortillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 20:13:14, in reply to "I think I’d be scared to 3 month commit to a place I’ve never been."

twice I’ve done a three month stint in a place I’d never been and both of those times stand out in my memory as among my happiest times (it helps that they were Seattle and London, both in summertime).

This one guy’s head at a hockey game recently, rent-free*

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 18:02:32, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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hockey communities in ski towns are pretty awesome. we did covid winter in TRide and had a ball w/

Posted by cpsteine <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=cpsteine' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 19:15:39, in reply to "This one guy’s head at a hockey game recently, rent-free*"

local kids club and adult leagues. have also played a bunch in Jackson Hole.

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LA is the best place to live when it's not engulfed in flames or quaking.

Posted by Warrin'_Illini $<iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Warrin\'_Illini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'>$ on April 28, 2026, 17:18:38, in reply to "where else could you live? "

I plan on going back part time.

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You cannot lose games in the NFL and still win.

LA is 2nd from the bottom of my list, right above Mumbai*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 18:15:44, in reply to "LA is the best place to live when it's not engulfed in flames or quaking."

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I plan on going back part time.

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Chicken Little poster child

not to mention, crawdad boils!*

Posted by bbonb <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=bbonb' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 17:51:00, in reply to "LA is the best place to live when it's not engulfed in flames or quaking."

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I plan on going back part time.

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Oregon coast, SC lowcountry or Aikin/Augusta area, Pinehurst. I sense a theme.*

Posted by Phytynlini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Phytynlini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 17:06:47, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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My wife is from Aiken, SC. Very pretty. My wife and I briefly considered Hilton Head.

Posted by JacobRDaugherty <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=JacobRDaugherty' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 18:41:49, in reply to "Oregon coast, SC lowcountry or Aikin/Augusta area, Pinehurst. I sense a theme.*"

But we just couldn't get onboard with raising our kids with a South Carolina education. We head to both every year

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I haven't seen your wife, but I can imagine she's very pretty*

Posted by Phytynlini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Phytynlini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 20:53:19, in reply to "My wife is from Aiken, SC. Very pretty. My wife and I briefly considered Hilton Head. "

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But we just couldn't get onboard with raising our kids with a South Carolina education. We head to both every year

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Is she a litigator?*

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 20:19:16, in reply to "My wife is from Aiken, SC. Very pretty. My wife and I briefly considered Hilton Head. "

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But we just couldn't get onboard with raising our kids with a South Carolina education. We head to both every year

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you like cities with oppressive humidity?*

Posted by bbonb <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=bbonb' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 17:16:58, in reply to "Oregon coast, SC lowcountry or Aikin/Augusta area, Pinehurst. I sense a theme.*"

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I recommend 46.6%, although I will say that Astoria Oregon, while the most humid municipality in

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 18:13:13, in reply to "you like cities with oppressive humidity?*"

America, is pretty nice.

boody, il just to tell everyone that i live in boody*

Posted by lcubed <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=lcubed' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 13:40:54, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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hey Professor, what's another word for pirate treasure?*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 14:23:14, in reply to "boody, il just to tell everyone that i live in boody*"

I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

Could? About anywhere. Would? Much shorter list at this point.*

Posted by DocWalk20 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DocWalk20' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 13:14:52, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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we'll go full-time mountains at some point. real mountain town, not Denver. have looked at canada

Posted by cpsteine <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=cpsteine' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 13:12:24, in reply to "where else could you live? "

Europe full time too far from fam.

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I wouldn't mind Frisco/Dillon. Bend, OR is also high on our retirement list.*

Posted by illinibone <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illinibone' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 17:16:35, in reply to "we'll go full-time mountains at some point. real mountain town, not Denver. have looked at canada"

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Europe full time too far from fam.

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IMO, if you're going to go CO, you have to get away from I70: Telluride, Aspen, Steamboat, CB.

Posted by cpsteine <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=cpsteine' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 19:13:55, in reply to "I wouldn't mind Frisco/Dillon. Bend, OR is also high on our retirement list.*"

In that order.

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Europe full time too far from fam.

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ski situation will degrade there more quickly than other spots, unfortunately.*

I’ve been to Portugal twice and I think I could make do in Porto or Lisboa or Punta Delgado.*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 6:06:28, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Washington Irving love it. *

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 6:05:20, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Never heard of that spot. Skiing looks to be pretty sweet*

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 5:52:26, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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Rapid City*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 5:15:17, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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Chicken Little poster child

We are at least considering splitting time in Italy when I retire

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 4:55:19, in reply to "where else could you live? "

My wife will hopefully be getting citizenship this year, and property there is crazy cheap outside the big cities and main tourist areas. There are nice condos near the beach on the Adriatic for under $300k, which would be doable.

I don’t think I’d want to go full expat, though, at least not in a place where English wasn’t the first language. And the UK is fairly expensive and stingy with visas, plus has pretty crappy weather. Ireland maybe, but weather there is pretty terrible too.

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We're doing Salou Spain this summer, I'll let you know.

Posted by tvillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=tvillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 27, 2026, 22:19:40, in reply to "where else could you live? "

I'm in Bend, OR right now... I could also live here.

St. Thomas, St. John, Bonaire, Marathon, plus a number of other places.

Posted by harb <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=harb' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 27, 2026, 22:06:50, in reply to "where else could you live? "

I’m not picky. Give me the ocean and diving and I could live there.

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[Assassin] Harb is the epitome of a Goldfish Troll.
[Opey] Assholes gonna asshole
[tiki] #### all the way off with that, you bloodthirsty hilljack.

Anywhere without hot summer*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 27, 2026, 21:38:20, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

What about hot girl summers?*

Posted by biclops <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=biclops' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 27, 2026, 22:03:23, in reply to "Anywhere without hot summer*"

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I'm so ashamed of the lie I'm living
Right on the wrong side of it all

Those are OK. Less confusing than Brat Summers, at least*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 27, 2026, 22:08:34, in reply to "What about hot girl summers?*"

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I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

Hot summers are brutal

Posted by meanjeans <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=meanjeans' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 27, 2026, 22:02:10, in reply to "Anywhere without hot summer*"

10000x better than cold winters

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BLAM, there's my opinion people - behold

This is where I am

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 4:59:14, in reply to "Hot summers are brutal "

Unfortunately, the only places without fairly cold winters in the US are either utterly miserable in the summer (Deep South, Arizona) or impossibly expensive and prone to wildfires (California).

For a single place, the mid Atlantic is a pretty good compromise.

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10000x better than cold winters

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Hoodie weather 300 days a year… >>> *

Posted by haighter <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=haighter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 27, 2026, 21:58:08, in reply to "Anywhere without hot summer*"

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Anywhere without cold winter*

Posted by Taz <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Taz' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 27, 2026, 21:21:05, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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Sometimes you just need to yeet a bobcat *

Being an Illini fan is a goddamn curse.*

The answer is always Branson.*

Posted by Tortillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Tortillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 27, 2026, 21:00:03, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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If it’s good enough for Yakov Smirnoff…*

Posted by DocWalk20 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DocWalk20' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 27, 2026, 22:30:31, in reply to "The answer is always Branson.*"

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I'm pretty flexible. As long as it consistently maintains 46.6% humidity at 73 degrees Fahrenheit.*

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 27, 2026, 20:59:44, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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Granada ruled *

Posted by assassin <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=assassin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 27, 2026, 20:59:37, in reply to "where else could you live? "

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Brandon Schrock of Laredo, Texas, told the federal government that his employer was “poop,” and his occupation was “pooper.”

Until the Reconquista.*

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 5:00:02, in reply to "Granada ruled *"

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