Odette
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2011-09-11 17-00-54
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Good one! Ha, ha! Women bound for Pittsburgh. Wouldn't that be something! I've never been to Pittsburgh, either, but it seems to be a pretty decent place to live. Given the choice and much more money, I confess I would prefer a larger city like Boston or New York, but I don't have that kind of money. Not that Pittsburgh would rate lower than the aforementioned in terms of livability, but I don't know that for a fact. All things considered, Pittsburgh seems to be the ticket in my case. Your list of places to meet eligible, middle-aged women is spot on. I wonder if Pittsburgh has that kind of scene, though. I've heard it's a fairly blue-collar city, which I have no problem with. Websites, again, make me uncomfortable. Sorta like computer dating when I was in college years ago. It just doesn't seem real to me. You ask about Barcelona. Well, I gotta say that the city is crawling with beautiful women of all ages. In all the years I've lived here, I've dated mostly Spanish women, naturally. And I've never really been disappointed. They are intelligent, articulate, cultured, strong-willed, politiy aware, nonjudgmental, tolerant, and take a great deal of pride in looking conventionally feminine. They don't have hangups about that. Oh, I failed to mention sexy, as well! Alas, the city itself has changed drastiy in the last five to ten years. It's become a very expensive tourist trap and it's now impossible to buy a home. A x-sq-ft flat will cost a minimum of x,x euros or x,x US dollars at the current rate of exchange! That's probably the major reason I'm planning to leave. The only thing keeping me here is the excellent health care, both public and private. My public health care is free and I pay roughly x US dollars a month for my private health insurance. Due to a health problem recently involving radical surgery, I paid a grand total of x US dollars to my private insurance company! The same procedure with hospital stay and meds would have set me back at least x,x US in the States, as an uninsured middle-class American. I'm holding on to that private health insurance when I go back to the States, at least until I can afford to buy insurance there. But I'm way off topic now so I'll stop here.
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