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The 2016 Election cleared up one Mystery.... Now we know who Rosemary's Baby grew up to be !

I think this is a great thread, particularly the last couple posts, with Tomcal offering to share his objectives with the rest of us - along with his rationale, and his strategy for getting there. I personally wish him every success here. It kind of makes us reflect on our own situation. Around a decade ago, I found myself traveling to Brazil, perhaps close in frequency to Tom, for both work and leisure, but for shorter stays. it seemed like I was actually in the air around as much as on the ground in Rio, so I decided to reverse course and make Brazil the base. I had and still have compelling personal reasons for doing so (who doesn't), and I had to put in the time to make the professional context work. I do go back to the states around once a year, and if friends or family want to see me more, then they have to visit me here. It turned out that even with the most varied of tastes there were a lot of worse places for them to visit as they show up way too often LOL

Pt 2 con't. while i think i will always go to Brazil and in fact i am going there in 2-1/2 weeks, i wanted to find a place closer to my home in Calif., that still offered the ability to meet guys! No place imho will offer me the Quanity/Variety/ and beauty of Brazil but there are still some very fun places to go to! As i grow older the 13+ hr trip to Brazil gets to be something i dread and i am usually in first or business class! For the last 4 years my friend Rob has spoken about Merida and this year opened a business there! I had not even heard of it so i went and visited him the first time in February. Within a hour of landing we were walking through the main city Square in front of the Cathedral and i met a guy who was sitting on a park bench and ended up staying the night for $20.US! It has 4 gay bars/clubs and is overall very gay friendly! And most importantly Mexico does not require Visas for Brasilians. I brought one of the guys from SP/lagoa last time and will definitely do it again!

Badboy81, mexico was my choice for several reasons. 1) location in relation to the U.S. Was a very important reason because if for either health or family emergencies it is 1-1/2 hrs by plane from Houston which has a large Intern'l airport and in my case 2-1/2 hr flt home. 2) I wanted a place that was not only gay friendly but had a a thriving gay life and 3) that made economic sense for a 2nd home! Merida provided all this with a population of 1,000,000 and while only 100 miles from Cancun considerably cheaper in all aspects! It has a active cultural life but is not a resort city like its close neighbors, Cancun and Playa del Carmen and the homes are 1/2 the price or less!

I was thinking...

New org is great! Very clear & clean. Thanks! For once in IT-land, an update for the BETTER. Who knows, you might even start a trend.

Thank you for all the suggestions. Many new changes coming. Some may pop up with surprise and delight but others may cause you to say WTF. But, in the end, we are going to go for clean and simple and easy to access on all devices.

Here are some photos of the house I am going to make a offer on. The ceilings are 18' tall throughout the house except for the kitchen which is 12' . There is 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms on the main floor and a master suite on the second floor by itself which would be a great guest suite! and then a spiral staircase to the third floor rooftop deck with wet bar and bbq