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Wait... a twelve acre condo development can be a forest too? That's news to me.

Right... then what does it say a forest is? I've already Google searched it. Don't say anything that differs from what I read.

Let me guess... your "dictionary" consists of some teenager's blog?

Who's claiming what, here? Isn't it Stilgar, trying to convince me that she lives in one?

Where is it, then?

The burden of proof isn't on me, Herr Sheissburger.

Everything. A forest is an undeveloped, undisturbed stand of natural flora and fawna that stretches on for miles. You don't see that anyplace in South Jersey. Five scrawny trees in a mall parking lot are not a forest.

Okay, at least show me 200 contiguous square miles of UNDEVELOPED land in South Jersey.

What pine barrens? They were all torn down forty years ago.

I know the definition, asswipe. It doesn't include a 300 sq foot patch of weeds.

Been there. That place blows monkey ass.

Yellowstone Park IS a forest, you nincompact. So is Teton National Forest. Go to those places when you want to see what a real forest looks like. But, pack a lunch because you'll have a VERY long way to go before you find a Red Robin.

Oh? Tell that to a Yellowstone Park ranger. Hint: Two dead trees surrounded by thorny vines on a highway median don't constitute a forest.

So, maybe I should move to his town?

How far in can you walk in without bumping into something artificial?

My uncle would know more about Texas than either of us. He owns a few houses and apartment complexes there. If there's anything I need to know, I'll ask him.

Forests in South Jersey? You're joking, right? Try strip malls, business parks, housing developments, abandoned horse tracks, car dealerships, corn crops, mobile parks, grave yards... Forests are things of the 1960's and before.

I recall a few people saying I'm a "shut in" who never ventures out of town.

That's a maybe. Ever hear of jubilee?

And after retirement, I can go anywhere I want. I've also considered Pinedale, WY. Nice there, with about $700 per YEAR in property taxes on a two acre parcel with a 1,500 sq foot house.

So? What makes you think I have to stay in a high tax state after retirement?

What does that have to do with office politics?

What for? It's not like they'd have anything to gain from my death.

Not in NJ or NY, perhaps. San Antonio does have a much better climate for pensioners. Houses and land are cheap there and so are the taxes.

That's for here.