Holy`Shmoley, my SheepGod, I couldn't believe it.
It had been since the early 90s when I and Mrs. TheSheep escorted the rams to play baseball in nearby P.C. We left those wooly ballplayers and wandered off to the Grayton/Seaside/Etc. area. We found this quaint little fourplex and settled into the fourth of it. Off 30, back roads made of shelltails and cocklepuppies :idontno:, few neighbors, wide beaches, paradise found.
What the focken happened?
We recently turned off the Monster Highway to Rosemary Beach to be granted by stacked housing stacked on stacks of housing. TheSheep is a developer of barns, mainly commercial sheep centers, but I had no idea what those empty, "overpriced" lots of the early 90s were going to turn out looking like.
Before you get your knickers in a knot, ThisTheSheep is not criticizing in terms of "nonny nonny boo-boo, what the hell are you thinking about", your choice of stable, each to his own.
I can positively comment that the architectural diversity is rather eye-catching; WaterMark (sp??) is iris-candy, Alys Beach is supreme in its abstractness and that boat house thing, what Conspicuous Consumption Cooglehead is building that retina burner?
Seaside (square) looks like it got boxed in like Central Park (hey, why not build a few more and higher whatevers off the Square too..or, you are, my baaaaaaaaaaaaad).
It was a really dizzying experience for TheSheep; the Missus simply projectile vomited to perform her displeasure. 😱
What a mix, a sense of community, crampness, beauty, distortion, investment value, serious $ to value outofunk ratios, luxury, cheepy (cheepy?), quaintness, soon-to-be-dead bicyclers, pedestrian friendliness, dogs n cats sleeping together........
I feel like I missed something and nothing all at the same time. :confused:
What I am trying to understand is the composite mentality of this living style. That is, what draws shee, er people to live on top of each other (careful........) and pay such inordinate sums for the privilidge?
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194MermaidMermaidpicky7,871 postsJoined View profileMessagepicky
Didn't you read the Walton Sun today? It's the sense of community that SoWal.com provides which encourages people to share their opinions. It's like going on vacation without leaving the house. :funn:-- NOT.
SJ, this reminds me of that old commercial: Is it LIVE, or is it MEMOREX??? :lol:
Miss KittyMiss KittyMeow47,011 postsJoined View profileMessageMeow
Miss KittyMeow47,011 postsJoined View profileMessageMeowYes, they are, but I read that post of The Sheep and still don't fully understand its opinion. I was never good with poetry that is longer than 14 lines.
Then do like me and send Molly to herd that SHEEP. I have stated before that I truly get a headache reading the wooly posts. That is my opinion.
MermaidMermaidpicky7,871 postsJoined View profileMessagepicky
Then do like me and send Molly to herd that SHEEP. I have stated before that I truly get a headache reading the wooly posts. That is my opinion.
Don't fret, Miss Kitty. TheSheep might be on to greener pastures since he has discovered SoWal's to be full of crabgrass. 😱
I thought 30-Gay was the most bizarre poster on here until I saw this.WTF is within my post. My post was from a historical perspective. I thought that Miss Kitty was the most bizarre poster on here until I saw yours.
WTF?
You know what, I have decided I do not like this sheep at all. All you can do is B*tch and moan and complain about this place that we all love and hold dear to our hearts. Why on earth to do you even post here if you don't like it? Please answer that question. Do you do it because you think it is cute and funny? It's not. Do you do it to get under the skin of those of us who actually LOVE this place? You do. It is a free world and we are free to speak our minds, I have spoken mine and I feel so much better now. I think it is sheep shearing day, you might want to watch out sheep!It is expected, rather than looking at things SoWal from TheSheep's perspective, which btw is the perspective of the typical non SoWal resident, that residents will take offense first, logic second. :idontno:
:idontno: ...Johnrudy...everyone is entitled to their opinion.Thank you so kindly Miss Kitty. 😱
Back in the barn...
If ever I looked so dull, note no shoes. A sheep with no heels is just another SoWal ewe.
To me it isn't about the asthetics of the place. It is about the beautiful blue ocean, the soft white sand between my toes, the sounds of the ocean, the beautiful night sky, the beautiful sunsets and moonrises. My goodnes that is what I come here for. Once you get to where you are going who freaking cares about the houses, and condo's and all? Really? I think the only way to avoid all of that is going to a deserted island somewhere!!!!! IMHO!One need nt go to a deserted anywhere to find these same atributes of the water you describe.
TheSheep has traveled here, there, anysomewhere. There are a zillion places so not SoWal.
Don't fret, Miss Kitty. TheSheep might be on to greener pastures since he has discovered SoWal's to be full of crabgrass. 😱Rather not, I'd say. I will have to come to SoWal quite often, mof. Choosing to live there isn yet another platter of sheepdip.
I do not critisize nor applaud your loyalty and living in SoWal, I am trying to understand it.
Then do like me and send Molly to herd that SHEEP. I have stated before that I truly get a headache reading the wooly posts. That is my opinion.Then either
1) update your eyeglasses
2) take two of <insert> and STFU
3) drop being opinionated?
4) stop talking to all of your buddy wuddies and talk directly to me when youhave something credible to say.
Then again, perhaps you are from the schoolgirl-parking lot mentality. :confused: You know, when you talk to your schooly girl and boyfriends about who hates who and let's certainly agree on this! Strength in numbers, right.
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I agree Darlene...once you're laying on the beach looking out at the clear azure water, nothing behind you matters.Really?
What if you could do the very same thing for 1/10th the money?
JR
Last I heard it was still a free country (even if the sheep is behind bars right now).
I think you would be in for a shock. I have been coming to the area since 1985 and the changes have been unbelieveable - most - definitely not for the better - but I still love it down there - the beach is still there and during the off season you can still have it all to yourself.
Yes, all is not lost. Going back to my original post, obviously there are a lot of people who wish this lifestyle of high density and inflated real estate values.
Not to say that there is no redeeming values, there are, I only asking what are they to those that live or habitit frequently.
Someone explain to me what draws someone to continuing posting their opinions on this site when they don't care to live or vacation in Sowal?:idontno:Sure. Where will you find discourse of opinion if not where that opinion originates? Where is learning if not from the Learned. Where is your booze bottle, find it, it calls for you.:floor:
Didn't you read the Walton Sun today? It's the sense of community that SoWal.com provides which encourages people to share their opinions.The crux of my post. Communityh? Is that what drives people to live on topof each other and overpay for the privilidge?
I don't think so, I don't sense a great deal of "community" going on. :(
You must not be from a "city" and or have never lived in a city or else you wouldn't of made the above comment. NYC, Chicago, LA, London, Paris, Madrid, Mexico City, Hong Kong ... need I say more? Do that for a minimum of 6 months and THEN report back to us and tell us what you think of the perceived "overdevelopment".
I perceive all of those overdeveloped but most inhabitants live there with no choice. They are tied there economically.
Few are tied to SoWal for job purposes.
I understand as it sounds as if you have come to Sowal to escape but wear the shoes of someone that lives here year round for a minute.You have described Alpharetta GA perfectly sans beach.
As a year round local (and there are only what...7800 of us?), I am SO happy to have access to the things cityfolk have and take for granted - a local grocery store, dry cleaner, school (before SWHS was in, people were driving to FWB or PC for high school😱), STARBUCKS (I don't feel bad about saying that either😀 ), more restaurants...the list goes on and on.
And yes, there has been an explosion of development but so much of Sowal is state forest and restrictions are tight on things like building heights. More deveopment, also, means more people who will come visit our area and spend money which for a lot of us is critical to our livelihoods. I know it is personal perspective but I can say for me, I don't mind the changes.
There once was a a soul named sheep,TheSheep admits to Cheep
Who longed for a SOWAL estate on the cheap,
But upon examination of the prices,
He saw living in Alys meant giving up all his vices,
His wool did get wet as he began a SOWAL weep.:lol:
Looking for value not skin deep
Upon examination of prices
TheSheep has found not enough vices
To give up his wool and fukk the rhyming. 😱
John RJohn Rneeds to get out moreConflictinator6,782 postsJoined View profileMessageneeds to get out more
John Rneeds to get out moreConflictinator6,782 postsJoined View profileMessageneeds to get out morethe sheep seems quite intent on self fluffing,
answering every post instead of a simple blanket answer.
for someone who is trying to understand the draw,
you appear to be creating quite a distance between yourself
and the rest of the community. maybe alpharetta is where you
should be seeking greener pastures.
answering every post instead of a simple blanket answer.
for someone who is trying to understand the draw,
you appear to be creating quite a distance between yourself
and the rest of the community. maybe alpharetta is where you
should be seeking greener pastures.
Miss KittyMiss KittyMeow47,011 postsJoined View profileMessageMeow
Miss KittyMeow47,011 postsJoined View profileMessageMeowThen either
1) update your eyeglasses
2) take two of <insert> and STFU
3) drop being opinionated?
4) stop talking to all of your buddy wuddies and talk directly to me when youhave something credible to say.
Then again, perhaps you are from the schoolgirl-parking lot mentality. :confused: You know, when you talk to your schooly girl and boyfriends about who hates who and let's certainly agree on this! Strength in numbers, right.
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