Xbox Series X | S Preorder Help/Info Thread

He is. He is also working at a credit union headquarters in the mortgage department. I told him no hurry now with Covid stuff going on, and wait until March if he wants.
Once March hits you know what to do


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Once March hits you know what to do


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Yes! Not to mention, the wife and I are going to move and the new place will be too small for him :). We are probably going to finally leave Wisconsin (born and raised here) and move to the Carolinas. We are talking about taking a year off and traveling abroad.
 
Yes! Not to mention, the wife and I are going to move and the new place will be too small for him :). We are probably going to finally leave Wisconsin (born and raised here) and move to the Carolinas. We are talking about taking a year off and traveling abroad.
Hell yeah! That's awesome man congrats. What part of the Carolinas?
 
Hell yeah! That's awesome man congrats. What part of the Carolinas?
Just got back from spending time in the Outer Banks, but looking more inland near there. Also wouldn't mind the Virginia Beach area of Virginia.
 
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Just got back from spending time in the Outer Banks, but looking more inland near there. Also wouldn't mind the Virginia Beach area of Virginia.
Noice. Yeah I'm from Hampton Roads (Yorktown originally) and love OBX. If you're gonna do VA Beach live as close to the water as you can. It's traffic hell, but at least it's more walkable than being stuck in some neighborhood that sucks.

Just buy a house in Duck or Corolla and never look back though. That's my favorite spot to vacation.
 
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Noice. Yeah I'm from Hampton Roads (Yorktown originally) and love OBX. If you're gonna do VA Beach live as close to the water as you can. It's traffic hell, but at least it's more walkable than being stuck in some neighborhood that sucks.

Just buy a house in Duck or Corolla and never look back though. That's my favorite spot to vacation.
I loved OBX, but man, the houses on the beach take a MASSIVE beating from wind, rain, salt and sand. I couldn't handle it. But maybe on the other side of the bridge (before you cross over). We flew into Norfolk and drove down, and I loved seeing all the naval activity. A couple we met said that VA Beach is a great area and also mentioned the traffic. Our goal is to be on water (doesn't have to be on the ocean water), and VERY VERY SAFE.

We stayed here last week in Nags Head:

 
I loved OBX, but man, the houses on the beach take a MASSIVE beating from wind, rain, salt and sand. I couldn't handle it. But maybe on the other side of the bridge (before you cross over). We flew into Norfolk and drove down, and I loved seeing all the naval activity. A couple we met said that VA Beach is a great area and also mentioned the traffic. Our goal is to be on water (doesn't have to be on the ocean water), and VERY VERY SAFE.

We stayed here last week in Nags Head:

There's a lot to look for in places like that in VA Beach, and even on the other side of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel up in like Yorktown, Poquoson, or Williamsburg on the Chesapeake Bay. "North Hampton Roads" as we call it overall a much safer area than Norfolk or VA Beach. Just don't live in a bad part of Hampton or Newport News lol!

I will say you probably don't wanna live near the bridge that feeds into the actual OBX. Not really a great safe area, though I'm sure you could get a lot of land for a decent price.
 
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There's a lot to look for in places like that in VA Beach, and even on the other side of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel up in like Yorktown, Poquoson, or Williamsburg on the Chesapeake Bay. "North Hampton Roads" as we call it overall a much safer area than Norfolk or VA Beach. Just don't live in a bad part of Hampton or Newport News lol!

I will say you probably don't wanna live near the bridge that feeds into the actual OBX. Not really a great safe area, though I'm sure you could get a lot of land for a decent price.
Water and a safe place is priority for us. I won't say price is no object, but if we have to pay more to be in a safer area, we are for it. So if we are on a bay or lake and not ocean, that's great too.

If you are not in Yorktown now, where are you?
 
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Water and a safe place is priority for us. I won't say price is no object, but if we have to pay more to be in a safer area, we are for it. So if we are on a bay or lake and not ocean, that's great too.

If you are not in Yorktown now, where are you?
I live up in Richmond, which is about an hourish NW-ish of Yorktown, about 2ish from VA Beach / Norfolk. Moved up here in 2009 to go to school and just never left lol. I love it here as it's the perfect mix of city / town, and there's tons to do.

Poquoson might be a highlight for you, it's a super super safe small town right on the Bay. It's faster to travel by boat to half the city than it is to drive lol. That's where I originally grew up before my parents split and I moved to Yorktown.
 
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I live up in Richmond, which is about an hourish NW-ish of Yorktown, about 2ish from VA Beach / Norfolk. Moved up here in 2009 to go to school and just never left lol. I love it here as it's the perfect mix of city / town, and there's tons to do.

Poquoson might be a highlight for you, it's a super super safe small town right on the Bay. It's faster to travel by boat to half the city than it is to drive lol. That's where I originally grew up before my parents split and I moved to Yorktown.
We might get a boat as well, so that isn't out of the question. I am going to look up Poquoson now.
 
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I live up in Richmond, which is about an hourish NW-ish of Yorktown, about 2ish from VA Beach / Norfolk. Moved up here in 2009 to go to school and just never left lol. I love it here as it's the perfect mix of city / town, and there's tons to do.

Poquoson might be a highlight for you, it's a super super safe small town right on the Bay. It's faster to travel by boat to half the city than it is to drive lol. That's where I originally grew up before my parents split and I moved to Yorktown.
Ah, so the place looks GREAT, but it looks to be flood happy!
 
Ah, so the place looks GREAT, but it looks to be flood happy!
Well that's the thing with this whole area, especially if you wanna live on or near the water. Flooding is a part of it sadly. I think if you're within a certain range you're obligated to get flood insurance.

There's a lot of houses that are inland in Poquoson/Yorktown, and even more towards Williamsburg as it's a bit off. Still close to everything without the flooding!
 
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I'm sure mine will be loaded on a UPS truck in the morning and driven around within a mile of my house for 12+ hours and finally delivered after dinner. No idea why UPS does this with every package I get. Not complaining though, if I get it on launch day at all I'll be happy. I have a feeling a lot of people are going to be out of luck trying to get one of these things.
 
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I'm sure mine will be loaded on a UPS truck in the morning and driven around within a mile of my house for 12+ hours and finally delivered after dinner. No idea why UPS does this with every package I get. Not complaining though, if I get it on launch day at all I'll be happy.
Mine will get here sometime around 7:55 pm. I'll move the 1X to the bedroom and hook up the SX and the new 5TB external and then probably play something.
 
Mine will get here sometime around 7:55 pm. I'll move the 1X to the bedroom and hook up the SX and the new 5TB external and then probably play something.

Yeah I think my X1X showed up right before 8pm. I'm just working all day as I'm sure the earliest it shows up is late afternoon.