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we might be moving to USA

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jollyjak

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My husband has been offered a job in Americaand if he takes it we willbe moving there.2 questions:
Is Portsmouth,Virginia a good place to live? We visited Williamsburg 2 years ago and really liked it.
Will we be able to bring our 2 corns or will we have to rehome them and buy new ones when we get there?
Its a bit scary and exciting,thinking maybe we might be moving to America,it will mean losing or British citizenship and becoming American.
 
jollyjak said:
Its a bit scary and exciting,thinking maybe we might be moving to America,it will mean losing or British citizenship and becoming American.
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Hey, it's not so bad, c'mon over! :cheers:

Not sure about Virginia herp laws, my brother lives in Fairfax and loves it.
 
I'm up in northern VA (near Fairfax actually) and you shouldn't have to worry about herp laws. There aren't any laws regulating the types of cornsnakes like there are in New Jersey - only if you're selling them. You'll want to start looking into importation laws and whatnot though and maybe find someone on this end who would be willing to import them for you (I'm guessing it can take a long time). Good luck!

~Katie
 
Virginia is a great place to live! I've never been to Portsmouth, but all of Virginia is beautiful.
 
PtDnsr said:
I'm up in northern VA (near Fairfax actually)

~Katie
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My brother is an eighth grade english teacher at Robinson Middle School .
Believe it............or not! :grin01:
 
It can be really expensive to export / import. Your best bet is to find a European who will be bringing herps to the Daytona show, and ask if he will take yours also, for a fee, of course.

Hope you enjoy your new home if you decide to come. Don't know why you have to change citizenship though; maybe you can just get a green card.

Good luck!
 
jollyjak said:
Its a bit scary and exciting,thinking maybe we might be moving to America,it will mean losing or British citizenship and becoming American.
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My boss is from Britain. He has lived here for about thirty years and I do not think he ever gave up his British citizenship.
 
I live in Newport News, Virginia. Portsmouth is not too terribly far from me.

Portsmouth is one of several cities (Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Newport News, Hampton, York County, Poqouson) which make up greater Hampton Roads. Geographically, Hampton Roads is a very large area. Portsmouth is one of the smaller cities in Hampton Roads.

With all due respec, avoid Portsmouth. It's a pretty depressed area. It's got some good industries and businesses, and a FEW nice neighborhoods, but otherwise it mostly low-end. Neighborhing Suffolk and Chesapeake are much, MUCH nicer. And it would be easy to commute into Portsmouth from these cities. You can commute from the others, but you'll be dealing with heavy traffic and longer distances.

Herp laws in Virginia are pretty non-existent. You can own just about anything. I don't think you even need permits for exotic venomous species (but not 100% sure). I KNOW you don't need them for non-venomous or native species - 100% sure. The only laws I know of related to collecting and keeping native species. You can collect and possess for "personal use" 5 of any one species, as long as it is not a "listed" (protected) species. Right now, the only snake on that list is the Canebrake Rattlesnake and a couple of rare turtles.

Hampton Roads is in southeast Virginia. We have relatively mild winters, with the occassional frigid day, and occassionally some snow. We have warm to hot summers with lots of humidity. Southeastern Virginia is a herp heaven. We have northern and southern species of snakes here. We have 30 different species of snake, 3 of which are venomous (Copperhead, Cottonmouth, and Canebrake/Timber Rattler). There is LOTS of public land to herp on. The Dismal Swamp Wildlife Refuge is world class and the northernmost of a chain of clasical sourther swamps. It is in Chesapeake and Suffolk. We have many Wildlife Management Areas within an hour or two drive. We have a million and a half acres of National Forest land in the western part of the state - less than half day drive from Hampton Roads. It's all open to the public. Some areas (like parks) prohibit you from KEEPING snakes, but most herps don't want to do that anyway. You may take snakes from Wildlife Management Areas and National and State Forests, and off private land you have permission to be on.

If you are serious about coming, PM me and I'll speak to you some more about it.
 
Here's Hampton Roads. I put blue dots on the cities I think are really nice places to live. Like I said, Portsmouth has nice places, but its a very industrial city with lots of shipyards and such. Neighboring Norfolk is too congested and is dominated by the navy base. I work in Norfolk (nice place to work, but wouldn't want to live there).

The good thing about Portsmouth is that its easy to commute to.
 

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I had to find out- Florida has 75 snakes, counting the boa and the Burmese python, of which I have caught a mere 18, though I have seen many of the others in captivity.

Minnesota, where I grew up, has 17 species. I caught five of those as a child.

Nanci
 
Florida has 43 native species acccording to:

Snakes of the Southeast
Gibbons and Dorcas
ISBN 0-8203-2652-6
 

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Perhaps the 75 is counting subspecies. Virginia's count goes way up, too, if you count subspecies.
 
Well, I came to the US from a Commoneweatlh country.. I did not have to give up my citizenship, but I am in the US with a Green Card.. My better half is Amercian made.. I never bothered to check, but someone told me I had to give up my nationality to become a US citizen, I don't think that is correct though * I may be wrong though *.. Eithier way, it will definantly be a change of lifestyle for you, and in the famous words of Bob Barker, C'mooonn down!

Regards.. Tim of T and J
 
Thanks to everyone.I think we would have to change citizenship because my husband would be working for a gov. contracted company. He would be working in Portsmouth and they have said they will home us.I think once we get there we will have to look around and buy ourselves something once we know more about the surrounding areas.The schools looked good tho,1 teacher to 10 students!!! Hell, its 1 teacher to 30 where my kids go to school now.
 
jollyjak said:
Thanks to everyone.I think we would have to change citizenship because my husband would be working for a gov. contracted company. He would be working in Portsmouth and they have said they will home us.I think once we get there we will have to look around and buy ourselves something once we know more about the surrounding areas.The schools looked good tho,1 teacher to 10 students!!! Hell, its 1 teacher to 30 where my kids go to school now.
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Hope to see you soon!
 
Skychimp,you are a star.You have given me so much useful information,if we do come over I will definately be getting in touch with you for advice.
 
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