Posted on 02/13/2015 8:22:22 PM PST by TurboZamboni
Looking for a place with moderate climate,stable government,low crime rate, predominantly English speaking and is not anti-gun .Where someone on a fixed lower income can afford to not have to live like a rat.
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Texas
Pennsylvania checks a lot of boxes. Low tax, no tax on pensions and amazingly pro gun...
The White House.
Just get Elected POTUS and you won’t need to spend a dime of your own Money and you’ll be surrounded by Guns.
The Climate isn’t an issue either. You can travel the four corners of the World at your Leisure.
Don’t get me started on all the Golf you can play without a Green Fee in sight.
Since it’s first on your list, how do you define moderate climate?
Arizona or Texas.
Mississippi.
I’ve heard good things about the Hill Country in Texas.
Phoenix. Lousy summer, long, but low taxes, lots of restaurants, good hospitals, safe city, clean. Conservative for the most part.
No A/C, no heating. Gun laws suck (no CCW if that matters), but there are a very hard corps percentage of haoles and Hawaiians that are determined not to be disarmed.
Have to ask my wife about tax stuff, but they do not tax retirement income, AFAIK.
If I ever did move (likely without the wife, she loves it here) it would be to Arizona. Deal with whatever, and know I do not have to be snowed in for four months.
Back in the 80s, my Daughter and I were eating at Red Lobster.
In the booth next to us were a couple who were from McConnell AFB. We could hear everything they said and it was two pilots and their wives.
They were talking about retirement. One said they were going to retire at Eglin. The other agreed that was a good place. I didn’t say anything to them but wanted to agree with them since I was born and raised near the Eglin Reservation. and yes it is a nice area. Low property taxes, no state income tax. Except for the beach, low real estate.
And the best thing, it is very conservative.
I define moderate as not Minnesota in Winter or Texas in Summer.
and Phoenix homes are nice, and affordable. So is the monthly utility bill.
Weather can be a problem, though. Lots of precipitation there in the Alleghenies.
My friend just moved out of Costa Rica after ten years. He said it is being ruined by wealthy American retirees. They overpay for everything.
He said that many are now moving on to Nicaragua were the tourists have not "Americanized" everything. I understand that some parts of Thailand are also very nice if you like a little hotter climate. He said the medical facilities are quite good.
Been there. I don’t think I could afford the cost of living,but the weather is awesome.
mississippi
Moderate climate, stable government, low crime rate, predominantly English speaking (I’m stuck in SoCal right now, so that is VERY important to me,) and not anti-gun is exactly what I’m looking for. Looking at retiring in about three years.
Got kin in Mesa. The neighborhood has gone to crap in the past 30 years.
Scottsdale is nice, but I couldn’t afford any house there.
Isn’t Phoenix still the kidnapping capitol of the US?
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