What about medical especially othomologist or cornea docs? Asking for a friend stuck in Pensacola where they are non existent.
I’d look for a state with no state income tax and low cost of living, gun friendly. Stay away from big cities, go semi rural. You might have to travel for medical care, that is a reasonable travel time, but it’s the trade off of living away from the crime and low life’s. Look for a RED district. You don’t want to move into a Dem controlled one. Stay away from college towns.
You will find getting away from big cities drops property, car ins, taxes and rates big time. If you want a gun friendly state you need to research that. FL is plagued with SINK holes so that is another search you have to do. Climate is the other. What hobbies do you have, Land O Lakes in TN straddles 2 states, so you can take your pick 1 has a state income tax, TN does not, climate is decent, no state income tax, gun friendly, Red Legislature controlled for now. Hunting, fishing is great. Beautiful area for hunting, fishing, boating. Some large cities with in reach.
Sounds a lot like E. Tenn.
It’s true that Georgia has a small income tax, but for retirees, IRA distributions, pensions and Social Security are not taxed. I think at the moment, retirees would have to make over 65K in earned income before taxes would kick in.
My mother, who lives in “no income tax” Tennessee pays over $1000 a year because she has investments in securities. If she didn’t make a penny from her investments, she would still pay just because she owns them.