We’ve lived in KY for 3 years. We did considerable research before we moved. One big factor was that we could live on about 55% of what we’d need in NY or MA, where we’re from. We could have purchased 2 nice homes for what we got in MA when we sold. Property taxes are reasonable, we’re used to sales taxes anywhere, gasoline is cheaper, and they welcomed us with our guns. (We actually called the sheriff’s office in the county we were considering. I wanted to be completely legal and aboveboard. They said: “No problem!
Bring ‘em on in.”) Also, the folks here have welcomed us “recovering Yankees” with open arms.
One of our relatives exclaimed: “WHAT ABOUT HEALTH CARE???” when we told her about the move. We’re no farther from a hospital than we were in NY, and our hospital in MA was the now infamous Milford Regional Medical Center. There are ample doctors from which to choose, unlike our area of MA. So far it has been win-win. Lesson: don’t base your retirement decisions on anyone else’s list. Do your own research. Visit the area (we made 2 trips to KY, one summer and one winter).
We’ve lived in KY for 3 years. We did considerable research before we moved. One big factor was that we could live on about 55% of what we’d need in NY or MA, where we’re from. We could have purchased 2 nice homes for what we got in MA when we sold. Property taxes are reasonable, we’re used to sales taxes anywhere, gasoline is cheaper, and they welcomed us with our guns. (We actually called the sheriff’s office in the county we were considering. I wanted to be completely legal and aboveboard. They said: “No problem!
Bring ‘em on in.”) Also, the folks here have welcomed us “recovering Yankees” with open arms.
We came from Michigan and bought a house here in 2018...it went up quite a bit in value and now we are building a new house on a 2 acre private lake/pond along with 5 plus acres. When it’s done it will have set us back like 300k altogther....back in Michigan the same setup would be at least 600k to buy. We could probably sell it for 400k and make a 100k profit.