Posted on 01/15/2018 10:57:58 AM PST by Chickensoup
I moved from sunny Southern California to Dallas because retirement in California isn’t easy — so I recommend Texas, especially central Texas small towns yet near Austin and Waco. East of I-35, especially. There’s a reason others recommend the Hill Country too.
Not Wyoming
What’s with the Villages and STDs? So much geriatric genitalia, so little time?
Genius answer ... thanks.
So you work for the Tourist Board here, with those come ons?
Interesting...we’ve looked around Boise and Eagle up to McCall, but haven’t looked at Emmett. We also like the “Inland Northwest” up around the Canadian border. My Mom was born up there and her parents retired to Hayden. More of a Northwest feel than drier southern Idaho. We’ll be visiting my uncle in Twin Falls this summer - maybe we’ll swing by Emmett and take a look. Glad to hear your thoughts here!
STDs. Right. My friend was a Health Dept. administrator in a large state for decades. They’d get the reports on other states’ health data. The Villages... just eeewwww.
Sperlings Best Places, St. George, UT:
78% of the people in St. George, Utah are religious, meaning they affiliate with a religion. 4.36% are Catholic; 70.39% are LDS; 1.04% are another Christian faith; 0.00% in St. George, Utah are Jewish; 0.00% are an eastern faith; 0.00% affilitates with Islam.
Of course, the last bold item above may be a big plus for some.
Eufaula Alabama
new age hot spot like North Carolina
Really?!?! :(
Where are the New Age hot spots?
Ugh, are there some good red state areas there outside of these hot spots?
Yep, Chaganoogie ain’t too bed...:^)
Elevations, beautiful, good friendly people wanted you say? Easy, move up into the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt!
MB is getting better. LOTS of places all around Myrtle Beach in SC where you don’t have to be concerned whatsoever.
Just a start:
North Myrtle Beach.
Surfside Beach.
Pawley’s Island.
List goes on & on.
There are lots of small towns in northeast Oklahoma, but, though you couldn’t call most of them beautiful, some of them are surrounded by some beautiful country. And it’s very inexpensive. But I’m thinking you want something a lot more upscale than that. We live in a little one horse town, with the most ridiculously low taxes you’ll ever see. We live in a solid, but very modest 1000 square foot house. It needs a paint job, in the worst way. Our taxes were $68. That is not a typo. SIXTY-EIGHT Dollars. A YEAR. But other than that, and some nice people, there’s nothing here. And there are more than a few poor folks. It’s mostly Indians and whites, about half of whom call themselves Cherokee, because they have a smidgen of Cherokee blood, and the tribe has no blood quantum limit, but they’re really just white people, in reality. And a handful of blacks. There are a few democrats in town, but mostly conservatives. It’s kind of an ugly little town, the streets almost all need work. We’re not far from some small to medium sized cities. And I’m sure some of the really nice homes in our town pay a lot more than that, thought they can’t be too high, because they have the same tax rate. There are some neat towns a little further south, maybe a hundred miles away, in the hill country, not far from the Arkansas border, that are surrounded by beautiful country. It’s hotter than heck in the summer, but not really much hotter than places I’ve lived up north. Winters are short. There is fall weather, but not like up north. Not many people retire to Oklahoma, though, do they?
I split my time between S.Florida and Colombia S.A. If I was to it over I would look at N Florida. But still spend time in Colombia.
Yes -— such smart and wonderful men who came to Texas to help us claim and save it for Texans!!!
3 roads into the valley & all could easily be held in the event of a zombie apocalypse
More appealing than you might think...I was in a car surrounded by 50+ anti-Trump demonstrators in Chicago...not fun.
Would not want to run into them during tough times!
I live about 50 miles west of Austin, in the Highland Lakes area. We have a brand new hospital just up the road. Austin and San Antonio are an easy drive away, but far enough that they we are not a suburb. Not much traffic except in the summer when everyone comes out to the lakes.
The weather is great in the winter, except for the occasional Blue Norther that pushes through. It was in the 60s yesterday and today. Tonight we have a cold front coming in and it is supposed to be in the mid 20s tomorrow with possible snow. By this weekend it will be back in the 60s again.
I love that peninsula. I have a friend in Suttons Bay also.
I retired June 2017 and my wife will work another 2-3 years. We’ve traveled a lot over the years and, during our travels, we always looked at places thinking about whether it might be a nice place to retire.
We keep finding our current home (in California, believe it or not) looks pretty good, so we never bought a retirement place.
We HAVE found that we both really like the Idaho panhandle - great conservative country (the last bastion, it seems), beautiful land, friendly people. It’s the “Inland Northwest” and the winters are not terrible and the weather is quite mild in summer. It does get smoke some summers from western wildfires and forest fires - last September was the worst in decades. But those are rare events. We’ve spent a few four or five day trips there and gotten to know the area well.
We debate all the time whether we should move or stay or maybe buy a second home somewhere. Our concern with a second home if the expenses and that would then preclude travel to other areas.
As you suggest, thinking ahead 10 - 20 years is a wise thing to do. At a minimum, it may make you realize your current home is the best place for you and might prevent the “If only I’d done this...” neuroses. The other thing to do is rent a place where you think you might like to live for some extended time. Maybe rent a month or two in the summer and another month or two in the winter. You’ll get a much better feel if the place is right for you in retirement.
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