One of the hidden challenges of finding a retirement location, is projecting what it will be like 10 years from now, or 20 years from now. I dont want to love my new place now, only to be driven out because I hate it 10 years later.
I was all set to move to Virginia Beach. It is fine now, but the libs are on the verge of taking over the entire state. So I know that 8 to 10years from now, the commie laws and high state taxes will have me fleeing yet again.
Everybody tells me Myrtle Beach is getting run down. Like you, I thought maybe Nort Myrtle Beach would be acceptable. If I could guarantee that North Myrtle Beach would stay as it is today, it would be on top of my list. But I know that pestulance in MB is going to spread to North MB and then I will just have to move again.
I want to do this once, live in my dream home/location to my dying breath. Nobody can guarantee that, but Iam going to stack the odds by moving somewhere that is changing for the better to me, where there is scant risk of it going downhill.
That’s just me.
I’m about 8 years away. What my wife and I decided to do is have a permanent residence in a tax free state. We are then going to rent three months at a time in other places. Since we are beach people we are thinking about Florida in the spring, Jersey in the summer and doing the Northeast in the fall so we can be close to our son.
I wanted to do the Winnebago thing but the wife isn’t into it. Just going to get an Escalade or Navigator and drive.