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Where should I retire?
November 28, 2022 | Jonty30

Posted on 11/28/2022 4:13:24 AM PST by Jonty30

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To: usconservative

That was the primary concern.

My loss of faith in our government mostly rests on my lack of respect for the voting public. In a democracy, you not only get the government you want. You get the government you deserve.

It also focuses on my seeing the US as similar to the EU. As a Kentuckian, I am no more a Californian or New Yorker than a German is a Frenchman.


81 posted on 11/28/2022 6:49:34 AM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: Jonty30

Stay away from Ukraine and anything that ends with istan.


82 posted on 11/28/2022 6:50:01 AM PST by George J. Jetso
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To: Phoenix8

HAHAHA! Nailed it! I worked in Downtown Louisville, which is why I conceal carried and carried in my car.


83 posted on 11/28/2022 6:50:37 AM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: bert

Thanks, I’m checking into that today. Already bookmarked a number of sites to follow up on.


84 posted on 11/28/2022 6:53:55 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Jonty30

Florida is closed! Bugs, bears, snakes, hurricanes, hot sun almost year round and all manner of Florida people types.


85 posted on 11/28/2022 6:54:05 AM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Wife and I chose extreme NE corner near Johnson City. They have a huge medical facility/infrastructure that fit our needs well.

My oldest is in Jonesborough (sp?) which IIRC is very close to Johnson City.

Unfortunately, there isn't a specialist in Johnson City for the condition I have. That makes me sad.

86 posted on 11/28/2022 6:56:28 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: peggybac

Awl’beny ‘was’ a great place to grow up as a kid. I lived on one of the plantations in Baker county but was born/raised in Albany. It is now nothing but hood. My sister says there is a ‘book’ that gets passed around to those in the know that want to get all the local/state/fed benefits that details the how-to and the right people to see and what to say. It has become the goto place of welfare crowd and it fights any change to politics. I look at Sylvester/Tifton/Moltrie/Thomasville/Valdosta and see how they are thriving and that is all the proof anyone needs to understand Albany...


88 posted on 11/28/2022 7:03:52 AM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: peggybac
One of your relatives used to live across the street here and was very close friend of my parents (Robert Tift--passed a couple of years ago in his 90s). Spoke of having family in Connecticut in the shipbuilding business a long, long time ago. The shipbuilders would have been your ancestors. Robert might have been your uncle or great-uncle.

Great guy. Very dignified.

89 posted on 11/28/2022 7:07:36 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: peggybac
Peggy. "less than 2 miles from MO/KS state line" so am I. Some points on living in KS; there is no homestead exemption in MO for your home in the event of a bankruptcy your House can be sold as part of the proceedings. There is a homestead exemption here in Kansas.

In KS you can exclude Social Security from state tax on a Joint return with an AGI of less than $75k per year.

I lived in KS and worked in KCMO; (NO MORE!) Make certain if you move, do NOT move into KC MO which will also ding your butt for 1% of your income. Have you ever had to fill out a MO tax return? Total Pain in the ass.

List of places that charge local income tax

(Missouri has nice places but I keep thinking about looking around Spring Hill or West of Lawrence KS.)

90 posted on 11/28/2022 7:12:54 AM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission (Zone 6B KS/MO Border KC area)
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To: cuban leaf

That’s what I’m considering, as well. Bourbon Trail is another consideration. Buffalo Trace free distillery tours (with product samples) is yet another.


91 posted on 11/28/2022 7:15:58 AM PST by AF_Blue (My decision-making skills closely resemble those of a squirrel when crossing a road)
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To: SamAdams76

The bugs are a FEATURE of living in Florida - the cockroaches FLY!


92 posted on 11/28/2022 7:17:03 AM PST by AF_Blue (My decision-making skills closely resemble those of a squirrel when crossing a road)
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To: Jonty30

A republican county in a republican state.


93 posted on 11/28/2022 7:20:55 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: usconservative
Bad news. We're fairly healthy but leaving MA did present issues with finding certain specialists.

So far so good here but the NE area is well populated in the medical sciences. And really expensive by comparison.

Good luck.

94 posted on 11/28/2022 7:25:31 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Great minds drink alike...me and my baby havin' a hell of a night. - - BB King)
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To: V_TWIN

That’s simply the retards we threw out or is it up.


95 posted on 11/28/2022 7:26:00 AM PST by A Voice (As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the end times.)
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To: Jonty30

Any place but the left coast.


96 posted on 11/28/2022 7:26:17 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: oldasrocks

I don’t like ice storms and you can’t tell me last February in Kansas City wasn’t brutal. I lived it. And that was without an ice storm. But if you like it, more power to you.


97 posted on 11/28/2022 7:29:42 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Jonty30

Green Bay WI or one of the surrounding counties. Green Bay has everything people need shopping and medical-wise, and it is easy to get around. It is a very safe city all things considered. The airport is easy to get in and out of, and drive-wise it’s only a few hours to MPLS and Shtcago. Performing arts in Appleton a half an hour south, on UWGB campus, and beautiful Door County an hour and a half northeast. The people are really friendly. You’ll get chatted up by strangers while shopping or waiting for a table.


99 posted on 11/28/2022 7:36:28 AM PST by SovereignJ (retirement)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin
I thought about retiring to NW Arkansas..., but my wife wanted to stay in Arizona. We compromised by staying in Arizona.

Ya got me laughing!!

100 posted on 11/28/2022 8:02:33 AM PST by JesusIsLord
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