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I’ll retire with a military pension and want to move to a bicycle-friendly, beer-loving place — so where should I go?
Marketwatch ^ | Sept. 16, 2020 | Silvia Ascarelli

Posted on 09/16/2020 9:31:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Dear MarketWatch,

I have five years until I retire. I have a nest egg of $1 million and will also have a monthly military pension of approximately $6,000, and Social Security on top of that.

I like cycling 60 miles a day and want to retire in a place that is known for good, safe cycling. I hate hot humid weather and don’t want a lot of snow. I love craft beer. And I would prefer a place with limited or no income tax on a military pension.

Where should I retire? Fort Collins, Colorado, and Asheville, N.C., seem like good places, but the cost of living in Fort Collins seems above average, and I am told Asheville has a lack of housing.

What other places should I consider and how do they compare with the two locations already mentioned? My wife likes the sound of “the Hill County in Texas,” but she knows the heat is bad.

Dear Charles,

The Fort Collins and Asheville areas sound lovely. And popular places tend to be more expensive — that’s just the reality of supply and demand. If that’s where you want to be, the trade-off might be as simple as a smaller house/condo/rental.

You also could seek cheaper housing a bit further from these two cities — Greeley, Colo. (don’t believe everything about the smell), or Hendersonville, N.C. (recommended here), for example. Or what about Raleigh-Durham, with the American Tobacco Trail as the trail network’s spine? You’d have to accept more humidity with that one, however.

I started my search by looking at the League of American Bicyclists’ bicycle-friendly communities. Five, including Fort Collins, are platinum. Housing in only one is cheaper than Fort Collins, but I don’t think you’ll appreciate the snow in Madison, Wis. I ruled out Davis, Calif.,

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1 posted on 09/16/2020 9:31:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Check out the Amazon prime video on our nations national parks. Bike riding in many of them is spectacular


2 posted on 09/16/2020 9:33:29 PM PDT by Cowgirl
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To: nickcarraway

SW Utah.


3 posted on 09/16/2020 9:33:36 PM PDT by Professional
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$6,000 a month in retirement, and it’s likely not taxable.

Wow.


4 posted on 09/16/2020 9:33:44 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: nickcarraway

Munich. Sprechen Sie Deutsch?


5 posted on 09/16/2020 9:34:16 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: ConservativeMind

Plus ~$3000 in SS....


6 posted on 09/16/2020 9:34:45 PM PDT by Paladin2 (need)
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To: irishjuggler

I was going to say Amsterdam.


7 posted on 09/16/2020 9:35:53 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ConservativeMind

Seven states tax it


8 posted on 09/16/2020 9:36:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Bloomington, IN


9 posted on 09/16/2020 9:37:30 PM PDT by Eddie01 (NRA)
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If you’re into racing bicycles, I recommend Detroit, Michigan or Chaz Oregon


10 posted on 09/16/2020 9:37:33 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is thp at they are both death cults.)
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No snow. No heat or humidity. Bicycle friendly. Affordable with his pension and SS. The only place I know of that meets all those criteria is the Big Island. Zone 2/3.


11 posted on 09/16/2020 9:38:03 PM PDT by ocrp1982
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another poor vet....those military are paid so poorly....


12 posted on 09/16/2020 9:39:43 PM PDT by cherry
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To: ConservativeMind

Had to be an officer, Col. or above would be my guess


13 posted on 09/16/2020 9:41:14 PM PDT by DaiHuy (May God save the country, for it is evident the people will not! Millard Fillmore)
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To: nickcarraway

Portland, Oregon is nice this time of year.


14 posted on 09/16/2020 9:43:48 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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Had to be an officer, Col. or above would be my guess

Can't be...Colonels and Generals never ask for advice...lol.

15 posted on 09/16/2020 9:46:03 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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The Isle of Yap. Small island, you won’t get tired riding the course.


16 posted on 09/16/2020 9:47:31 PM PDT by Fungi
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Well, if that retiree wants to get good, strenuous exercise, and keep their reactive reflexes sharp, the could retire to San Francisco.   There, they would be getting a good physical cycling workout, by pedaling up, and down, and up, and down, and up, and down, (etc.) all those steep hills there.  They would also have to keep their reflexes sharp, by swerving left, then right, then left, then right, then left, then right, (etc.), to dodge all those stinky brown piles in the street.

They could also increase their deep spiritual and philosophical fulfillment/satisfaction, by tossing various objects (large gobs of ice cream?) towards N. Pelosi's modest domicile there.

17 posted on 09/16/2020 9:48:10 PM PDT by Songcraft
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Could just be me being southern, but a 59 inch annual snowfall in Ft. Collins is quite a bit of snow!


18 posted on 09/16/2020 9:48:29 PM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (It's morning in America again!)
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“Portland, Oregon is nice this time of year.”

For sure. Portland is rated most bicycle friendly state ever year by Bicycle Magazine.


19 posted on 09/16/2020 9:48:39 PM PDT by Falconspeed
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To: nickcarraway

If Trump wins, why not somewhere north of Phoenix in Arizona?

If Trump loses, maybe seasonal living in Costa Rica.

If Trump loses I’m considering part time living in Peru (but mostly for personal reasons) and maybe eventually Costa Rica.


20 posted on 09/16/2020 9:50:05 PM PDT by tsowellfan (https://twitter.com/cafenetamerica)
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