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

[Songcraft]

(Forgot to mention the beer there.)

        

[Undecided 2012]

Simple do as I did, move to East Texas. Sam Houston National Park has lots of bike paths. Personally I’m too old for biking. But hey whatever

[tubebender]

Arcata California...

[tubebender]

Arcata California...

[John Milner]

My first thought was Madison WI.

But the winter can be pretty harsh. And I think WI taxes are higher than average. I do know that Madison is very VERY liberal.

[LiberalismDestroys]

Professional is correct, check out one of the smaller towns in South West/Central Utah. You would really love it here.

[rfp1234]

Arvada, CO is nice. And its soil is so clean it’s been used as a Pb (lead)-free reference material.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

$6,000 a month in retirement, and it’s likely not taxable.

Depending on the state it might not be state taxable but is, I assure you, Federal Taxable.

$6000 a month means he was probably full colonel at minimum.

[Theophilus]

Huntsville AL. Redstone Arsenal fills up with biking groups on the empty roads on evenings and weekends. There are several breweries in town. There's a nice variety of terrain. It's close to Atlanta and Nashville. It's Rocket City. It's a boomtown!

[Balata]

You would be right at home in Colorado Springs. If you have any questions i would certainly be happy to answer them, just FReep mail me. I am also a vet.

[McGruff]

South Dakota has caught my eye recently. Any Freepers live there?

[SubMareener]

Sierra Vista AZ

[wjcsux]

I lived in Arvada off of Ward road in the late 70’s, it was a great place to live back then.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

another poor vet....those military are paid so poorly....

When you reach senior officer status the pay is not bad. Of course there are only about 5000 slots in the Army so you had better be darn good to reach that high.

And of course if you take those same skills to the corporate world the pay gets a lot higher, your benefits improve and it is really rare that anyone shoots at you.

[proud American in Canada]

Um, Charles? Are you married?

I’m an attractive woman, at least they tell me.

;)

[proud American in Canada]

Yes, I was just going to say...bicycle away, but watch out for the poop.

Human, dog , cat, probably raccoon...etc.

[TECTopcat]

<$6,000 a month in retirement, and it’s likely not taxable.>

wow indeed, I worked 45 years in private industry and my pension is less than half that

to your question-look at Boise ID, eagle pt

[LeoWindhorse]

Phuket Thailand

fun fun fun

[higgmeister]

The writer should consider San Antonio, Texas.

My brother loves it there, but his wife is from Lufkin and his F-in-L was a retired CMSGT.   He is always saying good things about BAMC (Brooke Army Medical Center).   They pronounce it Bam-See.   They have more active duty and retired military there than probably any other place in the country so they know how to keep them happy.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Key West.