Where to move in retirement?

[madison10]

I am in Michigan. I would consider moving to Ohio, not in urban counties like Lucas or Cuyahoga, though. Fulton County looks nice. I have roots there.

[gloryblaze]

I don't know how long you have been in Oklahoma... but you mentioned that you liked Michigan and can handle the cold. Wisconsin here. I used to think nothing of the cold, but as I get older, it is really getting tough. If I had a long stint down south, I don't think I could re-acclimate to Wisconsin.

[joma89]

Florida is #1 with Tennessee #2.

[luckystarmom]

Maybe check out Idaho. House or one of it’s suburbs might work.

[Big Red Badger]

Been in Prescott AZ. for a
Year now and it hits All of Your high Mark’s!
Lots of good people, places and things to do.
Large Retirement homes.
Cheers!

[SgtHooper]

But any non-PA’ers will pay dearly for carrying into PA!

[HartleyMBaldwin]

We were considering NW Arkansas before I retired two years ago, but decided to stay in Arizona. Sometimes I wish we had moved, such as the other day when it hit 116.

[Kozy]

Well you beat me to Prescott. Friend moved there two years ago and put it on my radar.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Oh, come on. I have a sister who lives in Florida, and she assures me that most of the pythons aren’t even 18 feet.

[gundog]

You forgot “Florida Man.”

[JBW1949]

East Tennessee exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Near the mountains....All four seasons are very nice there...

[rellic]

Big Island Hawaii, or Molokai.
Ignore the laws, no open carry though, it upsets all the Japanese here.
Everybody ignores the laws and I can recommend a lawyer, although you probably won’t ever need him.

[crz]

“and the heat and humidity.”

I dunno how the hell they can stand it.

I have had them tell me that I must have been nuts to move to where we are in AZ.

“There are all kinds of nasty snakes and spiders in AZ.”

Thats what they say.

I go..”Wait wut?” “At least we aint got water moccasins here, or several kinds of other poisonest snakes, or alligators, or boa constrictors, or lizards that are as big as cats.”

[G Larry]

I’m staying in Colorado and hoping to change the politics.

[donozark]

Suggest a State with no income tax. TN recently ditched theirs.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I’d say the N GA mountains but we don’t really want anybody else. The white flight from Atlanta is bad enough.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Since retirement is in 2-3 years, keep an open mind to all alternatives and visit several locations during different seasons.
It also depends on what your leisure time activities are, and how physically fit you are; I enjoy gardening and farming but I am too old to start out all over again.
That said, I would consider New Hampshire or Maine, fairly close to the ocean for temperate climate, taxation, and economy.

[Clemenza]

I have lived in Florida three times and that was enough! I am looking for a dry as a bone climate with mountains so it will be somewhere out west for me and the Mrs. - just have to convince her to give up her dream of moving to Charleston, SC.

[Boiler Plate]

Near your kids.

[Nifster]

Nebraska or Wyoming