Where to Move? Time to Retire and Find a New Life.

01.15.18 | chickensoup

[Chickensoup]

The kids are grown and gone. I live in the Northeast. I am looking to move to a small city or town or village. I am healthy, happy and adaptable.

I would prefer a place that has a conservative base. Every location on the lists of best places to move are leftist s***holes.

I am hoping for a place with four seasons, albeit, not as severe as the northeast. Elevations are fine, beauty is important, and so is the need of good, friendly people.

Any ideas?

[beaversmom]

NM is nice. I like the Ruidoso area. I also enjoyed a quick visit to Carlsbad. One of the best minitrips I ever did. Have pretty much been in the North, South, East, and Western parts in some fashion. Roswell. Capulin. Fire and Ice Volcano area. White Sands. Carlsbad. Very nice state.

[victim soul]

Destin Fl heaven in the PanHandle.

[ScholarWarrior]

Agree. Forest county pa is gods country. 4 seasons, mountains, trees, rivers, lakes and wildlife. No internet. Inexpensive. No retirement income tax.

[MHGinTN]

Any place in East Tennessee EAST of Knoxville ... the liberal filth eating away at UT is a disgrace.

[CottonBall]

Have you narrowed down your search now? You’ve gotten a lot of input!

[Hazwaste]

Was going to suggest Boerne, but anywhere in the hill country would be nice.

[dfwgator]

I like the Fredericksburg area.

[OneHun]

Reduce the choices for simplicity, for example:

• All sovietized states (CA,OR,MD,MA,CT,VT,NJ,NY,RI, etc...);
• States with personal income taxes;
• States with death taxes;
• Sanctuary states;
• States with restrictive gun laws;
• States that don't recognize other-state's carry licenses;
• States or counties surrounding the DC cesspool;
• States with large (>.01%) populations of criminal invaders; and,
• States with too many "no-go" areas.

The rest of the process is a piece of cake...Just list your "good" criteria and choose...Or buy a motor-home and travel...
 

156 posted on 1/15/2018, 12:48:02 PM by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)

 

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SuperLuminal in post #156 has a good idea how to get started.  As you narrow down the locations you  like, I would suggest to you to go and visit there at least for a week.   Best if you can do it ones during summer time, and ones during winter time.

We left San Jose, CA  and moved to Boise, ID.  Never looked back.  Now we have two conservative families, friends of ours from the Bay Area, CA, who already moved here and are very happy including their school aged kids. 

 

[napscoordinator]

I love that article. I think it was always funny to think that people over 55 still “live”. I mean it was always in fun when people talk about the Villages. Thank you for setting the story straight.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Contact me, I’ll give you the tour.

[PLMerite]

Lamar County, Texas. Business down the street from me flies the US flag and beneath it the Battle Flag.

Little old ladies wear hunting camo in Walmart.

[EliRoom8]

Thanks for the suggestion, Slim.

[EliRoom8]

I may need to return to substitute teach so I may venture further east into areas like Rancho Cucamonga — as far from the Hollywood libs & 405 Freeway as possible.

[Theophilus]

We have big pension and entitlement problems.

[beaversmom]

You are welcome, lp. Thanks for responding. You know CO well.

[laplata]

You know it as well as me.

[firebrand]

Freepers are going to laugh or worse, but New York City is ideal for a certain kind of retiree. You know all the cultural benefits—you’ll never, ever run out of things to do, even free things to do. The public transportation is excellent (current problems with the subway excluded). You can walk to a lot of things, because New York is more 3-dimensional than other cities.

And there are an enormous number and variety of programs for the elderly, anything your little heart desires, from excellent city-run programs to small church community groups. Our Department of the Aging is the gateway to a fabulous collection of services.

OK, go ahead and shoot.

[Pining_4_TX]

Interesting book by Dave Stebbins ... Relocate! 25 Great Bug Out Communities: Safe Places to Live if Bad Thinks Happen

Don’t know if they are all good as far as climate goes. OK has some nice small towns, but it is hot in the summer and there are tornadoes to worry about. NW Arkansas is quite pretty.

One problem with living in too small a place is the lack of hospitals. Something to think about.

College Station, TX is quite hot in the summer but has some of the nicest people you will ever meet.

[firebrand]

By the way, there is a new edition of How to Retire Overseas coming out soon. It is full of facts and financial considerations, geared in part to those who want their retirement income to stretch as far as possible. There are thriving ex-pat communities. And the official language of Belize is English. Just a thought. I know you meant U.S. only.

[GOPJ]

https://www.frugal-retirement-living.com/Frugal_Retiring_News-backissues.html

Nice link - thanks for sharing...