I will also be retiring OUT of this state, haven’t decided where yet, the weather here is hard to beat!! Need to find a place where I don’t have to worry about shoveling out of snow every year!!! Washington, and Oregon are out of the question due to all of the CA. transplants, Nevada is also changing very quickly AZ. is where I thought of going BUT they are also quickly becoming CA.
I had the same reasoning as you did.
We’re looking at Idaho.
Wyoming might work.