Posted on 01/15/2018 10:57:58 AM PST by 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?
We are remodelling a house built in 1860’s inherited from my mom. Located in the brick district in Tyler Texas! Lake Palestine is a short drive away and is it CONSERVATIVE? You betcha! (Think Louie Gohmert)
Also has a great little mini-med center growing a great little economy-lots of restaurants and the local grocery chain has someone escort you to your car with your groceries. No tips allowed.
We drive the 3 hours on weekends from Houston to work on our home.
Noticed some young hipsters coming in with families one couple was from WA. The guy was a carpenter. Lots of interesting things going on in the historic area. Great place to invest in real estate.
It’s roots are VERY BAPTIST but they now allow booze sales in restaurants without memberships.
Once you get outside the cities, except in the Northwest part of the state, folks tend to be more conservative. But it is a blue state, just that when you’re in the rural part, pols know not to mess with you too much.
You described much of my own situation. I’m trying to filteri out blue areas in favor of red ones. Check rents too because the cost of living will determine whether you will need to supplement your pension.
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Eastern Kansas...
I was going to suggest the Flint Hills of Oklahoma. Very close in area, but I’m not familiar with living in eastern Kansas.
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I have family in both places. Wind and cold, very short summer and spring seasons there.
>>Avoid small college towns...usually more left that they first appear.<<
Great advice, and I speak from experience. Small colleges invariably degrade the quality of life in small towns. Leftists everywhere, hoods roaming the streets at all hours of the night, inevitable increase in crime, drunks, car wrecks, break-ins, assaults, trash in the streets, every scourge civilized folks are looking to avoid can be found in small college towns.
I thought you were from the Tri-Cities, bert?
The Gulf of Mexico is 40-50 miles west, and the Atlantic the same in the other direction. This mornings low was 30 degrees. Politics are conservative, and hunting and fishing are world renowned.
Can you drive? Have a vehicle? In good health? There are beautiful areas in TEXAS, as long as you stay far from the southern border. We here in North Texas have seasons, which at times can be extreme. But we do have lovely springs. One disadvantage is tornado season, they gravitate here/Oklahoma as metal to a magnet. Public transportation would be considered extinct to those from big cities in other parts of America. Not ALL Texans (1) wear holsters and guns; (2) have an oil well in their back yard. North Texas has recently opened a wonderful hospital in McKinney. The Legacy Heart Center is in FRISCO and McKinney - these folks are first class. Stay away from cities such as Austin, Houston, Dallas, and even Ft. Worth. (the cow town is becoming a sugar foot town)
Durango is gorgeous, but a little hot in the summer. I love visiting in the winter and fall though.
Route 66 goes right through Tijeras my FRiend.
Just keep your eye on the prize! Four of my five are grown and I have eight grandchildren. Sadly we lost our youngest in 2015. My divorce was final in October.
I am very anxious to be out on my own. TRULY on my own at age 53!
Wow! It looks beautiful (Google image search). I need to schedule a day or two there to scout it out in person. Thanks.
After looking over all 57 states, we settled on East Tennessee. We were looking for a place where land was inexpensive, people friendly and accepting but most of all conservative, with a history of voting right so taxes would stay low.
We are mountain people, so wanted the beauty of water and mountains right outside our backyard. Or close. With good weather for growing crops. And enough rain for natural greenery.
We were escaping Mexifornia so all border States rights the list, as her any state three states in from the border states. I’ve had enough of the invasion. And having grown up and libed all over Texas and travelled to Arizona New Mexico and lived in California, they are all ruined in my opinion. Some people may like them, but I wouldn’t move there. Although it’s important Texas stay red. But with the invasion she is turning purple sadly.
I wanted to live the last part of my life around Americans. Anyway we just up and moved. No jobs, just left because we had enough. The plan was to go Galt but ended up finding some pretty good jobs because we wanted to join the Trump economy. Will go Galt again if a Democrat gets in office.
Of course, your priorities might be different than ours. I had spreadsheets after spreadsheets of various criteria. Taxes, median property values, the price of a 2000 square-foot house, the price of land, sales tax, state income tax, personal property taxes, if Social Security is taxed, ,Demographics, how people voted in the last election, and the trend over the last 10 years – very important, economic growth in the area – we actually wanted little economic growth. That way property values would stay reasonable and it would keep illegals out. Weather – highs and lows and the duration, humidity which I didn’t think I would like but it’s not bad here.
We wanted to be outside of a small town, for that small-town atmosphere but not too far from a larger town that would after everything we need. Most especially medical for older years. Having to travel 2 to 3 hours for a doctors appointment was not an option.
I also drove on an 8000 mile relocation scouting trip, from California to Tennessee, looking at Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Then drove through Ohio, Iowa, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Then back to California but Washington and Oregon were not on the list.
Anyway, I can only say what worked for us. And that it has worked out fabulously. i’ll never move. Only wished we had moved earlier. But then we wouldn’t of had any money… lol!
What do you think of Cottonwood, AZ? It's in between Jerome and Sedona. Is it a little too much off the beaten path?
“I am looking for plain old America. You know what I mean?”
I do. This area is anything but progressive. In East Tennessee. In fact in a lot of ways I feel like we have gone backwards 30 years. And I mean that in a good way. You can’t go to the grocery store without talking to everyone and finding out how they are doing. I have to leave my house about 10 minutes early just in case I encounter someone in the holler, because just driving by and waving would be rude.
When we signed up for utilities, we got instructions on how to come in and pay the bill. What?! Yep that’s how a lot of people do it. A lot of our older neighbors go in and pay their bills in person. They get to chat and find out the news. I still use online bill pay but I think it is adorable. There are a couple ma and pa shops nearby, when you stop in there a bunch a good old boys sitting around talking. and they want to know all about you. And they are still extremely respectful of women. Nothing like how it was in California. We had some workers remodeling the house, and one of them hit his thumb with a hammer or something and cussed. And then he said I’m sorry mam when he saw me standing there.
When I first got here I was asked unashamedly where I went to church and how did i vote. Apparently I answered correctly because I got handshakes and hugs and told welcome. People here are welcoming but don’t want the wrong types here. Thank goodness!
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