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?
There are flint hills in Kansas too
The panhandle of Idaho was our second choice. It is drop dead gorgeous there. But the summers are short for growing many crops, which is essential if you’re trying to be self-sufficient. And unfortunately it is starting to be invaded. Lots of Spanish spoken in some of the areas around there. So you got to be careful.
Now if Trump can start the deportations, all this will be a moot point. But it was my number one criteria to get back to America And have it stay that way until I die.
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That merely was from the title of the thread..........
Take a walk ............
Yes, the fall is gorgeous around here. We’d love to have you full time.
Just wondering if anybody could comment on Grand Junction Colorado. Been through there and really like the Bluffs and the entry into some beautiful Canyon Country south of there.
Sounds like a home. Nice!
No hurricanes, earthquakes, massive uncontrolled fires, mud slides, dust storms, fire ants, scorpions, or shark sightings, etc.
But do they have the four seasons?
They have the four seasons?
Oops. Horrid place, terrible people, rotten traffic, bad crime. Dirty water, polluted air. Heroin all over the place. Ugh.
(Sorry, forgot.)
My coming retirement means escaping from California.
I was all set to move to Virginia Beach, before the recent bloodbath showed me that Virginia is now a liberal state. RATS! So now I am back to square 1 on my search for place to retire.
My reasons for selecting Virginia Beach still exist, but my ability to fulfill those reasons may not.
I want to live on the east coast.
I want to live on the beach if affordable or very near if not.
I want to live in a city, not a town or village.
I want moderate to low crime.
I hate snow — no northern or mountainous locations.
I want lush landscape.
I want reasonable taxes and costs.
I wanted to be central for travel — drive to Manhattan, NYC one weekend and Charleston, SC the next.
I wanted lowered hurricane/tornado risk.
I want thunderstorms to be plentiful.
Medical access is of course a must for us old farts.
I don’t needs sports, concerts, museums, art, antique shopping.
So now I am looking all over the map because Virginia is off the table. I am basically at a loss and I hope on my retirement travels I just find a place east of the rockies (preferrably east of the Appalacians) that feels like home, doesn’t snow, has low crime, moderate costs, good medical, etc.
I am now open to lake living instead of beach front.
In the meantime my short list has become:
Mount Pleasant, SC
Orange Beach, AL
White Lake, NC
Lake of the Ozarks, MO
Morgantown, WV (too much snow?)
North Myrtle Beach, SC (but I hears it is high crime and run down)
Nothing in Florida appeals to me.
“I’m planning on retiring soon and was looking at the Prescott area.
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 have been to Cottonwood once. It has a smaller population than the Prescott area so some services may not be available that is in the Prescott area. It is also a bit warmer in the summertime.
Unfortunately EVERYBODY seems to be retiring in Prescott, it’s really gotten out of hand. Cottonwood is okay, but it doesn’t have the really cool downtown historic square of Prescott. I like the feel of Prescott better than the feel of Cottonwood. I’m a lifelong Arizona (Phoenix area) resident.
thanks for sharing your list. I hear Myrtle Beach is pretty bad. But the rest sound interesting.
I like snow and winter, just not as much as I have been experiencing. I plan on taking my Jotul with me.
I agree that Albuquerque is a beautiful place..........for now. Intel once had a huge presence there, but they packed up and left a few years ago. Now the main “businesses” are Kirkland AFB, Sandia labs, related givernment entities and the unversity-—A LOT of government, not enough private sector businesses. Tourism is important, but it’s not a huge part of the economy.
My brother and sister in law have lived in Albuquerque their entire lives but they don’t plan on retiring there. They think some kind of economic collapse is going to happen because there isn’t enough private business and industry.
Yes, we have our two beloved major league teams: World Champion KC Royals and former Super Bowl winner, KC Chiefs, with major soccer teams, a NASCAR track featuring 4-6 national races in the fall.
Thanks for the report!
Uh, no. Intel is still here. They went from 3000 to 1200 employees, but they are making a new kind of photonic communications board/chip there and there is a lot of excitement about the plant going back up to 3000 employees. Oh, and Intel is in Rio Rancho (yay!) not Albuquerque.
There is plenty of private business and industry in the Albuquerque area.
Crime is pretty bad in Albuquerque proper, but we live in Rio Rancho. Last year Albuquerque had 75 murders, Rio Rancho had 1.
Schools suck in Albuquerque, but we have national award winning schools in Rio Rancho.
This is a beautiful part of New Mexico. Lots to see and do, especially if you like the outdoors. The weather is temperate. It rarely snows, but if you want snow you can always drive about 1/2 an hour up into the mountains.
As for healthcare, Rio Rancho has two new, modern hospitals, one run by UNM, the other by Presbyterian.
You could do a lot worse.
KU BB
Here is some info about what they are building at Intel in Rio Rancho:
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