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?
Leesburg, Florida. Conservative and cheap to live. Retirement money can go a long way. It is near the Villages which is pricey so you can do better 10 miles away from the Villages.
I’ve visited N. Michigan for vacations. Very pretty area. Love the dunes. But, I don’t think I could live anywhere that has signs stating that certain roads are closed in the winter because it’s too much bother to keep them plowed.
That means LOTS OF SNOW.
I agree,Kentucky, but south of Louisville. The east end is too liberal for me, and I live there. Parents retired to Munfordville. Check out the small towns. But you need to be within driving distance to Louisville. The Arts and the best medical care is in Louisville.
Heard it has one of the highest STD rates in the country.
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That’s actually fake news.
I’m retired too and have a house in Texas about 25 miles south of Houston. I’m renting it out to my daughter and her husband with the stipulation that a bedroom will always be available to me anytime I am in the area.
I’ll be starting my travels this Spring with a round the world trip. I plan to just keep moving around and exploring until I’m either unable to do so or I find the perfect spot.
Traverse City...
Frankfort / Benzonia cliff property overlooking lake Michigan.
Ok.
If you would like a gone galt type area populated by old hippies, rednecks, off-griders and other people who avoid the city like a plague, you might like it in west central Texas. But it is all either barter or small/home based businesses nearby-only chain stores are auto parts and a small grocery store-there is no fast food and the nearest big box is nearly 25 miles away.
There are 4 somewhat defined seasons, and we do have a real fall with changing leaves and all that-it does snow, but only now and then in winter, and it isn’t nearly as cold-people from the frozen north-snowbirds- who can take a few months off spend the winters here. But summers are long and hot-you might not care for that. Hope you find your ideal new place!
I don’t have the kind of money that buys ocean views. Unfortunately.
I never let the political ambiance affect what I do, including move. I moved from Los Angeles to Salem, Oregon. Oregon in general is far left; Salem not so much. I have found good hearted Conservative friends here...and it is beautiful. Must like rain.
Great, not good, medical infrastructure. Physicians have been flocking to North Texas since lawsuit reform several years ago.
You do know that if it wasn’t for a couple of Tennesseans, y’all would be known as Mexico...:^)
Davy Crockett and Sam Houston...
really? That is nice to hear. It was an immediate turn off.
I lived through the seventies once.
Gov. Matt Bevin is awesome. I can see him being a Presidential possibility in 2024.
That is true, but just don’t get slutty and you won’t have a problem. Of course at a certain age, maybe you want to go out with a orgy or two.....lol.
A good friend of mine retired to Panama Beach, and he loves it!
how wonderful for you! I hope you keep us updated on the progress of your trip and what you discover!
My vote would be Idaho or Montana or (as a previous poster suggested) southern Wyoming!
If money were no object and I were ready to retire now, I’d buy a decommissioned missile silo and dig in a like a tick!
Thanks, I prefer cooler rather than hotter.
Especially around St Marys.
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