Stay away from Asheville, Durham, all the bigger cities unless you like the rainbow crowd.
I’m from NY. Not the city. But the state of. I know how to live my way and let others live theirs. Anything is better than this place.
Best places to retire?
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I’m from NY. Not the city. But the state of. I know how to live my way and let others live theirs. Anything is better than this place.
Come to NE Alabama, county living at is finest, and folks like to live and let live.
We're not progressive like NC is. Probably cheaper taxes, no property taxes after 65 years old, at least where we live, not sure if it's state wide.
Ok - so we have now actually identified the beat place to retire…
Butt do you have the moves to fit in?
Are you sure about that?
I have a good bit of confidence that the green religion scoundrels will get their way sooner rather than later & part of that will be restrictions on (& ultimately banning of) 'leisure' travel to save the planet, oh, & democracy
.I'm on the same general time-line, maybe a bit further out, having the same difficulties determining where to go, though my potential zone is far smaller, meaning escaping the boundaries of the northeast megalopolis but remain close by. Cost of living is very high where I am but drops a good deal just 30 miles west. It's all good while I'm working but as soon as I shut that tap off it'll do me a world of good to downsize elsewhere.
I'm a devout east coaster. Traditionally people here moved down south in retirement, it always made sense too, everything was cheaper & there was plenty of room. The script has been flipped though since the 2020s began, like in so many other ways, now the primary draws for heading to Florida for example have disappeared. It's no longer inexpensive & even worse it's way too overcrowded and getting worse with each passing day. Other areas of the south have suffered the same insult. Rather than waiting until retirement to jump on the northeast to southeast conveyor belt a shit ton of people jumped the gun & bum rushed the gates, & not only that the smart people from Commiefornia also figured it out, so sadly the combination of all that unnatural one-way movement of the population has killed off much of the desirability of these areas.
There's also the kids, between the woman and I we've got 5 adult kids & so far none of them have dug up their roots in the area, & with grand kids to come that's a formidable draw to just stay close by.
Sadly this looks accurate. I'd take it one step further & say that as far as the US has it's global finger up everyone's ass, when we do go down we'll likely take a lot of the planet with us, so I'm not sure which banana republic (or even otherwise currently stable nation) I want to be in when that hell breaks loose. Our downfall will give new meaning to the butterfly effect.
Either way I'll be going down with the ship.
I think ultimately family is a more deciding factor than politics, weather, etc...but I don't like the politics, it could get even worse around the world as America gets worse, so while I have preferred places, in the end I don't think it makes much difference where you live. WA is the new CA, so is OR. Idaho and Montana are being taken over by Californians. Housing prices are inaccessible to most people in those states. So much land is privatized. Trails are being taken away. I keep looking at TX (again) and Utah, but my immediate family is here and they are setting up their lives here.
Train your kids in the Bible, train them in history, train them in the history of this nation, train them to think and critically analyze. Otherwise we are sinking even faster.
Train your kids in the Bible, train them in history, train them in the history of this nation, train them to think and critically analyze. Otherwise we are sinking even faster.
Without being too much of a pedant, I'll just say "teach your kids to revere the divine" as a more generic statement. Give them something greater than themselves to believe in.
I've lived in TX for over 30 years. Some parts are great, some are OK, and some are not good. Austin and the surrounds have become SoCal. South of San Antonio is hot, I mean hot and humid, for at least 6 months of the year. Further south is Mexico. Some people really like Houston; I don't. DFW is OK, but growing out of control. Places like San Marcos, Tyler and Longview are nice. Not too big, not too small. And, if you want to live in the country, you can go almost anywhere in the state.
We are moving, though, and it's because our family all lives near the east coast, so a 20 hour drive is getting to be too much. Pretty much settled on Northern Georgia.
There is nothing to do there. UTEP is located in El Paso and it's on the border so there's a lot of 'migrant noise'. You would be better off in Del Rio or Eagle Pass if you want to be close to the border, but not in the middle of the stress. I would stay away from Laredo and Brownsville. If you like the beach, Padre Island is gorgeous, especially So. Padre. There are several 'snow bird' locales along the SE coast. Galveston is overbuilt. You can also go just north of Corpus Christi along the coast to the 'redneck riviera' of So TX.
I lived in TX 45 years. Paris, Lubbock, and Fredericksburg. The best area was the central Hill Country. I agree with a lot of what you say and I definitely do not like Houston. Galveston is fun for a getaway, but not to live. Rockport area north of Corpus is cool. San Marcos, but even better a bit west to Dripping Springs, maybe around Canyon Lake, Boerne, Hunt, all slower paced and beautiful places with rivers and lakes nearby. Wheeling also at Marble Falls and Mason. If I went back I'd look hard at Driftwood and Dripping Springs.
Named Felina, no doubt...
Great song...Too bad he died, but not a bad way to die.
Some good info here. Grew up in Pa, moved to Az in 2005, retired in 2020. The post about not much public land in the east is important. If you're from the SW or west or Cali and enjoy going out and finding some place back a dirt road to recreate that isn't happening in the east. Perfect example is Pa is 85% private land, Az is 85% public land. The 15% public land in Pa isn't do whatever you want either. Another thing is humidity. When we go back to Pa it feels like we're wearing damp clothes all the time. When we go visit wife's dad in Florida it feels like wearing wet clothes and being suffocated. Spend time at the worst time of the year where ever you're thinking about going. We live at 5000' and right now the humidity is quite nice at 16%. It's getting crowded here with mostly Cali transplants but haven't found anyplace we like better. Beyond the politics and cost you should like living where you are.