It’s worth a mention that there is a higher than average rate of Hansen’s disease (Leprosy) in Brevard county.
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It’s worth a mention that there is a higher than average rate of Hansen’s disease (Leprosy) in Brevard county.
If you can handle the weather - I couldn't take a steady diet of it - my kids love it in San Antonio. Cheap housing, no state income tax (though prop taxes are high).
My pipe dream is to live between GK and OBC in AZ, but that's not likely to happen...
The grass is always greener comes to mind.
I don't know about anyone else, but I do want to be within an hour drive of good sporting clays and someplace I can shoot out to 1000 if I can't do it on my own land. I pistol berm is an absolute necessity. Maybe it is just get far enough away from the 1-25 corridor. I am still liking SD though. :)
All I know is that when I retire, snow is not going to be in the picture. Neither are the cold ass months.
Same thing the spouse said. Which ruled out Emmet ID and other surrounding small ID towns.Quote:
Originally Posted by colorider
SO we moved down here,.
New Years Day 3 years ago. Light snow fall, lasted all day, and night. Woke up to 2-3+ ' of snow. With 3+ drifts along out buildings. It's windy like WY, has 4 seasons and same altitude as it was in NoCo. BUT...I'm not tripping over dope smoking, freeloading bums every 5'. Inundated with leftist mentality, tolerant & diverse hypocrites
10 min tops i'm off road, hunting in the state, from southern border to UT.
Multiple recreation spots for anything. Regarding fishing, not my wheelhouse, BUT Havasu is 3ish hrs from us. Powell 3.5 hrs, too.
Lic plates are paid for in either 1-3 or 5 yr increments. Trailers are a 1 time lic plate purchase. 3 vehicles & 1 trailer cost us less than 1 vehicle in CO.
Gun sales are FTF, same at shows. A CCW gets you in & out of a ffl in under 10 min, if not less. Depending how busy they are.
We live in a small town with minimal amenities. However that's what we looked for. We wanted small town, minimal freeloaders, some space between neighbors (1ac + lots) gun friendly. WIth a hospital within a 30-45 min drive.
Is AZ or some other state for you, who knows? I've found you gravitate to like minded people wherever you go. The only thing that changes is the accent and lic plates.
I suggest one does their homework before relocating. What is the tax rate, how's property taxes, schools, if you have kids, how far away are emergency services, when needed. Water supply, are you on city water & sewage, or well & septic. How deeps the well and what's the recovery rate? We're at 60 gpm, others 10gpm, requiring storage tanks.
. If a small town, how mechanical are you, as compared to someone who's lived in a townhome all their life, with other people for fixing things.
We needed a new well drilled. Learned a lot about the working of it and different pumps. BUT i'm mechanically knowledgeable as the wife, who also picked up a few things too.
As we've seen here. City / urban folks move to rural areas. Expecting paved roads and all the amenities they had in LA, Denver etc. OR buy acreage then wonder. Does anyone know someone who will mow my property?
I see you are listed as NW of Fort Collins. Roughly how far- 287/Laporte suburbs or back in the hills? Beyond the normal Colorado issues (magazines, UBC, etc.) what is specifically negative about your current area?Quote:
Originally Posted by wctriumph
Last years trend. If it wasn't for the volcano and poison gas, I'd be in Hawaii!
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Isn't that the truth. In our legislative district, our state senator and both reps are Republicans. Doesn't mean much in the overall scheme, but you know you're not alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
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Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy
Bear in mind that the further inland you go, the less you will get ocean breezes to cool off in the summer. Of course, you're spared the problems of being trapped on the barrier island if/when the bridges are closed. There is a reason that house is on stilts and it's not to give you a great view of the surrounding countryside. Having said that, I liked the attitude of the local sheriff when I was living in Brevard County (NOT to be confused with Broward which was a s--t show) and the afternoon rains helped keep the place cooler than Orlando.
We retired in 1995 and moved from Naperville (Chicago area) to southern Colorado - Trinidad. Back then Trinidad was still a VERY friendly little town where meeting someone on the sidewalk down town, they?d almost always greet us with a smile and a ?Hi?. Had a little 35 acre ?Ranchette? outside of town with NO close by neighbors and CO was very gun friendly back then. After exactly 20 years of real happiness out there, we moved back to Central Illinois (NOT) the Chicago area. Sure glad we got out of Trinidad with all their current crime, Pot shops and Hobos/Panhandlers. Moved back to Illinois (rust belt of the Nation) for health reasons and to be real close to our offspring. Upside here is that we have plenty of excellent medical facilities that Trinidad did not have to offer.and that is important as I am coming up on 86 years old. Another plus of that southern Colorado location was being only 20+ minutes from NRA Whittington Center. WE DO MISS COLORADO.
Let's see, a world class range, great medical, a Buc-ees, always between 20 and 70F, 4 seasons, no income tax, moderate cost of living and low crime. [dig]
Just switch out mountains and you have the same situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
Whoa, not so fast there mister.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlasterBob
I contest that lack of medical facilities statement. For the longest time Trinidad was known as the place to go in the U.S. for certain surgical procedures. You could have stayed and taken advantage of their services....you might look good in a skirt & blouse. [Muaha] [I know; I'm going to hell]
All joking aside, we miss having you here too.
They just spent $32 million building us a new hospital. It has a dialysis facility and cancer treatment facility. Too bad no one is employed there that knows how to use it, so everything still has to be shipped out. That is around $4100 per person to pay for it in the city with their tax bond.
Because alligators cant walk up stairs?Quote:
Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter
Admittedly the house is in the jungle. Keeping it off the ground will help with predators and insects. I lived in that area for 10 years. A possum got in the house and was eating tomatoes of the kitchen table. I got blamed for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by DDT951
I'll probably end up in a place like this, has water view, boat dock, etc.
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...6_M67799-46454
Regarding the OP's need, or wants to have a garden, etc. Down here we've had a garden going since we moved in. The sellers moved out mid summer, so we had a nice size crop of red potatoes.
There's 2 apple, 1 pear, cherry and apricot tree on the property. We had so much lettuce year 1, we donated 10+ pounds of it to the food bank. Carrots, beans, lettuce, onions, garlic and cukes, are a few of the crops we have each year.
I?d just move to Scottsdale and start a rock garden. Or maybe cactus.
I have a rock garden now with cacti. It been so dry, even the cacti are dying. Plenty of sandstone growing, every time I dig a whole, I find more clay and rocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
Scottsdale passed an ordinance , took effect 01/2022. All rock gardens must be done with the consent of said rocks, used. Cacti must be free ranging, with the requirement to be microchipped.Quote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
This way if bert actually does shove one up someone ass. It can be proved it wasn't a straw purchase..
That post was golden!
I moved here to Oklahoma simply because I was looking for a low cost of living place to retire. When I say I've never lived anywhere I liked more, I'm completely serious. I honestly can't believe how much I like it here. I liked Idaho, too. But it's a much friendlier atmosphere here...southern thing, I guess. The one downside is, like Texas, there isn't much public land like there is in CO and many of the western/Rocky Mtn states. I know that's huge for a lot of people. But there are many, many under-utilized state parks all over. That hasn't been a big issue for me...even though I liked that about Colorado.
It's inexpensive, housing is still cheap, taxes are very low, roads are great with very little traffic, low population density, people are friendly, gun laws are great. I started out in the very SW corner. I'm in the process of moving to the south-central part of the state, near Ada. We got a very nice little property for $200k...1330 sq ft house is only 4 years old, 900 sq ft steel shop, tractor shed, two nice chicken coops on 18.5 fenced acres. Tons of pecan, peach, oak and cedar trees. 1 neighbor. Very private.
I know people shake their heads when someone brings up Oklahoma, but a guy could do a lot worse.
On the other hand, the fewer people move here, the better.
Oh...and I just read an article out of OKC. Latest voter registration shows republicans gained about 114,000 new voters in the state. Democrats lost 42,000. Not a single county voted blue in 2020...not even in the bigger cities. So there's that...
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We mostly have dirt with high levels of clay. Yes I have tested it, it is around 20% clay. I have amended the soil a lot in the pastures to grow grass, but with the decades of drought, it stays mostly dirt still.
I think these pictures do show the grass is greener over there.
If WA floats your boat, go for it. Myself. Never gave Wa a 2nd glance, after all their politics. I've run in to people down here, who moved from there, saying it was just as bad, as the Ca they left years before that.
With that said. If this is a place to retire, you should consider travel time to hospitals, along with general medical services.
Washington state legislature passed a 10 round magazine limit.
https://www.nraila.org/articles/2022...-of-the-senate
"Senate Bill 5078, bans the manufacture, possession, sale, transfer, importation, etc., of magazines that "are capable of holding," or hold more than, 10 rounds of ammunition. This includes conversion kits or parts from which any such magazine may be assembled. "
Ouch. I have a few of those. I don't see how we, conservatives, basically have no where we can move to the coast and not be overwhelmed by liberals and their hate for us. I wish we could spread the "love" as easily as they spread the "hate."Quote:
Originally Posted by eddiememphis
Passed the Senate. The fight is still on.Quote:
Originally Posted by eddiememphis
I do plan on acquiring some magazines for firearms I hope to acquire in the future, just in case.
A lots depends on what you are looking for. Eastern WA is nice. Typical 4 seasons. Wenatchee is a nice area. I grow-up outside Spokane. The areas north of Spokane are nice. Wooded.Quote:
Originally Posted by encorehunter
Eastern Oregon is nice too everything from trees, mountains and plains. Bend is nice. Nice summer weather. Cold in winter. I have relatives in West Stayton. Detroit Lakes area was nice. Hit hard by last year fires.
I?m in AZ. You cannot beat the weather, if you are tired of the snow and cold. Summers are hot and can get humid with monsoon. We received 11 inches in 10 weeks. We plan on getting out of here for 6-8 weeks this summer.
In each case there is the question of the political environment. Wa and OR is run by the democrats capturing just a hand full of counties. The large urban areas dominate the state. The east side of both states are conservative. They would like to secede just as parts of CO would like to do.
AZ is still conservative although we have 2 Democratic senators. The state could turn purple one day. That does not make me happy given we came here to be amongst conservatives. My beef is taxes, regulation and the 2A.
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One thought is check out a drought map. Water is a huge issue now and its not getting better in the near future.
My wife's father lives in Wenatchee, and according to her, we will not live anywhere close. She has backed off of moving up to the northwest. We are going to Florida in two months, so we will check it out down there. It sounds like she wants to travel some and check out places, so that will broaden locations. She does still want to be near the coast. I figure we can do a couple trips a year for the next three years, which should help us decide where to look more into. Hurricanes still concern me, but we may look at a mountain cabin the the Carolinas or somewhere in there.
That sounds like a good idea. Good luck in your quest!
Wa native.
Seattle and Tacoma politics control the state. They tried to burn down my home town once...
Then theres the tribes. Dont fucking trespass.
Then theres the Gov agency that is telling you what to do. Theres always one. Dept of L and I is a big one.
Water falls from the sky west of the cascades. It doesn't east of them. The resulting weather is shitty 9 months of the year.
If you live close enough to the or border you can make purchases there and save taxes because wa may have no state income tax on paper but they will tax you.
Stay far far away from Tacoma and Seattle. Check out registration with the light rail taxes...
Having a business in WA is also full of red tape and taxes and politics.
Oh yeah. Check out some of the barons of Yakima county. The hops growing families have shut down adding any wells. And they even stopped people with existing wells from being able to use them.Quote:
Originally Posted by earplug
Yup. Check out some of the voting maps. Blue around the Puget sound. The rest of the state votes red and always has. Doesn't matterQuote:
Originally Posted by Gman
Eastern WA was very conservative for the most part...except Spokane. Eastern WA was a lot like Idaho. But the west side still controls everything. Just like the front range in Colorado. If you're looking up in that area, why not northern Idaho?
I love the Idaho panhandle. Had to consider the elevation. Living near sea level with good air quality has allowed my wife's lungs to heal almost completely.
Not much difference between Spokane and CDA. Could live in Idaho and work in WA.
Well, I made a quick change to our plans of going to south Texas this year. We are headed to Puerto Rico in two weeks to look around. Several small properties for very decent prices. My wife informed me we will be buying a small restaurant when we retire so we won't be bored, and we will have something for the boys to learn in. Some of the small farms have orchards, but I like the one that is growing coffee.Quote:
Originally Posted by earplug
Fun thread to revisit. Given the extreme hot weather we're seeing in southern states from CA, AZ, through TX and east, and that this is part of a growing trend, I wouldn't move to any of those areas. I once thought I might retire in the outskirts of Patagonia or Sedona, AZ, but we're better off where we are.
Long ago I decided to never again live in a city or suburban area. That's what we have in our mountain home, and the farm outside Palisade. A big plus is that we have good water on the properties. On East Orchard Mesa, we have senior water rights to the Colorado River that flows through a canal that meanders through the property and is pumped to and around the house. Our mountain properties enjoy a private spring that produces 29 gallons a minute and can be drawn from tap by gravity. Water security.
Throughout the southwest, water is drawing down the underground aquifers such that riparian areas have shrunk and are dying. What happens when the Phoenix area with ~ 5 million people dries up and can no longer support the population? Much of the southwest is coming to a critical tipping point.
Speaking of Phoenix, the water is only a small piece of why I couldn?t live there.
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Originally Posted by ray1970
The valley considers a 112 day to be a cooling trend. WTF. A 2 deg difference is cooling?