Places to retire

[def90]

I've been travelling a lot for work lately to places I haven't been to before.. a few places I've liked that still have reasonable home prices and enough to do in the local area to be worth it.. Augusta Ga, Jensen Beach Fl, Edgewater Fl, the smaller cities along the I35 San Antonio to Austin corridor such as Kyle, Uhland, and Lockhart Tx.. The Boise area in Idaho and if you like it a little more rural anything on the eastern side of Idaho.

[Ripper]

Quote Originally Posted by Ripper View Post
I've been looking seriously at the Little Rock Area.
Little Rock has one of the highest violent crime rates in the nation. I lived there from the late 70's to the middle 80's. A lot of my high school friends died violently. I'd stay out of the city limits.

I agree looking at some of the "burbs to the north of the metro area that have pretty good crime stats.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

I was thinking about a tent in City Park.

[Jer]

I was thinking about a tent in City Park.

The tent lyfe in Hawaii is bomb cuz!

[OneGuy67]

We are contemplating mid to eastern Tennessee for a retirement move. Cost of living is cheaper, cost of land/housing is more affordable, pace of life is a bit slower, disabled veterans get % off property taxes, no state taxing of retirement payments, and as one of my co-workers put it, they are "our" kind of people, meaning, more conservative in their political views.

Any thoughts from the crowd on this?

[Jer]

We are contemplating mid to eastern Tennessee for a retirement move. Cost of living is cheaper, cost of land/housing is more affordable, pace of life is a bit slower, disabled veterans get % off property taxes, no state taxing of retirement payments, and as one of my co-workers put it, they are "our" kind of people, meaning, more conservative in their political views.

Any thoughts from the crowd on this?

I think that's a really solid option. A good friend of mine lived there for a number of years and we just went out and visited again relatively recently. It made our short list of potential states but the deal breaker for us is the humidity. As long as that doesn't bother you though I think it's a great choice.

[Sawin]

We are contemplating mid to eastern Tennessee for a retirement move. Cost of living is cheaper, cost of land/housing is more affordable, pace of life is a bit slower, disabled veterans get % off property taxes, no state taxing of retirement payments, and as one of my co-workers put it, they are "our" kind of people, meaning, more conservative in their political views.

Any thoughts from the crowd on this?

That is 100% my plan as well.

[HBARleatherneck]

But it's 40% the size of Colorado and has 7 million people.

[encorehunter]

We are headed to Puerto Rico tonight. I am looking forward to fishing this week. Gun license is required, but reasonable. Plenty of iguanas to shoot. My 6 year old wants to go fishing, my 7 year old wants to shoot iguanas. Down near Ponce, we can do both at the same time.

[theGinsue]

We are contemplating mid to eastern Tennessee for a retirement move. Cost of living is cheaper, cost of land/housing is more affordable, pace of life is a bit slower, disabled veterans get % off property taxes, no state taxing of retirement payments, and as one of my co-workers put it, they are "our" kind of people, meaning, more conservative in their political views.

Any thoughts from the crowd on this?

Just stay as far away from Nashville as you can. Predominant Democrats, too many people, crime that comes from any city, too many people, growing homeless problem (as with everywhere), too many people, and an urban attitude. Oh, and did I mention too many people?

I had an occasion to stay overnight in Knoxville back in 1997 and to this day I still say EVERYONE I met and interacted with were the nicest people I've ever experienced. Of course, you could always consider further East and go with Johnson City, or thereabouts.