Places to retire

[MrPrena]

Many are going to Las Vegas area to retire. My mother is one of many who went there.
I like everything about it, except:
- too hot during summer but drier than many CO.
-large roads and traffic lights takes too long to change.
Not too many smaller roads to take.
-odd property taxes ~3% to 7% depends on factors.
-economy not too diversified (hospitality heavy)


My mother in law moved to Kirkland WA to retire, and I am not sure I wanna move there. Biggest drawback besides cost of living is:
- I absolutely dislike their roads and their speed limits.
- I dislike their tall trees. Tall trees 🌳 really does not help ways and directional sense.
-economy not too diversified. Too tech heavy.

[Ripper]

i'm looking at just north of Little Rock.

[wyome]

San Angelo TX
Orlando Fl
Tennessee/ Kentucky

Or stay in Castle Rock and rv to warmer climate in the winter

[MarkCO]

Have to balance out the Cost of Living, access to Healthcare, safety, etc. Getting to be less and less places I'd move. My parents left Southern California when I was little and up until about 2010, I would have never thought I would leave. Our current house was supposed to be our last. We still have 2 Mom's living in CO and the youngest about to go to College in CO. We are looking, cautiously, over the next 2 to 5 years to find a place that is further away from a big city, not left wing whacko, not right wing whacko, and at least somewhat reasonably competent health care just in case. SD, NE, maybe northern KS are okay. But we also want to see where the boys end up. I know it is either close to, or lots of trips if either get married and have kids.

[Martinjmpr]

I was stationed at Fort Lewis from 89 to 91. Loved the area but wouldn't move there now. WAAAY too expensive. Home prices make Denver look cheap. Horrible, horrible traffic. Crowded. Expensive.

Beautiful area though.

We are 2+ years away from me retiring for good. Right now my 85 year old mother keeps us here for sure, and the grandkids too. If not for them I think we'd consider New Mexico or AZ. Texas is too hot and there's virtually no public land for recreation. Arkansas or eastern OK might be on the list but I'm not crazy about humidity (heat I'm OK with.) I spent 5 years in Wyoming, and as nice as it is, you couldn't pay me enough to live through another Laramie winter. South Dakota is an outlier for us but has the same severe winter weather as WY. UT is nice but too expensive. Nevada is another place we'd consider but I'm not sure how viable it'd be long term.

No way would we live in LV but Pahrump isn't bad (we camped there last year in October, it was gorgeous.)

If proximity to grandkids wasn't an issue I'd pick Sierra Vista, AZ. I did a lot of my military training there and it's pretty nice. Low cost of living, most of the population is military or works for the military. It's in Southern AZ but it's also at 4,000' elevation so it doesn't get too hot in the summer and it rarely snows in Winter. Close proximity to military medical treatment (since that's a thing I have to consider.) As a military retiree it would be my first choice.

[MrPrena]

I was stationed at Fort Lewis from 89 to 91. Loved the area but wouldn't move there now. WAAAY too expensive. Home prices make Denver look cheap. Horrible, horrible traffic. Crowded. Expensive.

Beautiful area though.

We are 2+ years away from me retiring for good. Right now my 85 year old mother keeps us here for sure, and the grandkids too. If not for them I think we'd consider New Mexico or AZ. Texas is too hot and there's virtually no public land for recreation. Arkansas or eastern OK might be on the list but I'm not crazy about humidity (heat I'm OK with.) I spent 5 years in Wyoming, and as nice as it is, you couldn't pay me enough to live through another Laramie winter. South Dakota is an outlier for us but has the same severe winter weather as WY. UT is nice but too expensive. Nevada is another place we'd consider but I'm not sure how viable it'd be long term.

No way would we live in LV but Pahrump isn't bad (we camped there last year in October, it was gorgeous.)

If proximity to grandkids wasn't an issue I'd pick Sierra Vista, AZ. I did a lot of my military training there and it's pretty nice. Low cost of living, most of the population is military or works for the military. It's in Southern AZ but it's also at 4,000' elevation so it doesn't get too hot in the summer and it rarely snows in Winter. Close proximity to military medical treatment (since that's a thing I have to consider.) As a military retiree it would be my first choice.

Everyone has a different preference, but
Pahrump has that Yucca Valley, Baker CA to near death valley vibe.

[Gman]

That's not a vibe, that's a mirage.

[Jer]

I've seen a few people now suggest Nebraska as a place to retire and I would like to say this about that: The weather sucks, the property taxes are high and the economy there is tanking. Commerce is drying up like you wouldn't believe and shows no signs of ever recovering either. Source: I lived there the first 18 years of my life and we go back regularly to visit families. It's always sad how many more ma and pa shops have shuttered and nothing has replaced them. I always thought I might consider moving back in retirement but I don't see that happening now.

[Great-Kazoo]

I've seen a few people now suggest Nebraska as a place to retire and I would like to say this about that: The weather sucks, the property taxes are high and the economy there is tanking. Commerce is drying up like you wouldn't believe and shows no signs of ever recovering either. Source: I lived there the first 18 years of my life and we go back regularly to visit families. It's always sad how many more ma and pa shops have shuttered and nothing has replaced them. I always thought I might consider moving back in retirement but I don't see that happening now.

Housing. Home sales are moving so fast in NE. IF you see something, you can bet there's a 1/2 dozen others who have too. Our old friends, / neighbors. moved to the panhandle area 2 yrs ag. Houses in that area jumped from low $80K to mid $150's. They say like another friend who goes there every weekend, home sales are going liek inCO, along with rising home pricing. Due to work at home for people who can drive back to Co within a few hours.

As for taxes. I'll echo what jer said. ANy and everything NE can tax you on, they will. Have a few out buildings, taxed. etc

[bradbn4]

My understanding of Nebraska lasted only 4 years. I would have pegged it as fun and action packed as a bowl of oatmeal.
I could see from I can garden here as a place to live. Not that I would do so with the tax rates, etc. I only spent time outside of
oh-my-gosh Omaha metro area. From a land perspective I could see some good areas to live, but having a garden is only
one of many punch list items I have for a retirement location.