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Looking for honest opinions from fellow wheel gunners on making a move to a more gun friendly state in the future. The wife and I are in the early planning stages.
This is what I have so far:
Living in New York means pretty much everywhere else has a better gun owning environment ( except maybe nj ca and mass)
So we are looking for:
1)Much better weather ( we have sort of narrowed our search to Texas Arizona Nevada due to the warm weather and low humidity )
I examined the Deep South ( ga fla la miss ala) but the humidity can be brutal I understand, plus some of those states are a bit cumbersome for my professional license so they are off the list.
2) modest cost of living including taxes and housing
3) area friendly to gun owners/ new residents ( I have heard also the Deep South often resents Yankee carpetbaggers)
Open to any and all suggestions
As a military retiree being near a military post to take advantage of some of the resources available would be nice but not required
I would want to be near a gun club that does a lot of formal events like bullseye ppc Icore sass rifle and so on.
Both the wife and I are medical professionals headhunted by lots of recruiters so I do not anticipate jobs being a factor.
I appreciate any and all input especially those from the Arizona and Texas regions.
 
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You might rethink Georgia as far as the weather/humidity is concerned if you chose north Georgia, up here in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains.

Also, we have no problem with you Yankees...on one condition. You realize we are not the stupid redneck hillbillies as portrayed in the media and by Hollywood...and you need to assimilate, not try to change us to suit your old ways. You would be choosing to come join us, not stand off acting superior like a lot of Yankees do.

Note: Written by a service brat who first breathed air at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, and who has lived from Anchorage, Alaska to Ft Lauderdale, Florida, and who LOVES my north Georgia mountains.
 
Central Indiana has always pulled me back from where ever I have roamed.

Decent weather but the main thing for me here is "Grandkids!

I have been here long enough that I have developed a good shooting range in the mined out portion of my gravel pit. My grandkids live about 3 miles away. We rent enough farm ground that we ( my son and I ) run about 2,300 acres of row crop plus hay ground for the cattle and I do not think I could move.

But I love it here most of the time!
 
I live in Houston, Tx. If you are looking for low humidity, do not come here.

There is no resentment of "carpet baggers".
 
the ringo kid said:
TEXAS. Need I say more? :D Besides, sharpton and his buddies dont like coming down to my neck of the woods for some reason unknownst to me. :D
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Any particular part of TX? The Gulf Coast has hurricanes, the panhandle seems to be desert, according to bhayles Austin is out, R. G Amos says that Houston is out, and Dallas has the dog-pukin' Cowboys. I know it is a big state but what does that leave?
 
Charleston or Columbia, SC. I used to live in Beaufort. No one cared about Yankees. There were plenty of New Yorkers. Gun laws were not an issue.

Or you could move to this part of Wyoming. The winter has been milder overall than Michigan was. Wyoming does not require a permit to carry a gun, open or concealed, if you live here. You can hunt with a suppressor. State law essentially allows the arrests of Federal agents if they try to enforce gun laws contrary to State law and allows for making "Wyoming guns" with a claimed exemption from Federal regulation.

You can also carry whatever knife you want.

Sometimes "he needed killing" suffices for a jury, if someone did.
 
zzzippper said:
I know it is a big state but what does that leave?
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Texarkana was nice in 1984. I got a good deal on a 1984 long nosed Peterbuilt from Peterbuilt of Texarkana with a 3408 Cat and a 5x4 20 speed and all the chrome Peterbuilt offered back then.

I wish I still had that truck...I'd drive it around just fer fun.

"Hey honey...jump in the Pete and lets go to WalMart!"
 
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I give a second vote for Georgia mountains cause I live near Augusta, GA. Hot and humid, but 100 to 150 miles north of here is paradise. Retirement pay has a large exemption on GA income tax law. Earned income is taxed at 5% or 6%. Gun laws are marvelous, carry permit is money, finger prints, and pass a background check.
 
bhayles said:
Texarkana was nice in 1984. I got a good deal on a 1984 long nosed Peterbuilt from Peterbuilt of Texarkana with a 3408 Cat and a 5x4 20 speed and all the chrome Peterbuilt offered back then.

I wish I still had that truck...I'd drive it around just fer fun.

"Hey honey...jump in the Pete and lets go to WalMart!"
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Well, that was 31 years ago.
 
My wife and I got disgusted with Mass so in 2008 we went North. Only about 200 miles but it's a whole different world. I've been all the way to Florida and back and we even set out on a 2 week excursion once and just poked around all the way down to North Carolina back up through Georgia and my god we couldn't stay outdoors down there for more than a few minutes if the sun was up. So damned hot the trip ruined an oxygen sensor on the vehicle we were driving. Not for me I'll tell you. Head North and buy cheap land I say. We don't run the AC more than a total of 2 weeks a year up here in Maine. Old Man Winter pays a visit for sure but that's just a reason to have a wood stove. Have enough land to cut your own wood and you can sneer at OPEC and know you ain't helpin to finance their shenanigans. We didn't move here to bring what we left behind with us. We were looking for a friendlier safer atmosphere more like when we grew up. When folks talked to each other and the neighborhood looked out for everyone around. We fit in right quick and these days it's a real surprise for someone to find out we are from away. No sir we wouldn't trade our spot out here in the sticks for anything else.
 
Don't know enough about the gun clubs here to know whether they fit your criteria, but otherwise Arizona would seem to provide what you are looking for. Assuming you are not opposed to surface of the sun hot for about four months of the year -- unless you wind up in the higher elevations, which have a lot fewer job opportunities.
 
zzzippper said:
Any particular part of TX? The Gulf Coast has hurricanes, the panhandle seems to be desert, according to bhayles Austin is out, R. G Amos says that Houston is out, and Dallas has the dog-pukin' Cowboys. I know it is a big state but what does that leave?
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A whole lot more!
 
We're nearing the finalizing stage of moving, and it's halfway south for us. I'd prefer the SC coast, around Murrels Inlet, but my wife prefers the Raleigh area.
I'm a summer person, the only time I want to see snow is when my wife watches her annual "It's a wonderful life". :) Not interested in land either, been there done that, don't need the upkeep and hassle. Too old for that ****. 1/4 acre, or less, is fine with me. Giving away my mower and snow thrower.
Being close to medical facilities is most important as I get older. I'm in excellent health, as is my wife, but being out in the boonies without a excellent doc or hospital nearby, is not in our future. Raleigh/Durham has Duke Medical and plenty of healthcare options.
Taxes are a pittance in NC compared to what I pay in NY.
The thing I'm going to miss is the food, there's non better anywhere, imo.
Not interested in living anywhere near an invasion force, seen enough of that as well.
It's great that we live in a country with so many choices.
 
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Arizona is nice! Just be sure and get some elevation.
It's gets hot down there on the flat.
I also like Payson, Show Low and all around there.
 
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THE PILGRIM said:
Arizona is nice! Just be sure and get some elevation.
It's gets hot down there on the flat.
I also like Payson, Show Low and all around there.
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Good choices but job opportunities are pretty limited. If I ever retire (and I mean REALLY retire) and decide to stay in Arizona, I'd look at Strawberry, just north of Payson (although water may be an issue in the long run). There is a gun club just south of Payson.

I was also tempted to suggest the Prescott area, but it's gotten pretty crowded over the years.
 
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yaktamer said:
Good choices but job opportunities are pretty limited. If I ever retire (and I mean REALLY retire) and decide to stay in Arizona, I'd look at Strawberry, just north of Payson (although water may be an issue in the long run). There is a gun club just south of Payson.

I was also tempted to suggest the Prescott area, but it's gotten pretty crowded over the years.
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I like Prescott! Cottonwood is also a very nice town that you don't usually hear that much about. At least I don't.
It's near but not that close to Sedona, which is IMO way over the top.
 
zzzippper said:
Any particular part of TX? The Gulf Coast has hurricanes, the panhandle seems to be desert, according to bhayles Austin is out, R. G Amos says that Houston is out, and Dallas has the dog-pukin' Cowboys. I know it is a big state but what does that leave?
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San Antonio Fool! You don't have any of the junk mentioned above. 80 degrees and sunny all week so far.
 
As already mentioned San Antonio. Enjoyed my time there though it was many years ago. Hill country nearby for hunting and touring. Texas coast not that far away, beaches fishing, and great sea food. Lots of medical facilities, built many of them! Nearby lakes, Medina, Canyon, which has great stream trout fishing below the dam. New Braunfuls nearby. San Antonio itself has many events and attractions. My experience was,nice people. Some nice gun shops and several nice shooting ranges were around during my time. Didn't enjoy my time in the DFW area due to traffic issues mainly. Only in Houston for short periods, but have negative rememberences of traffic and humidity.
Many places, many options in Texas.
 
SC is a gun friendly state...

I live in the Charleston Tri-County area (Berkeley Co), but I've always liked the upstate area nearer to the mountains. We do have an active gun club here (Summerville area) that I can't afford to join. Today I saw a truck emblazoned with "SC concealed weapons permit" and something about Utah (which is a state with reciprocal gun laws). I don't know what it meant, but they weren't afraid to advertise.
 
MajorD said:
3) area friendly to gun owners/ new residents ( I have heard also the Deep South often resents Yankee carpetbaggers)
Open to any and all suggestions
As a military retiree being near a military post to take advantage of some of the resources available would be nice but not required
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In all seriousness, it's not Yankee carpetbaggers we resent. It's Yankee carpetbaggers whose favorite expression is "We didn't do it that way in......"(insert Boston, New York City, New Jersey, etc.). Someone mentioned North Georgia which is nice and not near as humid as when you get down to Atlanta. There is Dobbins Air Force Base on the north side of town although I'm not sure if they have a commissary or not. Quite a few large health centers in the Atlanta area including Emory University and the CDC but I will tell you the common traffic report coming south into Atlanta at rush hour is "all parking spots on I-75 and I-85 are taken but thank you for playing anyway." I don't know about gun clubs up there and the Griffin Gun Club would be quite a haul.

All that being said, if I were moving anywhere it would be to the hill country in Texas.

CW
 
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