Where do you plan to retire and why?

[Maddog 521]

We came to Texas in 1985. We bought a newer home in 2013. We have 2 daughters here and 1 granddaughter that's 1 year away from graduating from high school. We have vacationed in many states and we've talked about moving to something new and different. I believe we'll stay right here in Texas. Time will tell.

 

[oneounceload]

I left California with the high real estate prices, high taxes, and loony gun laws and went to Minden, Nevada, just South of Carson City. Relatively low real estate prices, reasonable property taxes, no State income tax, no loony gun laws, no loony other types of laws, and although I am in a rural area, I am not too far from stores and medical facilities in Carson City. I am not tempted by the gambling, so no money goes there. I'm happy here.

Spent 20+ years in Carson - good gun range there; good sporting clays in Gardnerville, Carson and Walker River.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Well we currently have 2 places ....... a home in the "burbs of the Burgh" (1.4 acres) and a family "cabin"(really a small house) and 10 acres in the Laurel Highlands of SW Pa.(90 minute drive/ IMO just a tad to far for day trips.)

Frankly at 60+ keeping up two places is a PITB.... while we live in a great Burb...... with some of the best schools in the state....... taxes are high. Once the youngest graduates in 2018 not a lot of reason to stay here..........

Looking to consolidate.... working on acquiring just over an acre of ground on a 500 acre lake about 10 miles from the cabin.......... build a retirement home on the lakefront lot....... keep 8 acres of the "cabin property" w/ stream at the base of the Eastern Continental divide.......maybe build a simple "cabin" for overnights and store a ATV or two..

10 miles/15 minutes from the county seat ..... and only an hour from the Burgh.

Travel.......... and maybe a few off season weeks at Nags Head OBX

 

[Lee in Quartzsite]

We retired to Arizona 14 years ago. It is a lousy State to live in, nothing good to say about it.....better off going someplace else...........

 

[pharmer]

I spent the first 26 years of life in NJ, the last 38 in Florida. I thank God every day I'm not in NJ. At 64, I'm about 40 years away from retirement. I could die anywhere between Florida and Arizona as long as there isn't 50 miles south to go to run out of U.S. Joe

 

[URIT]

Where to Retire

Where to retire is a decision that requires a great deal of research if you even consider moving. I researched a great deal before retiring. A good book to start your search for answers is John Howells "Where to Retire". A Google search of 'John Howells where to retire' provides you with an opportunity to preview the book online. This book tends to raise many questions you haven't even considered yet. There has been some great advice given on this thread so far but the subject is broader than is often expected. Your interests, health, finances, and life partner will have a large influence on the options to be considered. I worked in a large PD's employee assistance program during the autumn years of my career where I did a lot of retirement counseling. Howells book was always a recommended read. My wife and I choose to retire to Escazu, Costa Rica for ten years; then, 3 years in Buckeye, Arizona; and now, just down the road from MCAS Cherry Point and 3 houses away from the grandchildren.

 

[Iggy]

My family has been in Wyoming since before the turn of the last century

I don't understand uprooting and going somewhere to try and establish a new life or lifestyle when I don't owe a cent to anyone and all of my friends are right here.

I've been a lot of places in the US, but haven't seen anyplace I liked better than right where I am.

 

[nachogrande]

CONDITIONS, CONDITIONS, CONDITIONS.

JUST YOU? Want to be near family? Frequent visitors, I hate a long drive back & forth to the airport. Mind driving 30+ minutes each way for a supermarket? Poor cell phone service? What kind of health will you be in? Need to be close to good medical & be able to take advantage of the great hunting? Who's gonna go first? It's a BIG wait-N-see for me. As usual, what I want & what the Boss wants are worlds apart.

 

[arjay]

I'd love to get out of here,but my retirement plans kind of blew up.If the lottery comes through-I haven't really traveled since I was a kid

 

[Bill_inBouse]

Don't own a stick house, live full time in a 39' 5th wheel pulled by a F-450. We live wherever we want to. Legal residents of South Dakota, vote by mail, no state taxes, Medicare and VA healthcare, in the last year we've been in WA, NV, NM, TX, OK, and AZ .
If we DO WANT TO STAY somewhere for awhile we take on part time caretaker jobs or workcamp. weather sucks?? we move LOL

 

[tops]

I worked 40 yrs. for a company that had subsidiaries in many States so moving and keeping a job was possible and I have visited 40 some States but I was born and reared in NC and I don't see any reason to move. BUT if I ever do move it will be to Wyoming. My second favorite State. Larry

 

[Donn]

My daughter's been working her mother and me over about moving to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, where she lives. Lived all my life in Michigan, dislike winter more & more the older I get. That said, winter can be dealt with. A day or two after a big snow, streets are plowed, people have their sidewalks and driveways cleared. Life gets somewhat back to normal. On the other hand, one hurricane and that's that. Guess I'll be staying up here.

 

[Eberhart]

Don't know yet but it for sure won't be in Illinois, current home

 

[PeterDE]

My daughter's been working her mother and me over about moving to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, where she lives. Lived all my life in Michigan, dislike winter more & more the older I get. That said, winter can be dealt with. A day or two after a big snow, streets are plowed, people have their sidewalks and driveways cleared. Life gets somewhat back to normal. On the other hand, one hurricane and that's that. Guess I'll be staying up here.

Stay in Michigan. I went to to the U of M. My son went to U of Southern Mississippi, So I've spent time in both states. I'd take Michigan over Mississippi any day.

 

[loknload]

I am retired now and still live in the same area that I grew up in!
Don't like winter and the cold anymore, have no use for it! I would just like to pack and move to Arizona and at one time I had almost bought land out there.
For health reasons I believe it would be better for me and I just like it out there.
Have several friends who retired out there and they love it!
But since the wife is still working and with our kids and grandchildren still living here it isn't going to happen!

 

[fiasconva]

We had planned to retire and move to Nags Head but then the grandkids came along and that was the end of that. Grandma ain't going nowhere!

 

[Rustyt1953]

Ruthie has a place on the mantle picked out for me.

 

[Wee Hooker]

I'm coming up on the end of a 30 year career with the government in a few years and I'm starting to think about where I'm going to live when I retire. I may simply stay put, right here in eastern NC. But, I'm just not sure.
How about you? Where and why?

As a recently retired federal employee myself, I know we have to look to states that don't tax our pension. Here in MA, they do not .That's a good part of the reason I'm staying. Family and laziness is the rest.
Truth be told, I just can't see relearning what it's taken me near 60 years to figure out about the where, who, when and why's in my life all over again. For me, there is a great comfort in keeping things the same. Adjusting to retired life already has it's challenges. I don't need more for a weather change.
If I recall correctly, NC treats fed retires good too. Good choice! Always said that if I did move, it would be to NC. It's allot like New England (minus the Yankee's
Enjoy it!

 

[K Frame Keith]

We bailed out of New Jersey as soon as I retired in 2011 and moved to North East Pennsylvania. Close enough to the kids. Very rural, surrounded by state and federal land, lower taxes, no income tax on retirement income, pensions etc. Great hunting, fishing, hiking, skiing. And we can shoot in the backyard. Just got back from a day of kayaking just a few miles from the cabin. Good luck in your search.

 

[Marshwheeling]

I'm fine right here in Minnesota. Pretty good cultural amenities, restaurants, and lots of outdoors stuff. My kids and grandkids are here, too. I don't really mind the cold and snow. You learn to dress for it and drive in it, and it tends to keep the riffraff out. In the summer, I can't imagine anywhere I would prefer, except maybe Sconny next door.