Where do you plan to retire and why?

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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?
 
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I probably will end up staying right here in Wyoming.

My real passion is hunting and I can do that pretty much year around here I also like the mountains.

The main reason is that my kids and grandkids all live here. I couldn't imagine not being close to them.

If my wife gets to make the decision, We would probably retire close to a beach. I really wouldn't mind that but I doubt I could hunt as much as I do here.

My suggestion would be to go somewhere that you can do what you really like to do.

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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?
 
Right where I am. Spokane was rated the #1 place in the NW to retire. That's one of the myriad reasons I chose to move here 4 years ago.
I'm eligible for a pension and full health care in November so I'm right where I want to be when the time comes.
 
Moved to FL - still no income tax; housing a LOT less than northern NV, good gun regs, NO SNOW to shovel,

Downside - I DO miss all the open public land quail hunting..........about it though.
 
Before you move anywhere, rent in the city or area you are thinking about. Sometimes, locations are not want you think they are after a few months. Grass is not always greener elsewhere. To many times, people visit or vacation somewhere, sell there home, move there and then ...........................What did we do?? Study this carefully.
 
Consider; Do you like the climate, the cost of living, the hobby & entertainment available, the closeness of friends & family. What other things are your greatest considerations.
 
Glad you asked!

I was not born in NC, but I grew up here. With the exception of eight years military I've lived and worked here all of my life. I love NC but I'm burned out on the coastal areas of the state. I hope to retire to the mountains. The heat and humidity on the coast is horrendous, and the population is rapidly increasing with no end in sight. The research I've done (as well as family vacations I've taken) seem to indicate a cheaper cost of living in the western part of the state, and property is cheaper (I've taken up hunting and can't afford to hunt where I currently live. Fortunately I have friends who invite me to hunt with them occasionally.:D)
P.S.- Montana would be my second choice. It is the most beautiful state I've been fortunate enough to see.
 
jscheck, I'll bet there aren't a half-dozen people on this site that know what "momicked" means. ;-)

Regarding the mountains, I have an employee who is from the Hendersonville/Asheville area and he's fed up with the mountains much as you are the coast for pretty much the same reasons - that being a huge increase in population and associated congestion with no end in sight.
 
My wife can retire next year after having been an elementary-school teacher for 30 years. We married after other relationships that didn't work out, and we have been together for eight terrific years. She wants to continue to work as a substitute after the mandatory six-month hiatus required by the public school system in North Carolina. I support her in that, since it is what she wants to do, and while we do dream of retirement locales, I suspect we'll stay here in the Tar Heel State for several more years. I'd be happy with that, as except for its politics it is a fine place to live and the state closest to my heart.

I personally doubt if I'll ever be able to retire myself. I'll probably croak at my desk one day, and some of the folks I work with will have to endure having to deal with having a dead guy in the next cubicle until EMS carts me off. Can't say I'd be too upset about that, either! ;) :D
 
Reality - Make a list of MUST haves for you and your wife - maybe it is medical, weather, fun stuff, whatever..........

Then make a list of must NOTS for you and your wife - again, might be weather, traffic, snow, heat, whatever.

compare the list - start looking, do your due diligence. For ME, it was about taxes, snow, and overall cost of living trumping that quail hunting I previously mentioned. If I could afford TWO places, then I would have the best of both.
 
If it were just me, it would be Texas. Where exactly, I don't know. It is not, however, just me and that will affect where, if anywhere, I go.

Tennessee is nice as well, for the most part.

All of that being said, I know a number of people who have moved to NC, especially the Charlotte area. My son moved just across the line in SC, and that's pretty nice as well. He picked SC because of taxes, cost of living, and cost of housing.
 
If it were just ME, it might not even be in this country; the current politics, deficit, racial discord, crime in certain areas, animosity, etc., there are happier places on this earth...............

And that is not something to overlook; International Living has a lot of info if that is also a consideration.
 
I hope to be able to move back to Texas when I retire. I haven't decided exactly where in Texas, probably somewhere near San Antonio. I'd like to move back to Midland, but it's just too expensive there.
 
As of this moment, we will probably stay here in SW VA. It all depends on what happens to the 80+ acres across the road. They've have been cow pasture since we've lived here. It's owned by an elderly couple and the husband recently passed. You can put way too many 5 acre lots on it. Can't imagine going from no neighbors within a quarter mile to as many as 16 out the front window.
If not here, maybe head west to the wide open spaces.
 
I'm staying in S Indiana. If I want to dodge winter there are plenty of dog friendly places to rent in Fla panhandle.

Some places I'd consider if I had to get outa town would be high desert s of Prescott Az or Georgia mtns
 
i retired in 2002 and still in the local area.....family and friends are close...favorite stores, medical, restaurants are convenient.....and i'm used to the four seasons.....
 
Have to stay close to my granddaughters so I have 10 acres of East Texas piney woods with cheap taxes in Liberty county and guess that is where I will end up. Good fishing pond and deer and hogs wandering around sometimes but still close enough to Houston and everything it has to offer that it won't be like I am moving just driving a little more. Would stay where I am at but the city has surrounded me the last 42 years.
 
When we moved out here to a small town in the mountains of West Virginia, we intended to retire here.
It's beautiful out here with hiking trails, biking trails, river access, camping areas, a shooting range and lotsa other outdoors stuff.
Sometimes it's nice just to sit on my front porch smoking a cigar.
Speaking of cigars, I have a coupla of the town's Mayor's cigars in my humidor, his wife doesn't like him smoking cigars.

There's festivals, parades and events to attend. On October 7th, if the weather cooperates, we're going to go to the annual "Apple Butter Festival" in Berkeley Springs WV. I just hope we get there early enough for the parade.

You just need to keep your ears open for banjo music.
'Specially if you're going on a canoe trip.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8[/ame]
 
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If I could talk the wife into it we would be in AZ. soaking up the sun. we spent 4 winters there in RV and loved it. She won't leave her family here in MI. Sister depends on her when times are tough. Brother doesn't know we are alive. Still we stay.
 
Will be right here where I am. I moved back in with the parents a bit over ten years ago. Since I never married and my sister was doing the military wife, raise the kids thing I figured it was my job to take care of them. Dad passed about 4 years ago and when Mom is gone the house will be automatically changed over in my name. We live in a really small city between Sugar Land and Houston. The police force is large for our 1 square mile size and we do not have much in the way of crime. Response times to a emergency call of a minute or two, tops. Lots of stuff around us in the way of food and entertainment. Good parks, both local and state, within 30 minutes of us so I can go outdoors when I want. The only thing I really miss is some private land where I can shoot. While structured public ranges allow me to get some shooting time in, there are too many idiots and gangster wanabes for my taste.
 
I'm already retired.. guess I'll just stay here..

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Well, I'm born and raised in Wyoming and I spent my entire career here, first in the northern part of the state and then the southern. My kids all live in Wyoming, my grandkids all live in Wyoming, the hunting and fishing is great (though not as good as in the "old days"), and the gunlaws and taxes are good. Reckon I'll stay right where I am.
 
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