Two hot retirement states, one expected, one surprise
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No thanks, would rather pound some of my manly bits flat with a wooden mallet before I do that. It was Northern VA. and that was a great place to grow up in the 60s and 70s (was there since I was 2). Inside the beltway and there was NOTHING about 5 miles west of that. Then the growth came. Went to work as a cop in my county in 1984 and there were just 3 traffic lights between me and my station. Took about 10 minutes. When I left in 2007, there were 17 and took about 35-40 minutes to get there. Now you can't drive anywhere. Not to mention taxes, climate, (natural and political), cost of living etc. And I'm not complaining about everything, just what happens to a really nice southern area that becomes what my former location is due to growth and not being able to keep up with it.
I am a boy of the south. I spent my summers growing up at my Grandmother's house about an hour west of here in Black Mountain NC. Learned to embrace and love the Southern way of life. We moved here to get away from all the nonsense in NoVa. and followed my in-laws here to keep my son (and us) close to them. Very excited about moving/living here and it has been a great place to raise our son. Southern living is where it's at due to the basically sunny attitude of good ole folks down here, weather, beautiful landscapes, and relative lower cost of living. So, again, I am not complaining about everything, just all the crap that happens when everyone moves here and spoils things. This is why I will move FURTHER south, and not necessarily where everyone else is going.
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Been there many times with my wife on our motorcycle! We actually stayed over one night at the Lake Junaluska retreat. Love it up there, the ENTIRE region, great trip from Central SC
At the same time, we also love the coast, so two hour ride from Central SC to the coast was another benefit.
After 16 years, we moved to the North Carolina Coast so not so sure I will be up that way again, will miss it made that run for well over a decade every year and at the same time enjoying the lifestyle here being we grew up and spent most of out adult life on the coast of Long Island, this area has the beaches, so good boating. MUCH LOWER cost and congestion, friendly unstressed population too.
Same. I really looked forward to eating breakfast at the The Buttered Biscuit.
Yep there is the problem. You have to be way up north
It has become incredibly expensive to live there. Decades of wealthy retirees have resulted in an increase in prices for everything. It's turning into Florida where the regions economy is tailored towards wealthy retirees.
We are stuck on the west coast which is highly populated with absolute complete nut jobs.
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"Yard Art" Arkansas has plenty of outdoor art of their own.
At one point WV was considering doing away with state income tax. They didn't, and I suspect it's because they know that they would be overrun with people from everywhere if they did.
They can look to TN for how that will work out.
Indeed. There are quite a few fed jobs, and contractor jobs, up near Martinsburg. The VA and USCG are a couple of big groups up there.
Thats a sterotype that I am sure WVa is trying to rid itself of. That exists in almost every state. Shopping and the like is easily accessible in nearby metro areas surrounding WVA, like Pittsburg and DC, if necessary.
I agree with you about the roads in the Greenville, SC area. They are not in great shape.
I was looking around this region as a possible retirement location.
We full. Don't come here.
I suggest all of you check out West Virginia. Its very nice.
I suggest all of you check out West Virginia. Its very nice.
It would be less expensive, for sure.
True. There's no zoning in a lot of areas. I'm in eastern WV. It's close to Winchester, Va where there is great medical care. All the smaller communities have a hospital that's affiliated with Winchester Medical center. You can, as I do, live out away from the trailers and junk in the yards. There are trade-offs if you want to live in peace and quiet. I spent too many years in No. Va. which is like a foreign country these days. Property taxes are not bad and the sales tax is 6.5%. Gas is 50-70cents hight than in Va 20 miles away.
We full. Don't come here.
I suggest all of you check out West Virginia. Its very nice.
I was also thinking maybe NC.
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