Places to retire to
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Where are you thinking about retiring too? Gonna hunker down and stay? Planning to go somewhere else, if so where you thinking?
If you already retired, what made you go? You happy you did? What do you think life would be like if you stayed were you were?
If you already retired, what made you go? You happy you did? What do you think life would be like if you stayed were you were?
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SJG
I have four grown children and nine grandchildren in Arizona and New Mexico and I want to be somewhat close to them to visit now and then.
Settling down some place after that could still be in the SF Bay Area, but with a preference to Tijuana and to wide open places in the US South West
SJG
I currently LIVE in Nashville TN but most of my investments are in Florida. I'll probably keep flying back and forth for the foreseeable future.
Once that happens, somewhere my loved ones can take care of me. That's all that matters.
Who the fuck am I kidding? My job is being a rick. That’s the coolest job on the planet. I ain’t never gonna retire from being a rick. ROAR!!!
You need a balance in life. Some days you just work out and sleep. Other days you smoke weed all day and fuck stripper hoes. Sometimes it's all work.
If there was more money to be made there I'd love new Mexico
sJG
If so... I'm such a wussy. I couldn't take it.
If I retire before 65, the big issue is not getting stuck with five figure medical bills. Worries me that the Trumpistas came within one vote of gutting Obamacare. So I'd want to pick a state that would keep the maximum cost of decent insurance in the mid three figures per month, or at least under a grand, even without Obamacare. So maybe a town in Massachusetts. near Providence. Or Escondido north of San Diego. I prefer to rent, a studio or one bedroom is fine, and I don't want to go much over a grand a month. Or I could live in Mexico. The question with that is whether to deal how dangerous TJ is, or live in a safer city. But I suspect that places in TJ like HK may be the only ones in Latin America where the women who provide P4P are neither hard pimped nor unbearably clingy.
Once I get Medicare, it gets easier, lots of possibilities, and I don't have to consider any place with snow and ice for a third of the year or more. In addition to Escondido, I could look at East St. Louis, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, Atlanta, Miami.
I was luck enough to pay off my San Diego condo well before retirement but I don't think I would even want to buy my place in this current market. My mortgage payment would require me to work a lot longer at today's prices.
I just read that Obamacare premiums are going up over 50%.
The real estate correction in Arizona has begun. The number of homes on the market is up 60% in Phoenix. I believe the predictions of a 30% correction in price, with rural areas being bigger ( thanks to gas prices ). Give it a year and find a bargain.
I'm probably thinking Texas or Florida. I've had it with cold. And I live on the coast too imagine going inland, darker, colder. For the Northeast standards gets a lot of sun and it's somewhat moderate climate relatively but it's still too damn cold for too long for me. I didn't mind Phoenix summers just around noon you got be inside somewhere, other than that I was good when I visited, I can do that. I'm a long way off from retirement though but hey who says you can't get a head start.
No longer.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/17/…
I'll keep my place in San Diego as an escape from the AZ summer since I don't have a mortgage on it any longer. Phoenix has some decent clubs and I went to college there so I am very familiar with the Phoenix area.
Texas, Florida and Tennessee are nice states to look at because they don't have state taxes. However, they do hit you with other taxes that you would have to consider if moving there and plan to own propterty.
Vermont would be tempting for its combination of outdoor recreation and access to the mongering scene just across the. border in Montreal. But it is cold as fuck during much of the year.
Florida would be tempting for access to the mongering scene in Tampa or Miami. but it is hot as fuck for much of the year and plagued by hurricanes.
Southern California checks lots of boxes except for the cost of living may be prohibitive.
Has anyone visited Costa Rica? It seems to have pretty good mongering, weather, outdoor recreation and cost of living.
- OK for mongering but not great. Look at recent reviews for Hotel del Rey and the number of guys complaining about the (lack of) attractiveness of the women. It simply does not attract the same caliber of women as a place like Miami or Medellin. The government seems determined to “clean up” the tourist districts and they’ve had some success doing it. The laws remain friendly to independent escorts.
- Cost of living is pretty similar to American prices. It’s not Nicaragua or Guatemala.
- Every tourist guide says to watch out for the rainy season, but it sounds OK if you know how to plan around it. There are several major coastlines that will have different weather at different times. It’s not hurricane season in Florida.
- It’s still super popular for beach activities. If you really like surfing or doing yoga on the beach or stuff like that, I’d definitely plan a long vacation to check it out.
Eh? What’s wrong with Phoenix?
I have family and friends nearby and I’m not looking to work anymore but if I were a young guy starting out I’d be looking for opportunities and in my estimation the mid Atlantic region and the southwest are where most of the opportunities seem to be right now. If you’re looking for opportunity south Florida is pretty much done maybe west or north Florida still have some promise but it’s no longer possible to come here broke and establish yourself those days are over in this region.
Prescott is about 90 minutes North of Phoenix. An easy drive. Prescott is 15 to 20 degrees cooler than Phoenix. A beautiful city and pricy.