In the course of ER how often did you move?

perinova · 10-08-2006, 12:03 PM

Please explain what made you move more than once? Was it a matter of fun? crime? climate? boredom? family ties? cost-of-living?
Was it changing circumstances or do you feel you madea mistake with your initial move?

Nords · 10-08-2006, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by perinova

Please explain what made you move more than once? Was it a matter of fun? crime? climate? boredom? family ties? cost-of-living?
Was it changing circumstances or do you feel you madea mistake with your initial move?

All our moves have been with the military, so the answers to the above questions would be "Yes".

With one exception. Spouse found our "dream house" in 2000, about two years before I ER'd, so that move was our idea. Luckily she was also leaving active duty so we were able to make the military pay for the move!

audreyh1 · 10-08-2006, 02:14 PM

We stayed in the same house when we first ER'd. We wanted to move, as we didn't like living in a city suburb, but we couldn't figure out where to move. Finally, after SIX YEARS, we figured it out, and we sold our house and moved into an RV. Now we move as often as meets our fancy.

Audrey

Mr._johngalt · 10-08-2006, 03:43 PM

Six times (I think)

(Since 1993).

JG

Zathras · 10-08-2006, 08:16 PM

Once within a year of ER as it was our 'almost' dream house.
I expect to move once more if we find a location we like where I can set up a 100% green built house (takes no net energy from the electric grid).

Wanted to do this now, but setting up a personal wind generator is curruntly so bogged down in regulations (approval from the city, from the neighbors, from the county, from the state). I am hoping that the general enviornment for green technologies will be more friendly in a few years.

**Khan** · 10-08-2006, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Zathras

Once within a year of ER as it was our 'almost' dream house.
I expect to move once more if we find a location we like where I can set up a 100% green built house (takes no net energy from the electric grid).

Wanted to do this now, but setting up a personal wind generator is curruntly so bogged down in regulations (approval from the city, from the neighbors, from the county, from the state). I am hoping that the general enviornment for green technologies will be more friendly in a few years.

http://earthship.com/

http://biohome.net/

dory36 · 10-08-2006, 08:32 PM

For the first several years, one home, countless locations. ER'ed onto a boat, and spent the next several years chasing good weather. A great situation -- moving all the time, but never packing!

audreyh1 · 10-08-2006, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dory36

A great situation -- moving all the time, but never packing!

Amen!

Audrey

MJ · 10-08-2006, 09:01 PM

I sold my house in early 2006. I temporarily moved in with my Dad for almost 5 months. I recently (sorta) moved to Tucson but I have no real home (yet) as I am planning to go overseas shortly, for 6 months or more. I probably won't have a real home to move from, for a year or 2.

**Khan** · 10-08-2006, 09:18 PM

I've been here since September '78.

In the future: might leave, might stay, might remodel...

Nords · 10-09-2006, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Zathras

I am hoping that the general enviornment for green technologies will be more friendly in a few years.

How's the noise? How do you handle the birdstrike problem?

paradiseken · 10-09-2006, 09:52 AM

Moved twice within a year of ER. Regrets? A few. Lost social network, even though we still talk on phone to old friends. Cost of living about the same. It was climate, climate and climate.

Zathras · 10-09-2006, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Nords

How's the noise? How do you handle the birdstrike problem?

At 50ft the noise is similar to wind through a wheat field. Birdstrikes are virtually a non-event (for a friend who has one, I don't yet). He says bird's hit his windows of his house more often than the wind generator.

Khan, thanks for the links, looking into those now

RE2Boys · 10-11-2006, 10:02 AM

Couldn't vote any of the options. Stayed in same house after ER for over 4 years. Only moved (about 750 miles) in order to care for elderly parent. Though the parent has passed away, this is our new home and have no plans to move again.

RE2Boys

unclemick · 10-11-2006, 10:10 AM

Sold the duplex in town - lived the first 11 yrs of ER 'in da camp' over Lake Ponchartrain.

Moved - courtesy Katrina.

Move again

? Who knows?

heh heh heh heh

View Poll Results: In the course of ER did you move and why?
Sayed in same house as before ER	14	46.67%
Moved for ER and that's it. No plan for more.	9	30.00%
Moved for ER and once more	4	13.33%
Moved more than 3 times	2	6.67%
I don't have a sedentary life	1	3.33%
Voters: 30. You may not vote on this poll

10-08-2006, 12:03 PM	#1
perinova Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 398	In the course of ER how often did you move? Please explain what made you move more than once? Was it a matter of fun? crime? climate? boredom? family ties? cost-of-living? Was it changing circumstances or do you feel you madea mistake with your initial move?

10-08-2006, 02:14 PM	#3
audreyh1 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,222	Re: In the course of ER how often did you move? We stayed in the same house when we first ER'd. We wanted to move, as we didn't like living in a city suburb, but we couldn't figure out where to move. Finally, after SIX YEARS, we figured it out, and we sold our house and moved into an RV. Now we move as often as meets our fancy. Audrey

10-08-2006, 03:43 PM	#4
Mr._johngalt Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 927	Re: In the course of ER how often did you move? Six times (I think) (Since 1993). JG __________________ Some of us have pretty stories, about good friends, good times and noodle salad.

10-08-2006, 08:16 PM	#5
Zathras Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 664	Re: In the course of ER how often did you move? Once within a year of ER as it was our 'almost' dream house. I expect to move once more if we find a location we like where I can set up a 100% green built house (takes no net energy from the electric grid). Wanted to do this now, but setting up a personal wind generator is curruntly so bogged down in regulations (approval from the city, from the neighbors, from the county, from the state). I am hoping that the general enviornment for green technologies will be more friendly in a few years. __________________ "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. (Ancient Indian Proverb)"

10-08-2006, 08:32 PM	#7
dory36 Early-Retirement.org Founder Developer of FIRECalc Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,822	Re: In the course of ER how often did you move? For the first several years, one home, countless locations. ER'ed onto a boat, and spent the next several years chasing good weather. A great situation -- moving all the time, but never packing! __________________ Often uninformed, seldom undecided. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain

10-08-2006, 09:01 PM	#9
MJ Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,995	Re: In the course of ER how often did you move? I sold my house in early 2006. I temporarily moved in with my Dad for almost 5 months. I recently (sorta) moved to Tucson but I have no real home (yet) as I am planning to go overseas shortly, for 6 months or more. I probably won't have a real home to move from, for a year or 2. __________________ I look to the present moment because that's where I live my life.

10-08-2006, 09:18 PM	#10
Khan Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Greater Dayton area Posts: 3,410	Re: In the course of ER how often did you move? I've been here since September '78. In the future: might leave, might stay, might remodel... __________________ "Candle wax and red wine can do interesting things to a keyboard."

10-09-2006, 09:52 AM	#12
paradiseken Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 70	Re: In the course of ER how often did you move? Moved twice within a year of ER. Regrets? A few. Lost social network, even though we still talk on phone to old friends. Cost of living about the same. It was climate, climate and climate.

10-11-2006, 10:02 AM	#14
RE2Boys Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 52	Re: In the course of ER how often did you move? Couldn't vote any of the options. Stayed in same house after ER for over 4 years. Only moved (about 750 miles) in order to care for elderly parent. Though the parent has passed away, this is our new home and have no plans to move again. RE2Boys

10-11-2006, 10:10 AM	#15
unclemick Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: north of Kansas City Posts: 5,641	Re: In the course of ER how often did you move? Sold the duplex in town - lived the first 11 yrs of ER 'in da camp' over Lake Ponchartrain. Moved - courtesy Katrina. Move again? Who knows? heh heh heh heh

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