We are retired and just sold our house in San Diego last year and are currently sharing a rental with family. We do not want to stay in California given the HCOL and will be downsizing to a 1500-2000 sq. ft. home in either Nevada or the southern tip of Utah (St. George) in 1-2 years.
Our family all live in Riverside or San Diego counties so we don't want to be more than a little over 6 hours driving time away. The Interstate 15 corridor meets this need giving us options from Vegas through Mesquite all the way to St. George. We have discounted Arizona because of climate (Phoenix) or distance from a major interstate (e.g., Prescott).
Here are our questions:
1. Putting cost of real estate aside, how would you compare COL between Nevada and Utah? Primarily concerned with COL, e.g., real estate tax rates, utilities and food.
2. What are the safest, more desirable locations (cities, communities, etc.) in the greater Las Vegas area?
3. Quality medical care is a must including availability of doctors accepting new medicare patients. How would you rate the greater Vegas area and St. George?
[MOD EDIT]
While there are many other factors both pro and con the ones listed above are the ones we are focusing on at the moment.
We look forward to your input.
Fred
Our family all live in Riverside or San Diego counties so we don't want to be more than a little over 6 hours driving time away. The Interstate 15 corridor meets this need giving us options from Vegas through Mesquite all the way to St. George. We have discounted Arizona because of climate (Phoenix) or distance from a major interstate (e.g., Prescott).
Here are our questions:
1. Putting cost of real estate aside, how would you compare COL between Nevada and Utah? Primarily concerned with COL, e.g., real estate tax rates, utilities and food.
2. What are the safest, more desirable locations (cities, communities, etc.) in the greater Las Vegas area?
3. Quality medical care is a must including availability of doctors accepting new medicare patients. How would you rate the greater Vegas area and St. George?
[MOD EDIT]
While there are many other factors both pro and con the ones listed above are the ones we are focusing on at the moment.
We look forward to your input.
Fred
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