Shabber2
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Well, I feel better traveled than most and am thinking about locations for ER.
Stats: Age 40, Married no kids or plans for kids, Retirement income $70k/yr, Home equity avail to flip into new home $200k.
Past living locations & feelings:
Upstate NY - 10 Years, liked Adirondacks, lakes, access to NYC, Cooperstown, disliked Buffalo's grungy lifestyle
Boca Raton, FL - 10 years, loved 1st 8 years, became tired of old people and mean people, too many fakes, liked well manicured areas, accesss to ocean is fun, summers are hot
San fran - 2 years, great city, fun people, great weather, way too expensive, traffic can be a bummer
Seattle - 6 years, love the mountains and ocean access, great city, tad too liberal, weather amazing in summer and dreary for 9 months, gorgeous terrain
OK, so here is what I think is important and they are not all must haves, but closest possible is prefered:
- within 1 hour of a decent size city with entertainment, sports, restaurants
- affordable housing, nice 3 bedroom for $350k
- Woods to hike, Parks too
- Water preferably ocean or lake, river if needed
- Good restaurants availbale for dinner
- Not too liberal, avoid peirced, tatooed, weirdos
- Safe from crime
- Not horrible traffic
- Typical lots are 1 acre or more
- Weather not too extreme for snow or desert
My thoughts from traveling most of the US:
California is too expensive
AZ too hot
TX other than Austin was not impressive
WA is great but weather is a bummer for 8 months
FL too many old cynical people and summers are crazy hot
Places I like and only negatives are price:
Cooperstown, NY
Nantucket
Hilton Head
Carmel, CA
Current thoughts:
Colorado somewhere as I was impressed with Boulder
Utah because I like the parks and people seem nice
Ames, IA - never been but sounded interesting
Cour De lane - water, land
San Juan Islands, WA
I really would like some opinions based on the above. In many ways just starting this list is good. Am I missing a treasure? I feel like there is a great place and I am not afraid to move like many.
Seattle is super close with the mountains, lake, ocean, restaurants, accessible city, but not great affordability and the dark rainy weather is a bummer.
Looking forward to all thoughts.
Stats: Age 40, Married no kids or plans for kids, Retirement income $70k/yr, Home equity avail to flip into new home $200k.
Past living locations & feelings:
Upstate NY - 10 Years, liked Adirondacks, lakes, access to NYC, Cooperstown, disliked Buffalo's grungy lifestyle
Boca Raton, FL - 10 years, loved 1st 8 years, became tired of old people and mean people, too many fakes, liked well manicured areas, accesss to ocean is fun, summers are hot
San fran - 2 years, great city, fun people, great weather, way too expensive, traffic can be a bummer
Seattle - 6 years, love the mountains and ocean access, great city, tad too liberal, weather amazing in summer and dreary for 9 months, gorgeous terrain
OK, so here is what I think is important and they are not all must haves, but closest possible is prefered:
- within 1 hour of a decent size city with entertainment, sports, restaurants
- affordable housing, nice 3 bedroom for $350k
- Woods to hike, Parks too
- Water preferably ocean or lake, river if needed
- Good restaurants availbale for dinner
- Not too liberal, avoid peirced, tatooed, weirdos
- Safe from crime
- Not horrible traffic
- Typical lots are 1 acre or more
- Weather not too extreme for snow or desert
My thoughts from traveling most of the US:
California is too expensive
AZ too hot
TX other than Austin was not impressive
WA is great but weather is a bummer for 8 months
FL too many old cynical people and summers are crazy hot
Places I like and only negatives are price:
Cooperstown, NY
Nantucket
Hilton Head
Carmel, CA
Current thoughts:
Colorado somewhere as I was impressed with Boulder
Utah because I like the parks and people seem nice
Ames, IA - never been but sounded interesting
Cour De lane - water, land
San Juan Islands, WA
I really would like some opinions based on the above. In many ways just starting this list is good. Am I missing a treasure? I feel like there is a great place and I am not afraid to move like many.
Seattle is super close with the mountains, lake, ocean, restaurants, accessible city, but not great affordability and the dark rainy weather is a bummer.
Looking forward to all thoughts.