I'll be working till I die. Cheerful prospect indeed! lol
I'll be working till I die. Cheerful prospect indeed! lol
I wonder where they would get decent cheese from - I know any cheese I ate in Japan was a variation on cheez-whizz. I don't think cheese is a big thing in Asia. Funny you thinking about moving to Burma -I had an idea a few years ago of moving to Sihanoukville in Cambodia and opening a bed-and-breakfast for what I believed was an imminent rush of American military families when I read that the US was thinking of opening a large military base there. After a bit of research I thought better of it - apparently in Cambodia if you want to set up a business you pretty much have to bribe everyone, and if a gangster walks in and decides he now owns your place you don't have much recourse with the local law enforcement. I hope someone who lives there or has lived there can tell me that is not the case, but it certainly stopped me in my tracks.
I think Thailand is more amenable to foreign owned businesses - I know nothing of Burma except that any Burmese people I have met have been really sweet and they make a fantastic, spicy tea-leaf salad.
Spreading out is the way things are done in Nevada. The model for cities here is Los Angeles, California. They think there is plenty of space available, so why not go with infinite urban sprawl. Now they have the same plan for some of the small towns. They always start out saying, "We don't want this to be like Los Angeles." Then they turn it into just that. No plan, just keep building. If only developers couldn't bribe politicians...Or if politicians listened to the people...Originally Posted by jake
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
I'll be 60 in a few months and don't believe I'll be able to retire until 70
My problem is that Maryland is one of the most expensive states, but my wife doesn't want to move because we have grandkids here. So I'm looking for places that are affordable but within striking distance.
BEFORE the grandkids came along, we actually made a hobby of traveling to many of the "best places to live" to spend a few days reviewing them with a view to eventual retirement...
So - now I'm left with western Maryland, southern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Delaware. (I will not live in DC or VA.) Parts of West Virginia are very affordable and fairly close, but it doesn't have much aesthetic appeal.
Gotta keep looking, I suppose...
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Regards,
Duncan
But http://www.city-data.com (i.e. not the forum) has a lot of good info about each city - it's one of my go-to resources.
I also use this : http://www.bestplaces.net/city/Default.aspx to compare city stats. You can compare any city with your home town, or compare any 2 cities...
Regards,
Duncan
LOL@Greg.
And yes, I do "out-bike" many thirty-somethings.
If I could guarantee my current state of fitness and mental acuity for ever, I wouldn't have to retire. But who knows how the body and mind will hold up. (Besides ... I'm tired, dammit! )
Regards,
Duncan
If I had a lot of money I'd build/buy a cabin in the front range of the Rockies. My wife is slowly losing her vision so she's not wanting to leave her comfort zone, which is small town North Dakota. So here I sit with my dreams turned to dust. Oh well, I'll at least be able to drive for a day and be in the mountains.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Many considerations. Two of three children live in Western PA. Cost of living here is more reasonable than most locations. Wife is 4 years younger than me and who the hell knows what the state of healthcare will be in six years when I plan to hang it up. She works more hours than me but has no benefits. I would like to go to warmer climate but wife is the type of person that wants to "die in the house I am in now"
Any nice places in Russia?
I dont know if I will ever retire. My company cannot replace me, period. As long as they pay me, I will never be able to quit. We have a 70 year old lady who retired and they brought her back with a huge hourly rate. Lets face it.. no Millennial will ever want to do the job I do.
We have 9 more years on the home. Sell it and move from the country-turned-suburbs out and buy another middle of nowhere old house on a cheap piece of land. put up a 10x20 outbuilding as a recording studio, and just get comfy. Texas has so much space that you can just keep moving out farther and farther and a house on land can be really cheap and very low taxes. You just have to avoid the towns where all the Californians are moving, because they love peeking over the fence at what their neighbor is doing, and trying to control everything and everyone. I'd rather live next to a pig farm or a slaughterhouse.
I got nothin' :
...avoiding any implication that I have ever entertained a cognizant thought.
live samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwbCFGbAtFc
https://youtu.be/AEE5OZXJioE
https://soundcloud.com/yodelgoat/yod...om-a-live-show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUe3YhCjy6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VOCJokzL_s
I have a friend who's originally from India. He told me that if I did move to Burma and opened a shop there, I could get anything I needed from India. That may be so, but according to my son, Burma has a very high import tax. He wanted to ship his car over there when he moved 4 years ago but decided against it when he found out that the import tax was 150% of what he paid for the car.
Not sure if Burma is an example of other Asian countries; foreigners are not allowed to own property. Our son has a condo, but it's in the name of his business partner who is a native Burmese. Also, foreigners cannot stay more than 70 days at a time, so he has to go to Thailand for a day and then go back to Yangon. Retiring right here in the USA looks better all the time.
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
I'm retired in Delaware and loving it. Going on six years now and at 67 life has slowed somewhat, but we keep busy. I go to the gym 6 days a week to try and keep my original parts as long as possible. We eat home more now, but that may be because we're not so tired from working all day.
After MUCH research, the Wife and I decided to build our retirement home in this community here in Georgia. (about 45-60 minutes NE of Atlanta proper)
https://www.kolterhomes.com/new-home...t-lake-lanier/
The home should be completed in late July and I should be retiring this coming JAN. We have met many resident's already and many dudes are musicians. Friday evening is "cocktail Hour" at the clubhouse. Full access to Lake Lanier for boating, swimming, fishing, etc. TONS of places to hike, Small but up-and-coming town (Gainesville) just up the road a bit. Should be fun.
Best part is that, since we spent the last 20 years being landlords, (just sold-off the last of our properties) we will be buying the house for cash.
(And yes I will have a full basement studio: 19' x 31' with 9' ceilings)
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My wife read something recently about Troy, NY being on an upswing and affordable. But a state with legal would be nice.
I have spent a lot of time on the western side of Florida. My parents had a place in Englewood for years, my sister lived in Tampa for a while, we have friends in Lakeland, my wife’s sister has a place in Naples, and many years ago my Grandparents lived in Sarasota. My only problem with Florida in the winter is the traffic. It seems like every time we are down there it takes forever to get any place in the season. I like to visit Florida in the winter, in fact we just came back from a week’s vacation there last Tuesday, but I am not sure that I would want to deal with all the traffic hassles. I have only been in Florida once in the summer and yea it was brutally hot and humid.
I would bet that the prairie provinces in Canuckistan are pretty cheap. YMMV depending on your love for poutine and hockey.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
I am retired (age 66) and live in East Texas, Tyler. I was living in West Texas. East Texas is affordable, and prettier, but lacks some of the things I miss about West Texas. East Texas is way more Bible belt from what I've noted. West Texas is more secular (somewhat or just keeps it to themselves), but more isolated. East Texas affects my allergies more, need to go back to an allergist I guess.
I'd thought about moving to Colorado or Austin as well at one time. They are similar in some ways, both are in booms as far as people moving there so expect higher home prices, etc. I don't particularly care for the way the homes are laid out in Colorado--I prefer open floor plans and a tad bigger rooms, since I grew up in Texas. Austin has high city, school taxes as well, but you don't have to live square in Austin. But they also have a bad traffic problem there. They just did not expect the job growth and people explosion. (Course all that is relative. If you come from New Jersey, etc. the traffic might be a cakewalk.) So really those are sort of out for me unless you just live outside Austin or Colorado. Pueblo, CO looked affordable. Round Rock in Austin might be do-able, something like that. The Dallas, Ft. Worth area might be okay too (McKinney, Flower Mound are fairly close to an international airport and not in the heart of the city). Both offer a lot as far as entertainment too.
You know it's time to retire when your balls are longer than yer dick......
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