Zone1 So where would you go?

[JustAnotherNut]

We (my 3 sons, and I) are considering moving out of state. The oldest is already in the process of getting his house on the market and moving to Idaho. He's already familiar with the area from going rafting, visiting and has friends already there and has a job lined up. That's great for him and he wants the rest of us to follow as well. We don't have all that in place or reasons to move there. I just know we've about had our fill of the left coast BS and looking to potentially move. Hopefully within the next year the decision will be made.

Off the top of my head some of my first choices would be Southern Utah, Dallas/Ft Worth area of Texas, maybe Arkansas just because I have extended family there, north central Florida maybe. Idaho was never my first choice of a place to move too but I am seeing alot of potential to change my mind. Warmer, drier climate without the scorching heat

What state do you or have you lived in and what do you think of it?? What is the average weather conditions vs extremes? Job market & pay? What kind of taxes (state income, sales, property, etc) do you pay? Basic cost of living? Real estate market and costs? Politics? Crime, drugs and homelessness rates?? Hunting/fishing opportunities, as well as local laws, rules and regulations governing outdoor recreation activities.......and, and, and??????

 

[Concerned American]

We (my 3 sons, and I) are considering moving out of state. The oldest is already in the process of getting his house on the market and moving to Idaho. He's already familiar with the area from going rafting, visiting and has friends already there and has a job lined up. That's great for him and he wants the rest of us to follow as well. We don't have all that in place or reasons to move there. I just know we've about had our fill of the left coast BS and looking to potentially move. Hopefully within the next year the decision will be made.

Off the top of my head some of my first choices would be Southern Utah, Dallas/Ft Worth area of Texas, maybe Arkansas just because I have extended family there, north central Florida maybe. Idaho was never my first choice of a place to move too but I am seeing alot of potential to change my mind. Warmer, drier climate without the scorching heat

What state do you or have you lived in and what do you think of it?? What is the average weather conditions vs extremes? Job market & pay? What kind of taxes (state income, sales, property, etc) do you pay? Basic cost of living? Real estate market and costs? Politics? Crime, drugs and homelessness rates?? Hunting/fishing opportunities, as well as local laws, rules and regulations governing outdoor recreation activities.......and, and, and??????

You definitely DON'T want to go to ID. Cold, sales taxes on food, poor gov't services, high real estate prices on substandard properties and RACIST. Don't go there!

 

[LuckyDuck01!]

JustAnotherNut, should also not go to Washington state. There's also a sales tax on food, and on everything else, as well as high property taxes. The seasons are basically, road construction with continual backups and rainy season with some heavy rain, snow, ice and steep hills to slide down, and mudslides. The government seems to always be in debt no matter how much taxes they bleed from the public and I believe that if there was ever a strict audit done on the state's government, millions, if not billions would have just disappeared. Most likely it's entirely corrupt and is allowing illegals to vote.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

JustAnotherNut, should also not go to Washington state. There's also a sales tax on food, and on everything else, as well as high property taxes. The seasons are basically, road construction with continual backups and rainy season with some heavy rain, snow, ice and steep hills to slide down, and mudslides. The government seems to always be in debt no matter how much taxes they bleed from the public and I believe that if there was ever a strict audit done on the state's government, millions, if not billions would have just disappeared. Most likely it's entirely corrupt and is allowing illegals to vote.

Just in case you didn't know......I live in the Puget Sound area of WA state. I was born here, so were both my parents and all 3 of my kids were born here. I know exactly what kind of hell hole it's become and I'd have to agree with most all of what you said.......except there is NO sales tax on food YET.

But I'm sure Fergie will see his way into implementing that, just as soon as he can get that so called Millionaires state income tax signed into law and then have that trickled down to everyone.

 

[Sayaras]

We (my 3 sons, and I) are considering moving out of state. The oldest is already in the process of getting his house on the market and moving to Idaho. He's already familiar with the area from going rafting, visiting and has friends already there and has a job lined up. That's great for him and he wants the rest of us to follow as well. We don't have all that in place or reasons to move there. I just know we've about had our fill of the left coast BS and looking to potentially move. Hopefully within the next year the decision will be made.

Off the top of my head some of my first choices would be Southern Utah, Dallas/Ft Worth area of Texas, maybe Arkansas just because I have extended family there, north central Florida maybe. Idaho was never my first choice of a place to move too but I am seeing alot of potential to change my mind. Warmer, drier climate without the scorching heat

What state do you or have you lived in and what do you think of it?? What is the average weather conditions vs extremes? Job market & pay? What kind of taxes (state income, sales, property, etc) do you pay? Basic cost of living? Real estate market and costs? Politics? Crime, drugs and homelessness rates?? Hunting/fishing opportunities, as well as local laws, rules and regulations governing outdoor recreation activities.......and, and, and??????

Dallas, y'all. For sure

 

[JustAnotherNut]

You definitely DON'T want to go to ID. Cold, sales taxes on food, poor gov't services, high real estate prices on substandard properties and RACIST. Don't go there!

Their real estate prices are just under ours here. Cheaper, but not by much.....and I suspect a big part of that is because of the amount of growth they've been having. Not just prices, but building in a hurry and sometimes things are rushed. I would not buy a new house anyway.

BTW.........you sound like you're trying to scare me away, and that's not going to work.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Dallas, y'all. For sure

Why and why not? Tell me about it. I've never been

 

[1srelluc]

I'd not move to Texas unless it was somewhere on the Gulf coast for the surf fishing.

Then you better hope there's not something there some rich guy wants so it does not get taken away from you by third party eminent domain.

 

[WorldWatcher]

My wife and I will be retiring this year.

She want's to look at selling the house and moving. It's not the selling and moving that is the PIA, it's the prep'ing the house to sell and downsizing that is the real pain.

But most people can cut out large swath's but thinking about: "What type of possible natural disasters do I NOT want to deal with?"

Being retired Navy I'm done with hurricanes and areas with earthquake, wildfires, and tornados are not high on my list either.

WW

 

[Dekster]

We (my 3 sons, and I) are considering moving out of state. The oldest is already in the process of getting his house on the market and moving to Idaho. He's already familiar with the area from going rafting, visiting and has friends already there and has a job lined up. That's great for him and he wants the rest of us to follow as well. We don't have all that in place or reasons to move there. I just know we've about had our fill of the left coast BS and looking to potentially move. Hopefully within the next year the decision will be made.

Off the top of my head some of my first choices would be Southern Utah, Dallas/Ft Worth area of Texas, maybe Arkansas just because I have extended family there, north central Florida maybe. Idaho was never my first choice of a place to move too but I am seeing alot of potential to change my mind. Warmer, drier climate without the scorching heat

What state do you or have you lived in and what do you think of it?? What is the average weather conditions vs extremes? Job market & pay? What kind of taxes (state income, sales, property, etc) do you pay? Basic cost of living? Real estate market and costs? Politics? Crime, drugs and homelessness rates?? Hunting/fishing opportunities, as well as local laws, rules and regulations governing outdoor recreation activities.......and, and, and??????

We live in Virginia and have a little bit of everything and not too much of anything, but where you live in the state matters greatly. We are a big ball of OK. Nothing special. If I were moving a great distance, I would probably pick somewhere on the outerbands of Nashville TN. It is where we have discussed possibly retiring to one day.

 

[Thinker101]

We (my 3 sons, and I) are considering moving out of state. The oldest is already in the process of getting his house on the market and moving to Idaho. He's already familiar with the area from going rafting, visiting and has friends already there and has a job lined up. That's great for him and he wants the rest of us to follow as well. We don't have all that in place or reasons to move there. I just know we've about had our fill of the left coast BS and looking to potentially move. Hopefully within the next year the decision will be made.

Off the top of my head some of my first choices would be Southern Utah, Dallas/Ft Worth area of Texas, maybe Arkansas just because I have extended family there, north central Florida maybe. Idaho was never my first choice of a place to move too but I am seeing alot of potential to change my mind. Warmer, drier climate without the scorching heat

What state do you or have you lived in and what do you think of it?? What is the average weather conditions vs extremes? Job market & pay? What kind of taxes (state income, sales, property, etc) do you pay? Basic cost of living? Real estate market and costs? Politics? Crime, drugs and homelessness rates?? Hunting/fishing opportunities, as well as local laws, rules and regulations governing outdoor recreation activities.......and, and, and??????

That's a tough one. I've been considering a similar move for years. I've found that every state has concerns that require some adjustment. Idaho is cold, Texas has really muggy summers and tornadoes and stiff property taxes, Tennessee has lots of rain, Montana is cold (but really beautiful), Wyoming has wind, Florida has hurricanes. Seems to be better to just suffer in silence.

 

[Mr Natural]

Why and why not? Tell me about it. I've never been

Consider yourself lucky.

 

[WorldWatcher]

That's a tough one. I've been considering a similar move for years. I've found that every state has concerns that require some adjustment. Idaho is cold, Texas has really muggy summers and tornadoes and stiff property taxes, Tennessee has lots of rain, Montana is cold (but really beautiful), Wyoming has wind, Florida has hurricanes. Seems to be better to just suffer in silence.

I should be checking out Montana next year. Our daughter found out she's going to ge orders to Montana.

WW

 

[Thinker101]

I should be checking out Montana next year. Our daughter found out she's going to ge orders to Montana.

WW

I'm not sure where the miliary bases are in Montana. As far as living, I keep looking in Hamilton, MT....relatively small, rustic, on the Bitterroot and one of the places that get the least amount of snow.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

I'd not move to Texas unless it was somewhere on the Gulf coast for the surf fishing.

Then you better hope there's not something there some rich guy wants so it does not get taken away from you by third party eminent domain.

NO to the coast and potential hurricanes. If we wanted to fish, Dallas is only a couple hours drive.

And I'd probably have a smidge of a better chance to fight any eminent domain against some rich guy than the homeless squatters here.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

My wife and I will be retiring this year.

She want's to look at selling the house and moving. It's not the selling and moving that is the PIA, it's the prep'ing the house to sell and downsizing that is the real pain.

But most people can cut out large swath's but thinking about: "What type of possible natural disasters do I NOT want to deal with?"

Being retired Navy I'm done with hurricanes and areas with earthquake, wildfires, and tornados are not high on my list either.

WW

Everywhere has their own potential disaster..

 

[JustAnotherNut]

That's a tough one. I've been considering a similar move for years. I've found that every state has concerns that require some adjustment. Idaho is cold, Texas has really muggy summers and tornadoes and stiff property taxes, Tennessee has lots of rain, Montana is cold (but really beautiful), Wyoming has wind, Florida has hurricanes. Seems to be better to just suffer in silence.

I've wanted to move away from Western WA for many years, so I've already been 'suffering in silence'. and I realize that every state has it's own downside, just gotta find one ya can live with.

Idaho may be cold, but not nearly as cold as Montana, Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Alaska, etc. I figure it's roughly similar to Eastern WA climate-wise.......hotter in the summer, colder in the winter and alot less rain, than the west side. I would guess temp differences to be around 10 to 20 degrees in either direction.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Consider yourself lucky.

Why and/or why not??

 

[westwall]

Youd fit right in moving to any of the former Confederate states.

Nah, that's more your style.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

I should be checking out Montana next year. Our daughter found out she's going to ge orders to Montana.

WW

I'm not sure where the miliary bases are in Montana. As far as living, I keep looking in Hamilton, MT....relatively small, rustic, on the Bitterroot and one of the places that get the least amount of snow.

Montana is out for me and mostly because of the influx of rich Hollywood idiots. For too many years Montana has been THE place to go.........and it's much colder