If you could live anywhere....

Ms Grumpy · #1 02-19-2013, 08:38 PM

grumpy and I have been talking for a few years about moving. Well, it looks like we may be seriously thinking about moving to a warmer climate. I have lived in Michigan my whole life, and I have lived with ice and snow, maybe it is time to find out what it is like without it.

We have been looking to find a place where we can get at least one or two acres of land. Right now we live in a small city and have a small corner lot on a main street, with a little house. We understand that the cost of living may be low in one place, but the cost of food is higher. There are so many things to consider, but we need to start looking now so that when we are ready to move we will have as much information as we can.

So if you could live anywhere, where would it be and why ?

flash · #2 02-19-2013, 09:08 PM

Springfield Tennessee or the surrounding area ,close to Nashville ,Bowling Green ,Kentucky .Out in the country but close enough to the city .That is where Chuck Hanson and some other friends live .It would be hard for me to leave Georgia but if I did that would be my favorite place to live although Oregon would be high up on my list .

shadowgray396 · #3 02-19-2013, 10:28 PM

I agree with Flash, Oregon has a lot to offer, do get tired of the rain at time, but we don't have tornado's, high humidity and extreme heat like the rest of the US. Lots of mountains, great beaches, and the east side of oregon is the dry and hot side. Central Oregon is where I would like to move, much dryer and warmer in the summer. It does get more snow in the winter, but has some of the best scenery in the US. And it green here most of the time. I have to admit I'm bias.

Ms Grumpy · #4 02-20-2013, 02:11 AM

flash, I really liked the area where they held Chevellabration, near where Chuck lived. But it was so damn hot, and humid, not sure if that is for me.

Ray, I have never been to Oregon. Living here in Michigan it is not a state that I have heard people talk a lot about. Give me a medium priced house. Do you have cattle fed or corn fed beef and what is the average price of a gallon of milk ? May sound like funny questions, but we have come to find out that they have given us some kind of an idea of what it will cost us.

OK. One more thing I have kids in one in mid Texas and one in Las Vegas, Nevada. Any input on either one of those states ? We are open to anything, but just wondering.

Derek69SS · #5 02-20-2013, 07:16 AM

I really like Eastern Ohio right near the West Virginia border... we broke down there on a family trip when I was about 16, and fell in love with the place while we were stuck there for 2 days.

BillsCamino · #6 02-20-2013, 07:31 AM

Cold climate...I can relate to that Ms.
We moved from western NY in 1985 to here in Marietta, GA in 1985 and never looked back.
When my wife finally retires...hopefully able to convince her in less than two years...we'll be selling this house and moving to either north FL (Daytona Shores/Orange Beach) or AZ (Scottsdale).
No state income taxes.
We both love the heat and hate the cold!!
Our daughter and her family live in mid Louisiana and our son and his clan live in north GA. All it will take is to jump on a plane to visit either.

earthquake68 · #7 02-20-2013, 08:43 AM

Texas. If you don't like heat, stay away from there. It's triple digits most of the summer. ...and nobody give me that, "it's a dry heat" stuff. 120 degrees is hot no matter how you slice it. It's ever hotter in Nevada.

I have 5 acres in Middle Tennessee about an hour and half from Goodlettsville. About an hour from Knoxville and Nashville. Right near Cookeville. It's on the western edge of the Cumberland plateau and it sits on top of a mountain. VERY pretty. I'll sell it to you cheap!

We live in Missouri and we like it here. The job market is decent, the cost of living is low and people are friendly. Land is not a problem, every property outside of town usually comes with 2+ acres anyway.

flash · #8 02-20-2013, 11:10 AM

I like Missouri too as long as its not Branson.

earthquake68 · #9 02-20-2013, 12:24 PM

We're about 30 minutes north of there. Close enough to visit, but far enough away that we don't have to deal with it if we don't want to.

Ms Grumpy · #10 02-20-2013, 06:24 PM

Keep it coming guys. You are giving me a lot of things to think about. I like the no income taxes, I knew that Nevada was that way, didn't know about Arizona (don't tell grumpy he would move there in a heartbeat).