Best state to live/retire ?

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RM100GUY said:
Yes the summers here in Florida are steamy guns sweat up when taken outside than you sweat on the guns...however the 8 months or so of nice weather makes up for summer...Evidently one Sam Hill of a lot of people don't mind summers in Fla....just ask the 400k who moved here JUST LAST YEAR. (66* now)
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I love deep sea fishing but I had to put a stop to it because of the expense of travel, fuel surcharges, motels, food, etc, competing for other priorities.

I went on a 3 week trip specifically to Florida by car all the way from AZ in January 20 years ago. I loved it except for the flying insects. The Keys were awesome! Fresh seafood and fishing were something to relish.

Yep having two properties, one here and one there, would be great. I suspect 4-5 months there centered around winter would be suit me best. Springtime around my place is windy so I'd like to avoid that.
 
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AirArcher66 said:
I'm in the same boat, and I think in the same island ;)

I'm looking at east North Carolina.
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Hi - I live in South Eastern NC just across the Cape Fear River (Leland, NC). 8 minute drive to Wilmington and about a 1hour drive to Myrtle Beach SC. Low taxes compared to the North East U.S. Good hunting and airgun friendly laws. Low cost of living. I retired there from the Philly area. Lots of retirees here. Play golf year round. Beaches are only a half hour drive away.
 
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lbc_PSI said:
Pretty sure that ITEP is a "progressive" think tank. The top 1% in CA pay 50% of all taxes. The current top rate is 13+%

"Top 1 Percent" Pays Half of State Income Taxes [EconTax Blog]

In 2012, for perhaps the first time in state history, the top 1% of the state's tax filers paid slightly over half of the state's personal income taxes.
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If you're "rich" and you've lived here for 30yrs and have owned the same home for that time, you're "golden". If you're looking for an inexpensive place to retire, CA is not it.
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I'm retired in California and they don't tax my SS, my property taxes on a $2m home are $4k per year, my utilities are high per KWH and therm but I don't use much of either due to the climate (solar is a big help), and the income taxes they do take really don't accelerate until past my income strata. Healthcare for those on Medicare is insanely cheap and very good. I'll never move, CA watches out for their seniors.
 
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IMADMAN said:
Just looking for opinions from you folks. I'm in my mid 50's. I am seriously considering moving to a different state when I retire, probably when I'm 65-70 yrs old.
My must haves-
Acreage
Big/small bore airgun hunting
No harsh winters
Low cost of living
and "friendly" this hobby as well as "other" hobbies that are similarly like it if you know what I mean. Semi off grid is not a deal breaker.
I'm not rich, but I'm not dirt poor either.
Just want to be comfortable and live a simple life.
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How do you handle heat?
 
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CharlieF said:
Alabama, low taxes, low cost of living, open carry, concealed weapons carry with no permit, airgun laws forbid any town to restrict airgun use in city limits. Great place to live.
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@CharlieF - well I live in mobile, Al and our city has a law making it illegal to discharge a metallic object from anything, slingshots included - a reference to that law would be super helpful 🙏
 
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I live in NW metro Atlanta. However, I would move north in a second as I like cold and hate traffic and too many people. , Georgia is a good place to retire if you can tolerate the hot summers. Fall and spring are nice here. They don't tax the first $35K of your pension. Land and housing is cheap here if you go south. Metro Atanta not so much. I like the gun laws here, plenty of natural resouces, wide range of environments (mountains, swamps and oceans plus plenty of lakes and rivers) and like our state government. My property tax is only $250 which includes both a county and city tax. Georgia is ranked pretty high usually as a place to retire although Florida beats us.
 
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I am quite happy in Wyoming. No personal income tax, relatively low property taxes and virtually no firearms restrictions.

Yeah, the winters can be a little rough, but as a retiree I don't have to go out if I don't want to. I am a retired Wyoming Highway Patrol Sergeant so in a previous life I had to go out and work in the worst of the weather. Now I turn on the gas fireplace and snuggle in on the couch.
 
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Weste said:
I am quite happy in Wyoming. No personal income tax, relatively low property taxes and virtually no firearms restrictions.

Yeah, the winters can be a little rough, but as a retiree I don't have to go out if I don't want to. I am a retired Wyoming Highway Patrol Sergeant so in a previous life I had to go out and work in the worst of the weather. Now I turn on the gas fireplace and snuggle in on the couch.
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I could do Wyoming because it's basically the same weather as Minnesota but with a better tax break. I still like the thought of walking around in Dec, Jan and Feb without the thoughts of freezing to death.
 
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wijib said:
Hi - I live in South Eastern NC just across the Cape Fear River (Leland, NC). 8 minute drive to Wilmington and about a 1hour drive to Myrtle Beach SC. Low taxes compared to the North East U.S. Good hunting and airgun friendly laws. Low cost of living. I retired there from the Philly area. Lots of retirees here. Play golf year round. Beaches are only a half hour drive away.
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Have you been to johnny Gs barbecue? In peachland, we always miss it driving to Holden.
 
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Own our home ... Live within our miens .. Retired & life is good.
Out fishing or out hiking & not 45 minuets from home.

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