your advice please

[Maxxsgirl]

Thanks chuckT, I will look into the site. We no longer own horses, :0(, but would not mind being in a community with them.

Cafe D-S; I understand.
We just want whatever time we have left to be spent with people that are similiar to us. Sounds shallow I guess, but I am no "kid". I have lived and learned that being kind, gracious and hard working doesn't always get rewarded. There are those who are quite content holding their hands out for whatever they can get. If you don't come through--they will take it.
Unfortunately they are becoming the majority.
I looked into the Coeur D'Alene area. Doesn't that area get a lot more snow??? (more than TF). I sure do love the trees!!
After we survived the Cedar Fire of 2003 down here, it took several trips to the mountains to get it worked out. I still cry on the way home. time heals all wounds. It was a very scary tragedy here--one we won't soon forget. M

[CafeDelSol]

Originally Posted by Maxxsgirl

Thanks chuckT, I will look into the site. We no longer own horses, :0(, but would not mind being in a community with them.

Cafe D-S; I understand.
We just want whatever time we have left to be spent with people that are similiar to us. Sounds shallow I guess, but I am no "kid". I have lived and learned that being kind, gracious and hard working doesn't always get rewarded. There are those who are quite content holding their hands out for whatever they can get. If you don't come through--they will take it.
Unfortunately they are becoming the majority.
I looked into the Coeur D'Alene area. Doesn't that area get a lot more snow??? (more than TF). I sure do love the trees!!
After we survived the Cedar Fire of 2003 down here, it took several trips to the mountains to get it worked out. I still cry on the way home. time heals all wounds. It was a very scary tragedy here--one we won't soon forget. M

The Coeur D'Alene area is a different world than Twin Falls. It gets more precipitation but it's not really that much colder since the altitide is only around 2400 feet. If I had the choice I'd take the northern part of the state any day. You can live fairly cheaply in the outlying areas. The closer you get to a lake view the higher the real estate.

[Maxxsgirl]

Thanks Cafe Del Sol. I appreciate your answer!
I have been studying the map and keep going back to Hayden. It seems homes are priceier at Haydenlake.
With all of the West Nile Virus talk and mosquitoes in general, I am gun-shy of being to close to the water. I have a client who was born in Boise and raised in McCall. She goes "home" every year and complains about the mosquitoes when she gets back. However, where she visits they have ditch irrigation which leads to chronic standing water.
I have heard they are switching over to "pressurized" irrigation. Same concept as the ditch style, only contained in underground pipes. that would be a blessing to Idaho!!
What town are you in now?
Maxxsgirl

[TODDFUT13]

Originally Posted by Maxxsgirl

Greetings! This is my first time, so bear with me. I am trying to get information on the Kimberly--Pleasant Valley area. I see there is a new golf course community springing up.
My husband and I are new retiree's; and he is partially disabled. We currently live in the county not the city. Horsey area type.
Unfortunately we need to leave the golden state; it is not a choice, it is because of the rising costs to live here. We were not professionals when we worked so our income was well below the average for the area.
We lived in WA for a couple of years and find we enjoy the slower pace of things and the snow was "doable".
What do you recommend?
We first looked at E. Idaho, but heard the wind is unbearable. So, next came the Twin Falls area. I sure could use some imput.

Welcome. Idaho is great as long as your conservative. Liberals need not apply. This conservative state is being desimated by Californians with the typical "liberal" view on the world. Idaho is steadily becoming as expensive to live as anywhere else because of the influx of Californians and the national media attention as the "best place to live."

[Maxxsgirl]

Gosh, I hope I got your tag right!
Yes, we are not liberals. In fact we are staunch conservatives! It is hard watching the demise of this state--what a waste!

You mentioned that Idaho was getting National attention as a good place to move to. As yet, I have not seen that. I am not disagreeing; I haven't read it in print.
Checked with Sperlings and a magazine called "Ready to Retire" and was disappointed that Idaho wasn't even mentioned.
Of course, there were a lot of places listed that I thought were not even a consideration; but who knows what others call "home"!
What part of Idaho are you in?
Anything you can share would be helpful. Thanks, Maxxsgirl