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Did you research your environment?? Our water is abundant and pristine. Air clear. Even with filtering many cities have hormones- and other contaminants. How important is your tap water in retirement? Are you near any brown zones? Look at cancer rates in the Coastal Louisiana-Mississippi areas. Military installation Brest cancer rates. WATER.
I have been using a water distiller for many years. If you could see what remains in the distiller after a cycle you would be concerned, very concerned.
It's tough trying to find a place that has good environmental conditions. Instead of trying to find the best simply try to find a place with the least pollutants. I don't think there is a best.
Here in Colorado Springs, our water and air are both clean. The water comes from the high country, e.g. runoff from Pikes Peak, and we get it before it has passed through multiple kidneys.
The air used to be dirtier before cars acquired fuel injection and catalytic converters. Back then, carburetors could not easily compensate for high altitudes; they ran way too rich. However, now the air is very clear.
It's important to have a clean environment. It's a good reason to move if you don't.
Before I retired, I didn't give a crap about the quality of my tap water. Whatever the city put in the water, or whatever contaminants they failed to get out of the water, didn't matter to me at all.
Ah, but once I retired, the quality of my tap water became extremely important to me. In fact, it was the number one thing I considered when deciding where to retire to. There is an extremely important difference between drinking tap water while you're still working, and drinking tap water once you have retired. In fact, I can't believe this issue isn't discussed more frequently in this forum.
Before I retired, I didn't give a crap about the quality of my tap water. Whatever the city put in the water, or whatever contaminants they failed to get out of the water, didn't matter to me at all.
Ah, but once I retired, the quality of my tap water became extremely important to me. In fact, it was the number one thing I considered when deciding where to retire to. There is an extremely important difference between drinking tap water while you're still working, and drinking tap water once you have retired. In fact, I can't believe this issue isn't discussed more frequently in this forum.
I had to read that twice and then think about the identity of the poster before I saw the humor in it. Well done. (I must be slow this morning).
We use bottled purified water for all drinking and cooking . also have filters on faucets and shower which helps some. Water here is bad.
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