Retiring near the ocean

[rocafeller05]

I’m about 1 1/2 miles(2 mins) from the bay and about a 7 min drive to the Atlantic. I don’t think I’ll be any further from the ocean for the rest of my life. Hoping for ocean front once I retire.

[Nausikaa]

Originally Posted by Over the hill gang

We are only about 40 minutes from the Gulf and we love it. Yes it gets hot in south Texas but every area has it good and bad points. Most of the year is very nice here. We avoid the beach from May-Oct when it's really crowded. From Nov till summer its not crowded at all and the weather is perfect! My only negative would be hurricane's but as I said every area has something. We haven't flooded where we live and just ride it out but we now own a generator just in case. It's pretty much flip flops and shorts year round down here. Did I mention that we love it?

That's not the ocean though.

[Sand&Salt]

Originally Posted by kdb05f

I once lived a short walk from the beach for 4 years and never experienced the issues posters are talking about with salt, rust, and whatnot. Perhaps it was because I was 4 blocks from the beach and it was on a cliff? There were stairs that led down the cliff to the beach.

Hey, I just realized there's no rust here either, unlike at home. Could it be we are on high cliffs above the Atlantic? It's only a few yards away but 200 feet down...


When I read the 1st response in this thread at 1st I thought it was a flip answer but it's actually correct. You can live in a beach town and be near the ocean without having an oceanfront home.
There are also places where you can be near the ocean without being overrun by tourists.

Yeah, like Ecuador. We're usually the only ones on the beach, far as you can see, LOL.

Uh oh. My other comment got in the middle of yours, starting with "hey". Oops.