Best state to retire in? (beach, relatives, retiree, friends)

[texdav]

[quote=forest beekeeper;4415573]Texas is rather known for hot and drought.

Hot and drought do not make for much green.

Also, when I have looked at areas of Texas, the water-table is rather deep. So pumping water up gets expensive.[/quote

Texas actually has plenty of water especially in eastern half. We are a big agriculture state and that requires plenty of water. The mear fact that we have a huge rice industry that requires a state with plenty of water says alot. But that said we do have area that get rainfall droughts but we have never actually gone to canaling water like they do further west. Actually drilling for water which is not done much in the east half is cheap really and much of the water west is so pure it needs no chemcial treatment. It is the land water like used in east texas foir drinking that requires expensive treatment that is getting more and more expensive really.

[njkate]

Originally Posted by bobmulk

New York??? Are you freakin' kidding me???

Why only these five states? Are these the only ones the OP is interested in? Does the OP want our opinions for his/her own use? Enlighten us, please.

For me, it's Oregon.

Upstate NY in the catskills & Adirondacks are quite beautiful NYC doesn't quantify the entire state

[ScoutAZ]

Summers in the U.P. of Michigan...winters in the Verde Valley of AZ

[mcorrales]

Not listed, I chose PA for its beauty and wonderful people, originally from SoCal and now in a tiny town in the Allegheny Mountains and love it here. Other than my family still in CA, I miss nothing. I love it here, have a garden for the first time in my life and flowers planted and blooming everywhere!! I also harvested my first bell peppers this morning, me the one with the brown thumb, must have been that CA smog affecting it. LOL

[MetroBTR]

I would not even consider any of them. It appears that we will be getting old right here in Baton Rouge where we did most of our growing. I never really had the desire to leave or go someplace else.

[ljd1010]

We've recently moved from RI to NC (Raleigh/Durham area). It is sort of a "pre-retirement for us...in our 50's, still have a few years of work ahead. We love this area. We're in a town home community which is walkable to multiple stores, shops and restaurants. Two hours to the ocean, two and a half to the mountains. I'll admit is hot here in summer but not too much different than Southern New England. Winters are mild. Real estate is very affordable as compared to where we came from. The landscape is gentle rolling hills and lush pine forests. We just love it here1

[KevK]

More people are starting to vote for: GEORGIA

Retirees moving to Georgia from Florida | ajc.com

[nitram]

AZ has it all. Different elevations, mountains or desert. Great weather, no earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, freezing wet cold. Those are some of the reasons so many people are moving here from those other places some desire to retire to.

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by nitram

AZ has it all. Different elevations, mountains or desert. Great weather, no earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, freezing wet cold. Those are some of the reasons so many people are moving here from those other places some desire to retire to.

LOL

And here I thought folks move to Az for the dryness, and Slab city.

No flooding, no tornados, no hurricanes, no quakes, no volcanos.



No droughts, no high heat, either right?

[nitram]

Love the heat, can't get enough of it. People move here for the heat. But the heat is only in the southern half of the state. The northern half of the state has whatever weather anyone else wants.