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In my mid fifties and living in an area where property taxes are out of control, the handwriting is on the wall that it's time to move. I know what areas are out (Florida and SoCal) since living there was not for me. Rhode Island up to Maine just way too cold in the winter, and I'm too much of a "Yankee" for New England. The three "H"'s (hazy, hot and humid) make the days unbearable.
I'd just like to have a nice home in a safe, gated community with a water view or front (preferably Ocean or bay over lake), where it doesn't get much past 75 in the summer, or much under 40 in the Winter. 3-4 snowstorms from Nov. to end Jan. is fine since it's nice to have snow at Christmas time. Even though I want to stay on the East Coast, I think I won't escape the heat and humidity anywhere. No Dakotas or Montana, Minnesota, etc.
Maybe no such place exists in the U.S. and I'd never be an Expat. I can't be the only financially comfortable baby-boomer, who grew up used to affluent areas, with no trailer parks and people keeping their properties up poorly. Water seeks its own level, and naturally, people seek to live among their own.If white families are having a mass exodus from NY, NJ and CT, and NOT all going to Florida, where are they going? There have to be high class communities cropping up, as tri-state area transplants look to get out from under exorbitant taxes.
I want a safe community with good schools and good neighbors, where weather extremes aren't brutal. East Coast is best of all, so I really don't want to go elsewhere. Any suggestions from successful migratory stories, from upscale parts of NY, NJ and CT? Once you're acclimated to a certain way of living, there's no downward adjustment. Thanks!
Last edited by CaseyB; 06-04-2019 at 04:18 AM..
Reason: please don't
[quote=Safety In Numbers;55339895]If white families are having a mass exodus from NY, NJ and CT, and NOT all going to Florida, where are they goi.ng?
Arizona, Texas, Tennessee, or the Carolinas seem to be the most popular spots.
As other have said, your "humidity" requirement basically rules out the entire Northeast, Midwest, and south. Weather extremes in the SW (for the most part) would rule out that region. I guess that only leaves the Pacific NW, and maybe a couple spots in the "Mountain west".
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