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And with the rising sea levels/global warming condition, are you essentially ruling out the gulf and ocean coasts and most bays? Are you really wanting a nice lake location?
Well, there are some places where the land on the coast or a bay rises steeply from the water or is on a bluff. I'd definitely consider a place like that. Probably not interested in any places where the land is right at sea level.
I am thinking about property on the water (probably not beach, more like on a bay or a big lake). This would be a "always have a place to go, leave it to my kids, hope it stays in the family forever" sort of thing. I'd like to build a big house where everyone in my extended family would be welcome at anytime. What I would be looking for:
1) Reasonably close to a medium sized city or nice college town
2) Be able to have a boat dock and a body of water big enough to sail on
3) Swimmable at least some of the year
4) Low cost for land (or house already in place)
5) Would prefer low taxes & few permits needed to build
6) 4 seasons (or maybe 3, not deep winter would be fine); but able to live there year round (no summer-only cabins)
7) Would prefer not freezing cold or massive snowfalls
8) Not someplace likely to get wiped out or made uninhabitable by rising sea levels & global warming
I was thinking about Western Michigan (near Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids) or Western New York (near Rochester or maybe on the Finger Lakes). Both would meet all my requirements except low taxes and not too cold/too much snow.
Not sure what other places might be even better. So I thought I'd ask for suggestions.
West Michigan.
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SW Michigan has reasonable tax rates. NY - forget it.
Yep. I would look at South Haven ( Not far from Kalamazoo, Chicago etc ) on up to Grand Haven. Do note that on the immediate lakefront they don't get as much snow as areas 10 - 50 miles inland does and that is in part thanks to the early winter season and warmer lake water temps which will favor rain or rain/snow vs snow further in away from the warming influence of the lake. STILL it does snow alot compared to most other parts of the country which ofcourse i don't mind as i love alot of snow and a white Christmas which is the way it should be. Just know as well it tends to be alot more cloudier in winter thanks to the lake as well. Some have a hard time with it and thus why i mention it.
Yep. I would look at South Haven ( Not far from Kalamazoo, Chicago etc ) on up to Grand Haven. Do note that on the immediate lakefront they don't get as much snow as areas 10 - 50 miles inland does and that is in part thanks to the early winter season and warmer lake water temps which will favor rain or rain/snow vs snow further in away from the warming influence of the lake. STILL it does snow alot compared to most other parts of the country which ofcourse i don't mind as i love alot of snow and a white Christmas which is the way it should be. Just know as well it tends to be alot more cloudier in winter thanks to the lake as well. Some have a hard time with it and thus why i mention it.
Thanks
Looks like Holland MI has some really reasonably priced places on the water or just off it like this place
Waterfront properties in Florida aren't cheap, go somewhere like Texas, or Louisiana. The again there are many many lake in Florida that you could live on, but they could have alligators, and amoeba during the summer,
A house on it's own island in the middle of a lake. Also get a nice 2 bed house on the mainland lake front ( boat dock ) as well with it.
Like I've mentioned a bunch already, the cheapest shore property in the country is likely WI/MN/MI, considering the tens of thousands of lakes in those states. The problem is that it snows a lot, and the closer you are to "real cities," the more expensive the property is. You can pick up water frontage for $10,000 in hundreds of spots in these 3 states. You can get a chunk of Lake Michigan sand for $100,000. A bunch of private islands for under 1 mil. Etc.
Like I've mentioned a bunch already, the cheapest shore property in the country is likely WI/MN/MI, considering the tens of thousands of lakes in those states. The problem is that it snows a lot, and the closer you are to "real cities," the more expensive the property is. You can pick up water frontage for $10,000 in hundreds of spots in these 3 states. You can get a chunk of Lake Michigan sand for $100,000. A bunch of private islands for under 1 mil. Etc.
Yeah i hear you. That just ( and still does ) blows me away as you would not be able to touch that kind of property back east for under a million and perhaps a few million depending on where. Ofcourse the problem with that property ( the main house on the island ) is well you cannot drive to it. Has a heliport and ofcourse the boat dock.
If you don't mind a 40 minute commute to the city, there are plenty of options.
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