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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.
What is your definition of low cost? 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?
I've seen land for sale on some huge lake in Texas. I thought the prices were pretty low for land close to recreational water.
Sorry, but I can't remember the name of the lake. It was one of those massive land developments where the person who divided it is selling lots for so much down, so much a month. It was close enough to a big city to be a weekend getaway.
I inquired with people I know in Texas and was told that there was nothing wrong with the area.
Maybe do a Craigslist search for land in Texas with a Lake. There are probably some of those for sale. If I think of where I saw the information, I will get back to you, but with my memory, don't wait by the phone.
By the way, there may not be any place in the world where beach front can be had for cheap. Even in countries where the population can't afford to eat 7 days a week, the beach front is blistering high priced.
There are tons of lots/beaches for reasonable prices in MN/WI/UP, I mean there are 30,000+ lakes to choose from and they are in largely unpopulated regions. However, most are far away from cities/"college towns" and that region gets hammered in the winter.
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