what made up your mind to move Dave?

[polara71]

I envy you and look forward to updates.

Please dont.... Its only a plan, we'll see if I can put it together

Sorry but I'm not buying that. I predict you will keep at least one.

Probably, I wanna keep them all however it really doesnt make sense ....think about it

 

[Fratzog]

it really doesnt make sense

Of course not. I just retired and a fixed income sucks but it's still worth it. TBD if retaining both is realistic in the long run but I will try.

 

[Xenon]

We are looking at Carson City NV..
Has four seasons but less snow and not as harsh winters....
Close to Reno...
Not far from Vegas...
Just the other side of Lake Tahoe...
A whole lot LESS in property taxes..
Can drive the cars longer there plus ride the bikes and not have to deal with heavy traffic..

 

[1978 NYB]

Good luck to you Dave! Follow your dream!

 

[Fratzog]

Oh BTW once you retire that's the perfect area where you could take up some nice relaxing outdoor hobbies...

Safeshare.tv - Dan Atherton Sends It Down the Hardline ...

 

[1978 NYB]

I'm 62 and I have followed my dream my entire life and lived all over the world. I'm having a temporary health set back right now but I have the world's best health care....Johns Hopkins. But...I have no family within a 1000 miles of me. I may retire for good, sell my house and move to an area just north of Green Bay. They have a brand new VA hospital that is getting great reviews and i'll be around all of my family for my golden years. Hard decision for me pretty soon.

 

[LeBaron1973]

Well, as others have said - follow your dream, on 9/3 I left Adelaide (South Australia) for Christchurch NZ.

Best move i could have made, from a small apartment to a 6 bedroom house on the outskirts of Christchurch - semi-rural - my partner Fiona and I are delighted only around $3200 taxes a year.

Sold some investments and paid cash, its a good feeling.

Good luck with your plans.

 

[saforwardlook]

I love the whole western U.S. I tried to live in Detroit, but couldn't do it. Been up and down the East coast, even warm Florida. Just couldn't even consider the East coast.

Idaho would be a great place to live.
The sooner you move, the longer you will live, healthfully.
I am grateful for every day, and love the sunshine, mountains and all. Now that I am retired, even the traffice doesn't bother me all that much. Nothing else I don't like here.

I get to see this every time I walk out my back door.

You should just make up your mind to make the move - whatever it takes. You will never regret it, and will wonder what took you so long. Make it happen!

 

[JC68vert300]

To get out of Trevs resurrection thread I made a new one.....

I was asked "what made up my mind to move"

Last July I turned 51. Im not sure if that had anything to do with it. New Jersey just simply sucks everywhere you turn. It has very few redeeming qualities and the few it has are spoiled by 10 million legal people and another 2.5 million illegal. It is one of the smallest states and has the highest number of people per square mile. The traffic lights, toll booths, traffic, rude obnoxious attitude ... There is a running joke where NJ is the only State where someone will gladly hold the door for you at the Wawa ( convenience store) and run you down in the parking lot .
Then you head west and see space, lots of space. You see similar space in Upstate NY and in Maine, but not like out West .....
I have a 10 year plan that SHOULD send Diane and I far away from Jersey in 9 to 13 years.

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As a life long Northern New Jersey resident, I have to agree with you. The state has changed so much and not for the better. Instead of suburban, it has an urban thug mentality. When I grew up, we never locked our doors, I didn't even have a house key until I was 21. We knew all the neighbors. The overdevelopment of the area with all the multiple unit mid rise buildings going up and the plan for more will not help the traffic as the roads are all unchanged.

 

[Dobalovr]

We love spending time in Idaho and Montana even though we live in relatively the same environment here in Calgary. It feels a lot like home with better shopping lol. MT and Idaho people seem a lot like Alberta people in their ways but once you cross into Washington you can feel the difference....they are like our folks in BC ...a little more Liberal if you get my meaning. I prefer Montana my self especially around the Big Fork area. No State tax is also nice as well as a huge State with few people to bump into. Good choice Dave here's hoping that dream comes true for you both.

 

[Samplingman]

I hear you Dave, and agree 100%! Traveling up and down the NJ Turnpike these past few weeks have me wonder how much longer I can take it. Last August when we moved my son to NM and then traveled up to Denver I made the proclamation that I do not want to die in NJ. There is so much peace and serenity out there beyond the city limits. NJ really has changed, the shear number of drivers on the road and then mix in the impatient, texting, aggressive drivers has made it impossible to “enjoy the ride”. Even west in PA has become harder to enjoy. We will need to downside soon, but it looks like we are still 10 to 15 years out, but if I could do it sooner I’d do it in a heartbeat.

 

[65 500]

Dave, that move is really going to add to your drive time to Carlisle, but I know exactly where you are coming from, it's pretty nice out west, and NJ is awfully tax happy. I had some friends in northern NJ that had something like 56 acres, they had to move because the taxes were eating them alive.
Good luck on getting the move to Idaho worked out, just don't get rid of your snow shovel.

 

[tbm3fan]

As a life long Northern New Jersey resident, I have to agree with you. The state has changed so much and not for the better. Instead of suburban, it has an urban thug mentality. When I grew up, we never locked our doors, I didn't even have a house key until I was 21. We knew all the neighbors. The overdevelopment of the area with all the multiple unit mid rise buildings going up and the plan for more will not help the traffic as the roads are all unchanged.

Do they still say "Garden State" on the license plates?

 

[cantflip]

Wow Dave, I knew about the desire to move... I admit to being surprised you would consider selling off the entire herd.

A lot can happen in a decade, I'm not writing you off yet.

 

[65fury1]

Good for you, on your potential move. Just don't look back. I sold my house in Bridgeport Connecticut after I had a double killing in front of my house from a drive by shooting I ended up with a bullets through my living room wall as well. I sold the house, moved in with family temporarily until I got the house and then moved to central Vermont. I wish I had moved away earlier, now I have beautiful views of mountains when I wake up. My property taxes in the slums of Connecticut were over 7500 a year, now I have 5 times the land for 3000 a year taxes. Granted living in a rural area is not perfect 30 min from a hospital, 30 min from Walmart or a grocery store. 8 miles from a gas station, and no cell service for a 25 mile radius of my house. I included a pic of both areas to compare.

 

[detmatt]

You ain't left yet???

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

very interesting thread.

Fun to read the different priorities from everyone.

I would not want to leaf to a rural area. I like the advantages of a crowded area (cultural offers, amounts of restaurants, a lot of car buddies/car things to do, close by doctors/hospitals everywhere).

I didn't like my area much when I was young but as I aged I got way more related to it.

Despite my Mom and my girlfriend there is no family.

At least right now I can in absolutly no way consider ever being without old Mopars.
They are my passion and stimulus.

Carsten

 

[polara71]

I understand completely Carsten , i bought the house many years ago with the intention of never leaving. Everything changes, neighborhoods, people, jobs, life style , age, desires. I've found I can live without the cars now.
If I did need another I can always get back into them. That's if I sell out.

 

[Big_John]

Dave, I can't blame you at all for wanting to move. There are much better places than NJ.

We talked about relocating someplace warmer a few times before I retired. The winters are tough but I really like it here. I think we've found the balance of life in the country with the convenience of stores and doctors being 15 minutes away. The big news in town is someone stole some tomatoes from a local farm stand without putting money in the honor box the other day.

It's kinda hard to beat that and with almost all of our family living here (some have moved back!), I don't see us leaving.

 

[azblackhemi]

Born and raised in NY. Moved to Arizona 37 years ago as a young man. Never regretted the decision. There is a very different feel to life in the west. Hard to explain but I just have always felt more alive here. And then of course having property taxes of about $1200 a year leaves a lot of funds for fun stuff! Move west Dave and you'll be happy.