I was told selling my house might be good financial move. Maybe it is. I don't like where I live now. There are all these articles on where to retire to and I don't know what to do. I want to go to a University town in a warm part of the US, preferably without hurricanes, tornados, or earthquakes. (I guess there is such an area) If it is not real warm in winter, but is semi-warm and maybe close to hot places, it would help. My family is small and spread all around the US - from NYC to Ohio to the SW. I am a widower and looking for a girl friend. My hobbies are photography, computers, naturism,gardening and all that old man stuff. Maybe I will buy an RV to see the USA. My age is over 70, but not much over and am healthy now. The place has to have good medical care and not be expensive for living. That includes housing as I want a house around $250,00 and reasonable cost of living. A good over 55 community with good social life would help a lot as I am isolated here in a bad spot.
2007-01-15 13:44:55 · 3 answers · asked by agreeableone 3 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
I am considering my retirement options, too, although I'm still waiting for my AARP card. There's a website called International Living that tries to sell you crap about foreign real estate, but they do have some good info that I check out beyond their sales pitch. I started off looking at Central America, especially Panama because they use US dollars for their economy and with the building of the second canal their economy is going to boom, plus having been under US construction until we returned the canal per treaty they have what amounts to a US infrastructure. Nicaragua seemed like a good deal until Daniel Ortega resurfaced--he may be problematic. More recently New Zealand seems like a good deal, especially for seniors. The US dollar goes farther, they speak English, they're polite and friendly, the climate is great and much like my native California.
If you can stand the humidity, South Carolina is a nice and inexpensive place to live. Most of the big storms miss SC. Charleston is a pretty city, Columbia is a good university town with good restaurants and senior services, and in tiny Prosperity there's a terrific German restaurant. No shortage of attractive women in your age bracket, many of them retired military with pensions. The main thing I didn't like was the smoking, but SC is coming around. Avoid Maurice's BBQ!
2007-01-15 14:17:48 · answer #1 · answered by csunharleyrider@yahoo.com 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asheville NC
Tri-Cities (Bristol / Kingsport / Johnson City) TN
Savannah GA (most hurricanes miss Georgia)
anywhere in Utah
2007-01-19 12:14:37 · answer #2 · answered by Drew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heres an article i found http://siteFwd.com/6VR on retirement planning and the best plans to take.
2007-01-17 02:46:53 · answer #3 · answered by henrygoon10 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋