Where are Californians considering retiring to the most?

Answer 1

Everyone is probably correct, but they are coming to New Mexico in droves, too. I sold a house last year and everyone who looked at it was from California. The result has been a ridiculous increase in property prices.

Answer 2

If recent data collected over the past ten years are any indication, the answer is Southern Nevada. So much so that our senior Senator, Harry Reid, had to get a Federal law enacted to stop the California Franchise Tax Board from taxing the California State and County Pensions of Californians who moved here. We don't have a State Income Tax.
Having lived in the township of Paradise for 25 years, I am amused by this migration. Especially in the summer months when they think that wearing shorts in low humidity, 100+ weather gives you the same cooling effect as summertime on the California coast. I'm also a bit peeved by the migration as well. Many of them come here to escape the "nanny government" and high tax atmosphere of some California communities, yet they go to extraordinary lengths to try and layer on our law books the same stupidity they escaped from.

Answer 3

We sunk roots here (the only roots we've ever had) in 1966. This CALIFORNIAN has retired right here in California State, and in the community that hubby and I have both lived and worked in, all our adult life. Our son and granddaughter were both born here.

And we all love California. We are within hours of being anywhere from San Franciso Bay, to Mendocino Village or Napa Valley or Sacramento, with any number of lakes, rivers, mountains, seashores and valleys to choose from, not to mention southern California that is a whole different world from upstate.

At 770 miles long and 250 miles wide, (almost 164,000 sq miles) we are the 3rd largest state in the U.S. behind Alaska and Texas and we have every kind of climate from dessert to mountain to ocean to valley. And our people are as beautiful and colorful as our landscapes.

We have everything we want here and there just simply is NOWHERE else we would ever want to live.

Answer 4

I'm going to make a wild guess, based on reports I saw in
the paper not long ago. I'll guess that they are moving north
to Oregon, Washington, and maybe Idaho. According to the
DMV in Oregon and Washington, there is still a heavy migration from parts south to the north up here. And the
amount of the drivers licenses turned in for new ones is where
they are getting their tally. So I think it would be safe to guess
they are heading up here for cheaper property costs, where
they can plunk down cash from selling their homes in Calif.
and paying lessor amounts for the same housing up here.
There is still more land to spread out in, and land protected
against development to enjoy for recreation. The eastern
half of our state is almost wide open for lack of towns and
general development. As jam packed as Calif. is, it would
seem strange to them to find open land that was still in it's
original natural state, with no plans to develop it from inves-
tors. But that's only in eastern Oregon. Here in the Willamette
Valley where Portland sits, the situation has become more
critical for finding open plots than before. For as people
migrate, they tend to head for the centralized areas where
they can reside and get to a job easily. Those are the singles
especially. Families tend to move outward to the suburbs to
raise their children, and have a 20 drive in, when the traffic
flows evenly. The northwest continues to be an overly popular
destination for retirees, from various media sources. It's hard
to believe for years this area was a well kept secret. Now we
see alot of out of state cars from around the nation. Espec-
ially during the summer months. So this area, is not a secret
anymore.

Answer 5

They started moving to Idaho in droves in the early 90's. I remember thinking the homes they were building were churches they were so huge. Then marveling over how a person with 4 little kids could own such a mansion with a swimming pool and 6 car garage. I took care of a lady that sold her 700 sq. ft home in San Francisco for 280k. You can certainly buy big with that amount of cash in Idaho.

Answer 6

If you could move down the coast of California, you could be at the sea. A lot of baby boomers in Australia are moving to smaller inland towns because of the high cost of living.

Answer 7

I am not going any where..every vacation we get the local paper and check weather summer and winter, things to do etc..so far nothing can beat our Calif weather..year around..drive 4 hours to ski, 45min to the ocean..15 min to the mountains..we have the best of all worlds..

Answer 8

There is no where I would rather be than where Iam, right here, love it, all my children and grandchildren were born here, they wouldn't live anywhere else either. We have visited many places, but as far as we are concerned, California is where its at. however many friends and relatives have sold their homes,farms and moved to Arizona and Texas, its great to go visit them.

Answer 9

According to what I have read, it is Las Vegas.
How fun is that?

Answer 10

Too damn many of them are moving here and ruining it for us.