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Location: AZ | Whats the best place to retire, low cost of living, good weather (no bad storms), low taxes, and lots of trail riding and barrel racing.  |
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| I had friends retire to Arkansas. North east part and there was plenty of trail riding and barrel racing close. Taxes were really cheap too. |
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| snoopyjoe - 2017-05-10 11:45 AM
I had friends retire to Arkansas. North east part and there was plenty of trail riding and barrel racing close. Taxes were really cheap too.
Everytime we have extremely bad weather it always heads for SW Arkansas. In fact there is a county named Sevier County that is ALWAYS on the weather watch. |
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Location: Deep South | A LOT of people retire here.
I'm only 25, so I really haven't looked into it. Lol! But seriously, I feel like we're outnumbered in the retiree to working people ratio. |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | Bump...
I haven't looked into it, but I know quite a few people who have either retired to Tennessee or are planning to.
Personally, though, I have gotten so used to living here in Louisiana I don't know if I'm fit to live anywhere else, lol. We do get fair warning when storms are coming. I couldn't live anywhere they have tornadoes or earthquakes because there is no warning. Plus, our cold weather is not that bad at all.
The low taxes thing is another issue all together. I don't know how ours compare to the rest of the nation, but our property values aren't bad. I have always liked the area around the Toledo Bend Lake at the LA / TX border.
Don't pay any attention to New Orleans. They're in their own world down there. The rest of the state is not like that. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | We retired to Texas and the only down side is the high cost of feeding a horse here. I'm sure there are other parts of Texas where you have actual pasture but 45 NW of San Antonio, we don't.
Lots of pluses to Texas but I do not like the intense heat.
We had looked into Arizona but it costs too much to live there plus I really missed the greenery.
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Location: Where I am happiest | My husbands cousin retired to Florida with their 2 horses and they are extremily happy. Said it was the best decision they ever made.They studied and visited areas in alot of different states for 5 years before picking their state and area to retire to. Property is very reasonable there and it's hard to beat the weather.
I have a friend that moved to Arizona and they are very happy.
? Some parts of AZ are pretty high priced, yet there is alot f AZ that is dirt cheap and there is a ton of barrel racing and roping especially in the winter and trail riding is almost limitless. |
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Location: Northwest | Dayton, Washington/area. It's really nice. Columbia County has low taxes. Close to Walla Walla and Tri Cities for tons of barrel racing. You can trail ride in desert, mountains, foothills all within 5-60 minutes. Great weather, four seasons. I don't know about low cost of living compared to other places. It's nothing like the cities but it's higher than the Midwest. |
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Location: in the ozone | ThreeCorners - 2017-05-10 3:30 PM
My husbands cousin retired to Florida with their 2 horses and they are extremily happy. Said it was the best decision they ever made.They studied and visited areas in alot of different states for 5 years before picking their state and area to retire to. Property is very reasonable there and it's hard to beat the weather.
I have a friend that moved to Arizona and they are very happy.
? Some parts of AZ are pretty high priced, yet there is alot f AZ that is dirt cheap and there is a ton of barrel racing and roping especially in the winter and trail riding is almost limitless.
Alot of those dirt cheap places don't have water, so be sure what is available if you are checking out places in AZ |
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| BamaCanChaser - 2017-05-10 1:06 PM
A LOT of people retire here.
I'm only 25, so I really haven't looked into it. Lol! But seriously, I feel like we're outnumbered in the retiree to working people ratio.
Where is here? |
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| Griz - 2017-05-11 5:43 AM
BamaCanChaser - 2017-05-10 1:06 PM
A LOT of people retire here.
I'm only 25, so I really haven't looked into it. Lol! But seriously, I feel like we're outnumbered in the retiree to working people ratio.
Where is here?
Probably Bama. |
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Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..." | Florida is good but can be pricey and yes, there are hurricanes. But certain areas are much, much more affordable. Just stay North of I-4. Much better trail riding and terrain. |
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Location: USA | What is Waco TX like? |
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | streakysox - 2017-05-11 8:20 AM Griz - 2017-05-11 5:43 AM BamaCanChaser - 2017-05-10 1:06 PM A LOT of people retire here. I'm only 25, so I really haven't looked into it. Lol! But seriously, I feel like we're outnumbered in the retiree to working people ratio. Where is here? Probably Bama.
Yes she is in Alabama. I suggest finding pasture. Too close to the beach you get too sandy for good grass and mountains can be too rocky etc etc. As far as weather you just need to pick your poison: Snow or Hurricanes. Stay out of tornado alley and you will be fine.
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | I would not move to AL, FL or even So GA. They all have tornados. Not like OK and TX though.
Me, I would move from here straight to TX. |
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| Property taxes are going through the roof in Texas. Can't beat the barrel racing in the Fort Worth area, but it is becoming over populated. Fifty miles away from the city is no longer far enough. Even though our property tax rate is frozen due to my husband's age, it is going up $200-$400 a year because of property value increase. Even though our house is paid off, our property tax divided by 12 is like having a house payment again!! |
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| Reno, NV or surrounding areas. Property tax is low, no state tax. Typically get all 4 seasons, not alot of bugs. Location is nice when it comes to barrel racing, its within 2 hours of Sacramento, CA. So there are alot of barrel races in Reno and in Northern California. If you dont feel like barrel racing, there are a bunch of lakes within 30 mins of Reno. I think 80% of Nevada is BLM land, you can trail ride anywhere here.
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Location: Phoenix | AZ if you can handle the heat. Trail riding galore, lots of roping and barrel races. Lot of outside activities to do. It's a little more expensive but there's hardly any wind, and the summer storms aren't scary. Did I mention Phoenix doesnt get snow?! |
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Location: MD | I would love to move to NC / SC |
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| I live in NC and think it's pretty great. Stay out of the metropolitan areas (Raleigh/Charlotte) and property is affordable. It's going fast though. If you don't have to work that helps as you can live wherever and not worry about commuting. We get 4 seasons. Sometimes all in the same week though ??
If you live central, you are 2-3 hours from the beach and 2-3 hours from the mountains. We get some crazy weather here and there. Further south to the coast is prone to flood (duh) but water pretty quickly recedes everywhere else. Not so many tornados, and the further inland you go the better off you are with hurricanes.
Barrel racing is everywhere in the state and not too bad a drive to big super shows. 7 hours to Perry Georgia Where they hold a lot of big nbha stuff. Lexington VA is about 5 hours. Great trails in the mountains, and a lot of the state parks. |
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Location: Armuchee, GA, NW section of Ga | We actually live in NW section of Georgia, hour north of atlanta, hour south of chattanooga. LOve the area, but we are actively looking for land up in Tennessee because of the tax situation up there, no state tax. We prefer to stay near Ooltewah, Hamilton or Bradley county. Something with some land and a view. There is slot of homes for sale but we need something less than 5000 sq ft, prefer half that size, one level. It seems everyone is building mega castles these days, and we are 63 and do not need that much space. So may just build what we need. But the Tennessee area is a great place to retire. |
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