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| So, am looking for suggestions on where we might move to as we have someone pushing us to sell our place and maybe it is time. I wouldn't really consider it but am thinking if we could sell and downsize, perhaps we could put a bit more money away to help take the stress off of hubby in the retirement aspect.
So hubby has wanted to move to Texas since I met him a looooong time ago. He has family in the Metroplex area and a brother in Bandera. I liked Texas BEFORE so many people moved in and have began ruining it....sometimes some of the political stuff just makes me shake my head (think, TransTexas/TransAmerican Corridor, vaccines, some school books and other Progressive/Socialist things). But the biggest thing against it (and other more Southern areas) for me is the heat and humidity! I just am miserable when it is hot AND humid. And the drier climes have too many rattlesnakes! I don't want to worry about me, my dogs and my horses getting bit.
So I like Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana maybe parts of New Mexico (and the Flagstaff area of Arizona where the climate is a bit more tolerable for me, and gorgeous scenery. The more rural, the better. SO is there any affordable (say 150 to 200K) horse properties in these areas?
The whole prospect of moving scares the crap out of me. We have great neighbors (heard horror stories about bad ones), access to some good vets, a good blacksmith and all of our trucking contacts are out of here. How on Earth do y'all start from scratch??!!!
As far as rodeo and barrel racing, I am afraid that it will pretty much over for me because me and my horses are great at 12-13 second race track pens but suck at good ground and standard patterns so I would have to settle for 3D at shows that I don't enjoy going to anyways (would rather drive 6 hours for one rodeo run than 1/2 hour to sit all day at a barrel race for a couple of runs....that's just me).
Anybody know of a little place for sale?
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Location: Kansas | too bad you don't want to move to kansas! I know of a 3-4 bedroom house on 40 acres with outbuildings for like $180k lol |
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Location: Missouri | hoofs_in_motion - 2015-10-15 4:51 PM
too bad you don't want to move to kansas! I know of a 3-4 bedroom house on 40 acres with outbuildings for like $180k lol
Shoot, where at in kansas? Hubby and I have been feeling the itch to move for years! Lol.  |
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| Every place has its pluses and its drawbacks. What you want to do for jobs is a huge factor so look for a strong economic base there. I live in a college town and I love it. Job stability is good and it's big enough for all the conveniences but small enough that in living just outside of town I can have acreage, my son goes to school in a "small town" and there is some decent barrel racing within 30 minutes to 3 hours any given direction. I am not a heat/humidity fan so Texas would be out for me. I love my seasons (even the part of winter where I can't ride).
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| brlraceaddict - 2015-10-15 5:45 PM
Every place has its pluses and its drawbacks. What you want to do for jobs is a huge factor so look for a strong economic base there. I live in a college town and I love it. Job stability is good and it's big enough for all the conveniences but small enough that in living just outside of town I can have acreage, my son goes to school in a "small town" and there is some decent barrel racing within 30 minutes to 3 hours any given direction. I am not a heat/humidity fan so Texas would be out for me. I love my seasons (even the part of winter where I can't ride).
But....you are keeping your location a secret.
Share please!
Pretty please?
edited to add: Trucking is our business.
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| rodeoveteran - 2015-10-15 3:52 PM brlraceaddict - 2015-10-15 5:45 PM Every place has its pluses and its drawbacks. What you want to do for jobs is a huge factor so look for a strong economic base there. I live in a college town and I love it. Job stability is good and it's big enough for all the conveniences but small enough that in living just outside of town I can have acreage, my son goes to school in a "small town" and there is some decent barrel racing within 30 minutes to 3 hours any given direction. I am not a heat/humidity fan so Texas would be out for me. I love my seasons (even the part of winter where I can't ride). But....you are keeping your location a secret. Share please! Pretty please?
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| We can get some deep snow but this was quite a few years ago:
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| brlraceaddict - 2015-10-15 5:54 PM
rodeoveteran - 2015-10-15 3:52 PM brlraceaddict - 2015-10-15 5:45 PM Every place has its pluses and its drawbacks. What you want to do for jobs is a huge factor so look for a strong economic base there. I live in a college town and I love it. Job stability is good and it's big enough for all the conveniences but small enough that in living just outside of town I can have acreage, my son goes to school in a "small town" and there is some decent barrel racing within 30 minutes to 3 hours any given direction. I am not a heat/humidity fan so Texas would be out for me. I love my seasons (even the part of winter where I can't ride). But....you are keeping your location a secret. Share please! Pretty please?
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it up there!!! The closest we came to buying a place before we bought here (ummm..cough.....cough...30 years a go) was in Santa, Idaho. We spent 8 years running team in a semi, cross country, all the time trying to decide where to buy. I hate the heat and humidity and he can't take the cold. We drove through that area and we BOTH said "I could live like this." We tried to buy 2 different places and neither would bargin (hubby likes to dicker) so we walked away from them. I still dream of that area...it's my idea of Heaven. Used to load down around Moscow, but it seems the biggest business was lumber and log trucks for us. As a matter of fact, I was looking in that area last week on the 'puter and found one of the places we looked at up for sale again.
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Location: Bandera, TX | Whose your BIL? Just wondering if I know him. Bandera is a small community, however not as small as it used to be. Unfortunately. |
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| These look like winter two years ago here....and it was da#% cold, especially for so much snow. Had to plow the drive at least 4 times that winter so that hubby could get IN. He usually plows to get out lol.
Edited to add: actually that is more like a regular winter. The year I was talking about was a double the normal amount and so cold it stayed all winter, accumulating and accumulating.
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Location: I call the back seat on the short bus!! | Southern Western Oklahoma?? Not quite Texas...but not Kansas either. Can be humid but can be very cold too. What kind of trucking business? There is one not-so-stellar trucking business in town that I know very well. A couple of others... But fairly close to major highways. Pretty remote....lots of sand....some redrock. Lots of Trees... Interested? :)
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Location: Some where I haven't left yet | Texas is big for trucking, depending on what you "pull" I'd love to move out of Colorado, but... I'm a local company and I'm established here. Texas has tempted me... but.
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| SW Oklahoma didn't hold my attention very much, but then I don't recall spending a lot of time there.
We are down to one flatbed, and it has a conestoga package on it,'tho I could hire on myself for some local work. We too are established here , but not with as strong of ties as we used to when we had 8 trucks. It's scary to contemplate actually pulling up stakes and going somewhere completely new. It is especially hard when you can't drive around, look at places and actually talk to the locals. |
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Location: I call the back seat on the short bus!! | i think that's a huge thing....just being there. Lots of places look great on Paper... and in the advertisement. Just like horses. lol |
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Location: SE Louisiana | rodeoveteran - 2015-10-15 6:15 PM
brlraceaddict - 2015-10-15 5:54 PM
rodeoveteran - 2015-10-15 3:52 PM brlraceaddict - 2015-10-15 5:45 PM Every place has its pluses and its drawbacks. What you want to do for jobs is a huge factor so look for a strong economic base there. I live in a college town and I love it. Job stability is good and it's big enough for all the conveniences but small enough that in living just outside of town I can have acreage, my son goes to school in a "small town" and there is some decent barrel racing within 30 minutes to 3 hours any given direction. I am not a heat/humidity fan so Texas would be out for me. I love my seasons (even the part of winter where I can't ride). But....you are keeping your location a secret. Share please! Pretty please?
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it up there!!! The closest we came to buying a place before we bought here (ummm..cough.....cough...30 years a go ) was in Santa, Idaho. We spent 8 years running team in a semi, cross country, all the time trying to decide where to buy. I hate the heat and humidity and he can't take the cold. We drove through that area and we BOTH said "I could live like this." We tried to buy 2 different places and neither would bargin (hubby likes to dicker ) so we walked away from them. I still dream of that area...it's my idea of Heaven. Used to load down around Moscow, but it seems the biggest business was lumber and log trucks for us. As a matter of fact, I was looking in that area last week on the 'puter and found one of the places we looked at up for sale again.
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| rodeoveteran - 2015-10-15 4:15 PM brlraceaddict - 2015-10-15 5:54 PM rodeoveteran - 2015-10-15 3:52 PM brlraceaddict - 2015-10-15 5:45 PM Every place has its pluses and its drawbacks. What you want to do for jobs is a huge factor so look for a strong economic base there. I live in a college town and I love it. Job stability is good and it's big enough for all the conveniences but small enough that in living just outside of town I can have acreage, my son goes to school in a "small town" and there is some decent barrel racing within 30 minutes to 3 hours any given direction. I am not a heat/humidity fan so Texas would be out for me. I love my seasons (even the part of winter where I can't ride). But....you are keeping your location a secret. Share please! Pretty please? I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it up there!!! The closest we came to buying a place before we bought here (ummm..cough.....cough...30 years a go ) was in Santa, Idaho. We spent 8 years running team in a semi, cross country, all the time trying to decide where to buy. I hate the heat and humidity and he can't take the cold. We drove through that area and we BOTH said "I could live like this." We tried to buy 2 different places and neither would bargin (hubby likes to dicker ) so we walked away from them. I still dream of that area...it's my idea of Heaven. Used to load down around Moscow, but it seems the biggest business was lumber and log trucks for us. As a matter of fact, I was looking in that area last week on the 'puter and found one of the places we looked at up for sale again.
The last few winters have really been pretty mild. We only had to plow snow a couple of times. Those snow pictures are on the extreme side! I think this is the most beaufiful area. The main economy is University of Idaho and just across the border, Washington State University. But lots of trucking going on - hay and timber! |
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Location: North Dakota | Well don't move to North Dakota lol. At least in this area you MIGHT be able to buy a cardboard box for $200k. Just my 2 cents, but I hated Bozeman, MT because there were just too many darn hippie liberals running around. And Wyoming didn't impress me. I mean, I lived in Gillette which is like hell on earth but even driving through other areas it had a few nice places but overall no bueno. |
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Location: Kansas | MOGirl07 - 2015-10-15 5:01 PM hoofs_in_motion - 2015-10-15 4:51 PM too bad you don't want to move to kansas! I know of a 3-4 bedroom house on 40 acres with outbuildings for like $180k lol Shoot, where at in kansas? Hubby and I have been feeling the itch to move for years! Lol.
Valley Falls lol. We are looking at it, but it's a few thousands over our price range. We meet with her this evening to see if she will come down...if not you can have dibs LOL |
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Location: SE Louisiana | brlraceaddict - 2015-10-16 1:21 PM
rodeoveteran - 2015-10-15 4:15 PM brlraceaddict - 2015-10-15 5:54 PM rodeoveteran - 2015-10-15 3:52 PM brlraceaddict - 2015-10-15 5:45 PM Every place has its pluses and its drawbacks. What you want to do for jobs is a huge factor so look for a strong economic base there. I live in a college town and I love it. Job stability is good and it's big enough for all the conveniences but small enough that in living just outside of town I can have acreage, my son goes to school in a "small town" and there is some decent barrel racing within 30 minutes to 3 hours any given direction. I am not a heat/humidity fan so Texas would be out for me. I love my seasons (even the part of winter where I can't ride). But....you are keeping your location a secret. Share please! Pretty please? I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it up there!!! The closest we came to buying a place before we bought here (ummm..cough.....cough...30 years a go ) was in Santa, Idaho. We spent 8 years running team in a semi, cross country, all the time trying to decide where to buy. I hate the heat and humidity and he can't take the cold. We drove through that area and we BOTH said "I could live like this." We tried to buy 2 different places and neither would bargin (hubby likes to dicker ) so we walked away from them. I still dream of that area...it's my idea of Heaven. Used to load down around Moscow, but it seems the biggest business was lumber and log trucks for us. As a matter of fact, I was looking in that area last week on the 'puter and found one of the places we looked at up for sale again.
I took a road trip north through Sun Valley one summer weekend. Once I got north over the mountain I hit the old Lewis & Clark trail at a point where they were still lost.
Most people don't know that expedition expected to paddle to the headwaters of the Missouri River (which they did) and go over the Eastern Slope.. (which they did) and grab a river to the Columbia. (SNAG!)
They didn't know they would have to cross 300 more miles of mountain ranges before they could find a river ( The Salmon) running in the right direction.
The road-trip I took that day picked up the old trail where it encountered the Salmon River, went North to Lolo Montana... then west to Lewiston ID... Following the old trail.
I made it a point to stop at all the historical markers along the way.
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| I remember (and have a picture somewhere) of a "monument" in Idaho where the US slaughtered almost the entire Appaloosa breed after they finally caught up to the Nez Perce they had been chasing for months. The cavalry horse could not keep up with the tough spotted horses.....so in typical bureaucratic fashion, they slaughtered them when they caught them, so that the Indians could not use them to flee again. Too bad they wiped a lot of good blood and draft horses were introduced to the bloodlines by the government to slow down whatever blood remained. Who knows what the breed would have been if this had not happened?
The pressure is off now. The guy still wants us to price our place in case we find somewhere we WANT to move in the next year or so.
Then our lawyer and his buddy showed up to hunt today and announced that they don't want us to sell (we live in big buck country). |
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