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#16 | RE: Maybe it's age, but... datum

Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:23 pm (Last edited: Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:24 pm)

@Lee Central Texas summers are getting pretty brutal.
I think you might be on to something regarding NW Arkansas...or SW Missouri. Lots of good roads out that way, low cost of living and low density of population.

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#17 | RE: Maybe it's age, but... datum

Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:36 pm

Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #8
Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #6
We had always thought the Texas Hill Country would be a nice place to retire as long as we stayed away from the cities like Austin, San Antonio and Fort Worth.
We started to change our mind 3 or 4 years ago when the locals started telling us about out of state people moving in, paying stupid prices and driving up the prices of land and homes.
NW Arkansas might be a option if a person stayed away from the Fayetteville, Bentonville area. We're used to low population areas.
NW Arkansas will be cold in the winter but still have a fairly long riding season and you don't fry in the summer.
Some Texas Hill Country friends who ride purchased a acreage in NW Arkansas and will soon put their Texas acreage up for sale.
I don't think there is a perfect location out there unless you can afford two homes in two different states.

I tried to convince Darrell that PA was a good option. I didn't even get to our lower sales tax and no sales on food or clothing. He just kept sending me pictures of the AZ sunrise and sunset from his spiffy new MC garage space.

Where in AZ? Surely not Scottsdale or Phoenix, those are HOT in summer. Flagstaff is higher and cooler, but winter there is...winter.

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#18 | RE: Maybe it's age, but... datum

Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:48 pm

Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #4
I've skiied a lot in my life, and when I was younger it was just the thing to get through winter. But any more it's just a lot of work...driving to the ski area, waiting in lift lines, crowded slopes...and cold.

If we lived further north I could enjoy winter more if I had a snowmobile. When I was a Junior in high school in New Hampshire I had a friend with 2 snowmobiles and I thought that sport was a blast.
Even with all the heated gear I don't think Debbie would enjoy any of the winter sports.

When I was still working we did a lot of our surveying in the winter and I actually enjoyed being out on a sunny day with fresh snow on the ground.

Lee
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#19 | RE: Maybe it's age, but... datum

Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:32 pm

Zitat von jrt im Beitrag #16
@Lee Central Texas summers are getting pretty brutal.
I think you might be on to something regarding NW Arkansas...or SW Missouri. Lots of good roads out that way, low cost of living and low density of population.

Oh no................The MOA is moving back to MO?

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#20 | RE: Maybe it's age, but... datum

Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:36 pm

Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #17
Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #8
Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #6
We had always thought the Texas Hill Country would be a nice place to retire as long as we stayed away from the cities like Austin, San Antonio and Fort Worth.
We started to change our mind 3 or 4 years ago when the locals started telling us about out of state people moving in, paying stupid prices and driving up the prices of land and homes.
NW Arkansas might be a option if a person stayed away from the Fayetteville, Bentonville area. We're used to low population areas.
NW Arkansas will be cold in the winter but still have a fairly long riding season and you don't fry in the summer.
Some Texas Hill Country friends who ride purchased a acreage in NW Arkansas and will soon put their Texas acreage up for sale.
I don't think there is a perfect location out there unless you can afford two homes in two different states.

I tried to convince Darrell that PA was a good option. I didn't even get to our lower sales tax and no sales on food or clothing. He just kept sending me pictures of the AZ sunrise and sunset from his spiffy new MC garage space.

Where in AZ? Surely not Scottsdale or Phoenix, those are HOT in summer. Flagstaff is higher and cooler, but winter there is...winter.

You'll have to wait for Darrell to fill-in those details. In any case, his new garage floor is nice. I doubt Lee has enough towels or protective rugs to make me feel comfortable parking a bike on it.

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#21 | RE: Maybe it's age, but... datum

Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:46 am

Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #1

How do you guys in the British Isles keep from losing your minds?

I think the south of England has a not much shorter day length in winter than say Seattle as well as the much the same sodden maritime climate. Like you can escape to the southern states, we could head to the south of Europe if we wanted to, but there is bureaucracy and limitations to that now, and much much harder for people to retire to the sun now.

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#22 | RE: Maybe it's age, but... datum

Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:07 am

Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #1
I can't take these short, dark, cold days any more. And the shortest day is still two weeks away.

Anyone live someplace temperate, year-round, with modest population, good riding roads with hills and a Whole Foods nearby (for my wife)?

Maybe the fact that I'm 76 has something to do with not wanting to waste any time on winter, while people in warm places get to ride all year. Or maybe snow and ice and freezing days spent in the dark really IS a terrible waste of a life.

I've thought about Sedona, AZ, but although we loved visiting there in the '90's, too many people have moved there since, and it's over-run with tourists, also. California desert is great in February, but sucks in July. Hawaii would be super, but also super expensive.

How do you guys in the British Isles keep from losing your minds?

Move to Australia. Good climate all the year around and good roads. Plenty of space too....

I was originally from the UK and never regretted moving.

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#23 | RE: Maybe it's age, but... datum

Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:31 pm (Last edited: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:43 pm)

Move to Australia. Good climate all the year around and good roads

Never going to move to a country where some many creatures are able to kill you - even though the uk may lack the 40 / 44 degrees of 'sunshine' you currently have!

Maybe that southern hemisphere option = New Zealand is a safer bet?

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#24 | RE: Maybe it's age, but... datum

Mon Dec 11, 2023 1:00 pm

Zitat von Dave H im Beitrag #23
Move to Australia. Good climate all the year around and good roads

Never going to move to a country where some many creatures are able to kill you

at least that is a natural risk and few of these creatures seem to be resident in the urban areas, unlike some countries where the greatest risk comes from the dominant Great Ape toting a Smith & Wesson Shield or Muela Bowie Knife.

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