Thread: Car friendly retirement area (warm)

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I would love to move to Tenn if the wife would stay here!

Originally Posted by Cape Cod Bob

I would love to move to Tenn if the wife would stay here!

That's easier to arrange than you might think.

Don

If you still want to stay in FL, check out the other coast, we live in Melbourne, and I have had numerous mustangs sitting in my back yard, and at this time I have an original 71 Mustang Funny car body sitting in the back yard, with a 4 foot fence that all can see the body, even with its for sale sign on it (know of anyone looking for one?), and not one person has ever complained.

Now if I could retire somewhere else I would look at the Lake Haveseu area, or Phoenix, as they are in AZ, and within 5 hours of most of the central/southern car shows in CA. You could hit everything from the grand national roadster show, to the Monterey historics, Bakersfield nostalgic drags, and even the Fresno autorama. You are retired, soooo make a 4 day weekend at going to some of these shows. Being in AZ you won't have to deal with CAs taxes, or laws, and still be close enough to enjoy their car events.

Mike

Keep talking guys,you will have me starting to pack a box and move north...if I could talk Lynda into the shift,and get a green card easy...

Yes DJV8GA Phoenix is hot, I have lived outside of Phoenix, dad was stationed at Luke, and I graduated from Agua Fria Union HS (that ought to show my age ) even used to cruise Central in a Black with black interior Javelin with no AC but hey I was a teenager then. That is why I was mentioning the Lake havesu area (a little farther north, and a bit cooler), I have also heard of someplace in that area that is developing a car friendly area with a drag strip, and road course on the same piece of developed property.

Mike

Originally Posted by Evolvo

lamin8r,
Want to trade for a house in Seattle. The wife fell in love with NZ when we went on holiday there, me too! I think I've said this before, Seattle is about the same latitude North as Invercargil is South. Probably a little cooler than where you are, but we could make it work. (I could!!)
Alan

I wish...Its probably easier for you to emigrate to NZ,than for us to get into the US..Some years back,I got to know a guy in the Auckland region,who was married to an American woman,so,they spent several years down here,and several years in Northern California,they are still shifting,back and forth,to the best of my knowledge... In saying that,I would still like to think that we can get up there again,on a holiday,at the very least,but would have to sit down and really look hard,at whether or not we could shift up there..But if you folks want to come down here,feel free,,[live,or holiday,would be good to meet ya]Yeah,I gotta be honest,if there was a way to get up there to live,so long as my wife was agreeable,I would look at the possibilities..
Ohh,yeah,sorry for the little hijack of the thread..
Robin.

Originally Posted by eticket

Now if I could retire somewhere else I would look at the Lake Haveseu area, or Phoenix, as they are in AZ, and within 5 hours of most of the central/southern car shows in CA. You could hit everything from the grand national roadster show, to the Monterey historics, Bakersfield nostalgic drags, and even the Fresno autorama. You are retired, soooo make a 4 day weekend at going to some of these shows. Being in AZ you won't have to deal with CAs taxes, or laws, and still be close enough to enjoy their car events.

Mike

Just remember...it's not warm here in Phoenix, it's crazy hot.

Prescott AZ, been here 10 years, very car friendly area, lot's to do, close to everything--- Vegas 3 hrs, Palm springs 3 1/2 hrs
Phoenix 1 1/2 hrs
L.A. 5 hrs
San Diego 6 hrs
Has a true 4 seasons.
!st place I've lived that I don't need A/C
Of course I live 5 miles up the hill(6500ft) from downtown (5200ft)

Wow I can think of many, loved SW Tucson, ITYS said it well, +/- make the best of it, no place is perfect.and T.I. I can remember many an afternoon thunder/ lightning storm with local flooding and loved every second of it! And here is one for the memories, woke up Christmas day SW Tucson with snow so thick I could not get out of my yard..Who would have thought! Beautiful. anyway i'm in Louisiana now and I'm doing the +/-.Best of luck to you, Lucky dog..Two years will seem like yesterday!

you gotta see it to complain about it. our farm borders a railroad and county road . on the other end is a hill i own half of so they only thing that could complain would be the cows. i'll eat'em if they do. i built in the middle of the post oaks and cant see anything but trees. we're at the top of the hill country without the inflated land prices and the tree huggin yuppies . life is good in cow country. i've lived in almost every state but always came back to central texas. but living in town sucks no matter where i went.

In the southwest, Arid-zona is great, for the most part, in the lower elevations; Prescott is about 4000 feet, and does get some winter, and Flagstaff is higher, and so, colder in the wintertime. Personally, I like Tucson or that area; Phoenix is getting too "big city" for my taste - hah; look where I live. . If you like small town, and water play, Lake Havasu City is a pretty good "car" town; there are several clubs active there. Here in Las Vegas, there is a "car culture", but it seems to be sort of "underground" - it's here, but the average visitor doesn't see it; you need to get in and get involved to know it exists. In Clark County, we have smog check, but I don't find it as offensive as California's, for some reason; I haven't had any problems since I've lived here. Maybe if I had run up against the system, I wouldn't say that. That said, Las Vegas is not as wide open a town as it is made out to be; it is a big city with city problems, and a very thin commercial base, so we are going through a really rough patch right now. One advantage to that is that property is cheap as heck, but then will it ever come all the way back? Just some observations from my rocking chair.

maybe Georgia is nasty in the north where you live HotRodStud.
South Georgia is awesome.

Do whatcha want, nice race tracks like in Cecil, can work on cars if ya want to, you can buy a REALLY nice house for $100k.

Drew

I expected some response but wow what a response. Well like I said we are just starting to look. Yes i like Florida but I do not care for the extreams.

Over the next couple of years we will probally look into GA, Tenn, Alabama and maybe Texas, just a starting point.

We just want to narrow our search down to the car friendly areas.

Thanks everyone for your input, it was great.

I mentioned we lived at one time in North Carolina. Don't rule that area out. It is not as hot as we have it here in Florida, nor as cold in winter as further North. We lived in Winston-Salem and loved the area. Nice people, great schools, the aforementioned temperate climate, and in lots of areas you can get some property so you are not next door to anyone.

The deciding factor always has to be how will you make a living in an area you are considering. If that is not a factor for you, the sky is the limit. But if it is a factor it is a significant one. Oh, and you want to be sure your Spouse will like the new area too. When Mama ain't happy, nobody is happy.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I mentioned we lived at one time in North Carolina. Don't rule that area out. It is not as hot as we have it here in Florida, nor as cold in winter as further North. We lived in Winston-Salem and loved the area. Nice people, great schools, the aforementioned temperate climate, and in lots of areas you can get some property so you are not next door to anyone.

The deciding factor always has to be how will you make a living in an area you are considering. If that is not a factor for you, the sky is the limit. But if it is a factor it is a significant one. Oh, and you want to be sure your Spouse will like the new area too. When Mama ain't happy, nobody is happy.

Don

Don, I'm pleased that you liked NC, but I was born and raised there and I can tell you, there are several reasons I am "FROM" NC, a long ways FROM.
Constant high humidity. Take a shower and dress. Walk outside and 20 minutes later, you look like you've been wet down with a hose from all the perspiration.
Cannot plan anything outside more than a day or two ahead. Rain.
Freezing rain in the winter. Oh, what a joy that is!
Mosquitos, mosquitos and more mosquitos. Sweat bees, sweat bees and more sweat bees. You have to be a one-handed gardener, because the other hand has to be used as a fan in front of your face to keep the bugs away.
"The South's gonna rise again" attitude of some of the "good ole boys". Ahhhhhh, JeeZ, give me a break. Tired of hearing it.
Blacks with attitude. Yep, many of them have come past the "equal" line and are on the "we're better than you" side of the line. They can get up in your face in a hurry. Had my fill of that crap too.

You can have all of NC that you want. If I never go back there, it'll be too soon.