HillStreet
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Kentucky is a beautiful state. I would prefer the Lexington and Bowling Green areas as the nicest. Eastern KY is nice too but less desirable than western part of the state.
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HillStreet
Kentucky is a beautiful state. I would prefer the Lexington and Bowling Green areas as the nicest. Eastern KY is nice too but less desirable than western part of the state.
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Kentucky is a beautiful state. I would prefer the Lexington and Bowling Green areas as the nicest. Eastern KY is nice too but less desirable than western part of the state.
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Thanks for info.
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Years and years ago, I found a website that listed the number of tornadoes and their strength for my county. I don't know if the list was on a Federal or an NC state website but it was danged interesting. We were planing our house and I was looking into building a tornado room based on the designs on the FEMA site. Somehow I found the tornado list and we did not build the room as a result.
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So, I have to now ask: why would you redo it into Tenn or Western S. Carolina?
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Sincerely not trying to turn this thread political, but depending on your wants/needs from a political perspective, keep in mind Va has turned blue.
We expect significant changes over the next few years as the progressive party is gaining strength. IMVHO It will be a long time before we see a Republican Senator on the national level, and a long time before we see a Republican Governor. The state houses will probably flip in the 2019 election cycle, which will bring in a host of state law changes in favor of the Progressive platform.
If you are intent on relocating, west of the blue ridge would be optimal.
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First, everyone is different to what they like per geography and weather.
Second, when I was offered to relocate to NC, the only experience I had was the Fayetteville area, which to be honest, was too flat and pretty darn hot (some years prior).
Third, I was young, single, no kids and the company asked me if I wanted to move to NC. Couldn't say no either way. I knew right up that the gun laws were better when the same company wanted to move me back to New York:laughing:
Moved to the Greensboro/Winston area "sight unseen", and honestly, after my mother died and my father was by himself, was going to move back up north. Ended up meeting my future wife down here and stayed, and she's from Vermont.
I love West Virginia and some of my fondest days are kayaking and snowboarding in Winter on the same day. Both my wife and I don't like it flat land.
Raleigh east - Flat and HOT in summer. More west you go, bigger hills and colder winters with more chances of snow in North Carolina.
Western South Carolina and Tennessee seems to be more like the Asheville area with land being a lot less expensive.
Politics aside, I busted out laughing and didn't believe it at first when I heard that Asheville was the lesbian capital of North Carolina (different vibe in Asheville that I could or could not like if I lived there, don't want to move there to find out).
For both my wife and I, with the "mountains" and lack of flat land, Tenn and Western SC seems nice (we're at the base of the foothills in NC so it dosen't feel bad because our property even has some gulley's in it with some hills). ALL that said, for a crap shoot moving to NC when I did, I can honestly say the Greensboro / Winston area is probably the best area I couldn't of ended up. Away from Charlotte, hilly, and not too far away from West Virginia LOL
Unlike Thomas, when we retire, I will probably be posting a topic about Arizona, New Mexico, Western Colorado or Utah. Different strokes for different folks. Idaho would be my first choice, but I know my older bones probably couldn't handle the winters there anymore (to think that in West Virgin and New York and Canada, for about 6 years, the annual tradition was to kayak a good river on new years day, which at this point, would be impossible for me as there is no way I'd find it fun anymore with that kind of weather in a dry suit).
My in laws retired to Salisbury NC after they retired (not to far from us actually). My father in law was a native Vermonter, and other than his stint in the Navy, always lived in Vermont. Both wife and mother in law were worried if he would miss Vermont when he moved to NC. The reality is between their church, gardening and neighbors, he has a bunch of great friends and surprisingly, loves the warmer weather and doesn't miss Vermont one bit.
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S Carolina is too anti-gun for me.
Need to look over all details - i've been in pa almost all my life and understand it - we don't tax retirement income, lottery pays for senior citizen benefts..it's why we have so many old people here (4th in the nation last i checked).
We have property taxes here, but low income tax - compared to say, new england where it's high income tax and low property taxes.
Car insurance in michigan is 50% than it is in PA...how is it in other states?
personal property tax?
License plates on cars? ($37/year here in PA, alabama it's a percentage of book value of vehicle..$1500 annual plates are common from what i've heard)
Just would suck to move someplace find out yuo can't afford to live there.
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I use to live in Crawford county prior to moving to NC. I also used to live in Shyuylkill county in high school and later on went to college in Center county. If I ever had a "home state", Pennsylvania would be it.
Will NEVER move back to Pennsylvania. Cold winters IMO (now that I'm use to NC LOL) and the property taxes make up for anything else that they don't tax you on.
Per gun laws, had a conceal carry permit in Pa. Honestly, never thought as South Carolina as being anti gun, and looking at this infor from an anti gun site below, it shows Pennyslvania as having more strict guns than South Carolina. That could be an assumption on my end. I did need to take a class in NC to get a CC permit, not needed in Pa when I lived there.
Generally speaking, if you can afford to live in Pennsylvania, New York or the New England states, you will have NO problem living south of the Mason Dixon line IMO.
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Delete. Sorry. Wrong thread.
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Crawford is my end of the state - i'm in beaver, just north of pgh and rural - avg house is 180k here (acre, 3 br 2 ba, give or take). Avg prop tax in state is 3500/yr, 1% local income tax and 3.4% or so state income tax. 6% sales tax most places, no tax on clothing and most food, most services.
Ohio has 8 or 8.5% sales tax and taxes everything AFAIK - so whatever you spend, which for most of us is 95% of our paychecks, you lost 2% to that sales tax vs PA. Not insignificant.
And retirement income - again, not taxed in PA. SC has up to 7% income tax...ouch. DOUBLE that of PA.
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