Utopia take 2

[fried1765]

Why would you post details about your place without providing a location. The details you provided are not helpful without a location. Maybe you just like to read what you type, because it sure wasn't meant to be helpful.

We bought our 25 acre retirement place in northern Indiana when I was 35(about a hundred years ago). I retired once but was convinced to go back to work by my current boss. My current job is much less stressful so I consider it semi retirement. I've never lived in a city or town and when I see what's taking place in the cities now, it seems like any of the sane people left would be moving out of town. I do still own a snow shovel, but my sister lives in northern Wisconsin and they have real winters there. For some reason when I plant my garden, it doesn't seem like it's too big but I always have more than we can handle even after canning. I could handle a little less humidity, but then the corn wouldn't grow 6 inches overnight.

Diggin It DOES give us his location!
It is Lower Uncton!
Of course.... no one has any idea where Lower Uncton might be!
The situation is often referred to as "siege mentality".

 

[Jstpssng]

Diggin It DOES give us his location!
It is Lower Uncton!
Of course.... no one has any idea where Lower Uncton might be!
The situation is often referred to as "siege mentality".

We do know where it is though. I've posted this before, so please forgive me for being redundant.

Lower Uncton in the 1990s and darkness
In the 17th century, Al's ancestor, Seamus Bundy, insults a witch, who curses the village until all the living male Bundys are dead. In the present day, the Bundys won a free trip to England and the village of Lower Uncton

Here's the rest of the story...
The village of Lower Uncton | Married with Children Wiki | Fandom

Now somebody will have to explain to me what "Married with Children" is...

 

[EddieWalker]

... Tyler is very nice.

Now, take Noonday south of Tyler on Hwy 155. They have every essential. A good tractor auction and one of the best gun shops in Texas.

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I've been to the Noonday Auction a few times and found some great deals. I really like checking out the different models of tractors that they have there too.

Home | J & K Auction Service | Flint, TX | Family owned business for equipment sales of high quality, gently used equipment

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Land in Texas, livable land that is, has gone up in price steadily over the last 10 years.

My friend who owns a real estate company says more and more want to move out of the big cities to here, but very few are selling, so the prices keep going up.

 

[Doofy]

If we live long enough to get out of Alaska, we want to find a place that has 4 seasons, minimal cold and snow, tax-friendly for retirees, low risk of natural disasters, decent medical care and a low crime rate. Don't care much for hustle and bustle and would rent instead of buy. Getting tired of being tied down with "Stuff" and would leave with the clothes on our backs and a few pictures and keepsakes. We will travel light until we find "That Right Place".

 

[lman]

We do know where it is though. I've posted this before, so please forgive me for being redundant.

Here's the rest of the story...
The village of Lower Uncton | Married with Children Wiki | Fandom

Now somebody will have to explain to me what "Married with Children" is...

His description didn't sound like England, but it's your fantasy I guess. There must be some real fear and paranoia going on if he can't at least say what the actual state is that he's describing.

 

[newbury]

I grew up in Mass.. work in one city or another virtually every day. Typical day is 200 miles or more in one truck or a van.. in traffic traffic traffic. ..I hate people...well..most people these days. As far as me moving somewhere and wanting to make my new home like my old home...no. ..My eutopia is a 10-15 acre lot, neighbors with similar acreage. A 2500 sf home and a 1500 sf shop, property cost 500k ish with a tax bill sub 5k a year. Within a 15-20 minute drive to basic shopping and restaurants. Minimal public services outside of L.E and F.D. And within a hour drive to quality healthcare. No snow, No earthquakes, not in tornado alley. I know you can't predict Mother Nature, but some places are more prone to weather disasters than others. I grew up looking at the Atlantic Ocean every day.. I'm over it.... I don't care to see the ocean at all. Trees, mountains, rivers, lakes.. more my style.

I'm in NE MS with a 3,000 sq ft house, 5,500 sf shop, 70 acres, 20 minutes or less from two towns (one north, one south). Little hilly, but less than an hour drive to quality healthcare, Tupelo. But to meet the 500k ish I'd have to double the house, and that's too much housekeeping.
I'd recommend the area around the tail of the Appalachians. Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia.
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Looked up the Zillow estimate- about $200K, but they've got it listed as 1 bath and it has 3 baths, two with tubs and on just a shower. Taxes on the house and 3.5 acres are $680/yr, the remaining 66.5 acres we pay $250/yr, so taxes aren't too bad.

 

[two_bit_score]

I've been to the Noonday Auction a few times and found some great deals. I really like checking out the different models of tractors that they have there too.

Home | J & K Auction Service | Flint, TX | Family owned business for equipment sales of high quality, gently used equipment

And don't forget:

Noon Day Gun Trader - New and Used Guns | Tyler, TX

Really good people!

 

[Dftodd]

First time that I ever went to Texas was back in the 90's and I flew into San Antonio. I didn't like it, but as I drove out of the city and into the Hill Country, I was surprised at how nice it was there. Kerrville and Fredericksburg where very nice. That's when I started thinking about moving to Texas. I spent a couple years looking around the state to see where I should go and ended up in Tyler because of the economy there and cost of a home and land was also very attractive. Tyler has been very good to me, so no complaints, but I still think the Hill Country is a much nicer area of Texas.

I agree. Spent 6 weeks working out of converse TX, just east of San Antonio.

Once you got away from the city it was nice. But the city and suburbs were too crowded for my taste.

I felt the same way with Austin. Although there are a couple quaint and quirky parts of Autin that were interesting.

 

[Tomtint]

I'm in NE MS with a 3,000 sq ft house, 5,500 sf shop, 70 acres, 20 minutes or less from two towns (one north, one south). Little hilly, but less than an hour drive to quality healthcare, Tupelo. But to meet the 500k ish I'd have to double the house, and that's too much housekeeping.
I'd recommend the area around the tail of the Appalachians. Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia.
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Looked up the Zillow estimate- about $200K, but they've got it listed as 1 bath and it has 3 baths, two with tubs and on just a shower. Taxes on the house and 3.5 acres are $680/yr, the remaining 66.5 acres we pay $250/yr, so taxes aren't too bad.

Ohhh...my aching head...We. Pay about 20k a year in property taxes alone on a 3500 sf house on our land. And another few thousand on excise taxes for the cars..and a couple thousand for registration and vehicle inspection every year. ..what I find hard to understand is th cost difference in housing..a 2x4 costs the same here as it does in Fla or Mississippi... I can't imagine the labor is that much different. In very rough numbers, new construction built to code (. No frills ) runs about 130.00 sf at cost to the builder up here. So a 2 k sf home will cost roughly 260k to build..then add the land.. and anything else like a garage etc.