If all you are worried about is your money, there are multiple states with no income tax. There are multiple states that have sales tax but very reasonable housing taxes. There are multiple states that have high housing tax and sales tax. There are multiple states with income tax and high housing tax and sales tax....etc.....for a lot of combinations.

You really have to look at exactly what the state you are looking at offers.

But, I really think you are missing the balance of taxes and such, to what is really important in your retirement life and enjoyment. Do you really just want to live somewhere in your "golden years" that the main impedance is just to save a dollar?

Or, would you rather enjoy the area where you have chosen for the activities, culture, outdoors and whatever you may appreciate instead of saving a few dollars in the end.

You can't take it with you.

Santa Fe, NM, SLO, CA, Hanalei Bay, HI, Amalfi, Italy, Tuscany, Italy, Key Largo, FL and Sedona, AZ are a few that pop into my head as good contenders. Fortunately (or maybe unfortunately) I have another 20-25 years to think about it...

I've been to 4 or 5, in Colorado, Wisconsin, New York, and ?? They suck. Tons of slot machines and only a few card tables that are always packed elbow to elbow. They don't rival Vegas in any way.

3rd time - have you been to Vegas? I suspect the answer is no, because if you've been you wouldn't make the above statement.

You're pretty much the kind of low life that has come to be expected here with a comment like that. You have no idea of who I am or what my life style is so go **** yourself.

I found a couple of pictures my parents sent last year of Wickenburg after they had all those rains:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1317743359.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1317743369.jpg

........ wow .......... :confused:

Jeez, why didnt you tell us you won the lotto?

Everyone of the above are real high $$ places with possibly the exception of Key Largo.

Well Ron,

Put me in that same classification as there is no way anyone could pay me to live there either. We do have a place here for people like you though... its out in the desert where you can play with the scorpions and rattlesnakes. Sure you would fit right in out there...

You people are really too much. You make assumptions about people you don't know or have any knowledge about. Does it make you feel smug and superior to be able to make comments like these and would you have the courage to make them if you weren't hiding behind the door of the computer world? Personally I think there are a lot of cowards on this site that sound like they lead milquetoast lives and if it weren't for the internet would be largely ignored by most of humanity. This started off as a discussion about places to live and as atypical of this site turned into personal attacks. My opinions of places to live are as valid as anyone's here and if you can't handle it maybe just keeping your mouth shut would be a better option than showing how stupid you are.

I would not do Albuquerque but I'd do Santa Fe, I wouldn't do Vegas nor Phoenix/Scottsdale. I would consider Austin but the summers will make you want to sob like a small child.

Edit: Didn't read the ****-storm above.

Santa Fe's market has come down a TON! I would also consider Denver and the surrounding areas, lots of fun things to do and absolutely beautiful outdoor areas. I wouldn't do Vegas simply because it's too hot. Same with Phoenix and Scottsdale, too much traffic, too hot, etc.

what's with all the anger?

Dude. seriously. What attacks?
I went back and read it again and didn't see any attacks at all until you went boom, unless I ain't reading between the lines well enough.
I took his comment about "lifestyle" to reflect your desire to walk and bicycle to commute etc.
Unless there's more to it that I didn't see, your reply was way over the top.
If there was more to it that I missed please point it out.
It kinda seems like one little misunderstanding that went from zero to explosion in a split second.

And I won't try to speak for anyone else here but I promise I'll never say anything to you or about you that I wouldn't gladly say to your face. I like that kind of stuff :)

Sheridan or Laramie - but not near town; a few miles away.

wickenburg looks nice! how far is it from a major town?

sammy, i see where ronster saw "Red". you cleared it up for me. seems like it came out of nowhere. "lifestyle" is the new "f" word?

funny..everyone simmer down. we are talking about happy retirement.

Put the guns and knives away. Geez guys can't there be one thread in OT that doesn't become some sort of pissing match ?

Back to the topic of the thread.

I have wondered about Santa Fe, and I have always loved St. Augustine.

I am definitely looking for a more mild winter. I am getting tired of losing 6 months to crap weather.

To enjoy my retirement, means I have to make my money goes as far as possible. So that is why I am looking at different areas. I thought about Virginia City and Fallon, NV

Son, you need to see someone for anger management treatment.

You seem to think that you are the only one who has been to all of these places and YOU are the only one who knows what these places are like. Hate to tell you but after living in 14 states around the country, and 8 countries around the world, then seeing another 94 countries, I have pretty much "seen the world!" Even with all that under my belt I do not post things like YOU did acting like a "know it all jerk" going after Paul, who has himself been around the world A LOT.

You IMHO need to CHILL and back away from the keyboard...

Sante Fe is nice but the hollywood types moved there years ago and its now kinda flakey and expensive like Taos and Sedona is. Beautiful but there are better places.

If you like Sante Fe, give St George Utah a try. Beautiful scenery, very nice people and just a down home feeling all around the city. Plus its affordable right now.

Wickenburg is an hours drive from Phoenix. To downtown Phoenix maybe 1+15 or so, but its not far. As well there is all the shopping you would ever need for most things in town.

Its also on the way to Vegas, and about a 3 hour drive from there, so not too far.

Dude I think Paul meant biking and walking are welcome things to do in PDX- he's right.. Taxes do suck there as an active earning.

rjp