Where to Live After Retirement

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Where do you want to live after you retire?

Phoenix, Arizona
1
3%
California
3
9%
New York City
0
No votes
Maine
0
No votes
Colorado
2
6%
Midwest
1
3%
Florida
14
40%
Somewhere that wasn't insulted in this post
14
40%
 
Total votes: 35

Elrod
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Where to Live After Retirement

Post by Elrod »

This covers many areas of the country. If it doesn't insult your area, be patient, I'll get around to it. ;)

Where to Live After Retirement


You can live in Phoenix, Arizona where.....
1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
3. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
4. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
5. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.
6. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!

You can Live in California where...
1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
3. You know how to eat an artichoke.
4. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
5. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.
6. The 4 seasons are: Fire, Flood, Mud, and Drought


You can Live in New York City where...
1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
2. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
3. You think Central Park is "nature,"
4. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
5. You've worn out a car horn.
6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

You can Live in Maine where...
1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
2. Halloween costumes fit over parka.
3. You have more than one recipe for moose.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.

You can Live in the Deep South where...
1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
2. "y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.
3. "He needed killin'" is a valid defense.
4. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, MARY BETH, etc.

You can live in Colorado where...
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center.
3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.

You can live in the Midwest where...
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"

AND You can live in Florida where..
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people
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Post by Wino you know »

RIGHT NOW I'm thinking I'll retire in Florida (not wrinkled or leaning on a crutch), but by the time I actually DO retire (probably within 7-10 years), the idea of opening a beach bar in Belize sounds VERY appealing.
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Re: Where to Live After Retirement

Post by redwinemaker »

Elrod wrote:You can live in Colorado where...
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center.
3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.
I assume the same applies to Idaho?

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Post by caly »

Don't care as long as there is no snow and the hurricanes are at a min.
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Post by Gulfbreeze »

Set the compass Panama... :D
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Re: Where to Live After Retirement

Post by ToplessRideFL »

Elrod wrote:

AND You can live in Florida where..
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people



you have to ask??????????? [smilie=battingeyes.gif]
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Post by calypsogirl »

Elrod wrote
You can live in Phoenix, Arizona where.....
1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
3. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
4. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
5. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.
6. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!


cute, and number 1 and 6 are so true!
Another one to add for Phoenix is that it could be raining across the street but all you have is dust!
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Post by phjrsaunt »

I'll just be glad to retire.... :lol:
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Re: Where to Live After Retirement

Post by ToplessRideFL »

Elrod wrote:You can live in Florida where..
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people

And don't forget.....
You can swim with dolphins and manatees.... and not only in a zoo
You only have to see your inlaws 4 months a year :wench: You dont have to pack away winter clothes :wink:
No winter gloom here :roll:
You can see a sunrise and sunset in the same day 8)
You dont have to shovel snow...just sand :wink:
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Post by phjrsaunt »

And bald guys with ponytails are sexy :wench:
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Post by ScarletB »

To paraphrase...

"I want to live with my feet in Dixie (in the winter)
and my head in the cool blue north (in the summer)"

Working towards that end every day!!! 8)
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Post by ToplessRideFL »

oh and I forgot..... If you choose Florida... you are no more than a short drive to any and all Topless Phlockings!
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Post by ScarletB »

ToplessRideFL wrote:oh and I forgot..... If you choose Florida... you are no more than a short drive to any and all Topless Phlockings!
Local realtors should start adding that to their brochures!!!!
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Post by mjeischen »

ScarletB wrote:
ToplessRideFL wrote:oh and I forgot..... If you choose Florida... you are no more than a short drive to any and all Topless Phlockings!
Local realtors should start adding that to their brochures!!!!
I'd pay closer attention . . . I choose AZ. No hurricanes. No devastation on an annual basis. Az puts you within good driving distance of most climates. I'd be near Vegas and know Buffett plays there! I'm a far cry from retirement so when I get there I will probably get nothing and like it.
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Post by flyboy55 »

Here's my plan:

Live in the Islands
Fishin' the pilin's
And drink my Green Label each day

Write my memoirs
And lose my hearin'
But I don't care what most people say

. . .

Some of it's magic and some of it's tragic
But I had a good life all the way.


I know, obvious, but someone had to post it. :)
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Post by Rum&aLime »

ScarletB wrote:To paraphrase...

"I want to live with my feet in Dixie (in the winter)
and my head in the cool blue north (in the summer)"

Working towards that end every day!!! 8)
My thoughts exactly!

How about Maine in summer and Florida in winter?
Now that my wife has a teaching job (and all her family is in Maine) we're working on making this happen sooner rather than later.

-Paul
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Post by ScarletB »

Rum&aLime wrote:
ScarletB wrote:To paraphrase...

"I want to live with my feet in Dixie (in the winter)
and my head in the cool blue north (in the summer)"

Working towards that end every day!!! 8)
My thoughts exactly!

How about Maine in summer and Florida in winter?
Now that my wife has a teaching job (and all her family is in Maine) we're working on making this happen sooner rather than later.

-Paul
I hear ya! I live in VT right now but Maine would mean ocean all year!
THAT would be the best.
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Post by flipflopgirl »

Rum&aLime wrote:
ScarletB wrote:To paraphrase...

"I want to live with my feet in Dixie (in the winter)
and my head in the cool blue north (in the summer)"

Working towards that end every day!!! 8)
My thoughts exactly!

How about Maine in summer and Florida in winter?
Now that my wife has a teaching job (and all her family is in Maine) we're working on making this happen sooner rather than later.

-Paul
That would be nice if you could do it! All that LOBSTA in the summer! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Post by freaky4tiki »

I'm hoping to retire on Tybee Island, Georgia 8)
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Re: Where to Live After Retirement

Post by LIPH »

Elrod wrote:This covers many areas of the country. If it doesn't insult your area, be patient, I'll get around to it. ;)

Where to Live After Retirement


You can Live in New York City where...
1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
2. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
3. You think Central Park is "nature,"
4. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
5. You've worn out a car horn.
6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.
1. Everybody knows there's only one city worth talking about.
2. I can find Wisconsin on a map. Probably wouldn't want to go there, but I can find it.
3. There's trees.
4. ***** you :lol:
5. I'm smart enough not to drive in NYC
6. I once saw a cartoon in the newspaper that showed a car driving toward the NYC skyline. there was a billboard on the side of the road that said APPROACHING NEW YORK CITY, AVOID ALL EYE CONTACT
what I really mean . . . I wish you were here
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