Wondering where to Retire:

[SactoTeddyBear]

Maybe the following will help you decide?


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. ( ed note: if you have a car)
6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

You can Live in Alaska where...
1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco
2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
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.
5. Everything is either "in yonder," "over yonder" or "out yonder." It's important to know the difference, too.

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 so 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 often appear to be driven by headless people.

 

[animasinsulinpu]

You are Right

Steve, you are TOO right about Az. I was born here and STILL hate the heat. But at least we don't get tornadoes. Just Microbursts.....Bill in Az.....

 

[moonvalleycacti]

LoL

Love the arizona Heat! Compared to the humid heat other places, this dry heat is awesome

 

[appnut]

This sounds like small town central texas instead of midwest

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!"

 

[autowasherfreak]

I've experienced dry heat and humid heat, and I would rather have the dry heat, so why am I still in the mid-west?

 

[kindalazy]

We just checked out Savannah Georgia, it was beautiful.

 

[thomasortega]

Arizona.... hot?!?!?!?!?!

Who believes that never came to Brazil during the summer...
Our four seasons are: toaster, microwave at 100%, Arizona and nuclear holocaust.

Thank God It's fall now... temperatures are much lower... You open the window and feel a gentle breeze burning your skin

 

[beadsobleach]

Nevada

Don't forget the Silver State.....

1. Where laundromats have bars...
2. You spend $50 in the casino to get a $0.99 breakfast
3. You might live next door to Elvis...(I did in Vegas,an impersonator, I use to hear him practice....Thank you very much)
4. They don't care how it was done in California
5. and, of course, legal prostitution...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

No kidding! Here in Nevada, you have gambling in the laundromats! You can drop more quarters in the slots than you do into the washers & dryers!

RCD

 

[frigilux]

Ha! The one for the Midwest is too true. Still, it's where I've always lived and where I'll retire...at.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Being a native New Yawka,

....we are still not convinved that there is life west of the Hudson River.

I met a woman in New Hope, Pennsylvania (outside of Philadelphia) who grew up in Manhattan who stated "Once you leave Manhattan, you are camping!" I was rolling laughing.

Natives will truly understaind this one...
Went to a party once in Queens, a part of New York City (but not the "chic" central downtown Manhattan core). One of the guests was a twatty, snooty Manhattanite that apparently "never" takes a bridge, tunnel, subway or vehicle off the island. She quipped. "Wow there is such good shopping --OUT HERE--". So I replied, "Water came fifteen years ago, electricty 10 years ago and in the last 5, shopping and it makes SUCH a difference. The rest of the room burst out laughing at Miss Uppity Isolation.

So two suburban women from the center of the country are visiting Bloomingdale's department store in Manhattan. They are getting the best servcie and lots of attention. One finally turns to the other and says "Have you noticed how many homsexuals there are in here, on both sides of the counter?. It's disguisting. They should round them up and put them on an island someplace". So the other chimes in. "Oh relax dear, they've already done that".

 

[abcomatic]

MIDWEST! Yea, I live in one of the smallest counties (Stark) in Illinois. In the entire county we have no stop lights, no public transportation, and one sort of main highway between Peoria and I-80 which goes through the town (Bradford) where I live.
I taught school here for 30 years and have had 3 generations of students. They still refer to me as Mr. Black and most everyone knows my dog's name. I play the organ for most of the weddings here and help out at the UCC church once a month in Wyoming plus playing at the UMC the other 3 sundays in Bradford.
You may say: "Oh my God, how do you do that?" It's easy. People come to your aid if you need help; are friendly and seem to be caring for the most part. I think that no matter whre you live, there is always going to be a trade-off. Gary

 

[launderess]

New York Retiring

Well unless one has a rock solid pension, complete with health benefits (read state and local governments), and or socked away a decent large amount of cash, it is VERY difficult to retire in NYC, much less NYS.

Taxes and the high cost of living here do not decrease just because one has stopped working. One sees many retiring "down South" or the Mid-West. Anyplace to make those dollars go further.

Other problem in NYC at least is that most tend to rent rather than own property. This means by the time one reaches 65 or so, unless one has other assets and or decent pension, you are pretty much going to be "poor" when it comes to keeping up with the cost of living. Cannot tell you how many elderly people one sees going through waste baskets and rubbish bins looking for empty cans and such to supplement their funds. Indeed have lately begun seeing persons who are employed (as in the nursing aide staff from the aged home near our house), digging through bins for empties.

 

[paulg]

Retiring / Savannah

Ahhh, Savanaaaahhhh. Went on a seminar there a few years ago. Immediately loved that town. Beautiful town, food, weather (people too...)
Now... I LOOOVE CHICAGO and cannot imagine living anywhere else. But the cold and snow and playing bumper-cars to and from work will just be too much.
I'd love to get a retirement condo at the Ritz-Carlton. A lovely widow friend of ours did that and it's absolutely fab. I hope my stock in GM allows me to retire in style! ;0