If you could live anywhere in the U.S.

[Don Lidtke]

Grew up in Minnesota, I loved the fall and spring and didn't mind the winters too much but summers suck.

Next lived in San Jose for 35 years and mostly enjoyed it but the silly gun laws and the government in general and the cost of housing was simply silly. We sold our house for $540.00 a sq ft!!!

Which brings us to Utah which has been very enjoyable. So Utah gets my vote. It helps the house we bought had an unfinished basement that now has a fish room and spot for a 200 gallon tank. Oh and our grandson!

 

[Humblefish]

Be prepared, no reef tank without a permit from the State...

That's communism run amok!

 

[Flippers4pups]

I wonder if we can put racing slicks on those things and maybe take out the electric motor and add a Hemi.

Here is the view from the back of my new house (almost) that I didn't move into yet. I say almost because I have to walk about 100 yards or stand on my roof to see it clearly. 27 miles out is Connecticut and if you look to the right, and maybe squint, you can see France. Or maybe the shadow of France. OK, you can't see France,

Paul, look again! I think I see a "super model" on that boat! Lol

 

[cracker]

What is all that white stuff ?

 

[Paul B]

Paul, look again! I think I see a "super model" on that boat! Lol

That could be. Christie Brinkley lives near there

 

[Humblefish]

Branson, Missouri

 

[Centerline]

St Augustine, Florida. Beautiful town, white sugar sand beaches, boating, deep sea fishing, awesome intercostal fishing, stunning sun rises and sets, reasonably affordable housing, great school systems, reef stores all over the place, WWC 1.5 hour drive, Disney, seafood, JAX is a 35-40 min drive. Great place .... EXCEPT FOR THE GIANT HURRICANE THATS ABOUT TO EAT US ALL.

Grass is always greener on the other side

 

[Centerline]

Grew up in Minnesota, I loved the fall and spring and didn't mind the winters too much but summers suck.

Next lived in San Jose for 35 years and mostly enjoyed it but the silly gun laws and the government in general and the cost of housing was simply silly. We sold our house for $540.00 a sq ft!!!

Which brings us to Utah which has been very enjoyable. So Utah gets my vote. It helps the house we bought had an unfinished basement that now has a fish room and spot for a 200 gallon tank. Oh and our grandson!

Pretty sure you didn't pay $540 a sq ft for it either!

 

[trevormass7]

Basically, pay $250-300k for a 4 bedroom, 2+ bathroom home with a 2 car garage. 1,800+ sq ft.

And yes, I know I just eliminated the entire west coast. And probably most of the east coast as well.

I'd be OK living in the SE U.S. somewhere, but would be open to other affordable options as well.

Texas[emoji41][emoji91]

 

[Humblefish]

Texas[emoji41][emoji91]

Tried that already. It didn't work out for us.

 

[Tuffyyyyy]

Wait what's your current status? You've got 12 pages of people telling you where to live, you got to at least tell us what you're going with!

 

[Humblefish]

Wait what's your current status? You've got 12 pages of people telling you where to live, you got to at least tell us what you're going with!

We've decided to try for Navarre FL. It would be cool to live by the beach for a year or two (or perhaps much longer). But we don't feel comfortable buying there (lack of employment opportunities), so we will focus on trying to rent a house. We are slowly making our way back down to begin looking. The kicker is I will need permission to have buku tanks inside the home, and a prospective landlord may not be cool with that. We do have this one house on our radar which has two workshops in the backyard, so that may work with the aquariums.

If we are forced to buy, it's going to have to be a big city like Nashville or Kansas City. I can always work remotely no matter where I am, but my wife would probably need to be within driving distance of another employer if she were to ever be laid off. So, we're hoping to have our cake and eat it too, but we'll do the smart/sensible thing if we're forced to.

 

[alton]

Tried that already. It didn't work out for us.

Of course you moved to the wrong city! There is no way I would put up with that traffic! Too congested, I am not sure how Ty does it?

 

[spartanman22]

Greenville Sout Caroline! I had a conference there for work once and it was one of the coolest downtown areas, and from what I could gather very affordable.

 

[Humblefish]

Of course you moved to the wrong city! There is no way I would put up with that traffic! Too congested, I am not sure how Ty does it?

It was the cost of real estate, more than anything else, that drove us out of Austin. I would rather buy a house in California, and be close to wholesalers, than shell out that kind of money to live in hot Texas.

In Houston you get more bang for your buck and we really liked some houses we saw, but I guess in retrospect it was good that we didn't move there.

 

[spiraling]

In Houston you get more bang for your buck and we really liked some houses we saw, but I guess in retrospect it was good that we didn't move there.

I bet you could get some bargains right now! maybe with some slight water damage...

 

[Humblefish]

I bet you could get some bargains right now! maybe with some slight water damage...

Where we were looking to buy did get flooded, I believe. Of course, the same thing could happen to us in Navarre which is another reason to rent the way I see it.

 

[Barrett]

I still say good old Des Moines Ia

 

[Humblefish]

I still say good old Des Moines Ia

Too cold and snowy in the wintertime, my friend. You gotta remember I'm from the deep south.

 

[Barrett]

Too cold and snowy in the wintertime, my friend. You gotta remember I'm from the deep south.

Yeah it may get a touch colder here.