DocJD
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Except as bribes !US doesn't send money to those countries.

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Except as bribes !US doesn't send money to those countries.
Considering the US is ranked 30th for healthcare it’s hard to do worse unless you go off the beaten path.Retirees to foreign countries should make sure of their medical care systems .
Welp , best know if you have coverage or can otherwise afford to pay .Considering the US is ranked 30th for healthcare it’s hard to do worse unless you go off the beaten path.
why's staying in California that was good for your life, raising family and employment and such not good enough for retirement? not criticizing, just dont understand?
thank you. makes sense.No offense taken - fair question.
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I’m a State Peace Officer - just patrol, not the ladder climbing pseudo-rich kind.
While it’s not huge, my retirement is pretty sweet in that I can retire at 50, and then do something else while collecting a pension.
That would have been ok until home prices started to skyrocket.
I’d always planned to retire with a little piece of property somewhere in CA, and I love it here for the most part, but with blackrock buying up single family homes to rent back out to us and raising home prices, and interest rates so high, I might not be able to afford anything more than a cabin on a 1/4 acre lot far away from services and mild weather.
I’m still hoping to end up here, it’s just finding the right balance for my family and I.
Welp , best know if you have coverage or can otherwise afford to pay .
I read recently that major insurance companies plan to abandon the home insurance market in CA .No offense taken - fair question.
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I’m a State Peace Officer - just patrol, not the ladder climbing pseudo-rich kind.
While it’s not huge, my retirement is pretty sweet in that I can retire at 50, and then do something else while collecting a pension.
That would have been ok until home prices started to skyrocket.
I’d always planned to retire with a little piece of property somewhere in CA, and I love it here for the most part, but with blackrock buying up single family homes to rent back out to us and raising home prices, and interest rates so high, I might not be able to afford anything more than a cabin on a 1/4 acre lot far away from services and mild weather.
I’m still hoping to end up here, it’s just finding the right balance for my family and I.
Welp ...In the mid-'60's , from outback mid-Ohio , the dream sounded kinda good :and HIPPIES............
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You left out the skeeters. In some places you can get clouds of them that blot out the midday sun.….. Florida is also a very good option, if you’re willing to put up with the climate, thumb sized cockroaches, pythons, alligators and Floridians.
I've been considering New Hampshire for a while, but I'm worried that the surrounding Commie States (esp. Mass and Vermont) will move in and change Everything.I would personally go to either Texas (self explanatory) or Utah as my top picks. Beautiful nature, climate and sightseeing in both states and very relaxed attitudes towards carrying knives (as well as anything else, really). Arizona is also fairly laid back as far as I know, though maybe not quite as much as Texas and Utah (it’s a blue state, so I guess “discretion” applies). Other states like Georgia and Tennessee are also very relaxed about knives. If you want to go to a colder/northern state New Hampshire is very chill for knife owners (especially for a North-eastern state) and Pennsylvania has recently repealed its ban on automatics and has overall relaxed its laws on both owning and carrying (although, being such changes fairly recent, most people are not gonna be as comfortable with knives as those in the states previously mentioned, and the officers are likely going to be fairly ignorant on the newer legislations, at least for a while). Florida is also a very good option, if you’re willing to put up with the climate, thumb sized cockroaches, pythons, alligators and Floridians.
Hey People,
I’m getting close to retirement and have had a vague idea of eventually moving to Washington State from my home State of CA - primarily because I have some family and friends living there and I could probably afford a nicer house/property in WA than in CA.
Well that’s what I WAS thinking anyway until today when I finally thought to look into the knife laws in WA.
In a nutshell, they sound pretty lame if you like to carry knives - even compared to CA.
My wife grew up in Indiana and she’s done with snow, so that narrows the field a bit. I’d also like to stay closer to the West coast if possible because my son is likely to stay in CA for awhile at least.
So I’m curious: What knife friendly State(s) would you suggest I look into and why?
Really good and useful post. I wanted to be on or near the coast and had kind of written the West Coast off.I would not be the least concerned about knife laws in Washington state. Our gun and knife laws may seem strange and strict, but the unreasonable ones are not at all enforced. No one is ever going to stop you and check to see the blade length of your knife, even though I believe it is 3" in both Seattle and Tacoma. Concealed carry permits are very easy to get, and require no training. Our state is a very odd mixture of loud people getting unreasonable laws passed, and quieter people who get to live the lives they want. I can have a vegetable garden in my front yard, and do basically anything I want on my property, even though there are laws that prohibit various things - none enforced. Conversely, when I lived in Atlanta before moving here, my HOA told me exactly what species of tree I was allowed to plant in my yard, and complained when I did not remove flowers that they considered out of season.
I retired in Washington State over ten years ago - my choice was made based on the weather and easy access to mountains, the ocean and rivers.
Edited to add: our state is controlled by the major cities, but go anywhere else, especially out toward Bremerton, or the Eastern side of the state, and I think you'll be very impressed by the quality of life and the attitude of the people.
Glad it helped. I spent yesterday morning fishing the Westport jetty (nada), then hung out along the boardwalk enjoying the ocean and the sun, had some of the best fish and chips ever, then picked up some ling cod and halibut to smoke today. I might go hike around Mount Ranier tomorrow.Really good and useful post. I wanted to be on or near the coast and had kind of written the West Coast off.