Living in or near the mountians

[DAB]

back in 2007 Linda and I took a long driving vacation, to see some sights, visit some family, and check out some possible places for later retirement. we spent a week in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, a few days in Cheyenne, WY.

we knew we wanted to move to the mountain west, but wanted to get a feel for those places.

ABQ - too crowded, not enough mountain flavor. Cheyenne - too flat.

so we ended up here in Santa Fe. we hadn't checked out this end of the area, but a few years later i came out to look for a house, we had narrowed things down by searching online ahead of time, and found the place i'm at now.

it wasn't perfect, needed a shitload of work and money into it, and we spent about 8 years fixing things up, one room at a time.

[sublime1996525]

Northern Utah isn't too bad....

[GTOguy]

Originally Posted by DAB

back in 2007 Linda and I took a long driving vacation, to see some sights, visit some family, and check out some possible places for later retirement. we spent a week in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, a few days in Cheyenne, WY.

we knew we wanted to move to the mountain west, but wanted to get a feel for those places.

ABQ - too crowded, not enough mountain flavor. Cheyenne - too flat.

so we ended up here in Santa Fe. we hadn't checked out this end of the area, but a few years later i came out to look for a house, we had narrowed things down by searching online ahead of time, and found the place i'm at now.

it wasn't perfect, needed a shitload of work and money into it, and we spent about 8 years fixing things up, one room at a time.

Santa Fe would be one of my choices. Love that country. Love the area around Durango CO as well, but CO has turned into a liberal shithole.

[snide]

Originally Posted by sublime1996525

Northern Utah isn't too bad....

I could live there.

[snide]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

Don't move back snide. Trudeau is running the country into the ground. Canada is fk'ed up. You can't enjoy Canmore or Banff. Go to Florida they have a Republican Gov. or Texas the gas is cheap.

I would love to move back to the Canadian Rockies, or Vancouver, but you're right. Canada may be lost already.

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by snide

I would love to move back to the Canadian Rockies, or Vancouver, but you're right. Canada may be lost already.

[carlton_fritz]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

This is for Carlton Fritz

2022 Comparing Memphis, TN vs. Los Angeles, CA


2022 Compare Crime Rates:
Memphis, TN vs Los Angeles, CA

Memphis, TN .........Los Angeles, CA United States
Violent Crime 85.7..... 29.1.... .......22.7
Property Crime 81.1 ....35.1 ...........35.4





I could never live in Tennessee, their crime rate is 3X has high as California

See what Paint Something With A Broad Brush is Carlton?

Memphis sucks, and not just with crime. The weather sucks too. And no mountains.

[carlton_fritz]

Originally Posted by GTOguy

Oh. Near will do then?
Fresno CA. Never snows. In fact, it's rather warm. 45 minutes or less to the mountains. An hour to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, about 90 minutes from Yosemite. I can see the Sierras running errands around town.

Cheap housing (for CA) and lots, and lots of delicious Mexican food.

Also a large Armenian culture and a large car culture.

Family values and education are stand-outs as well.

Two drawbacks: Oppressive summer heat for weeks on end and Storytellerstealth doesn't approve of it...so if you want to hang out with him (and who wouldn't?) you'll have to drive over to Marin County.

Pass on oppressive heat. I lived in Macon, Georgia. If I have to put up with that kind of heat, I need to have my friends near. btw, southern Indiana gas prices suck. $1 higher per gallon than across the river in Kentucky.

[carlton_fritz]

Originally Posted by 69L46

We own a home approx. 2,200' up in the N GA mountains. Lower elevation, compared to out West, but still a nice view.

Pros:

- Beautiful scenery
- Solitude
- No annoying neighbors
- Private gun range

Cons:

- Higher utility costs
- At least 20-25 minutes from any stores or restaurants
- Well water required ( cost $10K for that alone )
- Higher taxes considering the lower tax base in the area
- Gravel road

It just depends what's important to you, lifestyle-wise.

Maybe a place like that with a mountain spring?

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by carlton_fritz

Memphis sucks, and not just with crime. The weather sucks too. And no mountains or beaches

But i don't trash your state because i don't live in it and i don't listen to the media about your state.

[carlton_fritz]

Originally Posted by Blademaker

We had a cabin in the North GA, mountains. Not too bad, weatherwise.
Stupid people overfeeding the deer corn was a bigger problem.
Google Ellijay, GA

I know Ellijay. Beautiful area. My biggest concern with being just north of Atlanta is all the traffic.

[carlton_fritz]

Originally Posted by StudleyJames

Brockway MT

I have always wanted to see the northern lights.

[carlton_fritz]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

Don't move back snide. Trudeau is running the country. Canada is fk'ed up. You can't enjoy Canmore or Banff. Go to Florida they have a Republican Gov. or Texas the gas is cheap.

Ruining, not running.

[carlton_fritz]

Originally Posted by sublime1996525

Northern Utah isn't too bad....

That is one of the areas I was wondering about. There and southern Idaho.

[The_Dude]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

She looks like she's about 16. By the time she's 40, they will be pointing straight down.

It's a pretty old pic. She could be pushing 40 now.

[carlton_fritz]

Originally Posted by snide

I would love to move back to the Canadian Rockies, or Vancouver, but you're right. Canada may be lost already.

I have been interested in Vancouver since I first learned about it. May be too close to Seattle.

[carlton_fritz]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

But i don't trash your state because i don't live in it and i don't listen to the media about your state.

I trash the Kalifornia .gov. The state has so much potential to be THE place to be if those idiots were gone.



And Indiana can suck big time. Southern Indiana is one of the worst places for allergies. Northern Indiana has brutal winters. Someone say tornadoes? We have them too. The Pacers suck. The Clots got shut out by Jacksonville. No MLB team. Our governor is a closet demonrat. Every spring the roads get "fixed", but are bad by fall. No mountains and the beaches are too close to Notre Dame and Chicago.

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by carlton_fritz

I trash the Kalifornia .gov. The state has so much potential to be THE place to be if those idiots were gone.



And Indiana can suck big time. Southern Indiana is one of the worst places for allergies. Northern Indiana has brutal winters. Someone say tornadoes? We have them too. The Pacers suck. The Clots got shut out by Jacksonville. No MLB team. Our governor is a closet demonrat. Every spring the roads get "fixed", but are bad by fall. No mountains and the beaches are too close to Notre Dame and Chicago.

Indiana is like Iowa and most of the midwest, you have to leave the state to go on vacation.

[snide]

Originally Posted by carlton_fritz

I have been interested in Vancouver since I first learned about it. May be too close to Seattle.

Nope. Different countries.

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by carlton_fritz

I have been interested in Vancouver since I first learned about it. May be too close to Seattle.

Vancouver is more Liberal than Seattle.