Thread: Where would you retire?

Middle Tennessee....great crappie fishing, bass fishing...Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley. mild winters (normally) perfect springs and the best Fall. Best of all NO STATE INCOME TAX...which helps with the retirement pension. A day's drive from the East Coast and Gulf Shores or Florida Panhandle. Afternoon drive to the Smokey Mountains.

I was in down town Dover a while back. Have folks in Bumpas Mills. Small world.

I guess since I am retired 8 years and was born here I will stay a while longer. Did go away for 20 years with the Air Force. I may have to work harder to stay warm but the effort keeps me on the slabs.

Last I looked they wanted a $250,000 deposit in a Costa Rican bank, and required you to leave the country every 6 months for a few days. Bunch of Americans around the San Juan area. I think they even
have a support group that helps Americans work out the details of settling there.

Fishing, go for Golfito Bay, Angler Heaven inshore and offshore. Tight lines indeed. Gotta love Ugly Sticks!!

Have you thought about the Villages in Florida. It is a retirement community, a very large retirement community packed full of activities and all the other stuff an aging society needs. I have heard great things about it. Not my cup of tea, but might be what you want.
The Villages, FL | Terra Vista & Citrus Hills/FL Retirement Community

My plans are simple. 3/4 ton diesel pickup, 5th wheel trailer and boat in tow. We might follow 70 degree temperature across the US. More than likely we will travel to a destination, base camp, fish/boat ride when we want, and sight see the area. Use the 5th wheel as a base camp and take day trips to local activities. Move to another area, and repeat. Researched adding a larger fuel tank to the truck to extend my range. I can either replace the current tank, or add a storage tank in the bed and refuel along the way. As for double towing across the US, only 5 states don't allow it. Most of those I have no desire to visit anyway.

Driving make my butt sore, so I don't graze too far off the ranch. It is hard to beat home, wherever home may be. Pick a good spot and squat. I didn't make it too far in life. I am about 40 miles from where I began in life.

In between Columbia and Charleston SC. Find a smaller town. Close to lake Murray and Santee Cooper. Short drive to the coast. Not far to smokies or to fla. Great country, great people. Plenty of good churches, good cost of living.

Originally Posted by bee

I was in down town Dover a while back. Have folks in Bumpas Mills. Small world.

Now, that's funny. Dover isn't hardly big enough to have a downtown. Of course, we live in Trenton which is also hardly big enough to have a downtown.