Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Beyond personal preferences, a few facts help make judgments about where you might find your "Dream Place" to live. I've been poking around the topic lately, and found this site to be very helpful - good basic facts about any city (taxes, schools, jobs, transportation, etc.), cost comparisons, and the ability to compare any two cities side-by-side. Neat tool. http://www.bestplaces.net/ LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 LOL! The first thing I saw was Popular Places to Live and Oakland CA was listed. There are many nice cities in CA; but I don't consider Oakland one of them. (Sorry Redwood Kid!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 When I think about moving priorities are none of the following: tornadoes, hurricanes, humidity, earthquakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Dang! Loophole, I think I killed/jinxed your thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Nah, Allie, I think once you mentioned Oakland everybody bailed. Another good tool for determining what a place is like is a Cost of Living Comparison Calculator. I have used these and they do help quite a bit. There are a bunch out there but what I do is take 2 or 3 different sites and enter the cities or areas I am interested in in each of them. It will give you a good cross section of numbers to work with. Some of these places that are really nice to live need a really nice bankroll to live there. I have used these to help me negotiate salaries for jobs. https://www.google.com/search?q=cost+of+living+calculator&rlz=1CASMAI_enUS724US724&oq=cost+of+living+&aqs=chrome.4.69i57j0l5.8812j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I was born & raised in southern California, am a 4th generation Californio. My wife and I knew we did not want to stay there when we retired. We spent 20 years (started in 1980) looking for our perfect retirement location. We knew we would not move east of the Rockies. We spent vacations traveling to every state in this area. We settled here in SW Colorado and have never regretted it. Our county only has 25,000 people, land is relatively cheap, taxes are low and the people great. We bought 6 acres with irrigation rights and built our dream home. Lovin every minute of it....for the last 17 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Mary Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 On 3/12/2017 at 10:11 AM, Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 said: When I think about moving priorities are none of the following: tornadoes, hurricanes, humidity, earthquakes. the Rockies dunt git tha last three.....shockingly enuff it IS possible for there ta be tornadoes up in the mountains, but they are very very rare....if you kint afford up in the mountains, then the front range as close as possible to the foothills don't get very many, most of the ones we git are a bit further east on the plains....stay west of I25 and yu probably won't have ta deal wit em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Stan, My county only has a population (estimate on the census bureau site) of 37,000 in 2015. It is nothing like some of the other counties in CA. Thanks for the info, Mary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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