the PERFECT place to live

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Duloc: where Shrek lives. Ha ha, very funny.

Although i do have a thing for redheads (not the ones that spend half the day as an ogre though)
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No, not retiring, continuing on.

In what?

Well fine, I dont ususally mention it but users of THR already know: I am an MD (in MD, ha ha hahahaha). So I'll be looking to work in medicine; anesthesiology to be precise.

i figure most areas will have some sort of job for a doc. least I hope so!
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i figure most areas will have some sort of job for a doc. least I hope so!
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Oh ... in that case, you can easily find work in a little rural town. Up here, all we can get are "immigrant" :rolleyes: doctors (Indians, Arabs, etc). But you'd have to settle for a lot less money.

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Ala Dan:
Yeah, I like it here for that very reason. I have 40 acres with a big hill right behind my house to shoot into. :)

But some people wouldn't like it ... hot (90 - 110) in the summer, and cold northeast winds in the winter. Carharts are the state uniform.

Plus grasshoppers and wildfires.

"Culture" up here is basically hunting and HS sports.

I think you have to be a certain type of person to like it here long term, which is why most people are pretty decent (or else they leave after a short time)

TP
 
NH and Wyoming have a history of telling the feds to stay out. NH was chosen by the free state project. Home schooling is not great, nor are building permits, but they will get better, they are better than most of the country, top twenty atleast.
 
I've considered Oregon, which I thought to be very pretty..

AZ is great..

But I will probably move to Vegas..

I've lived in the PR-NJ for 2 years ( you will quickly understand why it's the heaviest drinking state in the union if you live there)

And I've lived in the PRK (READ: Jerry Springer is the real governor there) for 20+ years..

So it seems all other states look much better..
 
Western Michigan.

I shoot right out back on my own range. You can target practice in the National forest too.
My township doesn’t have zoning (you do need a permit for houses however)
Lake Michigan (beautiful sandy beaches) tons of inland lakes and rivers
Lots of national forest lands (thousands of acres)
All the doc’s at the hospital I work at love hunting and fishing the area (we use crna’s for anesthesia)
Easy to obtain CCW
Mosquitoes and deer flies can be pesky at times but nothing like in the UP
No poisonous snakes (yes there is the pygmy rattler but they are so rare you might as well say they don’t exist)
Lake MI protects us from the really cold temps in winter and the killer heat in summer. We get more snow but usually it’s the light fluffy lake effect snow.
Catholic churches in most of the small towns
Home schooling is common.

I moved to West MI from Detroit over 20 yrs. ago and never looked back.

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cpileri, if you do get to checking out central Texas, take a look around Fredericksburg or San Angelo.

Fredericksburg has gotten quite gentrified with lots of antique stores. Got a pretty friendly gun store. 90 miles from Austin, about 75 from San Antonio. Deer hunting all over the place. Fishing in lakes isn't far away. Lower humidity than Austintatious or SanTone because of about 800 feet more elevation. Mild winters. Oak and cedar trees means it's green year-round. It's an old German-settled town, so it's clean and there's a generally negative attitude toward welfare.

San Angelo is a bit more of an agricultural-business city, with a good bit of hunting and fishing nearby. It's a good jumping-off center to tourist around west Texas. I've met a couple of gun dealers from there at shows; good folks.

Art
 
Well, doc, if job hunting is no problem or retired always look for an area of
low population, slow growth in past 20 years. More people =problems= crime=
more laws=less freedom.

Not to disturb my fellow Texans but I fear we are heading down the road
of calif. to much growth too fast especially in the central texas area.
 
hmmm

We have friends who live in Bode? (Bude?) , which is outside Austin so say they. Where is Fredericksburg, TX and San Angelo relative to that?

I do feel that wingman has a point. Certainly, many social scientists feel that increasing population density is an independent factor in crime. Too many people in the closet at once.

Still, I do like TX. Its on the list.

I will start looking into these towns,etc now armed with the names etc.

Thanks!
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We have friends who live in Bode? (Bude?) , which is outside Austin so say they. Where is Fredericksburg, TX and San Angelo relative to that?
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"Buda"(I lived there at one time) is a very high growth area(hays county is one
of the top growth areas in the us.)

Fredericksburg is about 75 miles west, very pretty city but too close to Austin
for me. You need at least 150 miles east/west of 1-35.
 
What Art said.
Also, check other places in the Hill Counrty around Fredrickicsburg.
Bandera, Leaky and Dripping Springs come to mind.
There are a lot of "wide place in the road" spots that may not even be on a map.
 
TEXAS.

cpileri, you can probably gather from my screen name that I'm Catholic. :) I'm also a homeschooler of 6 children. We live in Houston but some of your criteria would leave the southeast corner of Texas out. Particularly the bit about the humidity and the biting insects.

Somewhere near San Antonio would be good probably. The humidity is lower there but unless you go way west you're not going to get away from biting insects. Besides, in Texas the further you get away from biting insects the closer you get to biting reptiles and stinging insects (scorpions). :barf:

I don't know how Texas scores on the Class III/NFA ok and no 'no-knock' warrant/searches requirements.

Regarding homeschooling. No state better than Texas that I'm aware of. We have homeschooled here since 1991 and have never had to do a single thing to satisfy the state. The only state requirements that I'm aware of are that you must be able to produce attendance records if asked (duh, you're HOMEschooling) and you have to teach some form of good citizenship BS or something or other. I figure taking my kids to go shooting almost weekly fulfills that requirement. There are LOTS of Catholic homeschoolers in the Houston and San Antonio areas nowadays so therefore there are lots of support groups as well if you're interested. PM me if you want more detailed information.

MaterDei
 
I'm condidering Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, and Alaska. Alaska has taken a lead, considering its Vermont carry and proximity to BC Canada. Really, it's probably gonna depend on the career/job availability situation a few years down the road.

Can anyone tell me - what other places are as ski-resort-abundant, and robust/large economy as Salt Lake, Utah? Because I fear that SLC might start to lean anti-gun in the future, as all big cities eventually do, it seems, unfortunately. Also, where are the most SWFs? :)
 
I would say North Alabama but your low humiditiy and no insect rule would be shot all to hell.
I swear one of these days i think the skeeters are just gonna carry me off.
Of course i you are willing to brave the super skeeters we have some of the most beautiful women anywhere in the world....imho.
 
OK, Tallpine, allow me to elucidate. SWFs under 35 who with attitudes not far from that of Tamara's (looks too). ;)
 
Idaho meets all criteria, if you live outside Boise, Twin Falls, Ketcham, or one or two other places with rabid homeowner associations. That's not a problem, as all those places have rural ("unincorporated county") areas within a short drive.

Good skiing, too. Boise has a resort 45 min from downtown. Good night skiing. Frequently leave work 5:30, grab quick food on the way, and ski 'til 10pm.

Sun Valley and other resorts within a few hours.

Dunno if "no knocks" are legal, but there's never been one to my knowledge.
 
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