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Its good you can move. We are stuck here to help take care of elderly parents. If not, I would definitely move further North. Humidity is a b----. Montana or Wyoming.
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Where should I move to?
- Thread starter smeet
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You have to speak one of the national languages to get a permanent residence permit.
Perhaps, somewhere in Arkansas.
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Is Arkansas good state to live? Whether you were born and raised in Arkansas or new to the Natural State, Arkansas is a great place to live and play thanks to its low cost of living, friendly people, mild temperatures, great food and entertainment, stunning views, and wide range of activities to suit anyone's taste.
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If you liked Asheville but weren’t 100% set on NC or bust, maybe give Knoxville or Chattanooga a shot. Beautiful cities with a comparable vibe and no income tax in TN.
Knoxville is a half hour from the GSM National park and has several hospitals. Lots of brew pubs and restaurants. It can get hot in the summer, but no worse than any other mid south town. Never lived there but my daughter did for 15 years, so I’ve been there dozens of times. Maryville is a nice suburb and even closer to the park.
we relocated to the Capital District of New York (right before COVID hit, but that's a different story) from NYC...my mortgage is less than my first apt was 30 yrs ago. Troy is a walkable city and transforming LITERALLY overnight...every time I go in (about every week or so) another block has gotten the Brooklyn treatment. It's 2 1/2 hours from NYC...3 hours from Boston...45 min from Lake George or Saratoga...and the climate is relatively stable (the Hudson has a nice leveling effect)...Health care here is also really good (Albany med, etc), and affordable if you have to go solo with it.
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I teach at RPI; love Troy, the Brooklyn of Albany. We lived in Greenpoint for about a decade before making the move north and have always enjoyed hanging out in Troy. Riverfront Farmer’s Market is one of my favorite outdoor, like, things of all time.
Somewhere near Seattle could be ideal for you. There are less expensive areas outside of the metro area and, depending on the neighborhood, it can be quite walkable. It ticks pretty much all of your boxes, but it can be VERY expensive to live in Seattle proper. Traffic can absolutely suck sometimes, but that's par for the course with any metro area these days.
Knoxville is pretty cool too. I now visit annually to go to the Big Ears festival. Already have my four day pass for 2025.
Was going to say that myself. I am just outside of Chatham. Nice place to be - the weather is surprisingly good. Lots of music.
Knoxville and Chattanooga can have some brutal summers and will be more humid and hot that Asheville, so there is that to consider. Lots of people like Chattanooga. I grew up there and have never liked the place. Good place to go and visit and do outdoors stuff, but I wouldn't want to live there. It is just really hard to know if you will like a place until you get there. Sometimes it can be more than just the climate or what there is to do. Places can have a culture or just people that are a certain way or have certain personalities. Hard to put your finger on it.
I live in the suburbs of Birmingham, AL. Birmingham proper is not the best place in the world. Old iron and steel town, usually top 5-10 in the nation in murders. It is like living next door to the devil in the summer time. But, the suburban areas here are really great and I just jive with the people here, even the bammers. I've felt more like I am home than where I grew up or any other place I have lived. And this is not written as a recommendation for the Birmingham area as this is just about what I have found. Now Huntsville, up north of here is growing like crazy and people seem to love it.
Good luck with finding a new spot and hope it works out.
If you spell it like that you won't be allowed in the country.
JazznFunk
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Yeah, Asheville is prolly not a place anyone wants to retire to now that we've been nearly washed off the map by a freak, intact, once-a-century hurricane. The plus side is that once we rebuild, maybe homes will be affordable for locals again since people will look elsewhere out of fear of this happening again. We're sticking it out here because it's been my home and my music scene for a quarter-century now, since my college days. Give us time to rebuild and don't forget about us. Our gig and venue scene was decimated. The diaspora on a human and artistic level is going to be rough.
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There would be room for him as it seems like half of BC moves to the Coachella Valley(Palm Springs, CA)in the winter.
I haven't completely left SoCal...yet. But, five years ago I bought a place on an island in the Puget Sound and absolutely love it. Daily visits from deer and bald eagles. Stunning weather. All the crab, clams and flounder I can eat in the back yard. But that's just me.
