Hey NVR:
No argument here. I left the midwest by happenstance, but I've had a few opportunities to go back and haven't taken them. What you give up in housing (due to cost and location) you make up for in salary, entertainment (and of this I mean a whole lot of things including professional sports, off-roading, sightseeing, etc.) and good weather. Thursday at lunch, I changed clothes and took a run along Embarcadero. Yesterday, my husband and I cleaned out the garage in t-shirts because it was almost 70-degrees here. I'm not moving.
All of that said, we're looking to leave CA for retirement. I don't want the state taking any more of what I make, and frankly, I don't think I can handle this liberalism for a lifetime. I suspect that we'll choose someplace like Texas (although Wyoming appeals to me) and live there part of the year while keeping a condo in the Bay Area.
Mike, the idea of a farmhouse in ME or NH sounds like pure heaven. I love to remodel (not have a contractor do it) and living like that would be awesome. I'm hoping for a ranch when we retire where we can have quarter horses, but I digress...
Kelley
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by NVR STUCK:
Kelley,
At least it's not sub-zero and your not shoveling snow. Sometimes I wonder who has it the best. 4 years, 3 months and 18 days and we can leave here for warmer climates. And rocks - I really hate mud. Most of what we have here ends up being mud, mud, mud. Takes forever to clean.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>