Text 16711, 98 rader
Skriven 2011-04-11 14:53:57 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
  Kommentar till text 16646 av Richard Webb (1:116/901.0)
Ärende: Australian immigration
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10 Apr 11 13:24, Richard Webb wrote to Roy Witt:

 Roy>> Most of us who lived and made a small fortune in California,
 Roy>> wanting to remain well off, chose to retire elsewhere, where the
 Roy>> living standards were the same, but the living costs were a whole
 Roy>> lot cheaper than living in California.

 Roy>> Rather than go back to the frozen north, aka Illinois, we wanted
 Roy>> the same climate that we had in California. It was a two way tie
 Roy>> between south Texas and north Florida.

 RW> YEp, those would be your options for so cal-like, at least
 RW> as close as you can get.

The humidity in Jacksonville is higher than I expected. So-Cal is dry as a
bone in comparison. Surprisingly, south Texas was dryer than Florida.

 Rich>> OF course, but think about it, a lot of those folks retired in the
 Rich>> midwest for a variety of reasons, lower overall cost of living
 Rich>> being a large factor, and other "quality of life" things to be
 Rich>> sure.

 Roy>> Or close to relatives still living in the area.

 RW> YEp, which might be why it won't surprise me in a few years
 RW> if my sister returns to the midwest from so cal.

My neice returned to Illinois last year after living for 20 years on the
east coast of Florida around Cape Kennedy. She moved her eldest daughter
with her, who tried, but moved back to Florida about a month ago. My neice
is always commenting that she misses her friends and the weather and I
expect that she may also go back soon. My sister tries to discourage that,
but she knows how nice it is to live in an area without the cold and snow.

 Rich>> YEs, in CA you have quite a variety of things to enjoy when
 Rich>> retired, but enjoying a lot of those things, hunting, fishing,
 Rich>> etc. is much ore expensive elsewhere.

 Roy>> The hunting and fishing in Calfifornia isn't as good as it was when
 Roy>> I first moved there in 67...too much development took out hunting
 Roy>> areas and the only fresh water fishing in Southern CA was in
 Roy>> resevoirs. Of course, there is plenty of salt water fishing.

 RW> RIght, but if freshwater's your thing, or hunting that gets
 RW> pretty spendy, if nothing else for the distances you have to travel
 RW> to enjoy it.

Years ago, I used to drive 40 miles to hunt quail in Rancho California
(around Temecula). It was a worthwhile trip as I never came home empty
handed. It wasn't legal to hunt that property, but ole John Wayne had said
it was prime hunting and I wanted some of that action. Today, that place
is covered with avacado orchards and plantations. No place to hunt now.

 RW>   Best to just move on to somewhere else where it's right
 RW> around the corner.

This wouldn't be the place. There's not much public hunting land to speak
of and I'm not about to pay the price for a lease. I'm getting too old to
be trapsing through the brush anyway.

 RW> sOrt of involuntarily semiretired here, and this isn't the place I'd
 RW> choose to do it.  At one time I was pretty happy with the La. gulf
 RW> coast, southern la. anyway, but it seems like we're determined to
 RW> kill off any economic sustainability there so I'm not sure anymore,
 RW> but I like the climate.

I like being tucked away where the weather doesn't create anything more
than a small bit of cold nad snow in the winter and some thunderstorms in
the summer. The high heat isn't so bad once you get used to it, kinda like
being in the desert in California.

 RW> LIke south TX too, but other than Austin there's not a big market for
 RW> the sorts of things I do, and Austin's swamped with every wanna be
 RW> from all over the country.

The competition is pretty stiff too. Even in the small suburb of New
Braunfels called Gruene (Green), up the road a piece, they have different
players every night. And there are plenty of those places around too.

 RW> All things being equal I'm gonna sit it out and take my time making a
 RW> decision before I move. Cost of living here is as inexpensive as it
 RW> can get, at least cost of housing, and that's a big factor, so long
 RW> as i can keep Kathy healthy enough to drive.  She goes down I haave
 RW> to rethink that one and think about another city, and MEmphis is
 RW> *not* a viable option. IF I have to go back to urban dweller it's
 RW> probably the upper midwest again.

We just had a visiter from Minneapolis last month. She stayed a week and
found herself a small trailer to rent for next February and March. Nancy
says that she might get comfortably situated in that small trailer and
find herself acclimated enough to stay...

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