where to retire? .... where to live?

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (freestoner) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:45:42 GMT

Buy a van or an RV, and follow the hatches.

Even considering the rising price of gasoline: it's usually advisable to plant yourself in one spot for about 1-4 weeks in a situation like that. And there's your house.

It doesn't have to be all about trout and bugs, for that matter.

Yes, you might have to spend a lot of money on non-resident fishing licenses- although I'm not sure about the rules on senior exemptions, in different locations.
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Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (oneculm) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:53:42 GMT

Lets just jay if there was that perfect place than all us old farts would be there and then it would be so crowded we would not want to be there.

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (mr flymph) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:47:31 GMT

As a Montana native, I agree with Pete in Vermont 110%. I think that any of those places would be ideal for you guys to retire in.

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (Short Tip) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:34:11 GMT

Pete (from VT) -- Beautiful summary. Actually, we're spoiled for choice!

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (Pete in Vermont) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:31:14 GMT

Where to retire? .... Where to live? I was just thinking about places to retire and I could use your opinions. (the KEY FACTOR is ) easy access for fishing, streams or rivers an older gentleman can wade but still offers good quality. (Pete From MA)

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Pete In Vermont says:

OK, we've had 60+ posts on this subject. Below I've picked out quotes from the ones that I AGREE WITH and with which I am...

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (cregb) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:21:20 GMT

Being very far from retirement age, I will, however, state that I think the choice of Western NC would not be a bad thought. Lots of good fishing on wild trout streams within a 30 min-1 hour drive, smallmouth fishing right outside of town, a wide-ranging array of political and social thoughts, and good tailwater fishing up in Eastern Tennessee (~1.5 to 2 hours drive). One of the larger employers in town seems to be the hospitals, especially with the influx of retirees in the last 10-15...

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (pcg) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:44:24 GMT

Seattle et al,

Let's back off of all issues that are not directly tackle related.

BHB & Short Tip have both offered gracious warnings. The issue of taxes is at its heart highly political. That's evident if you read the last four or five posts. Some people like them, some do not.

Please remember that political discussions are not tolerated on the forum. This is a fly rod...

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (seattlesetters) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:27:01 GMT

I brought no politics into this thread. I simply asked someone to explain his statement. I made no mention of liberals, conservatives or moderates. Just asked for an explanation of something that was very pertinent to the thread...that's it. Retired folks on a limited income certainly don't need their funds taken from them.

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (Short Tip) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:15:36 GMT

I propose a tax to be levied by the forum on members who cannot keep their political views away from their fishing, or retiring. A "sin tax", if you will, similar to those on booze and tobacco. If enacted, some of you guys will see your bills soon. There's a cost to being a citizen of anything.

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (BlackHillsBill) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:34:17 GMT

This is not meant as a cute retort, but as an observation based
on a long following of Forum threads. Indirection, satire, irony
(intended for however good a purpose) all meet with pratfalls
along the way. Take it from one with a bruised keister. If it's a
good point, one worth saying, say it clearly. The joke or retort
has to remain secondary. I would be much better off, believe me,
if I could remember that myself. And I do agree we'd all be better...

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (mattcliff) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:46:58 GMT

seattlesetters wrote:

mattcliff wrote:
You know, Missoula is pretty nice. the taxes are a bit too low, meaning the quality of life isn't quite what it could be, and there are still some property rights nuts and other conservatives that keep the town from its full potential. But the fishing can't be beat, and the hunting is great, and the hospitals...

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (BlackHillsBill) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:35:12 GMT

From the offset, it probably took some sort of mental corset to
enable a thread on retirement to fit into a section on Fishing Bamboo
Fly Rods. But we've done stranger things. And it all seemed to be
working out in a personable, neighborly, wanting-to-be-helpful way.
That is, until the last few posts. Why should we make this over into
a Government & Politics Seminar, a gotcha from the left then a gotcha
back from the right? Wouldn't we be better...

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (seattlesetters) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:34:59 GMT

mattcliff wrote:
You know, Missoula is pretty nice. the taxes are a bit too low, meaning the quality of life isn't quite what it could be, and there are still some property rights nuts and other conservatives that keep the town from its full potential. But the fishing can't be beat, and the hunting is great, and the hospitals are literally world-class. Plus the university keeps things interesting.

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Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (reelhimin) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:19:11 GMT

BHB, I couldn't have said it better. You nailed it.
Gary.

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (BlackHillsBill) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:24:26 GMT

My wife and I have been retired for twelve years. We both taught at a college in
Sioux Falls. For a while, owning some land in the Black Hills, I cherished a dream of
building a cabin there, near where I was born and raised--about 375 miles as the crow
flies from our home in eastern SD, but where I still go to fish once or twice a year.

If the dream had become reality, it would have been about as thick-headed a "happy
ending" as any romantic fool...

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (OldCanerods) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:16:21 GMT

A few years I had a East-Coast internet friend come out on business to S. California and he wanted to go fish a local stream. Told him to go up to Piru Creek and fish the wild trout section. Well, as he was gearing up, a few local gang bangers popped out of the brush with their "Uzi" (his term) and he got back into his rental car and drove off. I guess when I told him to not go downstream and get into the pot farms that he got nervous. Heck, these guys were just killing a few of the...

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (Short Tip) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:42:53 GMT

Being from the southern Appalachians myself, I'll have to go with Boo on this one. My folks are so inbred, our family tree is a vine. And he forgot to mention the poisonous snakes, poison ivy, mosquitos, stinging nettle, "Deliverance"- style rednecks, snake-handling preachers and other hazards which one must negotiate just to fish through the sprawling developments and snarling stock cars. Nope, no sane person would ever want to move here. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm...

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (bearbutt) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:11:24 GMT

OK--count me among the fans of Western Massachusetts--I grew up there in the 1970s, and spent a lot of time on the Swift and the Farmington--and still remember the days when even a lowly river like the Scantic could deliver in one stretch brookies, browns, and rainbows--and sometimes a real surprise like the day my Uncle Sue (I really did have an Uncle Sue) caught a 4 1/2 pound brown in the Scantic.

But they didn't call it Taxachusetts for nothing. The way the economy is going,...

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (Pete from MA) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:28:00 GMT

Soft Hackle....Western Mass is a secret world. Its funny how its looked down upon by Boston & the Boston suburbs & the news stations never carry a story addressing news past worcester. its a secret world. and maybe thats the blessing. everytime I drive through I'm blown away by its beauty.

I happen to be an air force guy... and have spent time everywhere from installing radars through out the arctic (NorthWarning through Canada and Alaska) and Interior Alaska (Seek...

Re: where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (Soft Hackle) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:14:33 GMT

Pete,

You are correct about Lenox and Stockbridge being expensive and even W. Stockbridge and Gt. Barrington now also ( Tanglewood is the BSO property in Lenox, not a town by itself). If you get away from that area by 1/2 hour into the Hilltowns you are actually closer to the Deerfield ( farther from the Housy but close to the East Br, headwaters in Dalton) and in a prettier environment with many smaller trout streams, fewer people and very affordable housing. I am in Cummington and...

where to retire? .... where to live?

feeds@yuku.com (Pete from MA) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:54:58 GMT

I was just thinking about places to retire and I could use your oppinions.

1. easy access for fishing. Streams or rivers an older gentleman can wade but still offers good quality.
2. Good hospitals reasonably close by.
3. Nice homes around 500K
4. Dog/ animal friendly

Just curious what area you would pick ....
At first I thought I'd pick Cape cod, Nice variety, great trout & bass fishing (a nice secret for some very respectable trout)...