OT where to live, Where is a great place to live. Options

[Porcharu]

My job will soon be a "work from home deal" and I should be able to live anywhere that I can get broadband and within a few hours of an airport. Any suggestions on a place that is both car and family friendly?

[redshift]

Under a bridge, but not mine.

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M

[URY914]

Pick a state with no income tax and where you can legally claim a goat as a deduction.

Paul

[ClayPerrine]

You could move to Texas.

Lots of friendly people, lots of 914s, and the cost of living is WAY lower than it is in the Peoples Republic of California.


The house next door to me is for sale. If you moved there, we would have 3 houses side by side with 914 owners living there. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/clap.gif)

Oh, and I have a lift.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

[william harris]

Fairhope, Alabama. Great town, no crime, low taxes, good weather, right on Mobile Bay and 30 minutes from the white sand beaches of Gulf Shores. God, wish I was still there. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

[Jeffs9146]

Discovery Bay

1 hour 15 min from Sacramento Airport
1 hour 20 min from Oakland Airport
1 hour 30 min from San Jose Airport
2 hours from San Francisco Ariport

11 seconds from the water = Priceless!!

I moved out here last year and as long as you have income with no commute it is a blast in the summer. In the winter you are 1 hour closer to the mountains!

My $.02

Jeff

PS: here is a photo from my deck!

[goose2]

does Wyoming have income tax?

[TravisNeff]

No Income tax in washington state

[tat2dphreak]

Clay beat me to it... no place like TX, and no state income tax!

[lapuwali]

An impossible question. What works for you may not work for me or anyone else. The only real thing you can do is travel and decide for yourself.

I lived all over the country while I was growing up (military brat), and day to day the single biggest difference I saw was climate, so if you're really used to NoCal weather, you may just try to move to somewhere else in NoCal. Local politics and attitudes can make a difference over the long haul, though you can usually find enclaves of NoCal liberalism even in the Deep South. You can also find radical right-wingers in New England. College towns tend to be more politically liberal no matter where they are.

If by "car friendly" you mean something less restrictive than CA, don't count on loose attitudes in other places lasting forever. Laws change. CA used to be much more restrictive than it used to be fairly recently (you had to get a 1970 914 smogged as recently as 1997).

Family friendly is also a relative term. If you're primarily thinking of being able to afford more space for a family than you can in Campbell, then you can simply move to Sacramento, or into the Sierras, where you can still get housing for 1/3rd of Bay Area prices. Little towns like Winters are an option, too (easy drive to Sac airport). If your idea of family friendly is more political, that's something you'll have to research and decide yourself. The Midwest is vastly cheaper than either coast, with housing and land typically running only 15-20% of CA prices. The weather takes some getting used to, with hot, muggy summers and bitterly cold winters. You can use something like realtor.com to investigate housing prices, and weather.com to look at historical climate averages.

[ClayPerrine]

QUOTE (Jeffs9146 @ Jun 24 2005, 12:14 PM)

11 seconds from the water = Priceless!!

Ocean = Saltwater.
Saltwater + Ungalvanized Steel = Rust
Rust + 914 = No 914.

[Jeffs9146]

QUOTE

Ocean = Saltwater. Saltwater + Ungalvanized Steel = Rust Rust + 914 = No 914.

It's fresh water!!

Nice and dry with no salt in the air!

Perfect for the teen!!

Jeff

[URY914]

I love ya like a true 914 brother, but do NOT move to Florida. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

Paul

[redshift]

lmao... guy in purple shirt...

I know him..


M

[rhodyguy]

western washington. but i'm partial.

pretty nice bunch of 914 owners.
not too hot, not too cold. just right. in western wa the only a/c you need is open windows.
low electricity rates.
as noted, no personal income taxes.
no reciprocity with regards to personal incomes taxes. unlike the arrangement california and oregon have.
sales tax only on durable items. not on food.
mountains. 1 hour give or take.
puget sound. 15 minutes give or take.
pacific ocean. 1 1/2 hour give or take.
an active volcano.
resonable housing prices outside of seattle.
compared to california, reasonable housing prices inside seattle.
temperate rainforest to high desert in 3 1/2 hours.

if you've never seen the state you should pay a visit.

k

[tat2dphreak]

QUOTE (redshift @ Jun 24 2005, 01:37 PM)

lmao... guy in purple shirt... I know him.. M

focus on what's important... who's the babe in the pink skirt!

to self:
*please god, don't let it be someone's wife. please god, don't let it be someone's wife. please god, don't let it be someone's wife. please god, don't let it be someone's wife. *

[redshift]

I couldn't feel safe in a county with that guy around..


M

[914werke]

Dont listen to to Kevin ....Move to Texas (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/lol2.gif)

[Jeffs9146]

QUOTE

who's the babe in the pink skirt!

QUOTE

please god, don't let it be someone's wife.

All the women in the photo are single and looking!!!!!

QUOTE

lmao... guy in purple shirt... I know him..

Do you really know him?

Jeff

[Lou W]

Southern Oregon, something with a little land, separate work shop with lifts. No sales tax, Calif sucks (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)