horatio 515 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Title pretty much says it. I've begun a very preliminary search on a state to retire in. I currently live in illinios and while I am very family oriented I am the youngest so in theory I will be the last alive. While family is very important to me, I sure as hell don't want to retire here ( unless things continue alot further in the path they have taken. Not yet willing to hold my breath. ) I'm in my early thirties and and hope to retire from my current job at no later than 60. I plan to work a non related menial job for years past that for modest income and the ability to laugh at the younger employees. Point being. I'm looking at gun friendly states to retire in. I want to buy some property within the next ten years in that state. 5-10 acres a minimum. I'd like to be above a river or around a large lake. Within 15 minutes of a town of 3000. No offense Texas, I love your state. Just wish you were 500 miles north. I. Hate. Heat. Love Texas though. I'm looking for sbs and can friendly. Don't care much about the rest. Though they would be welcome. I've started a similar financial search. Hoping to find some help in the gun world. Thanks 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XD45 7,124 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) I'm going to TX. I hate heat too. I hate it so much that I've lived most of my life in Phoenix. Goddamn jobs just keep me hangin on. But some day that won't hold me any more. 5 years or less is my goal to move. Not necessarily retire (I wish) but to get to our final home. eDiT beecos I camt spel Edited August 31, 2015 by Darth Saigus 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
horatio 515 Posted August 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 I hear ya darth. I love my rights. I love Texas. I just can't imagine spending the last thirty years of my life stewing in my own gravy 3 months out of year. Is there a northern Texas? If so. I'm sold. Lock stock and barrel. Still looking though. If be glad to be snowed in 3 months if the year making fires and dicking around in my barn making dumb crap for the sake if it. Thanks guys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XD45 7,124 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Panhandle has cooler weather but not for me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heartbreaker 1,085 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) You don't want Ohio. The weather sucks. Only straight-wall cartridges for hunting. Land is scarce and at a premium. Road construction 90% of the time. 30 round mags max, otherwise classified as a machine gun (stupid). On the plus side we have all NFA items and carry permits issued. Shall certify. No registration. Open carry allowed. State preemption of local restrictions. No peaceable journey laws. Edited August 31, 2015 by Heartbreaker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
macbeau 902 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Tennessee has no state income tax, pretty low property taxes, depending on where you live and is very gun friendly... The summers are pretty nice too (at least eastern TN). I am a big fan of both TN and TX. The weather is low on my list of concerns cause I live in S.E. GA. Summers here make Houston and Dallas look like virtual paradises. Macbeau... Edited August 31, 2015 by macbeau 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spacehog 2,218 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 I will second TN. Middle or Eastern avoid the West. Get all four seasons, and God's beauty all around. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sim_Player 1,939 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Don't ask much do ya? I'm glad your thinking about things early! Mid-west and south seem to be friendliest. In a decade, things can change a lot, either way! Edited August 31, 2015 by Sim_Player 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dad2142Dad 6,559 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 East TN would be best for not hot and gun friendly 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sobrenegade 795 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Title pretty much says it. I've begun a very preliminary search on a state to retire in. I currently live in illinios and while I am very family oriented I am the youngest so in theory I will be the last alive. While family is very important to me, I sure as hell don't want to retire here ( unless things continue alot further in the path they have taken. Not yet willing to hold my breath. ) I'm in my early thirties and and hope to retire from my current job at no later than 60. I plan to work a non related menial job for years past that for modest income and the ability to laugh at the younger employees. Point being. I'm looking at gun friendly states to retire in. I want to buy some property within the next ten years in that state. 5-10 acres a minimum. I'd like to be above a river or around a large lake. Within 15 minutes of a town of 3000. No offense Texas, I love your state. Just wish you were 500 miles north. I. Hate. Heat. Love Texas though. I'm looking for sbs and can friendly. Don't care much about the rest. Though they would be welcome. I've started a similar financial search. Hoping to find some help in the gun world. Thanks Kansas sort of fills all your requirements except natural lakes of any size. Very gun friendly. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ktcm7271 999 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 I live in Pa, and I'm considering Idaho (I lived there for 2 years when young), Wyoming, or Montana. All have great gun laws, cheap land, low population density, and most important for me...No crushing humidity! I hate humidity! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
horatio 515 Posted August 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Thanks guys. It's funny Tennessee should come up. My brother in law owns a restaurant and plans to retire in the next ten years. He's set on Tennessee because he said it was the most financially friendly state to retirees. My sister and he have been taking weekend trips down there for a couple of years to find an area they like. Our ideal retirement houses/ ideas differ somewhat drastically though. So Tennessee allows suppressors and sbs? Anything else? How is their CC law? Does the eastern side see any hurricane action? Tennessse didn't come up in my financial based retirement search, but ill definetly consider it. Top results were Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota , North Dakota, Idaho , Iowa ,Virginia, Nebraska, Colorado and Utah. Colorado is an obvious no and the wife and I like the idea of Montana and Wyoming. I realize alot can change in almost thirty years but I have to start somewhere. Ideally I'm only looking for land and I plan to be pretty picky about what to get as I have plenty of time. If the financial or 2nd A climate changes I can always sell and start again. At least ill have refined the tools I need to search and hopefully have learned a few things Edited August 31, 2015 by fatty alcohol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
macbeau 902 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 TN is a full NFA state, "Shall issue" carry permits with reciprocity with about 30 other states. State pre-emption law too. Being landlocked and mountianous, they don't see much hurricane related weather, other than rain from dying hurricanes that came in via the Gulf coast. All of my mothers people are from eastern TN. Kinda Chattanooga to Knoxville and east. I spent a lot of time there as a kid. Lots of small farms, hills/mountains, lakes, rivers, creeks and streams. 4 distinct seasons with mild winters and summers. They do have an almost 9% sales tax, but other taxes are mild. Macbeau... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HB of CJ 1,263 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 SW Oregon, USA. About 43N, 123 W. Kinda. Private E mail me if you want to. A million good reasons, (or nearly) to live here. HB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pinetopfirefighter 34 Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Just my 2 cents, but North Idaho is a great place to be. Mountains, rivers, lakes, wildlife everywhere, great fishing and hunting, good gun laws, plenty of small towns (ours has a population of about 2,000), plenty of good priced homes and/or acreage. I can shoot from my porch, ride my ATV into town and literally hunt in my driveway if I choose. I get numerous whitetail bucks in the yard every day and we've had moose in the yard as well. It's a very beautiful place and no shortage of things to keep you busy up here. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HB of CJ 1,263 Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) SW OR has the best weather. No house or home A/C needed. Four seasons. A little snow. Max cold is around +15F. Max heat about a dry 105F. Fifty degree temp swings at dawn. A dry heat. We are about 35 air miles from the Pacific. Crescent City CA about 50 miles. Brookings OR about 70 miles. Except for wildfire smoke, [everywhere] zero air pollution. We do have a one in 30 chance within 50 years of that big earthquake. Very low county and city government costs. Special case. No state sales tax. Good local schools. ABC stores. Excellent but thin local ALS EMS. Open carry. NFA OK.. Shall issue CCW. High cap mags OK. T, AP, IN ammo OK in season. Cans OK. Deer season serious. Real Estate still kinda spendy. Good jobs impossible unless gov. No auto smog laws here. None. No vehicle inspections. Good and bad. We love it here so far. But ... this is SW OR. NW OR is Commieville. Very socialist gov and sec state. We fight Salem all the time. How good and long it will last is non known. But ... right now about as good as it gets all things considered. We have been here since 1987. Kommiefornika refugees. Our natural beauty is non surpassed. Yep. We have it all. Endless forests, creeks, rivers, coasts etc. Good people mostly. Hope this helps. Edited by HB. Speeling, gramour, sintax, punctuiation, w/w etc.. Edited September 6, 2015 by HB of CJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patriot 7,197 Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 What state? Inebriation 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
6500rpm 670 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 patriot, after hanging with the neighbors all day I'm pretty much in that state now but being in my 50's I've been giving TN some thought. I've always liked the change of seasons, hate the cold, and it puts me that much closer to the gulf of mexico. Cost of living seems better than in St Louis which is pretty good overall. I'd like to settle in some place with a fair amount of property before I die, either rural Missouri or Tennessee has got my attention. As a bonus there's always Bristol twice a year 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 Eastern Tennessee is beautiful and the people are friendly, I nearly retired to Telleco Plains TN, an absolutly AWESOME town. The Texas hill country (west of Austin) won out over Tennessee, for the milder weather! Hays Co. Tx. is where I have built my LAST house - my bones stay here The temp gets to 99-100F June thru September - BUT - it is only for a few hours a day, So far this year there have only been 3 days when we ran the AC overnight. Usually stays nice until about 1 PM, and then gets hot until the sun goes over the ridge, about 7:30. We open all the windows watch the sunset, and it is in the 70's all night. Last night i had to dig out a warm comforter! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Odd Man Out 1,283 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 Gotta argue against Oregon -- it always rains, it is totally run by progressive democrats, it is being overrun by idjut californicators, property taxes are high, uh yeah, Oregon really sucks! We don't need anyone else, thank you!!! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
storm6490 2,768 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 I live in Montana but some day I might pack my gear and head over to North Dakota. My buddy lives over there and land is cheap, hunting and fishing is great and people leave you alone. Brutal winters if that is not your thing. I will weigh it out and see if Montana is the perfect place. So far it is. Hippie infiltration is constant but they turn over about every three years or so. Another option would be to snow bird it in flordia, leaving the summer heat for your hometown up north. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 What i came up with when looking to find my retirement home. 1. Medical care - old folks need to be close to hospitals and doctors!!!! 2. NO STATE INCOME TAX! 3. AFFORDABLE 4. Family/friends within reasonable distance. 5. Close enough to shopping - grocery, hardware, farm suppy, etc. we are getting older and it is NOT practical to drive more than 20-30 miles for the things we need every week or even month! 6. Weather/climate. Old bones HURT in the cold. 7. Gun friendly. 8. No excessive regulations - building restrictions. 9. -are the natives friendly? 10. Stability - is the area stable, not a political battlefield, or an area in decline. If there are no jobs avalable then the area is not in a healthy growth cycle. and crime/gangs/drugs will be a problem. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
getitat 609 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Hello Wifey and I just closed on a nice house, North East TX, 33 acre plot, 3 acre spring-fed pond, and 486 ft. deep water well drilled into the same aquifer as Ozarka bottled water, 25 acre pasture, small barn. You need a GPS to find it. It was titled with a Texas Land Grant, we were the first people to actually buy it. It had been in the previous owners family since 1846. Back then, they just set out stakes and the State of Texas recognized their claim. Bunch'a deer, pigs, and fish in the pond. Unbelievable the density of preppers that are up there. The folks from ArfCom for one. It can be hot as hades down in Houston but there's still a nice cool breeze blowin' through the pines up there. Believe we've found God's Country. Reckon I'll be buried up there.......Hopefully with no brass around me. -Guido in Houston.....And E.Texas 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunfun 3,931 Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 Only straight-wall cartridges for hunting. What could possibly be the rationale for that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CruisinTx2 49 Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 As partial as I am to where I live now, (45 miles north of Amarillo, Tx) I would rather retire in or around Santa Fe, NM. Problem there is state income tax and very high cost of housing but I think the gun laws are similar to Tx. (not certain of that though). On the up side of SF, very nice climate for all but a few months in the middle of winter. It has great golf courses, rivers, lakes, skiing, hunting, great scenery all around and is chocked full of twisty roads for raising the grin factor on a motorcycle. But for me, I will likely retire right here in the Panhandle as my wife refuses to be more than 2 hours away from the kids, grandkids and great-grandkids. All that said, we are considering a summer home around Santa Fe if we can get enough family members to go along with a group purchase that we can all share rather than paying for a grossly overpriced time share package. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sim_Player 1,939 Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 New Zealand! Fair firearms laws and not a nuclear target! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LuPiN8oR 333 Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 NC isnt too bad for firearms laws, no state restrictions on nfa items or mags, open carry is allowed. Trout fishing in the mountains, Deer and hogs are abundant from piedmont to coast, and alot of really good saltwater fishing as well. The western part of the state isn't too hot but deer seasons suck. Expect a couple 1-2ft snowfalls each season that shut down the place. the eastern part of the state gets as bad as GA or SC for humidity in the summer but the deer season and population is much better. No hunting restrictions on rifles either. There is an income tax but the republicans have rewritten alot of the tax code so its alot better than when the dems were in charge. Id consider it an option if Tennessee didnt tickle your fancy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
getitat 609 Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Hello Forgot to mention that Texas has it's own power grid, completely independent of the remainder of the 47 states. Certainly no guarantee that an EMP or whatever won't take Texas' grid down as well, but at least our grid can be rebuilt independent of everybody else's. I believe that has something to do with Texas being essentially a Republic, rather than a State. Like flying our flag equal height to Old Glory. We do have options. Sure wish Gov. Abbot would explore those damn options.........I'm thinkin' Ted Nugent for Secretary of Defense......Or, maybe Col. Allen West, heard he's bought a place around Dallas. Yeah, I'm thinkin' the South is gonna rise again........ -Guido in Texas 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes1968 1,638 Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Frankly there are things that I enjoy that can only be found on the Gulf Coast. Just too much of a deep southerner I guess. Yeah I know bad for a lot of reasons but ya know I sleep better, screw better, and eat better close to the sea. And that dear friends is bliss. One takes the bad and the good in any place, enjoy the good prepare for the bad and live the time remaining as happy as one may. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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