if you were to relocate in the u.s. what state/city would it be? (1 Viewer)

[MAC_32]

You are correct. The worst is Jan-Feb, but even that isn't that bad. It doesn't get as cold as the extreme Northwest parts of the country and it really doesn't snow as bad as people think here. Especially living just west of Cleveland, we are outside the snowbelt.  Just not a fan of the winter. After wrecking my knee a number of years ago playing basketball, I like to refer to the Winter season as "ACL Season".  

I don't hate it here and also know we aren't really going anywhere. I like your idea of an extended vacation period when I get to retirement age. Bug out after Christmas and come back when the weather breaks.   I think the South is overrated in the summer anyway. Have family in Florida and South Carolina and for some reason, we would always end up doing some family vacation down there in like July. The heat and humidity was always brutal. Not to mention Palmetto bugs are just kind of freaky.

"Yo Uncle. You guys have friggin FLYING COCKROACHES HERE!" "Naw nephew. Those are Palmetto bugs. They aren't cockroaches." 

The pros and cons to that blanket of cloud cover that hovers over us all winter - it prevents many of those severe temperature drops, but...no vitamin d. I'm on the edge of the snow belt and the lake effect machine doesn't even bother me anymore. With climate change the storms we get are more severe, but they happen with less frequency. We're sitting on about 45-50" of powder so far and 43 of them were in 2 storms - and that's been the norm 4 of the last 5 years. So just shut ourselves in for 24-36 hours, dig our way out, then proceed like normal. 

Totally agree with you about southern summer's too. Maybe I'll feel differently in 30 years, but I'd much rather deal with extremes in the 30's than 90's + humidity.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Wife and I lived in Reno for a little while and left just a few years back.  We liked it a lot more than we expected.  That said, $200s ain't getting you much there anymore, unless you're talking living waaay too close to the downtown area than you'd probably want to (it's basically littered with meth heads released from Sun Valley, these days) or you're going pretty small.

South of Reno proper though?  Some pretty nice areas (Southmeadows, Damonte Ranch, Double Diamond, etc.) where you can get a fairly good-sized home (with actual yards/space between your neighbors) in the $300s, last I checked.   Sparks isn't terrible either, albeit it's going toward the meth heads a little, and the costs there have been rising because of Tesla the last couple/three years.

We've discussed maybe going back someday, when work doesn't tie me to a particular region.  Pros:  Price is still pretty right, has a pretty decent healthcare system, Tahoe is RIGHT there, it has in international airport, if you like any kind of outdoor stuff it's your huckleberry, and you cannot beat the views.  Cons: Downtown is trying to revitalize, but has some reeeeeally depressed areas (including the park right on the Truckee, which is a drag.  It could be really nice), there isn't a ton of culture, and you are a touch "isolated" if you're not into air travel. 

yeah, thought it might be like that (i havent been there since my son moved way in '04). then again, i was a high-functioning methhead myself my last few yrs in in the Truckee meadows.

Reno really missed the boat on development. my business partner in the early 90s (a developer who built most Mayberry/Highland Park) and i were trying to activate the only gaming license West of downtown (a small casino near McQueen High) from its tax problems because we were sure that, with Steve Wynn exploding Vegas in a way Reno simply couldnt compete with, that the county would see that the iron was hot and develop itself as kind of the Spa alternative as a destination resort. we went to a LOT of planning commission meetings and there were proposals to turn the Truckee River leading into downtown into kind of a Riverwalk like San Antonio from Wells to the ol' Mapes and Riverside Hotels (the need to tear down some municipal buildings were the bugaboo in that), we were proposing decentralizing west like MGM Grand and Ascuaga had done east of downtown and there were other progressive proposals but the town fathers took 10 yrs (without downtown rotting all the while) to decide and came up with Silver Legacy and the National Bowling Stadium as their answer (mining and tenpins being the most glamorous way to exploit Reno's mountain loveliness). :X

 

[5-ish Finkle]

but the town fathers took 10 yrs (without downtown rotting all the while) to decide and came up with Silver Legacy and the National Bowling Stadium as their answer (mining and tenpins being the most glamorous way to exploit Reno's mountain loveliness). :X

Oy.  THAT was the end result? Blaaargh.  Shoulda went with the spas, fo' sho'.  I thought the bowling stuff was just in Circus Circus.

Honestly, I wouldn't set foot inside another of the casino's in downtown Reno if you paid me.  I'm only a "peripheral degenerate", so no real skin off my nose, but the ones I checked out (even the Legacy, etc) really felt run down/in a time warp.  FFS....Cal-Neva?  By 2015 it looked like a set from the Walking Dead on the outside.  A couple of the larger (and I expect newer) hi-rise casinos on the south side of town are pretty nice though (GSR, Atlantis, etc.)

When we were there, a germ of a "foodie/brewery" culture was trying to get a foothold in downtown/south of downtown.  There were a couple small, locally owned places that were doing it right, but at the time just didn't seem to have the foot traffic to sustain (no idea if any are still around or not). 

 

[wikkidpissah]

Oy.  THAT was the end result? Blaaargh.  Shoulda went with the spas, fo' sho'.  I thought the bowling stuff was just in Circus Circus.

Honestly, I wouldn't set foot inside another of the casino's in downtown Reno if you paid me.  I'm only a "peripheral degenerate", so no real skin off my nose, but the ones I checked out (even the Legacy, etc) really felt run down/in a time warp.  FFS....Cal-Neva?  By 2015 it looked like an set from the Walking Dead on the outside.  A couple of the larger (and I expect newer) hi-rise casinos on the south side of town are pretty nice though (GSR, Atlantis, etc.)

When we were there, a germ of a "foodie/brewery" culture was trying to get a foothold in downtown/south of downtown.  There were a couple small, locally owned places that were doing it right, but at the time just didn't seem to have the foot traffic to sustain (no idea if any are still around or not). 

i've heard the area around the ol' Holiday (now Renaissance) Casino just S of downtown has become the gentrified/foodie area. some beautiful Victorian houses from the silver days there - perfect spot really. and the methheads are dedicated lawn mowers...

 

[5-ish Finkle]

i've heard the area around the ol' Holiday (now Renaissance) Casino just S of downtown has become the gentrified/foodie area. some beautiful Victorian houses from the silver days there - perfect spot really. and the methheads are dedicated lawn mowers...

Ah, okay. Yeah, that would make sense.  The studio I worked at back then wasn't far from there, and it was in one of the neighborhoods that was being "revitalized."  Two streets north though....woof.

 

[wikkidpissah]

yeah, there was even a time when Bobby Stupak wanted to be the Steve Wynn of Reno (before he built the Stratosphere). he had bought the Riverside, would have gobbled up the Mapes in a heartbeat and LOVED the Riverwalk concept (tho it wasnt his) but the ol cowboys who ran things didnt wanna be pushed around by a flashy Vegas dood. real shame - would have lived there my whole life til my wife died.

 

[Godsbrother]

Everybody is different, but January and February are really the only 2 months that make me punchy. I have no delusions we'll ever leave here, so an annual extended vacation during the meat of that time period is my intended course of action. Decades away from that conversation though.

Same boat here in Pittsburgh.   I love the city and everything about it but I could do without January and February.  All 3 of our kids live here as well as grandkids so no way we are moving ever.  That said our retirement plan is to live in Pittsburgh 10 months out of the year and then leave for somewhere warmer each year right after Christmas and return in March. 

 

[Angry Beavers]

someplace warm and not expensive.. New Mexico?  Maybe Rural Mexico?  Belize!  

 

[DallasDMac]

My wife and I have had this discussion a number of times over the years. It usually goes like this...

Me: I'm tired of northeast Ohio winters. When we retire I want to live somewhere warmer. How about Florida or like Tennessee?

Her: Are our grandkids going to live there too?

Me: Damn it. I guess Ohio isn't so bad..

Reality is those relationships will keep us here. 

I think I have found my FBG doppelganger.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Same boat here in Pittsburgh.   I love the city and everything about it but I could do without January and February.  All 3 of our kids live here as well as grandkids so no way we are moving ever.  That said our retirement plan is to live in Pittsburgh 10 months out of the year and then leave for somewhere warmer each year right after Christmas and return in March. 

Interestingly, the Steelers have been on that plan taking off December and January...

Sorry. Still feeling the pain as someone who pulls for the Steelers. 

 

[Godsbrother]

Interestingly, the Steelers have been on that plan taking off December and January...

Sorry. Still feeling the pain as someone who pulls for the Steelers. 

Ouch! 

 

[Joe Bryant]

Ouch! 

Sorry. That was a softball. 

 

[Ron Swanson]

Interestingly, the Steelers have been on that plan taking off December and January...

Sorry. Still feeling the pain as someone who pulls for the Steelers. 

A Steeler fan from TX?  Say it ain't so! I feel betrayed.

 

[Ron Swanson]

My wife seems to be coming around to my goat King of Alpine plans.  She actually found an alternate ranch on a realty site and showed it to me the other night.  It's much smaller than the other one but still big enough to not be able to see a single neighbor. And raise lots of goats.