When You Retire.....

[Johnskiismore]

For those of you who don't live near a ski area, when (if) you retire, do your plans involve moving to a ski town?

 

[drjeff]

For those of you who don't live near a ski area, when (if) you retire, do your plans involve moving to a ski town?

I'm so convinced that I'll move to the Park City, UT area. Now I just need to convince my wife of the same thing in the next 25 or so years

 

[deadheadskier]

probably not; I like where I'm at with it's easy action to the beach, Boston and friends and family. I don't think the lady (non-skier) would go for it anyway.

It would be nice to have a vacation home or timeshare though.

 

[frozencorn]

My wife thinks we're going to VT, which is fine. Colorado is also acceptable.

 

[Marc]

No, I'm committed to preserving the family property handed down to me, sacrificing my other wants for it... however I have not ruled out buying a second house (or shack) somewhere and spending a significant portion of winter away from home.

 

[Beetlenut]

My wife an I are planning on moving to VT or Maine, just a matter of when.

 

[andyzee]

I'd love to but probably not, may just get a second home in VT or something. I would be to concerned about my wife being left without family or friends if anything happened to me.

 

[RootDKJ]

My wife loves VT country. I'd like to be with in 45 minutes to a metro area though. Mass might be a better option.

 

[Glenn]

Probably Vermont.

 

[deadheadskier]

My wife loves VT country. I'd like to be with in 45 minutes to a metro area though. Mass might be a better option.

you might dig the Portsmouth area of NH.....60 minutes to Boston, within 3.5 to all of New England's best except Jay. Even Sundown is only about 3.5 I think

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

I already have the house in place, 5 minutes from WF. For now it's a ski/vacation/weekend place. When we retire the plan is to sell our house in Clifton Park, pay off the mortgage in Wilminton and live there.

 

[campgottagopee]

My wife and I really like Saranac Lake area so we'll be up there someplace just outside of town.

 

[RootDKJ]

you might dig the Portsmouth area of NH.....60 minutes to Boston, within 3.5 to all of New England's best except Jay. Even Sundown is only about 3.5 I think

Thanks, I have about 25 years to figure it out

 

[Geoff]

you might dig the Portsmouth area of NH.....60 minutes to Boston, within 3.5 to all of New England's best except Jay. Even Sundown is only about 3.5 I think

That's an extremely high cost place to retire.

My criteria for a retirement location:
* Good public transportation
* World class medical care
* Ocean access
* Skiing access

I don't think it exists. Vancouver, BC is probably the closest in North America but their real estate costs are stupid-high at the moment.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

For those of you who don't live near a ski area, when (if) you retire, do your plans involve moving to a ski town?

I would want to live in a Rocky Mountain ski town..and ski everyday..and in the summer travel to the East coast to visit friends and family. No Florida for GSS

 

[Terry]

I will stay right where I am at. I have 11 ski areas within an hour and a half of me. An hour to the ocean, and the mountains are in my back yard. Most all of my family and friends live close by. And I enjoy my 200 year old house and its quirkiness.

 

[andyzee]

I will stay right where I am at. I have 11 ski areas within an hour and a half of me. An hour to the ocean, and the mountains are in my back yard. Most all of my family and friends live close by. And I enjoy my 200 year old house and its quirkiness.

FU! :smash: :lol:


Oh wait, how often to you swim in that ocean ?

 

[Marc]

I will stay right where I am at. I have 11 ski areas within an hour and a half of me. An hour to the ocean, and the mountains are in my back yard. Most all of my family and friends live close by. And I enjoy my 200 year old house and its quirkiness.

Old homes is where it's at. See, Terry knows whats up. I may not have insulation, but I have 4 posts and 3 beams in every room, each one twice as heavy as the single main beam in a modern house.

 

[Warp Daddy]

I am retired live in a 106 yr OLD house too which we love .

It's in a small town on a beautiful river ,near the 1000 islands . WE are an hr from the nation's capitol of Canada and several other picturesque Canadian towns and small cities. It is 75 minutes from parts of the Laurentian Mtns in Canada and the Adirondacks offering up several ski areas and couple hrs from Whiteface or Gore .

There are 4 colleges to whet one's need for sporting and cultural activities.
Low taxes . low crime rate , low population density. a very good environmental quality and a very good medical center- AND A VERY LAID BACK lifestyle ----------------- all of which make it HARD to leave .

Even tho we do think about it at times but when we run the pluses and minuses here we are

 

[riverc0il]

I will stay right where I am at. I have 11 ski areas within an hour and a half of me. An hour to the ocean, and the mountains are in my back yard. Most all of my family and friends live close by. And I enjoy my 200 year old house and its quirkiness.

+1

Except the old house part. You handymen can keep your old houses