[Silverback51]

Originally Posted by BeanCounter

I've lived quite a few different places but always have come back to Kansas City.

Seattle - I'd shoot myself in the head if I had to stay one more week that the 18 months we lived there. What a dreary shidthole of a place that is.

Louisianna - loved the smell of the pines and some of the finest cooking I've ever eaten. Too humid and too close to New Orleans.

Beverly Hills - great when we were young but too expensive for old retired folks.

Salt Lake City - Nice clean town, low crime rate, mountains, skiing, Park City, great hunting and fishing. Displaced Californians have driven housing prices out of sight. My old home just sold for over 400% more than I sold in for in 1990.

So I've decided to rent a place in either Austin or Corpus Christi from December to April and then come on back home for the decent months. I've got everything here I want, 10 acres, 2600 sq ft home with two barns and a 1200 sq ft shop. 6% income tax max, $2,300 property taxes, low gas prices, who could ask for more.

Got to agree with you regarding Seattle. It's a festering sh*t hole. The day I retire will be the last day I live here.