My current evacuation plan is Mississippi, right near the TN border. Do a real estate search and prepare to have your mind blown. Big houses on bigger lots in really nice areas for less than the cost of a one room flat in the worst part of the bay area.tbh when i'm getting closer to retirement, i may consider TN. it's so much warmer than where I'm at during much of the winter. and most of the family who hate the south will probably be gone.
My current evacuation plan is Mississippi, right near the TN border. Do a real estate search and prepare to have your mind blown. Big houses on bigger lots in really nice areas for less than the cost of a one room flat in the worst part of the bay area.
I didn't know you were disabled.yah that doesn't surprise me.
my main problem is that wherever i go, it'll have to be possible to get around without driving (unless fully self-driving cars are a thing in 10-20 years).
I didn't know you were disabled.
My current evacuation plan is Mississippi, right near the TN border. Do a real estate search and prepare to have your mind blown. Big houses on bigger lots in really nice areas for less than the cost of a one room flat in the worst part of the bay area.
My wife and I took a tour of the South last year. Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama. While eating out at at various restaurants along the way we would look up house prices of the areas we were in and were shocked. They were giving them away. This is coming from someone in Texas.My current evacuation plan is Mississippi, right near the TN border. Do a real estate search and prepare to have your mind blown. Big houses on bigger lots in really nice areas for less than the cost of a one room flat in the worst part of the bay area.
The towns I've been looking at have way lower crime rates than where I live now, and better schools, though the schools don't matter to me now. From what I've seen, good schools and low crime seem to go hand in hand.My wife and I took a tour of the South last year. Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama. While eating out at at various restaurants along the way we would look up house prices of the areas we were in and were shocked. They were giving them away. This is coming from someone in Texas.
I was thinking why is it so cheap? Checked out the crime rates of the areas and was shocked again. It was off the charts. I came to the conclusion that a lot of the South hasn't recovered from the civil war. Lots of run down houses and buildings. Roads in terrible shape. Texas is an outlier in regards to employment and crime rates compared to elsewhere in the South.
Just a fyi.
My wife and I are in negotiations to buy and convert this old movie theater (plus the building to the right) in a small town in Texas. It hasn't shown a movie in over 40 years, but it has "Texas Historical Site" status. The price is right but it depends on the restrictions the town are willing to waive (like it having to remain a theater, or not requiring it to be a business). We would actually restore the outside to look as it did in its heyday, with original style lighting, old movie advertising, etc. The inside would be converted into our home. The current owner has done nothing with the place in 30+ years and everything inside is shot, so it would have to be gutted.The towns I've been looking at have way lower crime rates than where I live now, and better schools, though the schools don't matter to me now. From what I've seen, good schools and low crime seem to go hand in hand.
The home prices are astounding, and the overall cost of living is low. For a retired fellow that isn't rich, it's a very attractive combination. $300k will get me what would cost two million around here. With zero debt, you can live very comfortably on $3k a month.
Are you Czechoslovakin?My wife and I are in negotiations to buy and convert this old movie theater (plus the building to the right) in a small town in Texas. It hasn't shown a movie in over 40 years, but it has "Texas Historical Site" status. The price is right but it depends on the restrictions the town are willing to waive (like it having to remain a theater, or not requiring it to be a business). We would actually restore the outside to look as it did in its heyday, with original style lighting, old movie advertising, etc. The inside would be converted into our home. The current owner has done nothing with the place in 30+ years and everything inside is shot, so it would have to be gutted.
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I'm like the sign on the restaurant, Czech-American, but 100% yeah. The running joke with my family is that someday they see me opening a Czech-Mex restaurant.Are you Czechoslovakin?
I'm like the sign on the restaurant, Czech-American, but 100% yeah. The running joke with my family is that someday they see me opening a Czech-Mex restaurant.
I know a few words simply from my mother using them when I was in trouble as a child, but if you'd ask me some off the top of my head, I couldn't tell you (it was more of a context thing). My Grandparents on both sides of the family spoke it fluently.Cool, do you speak any?
VI , for me it's 2k per year , I am about 80 air miles from the Gulf . 300/200 Progressive
You will pay a higher premium if you live on the coast , anywhere . Put a few miles between you and the coast and the cost is cheaper .That's not as bad as I thought. I assume it can really scale up fast the closer to the coast you get and based upon historical landfalls?
Kind of strange to have a residence in the middle of a commercial area. Wouldn't the place be zoned / taxed as commercial?My wife and I are in negotiations to buy and convert this old movie theater (plus the building to the right) in a small town in Texas. It hasn't shown a movie in over 40 years, but it has "Texas Historical Site" status. The price is right but it depends on the restrictions the town are willing to waive (like it having to remain a theater, or not requiring it to be a business). We would actually restore the outside to look as it did in its heyday, with original style lighting, old movie advertising, etc. The inside would be converted into our home. The current owner has done nothing with the place in 30+ years and everything inside is shot, so it would have to be gutted.
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That's cool. Figured with you going to that town. The Czech stop is awesome.I'm like the sign on the restaurant, Czech-American, but 100% yeah. The running joke with my family is that someday they see me opening a Czech-Mex restaurant.
Kind of strange to have a residence in the middle of a commercial area. Wouldn't the place be zoned / taxed as commercial?
Well, howdy future-neighbor! Sounds like you want Peachtree City...yah that doesn't surprise me.
my main problem is that wherever i go, it'll have to be possible to get around without driving (unless fully self-driving cars are a thing in 10-20 years).