If You Could Live Anywhere...

[RockHard]

I would rather go to st kitts or st lucia.

 

I had a great blowjob from a local on St. Kitts. The views from St. Lucia are pretty (and I loved the house I rented that came with a chef), but I could never live in the Caribbean.

 

I've traveled the world quite extensively, and I wouldn't give up my home in New York City for any other location. The local people matter too much to my living experience enjoyment, and I can't be away from the New Yorkers I love for very long.

 

For a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th home, I could easily own in the Hamptons, Fire Island, Palm Springs, almost anywhere in France, and almost anywhere in Italy.

 

I once owned three homes in other locations, but I sold them all awhile ago (long before the real estate crash). I'm over playing that game. Too much responsibility.

[citylaw1]

Big Island of Hawaii.

 

Bingo!

[+ Charlie]

I used to think I would like a vacation home on Fire Island. Alas, Sandy has convinced me otherwise.

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I used to think I would like a vacation home on Fire Island. Alas, Sandy has convinced me otherwise.

[Diverdan]

I'm with Daddy... except that I would move to a different island in that state every year. Each island is better than the last one. I'd spend 10 months a year there, and one month traveling the world and one month visiting friends and relatives across the continental USA.

[trilingual]

I'm perfectly happy here in Kansas City (the Paris of the Prairies). The city is lovely -- very green, with miles of boulevards and hundreds of fountains. The terrain is rolling, not flat, as many imagine. There are zillions of parks, large and small. Kansas City has become surprisingly diverse, so you can now find virtually any cuisine (or the ingredients to make ethnic foods) here. Anything I could get when I lived in San Francisco I've been able to find here. Cultural life is excellent: a brilliant and acoustically outstanding new performing arts center houses well-supported opera, symphony and ballet companies. There is lots of theater, as well. The art museum is among the finest in the country and admission is free (as it also is at the two contemporary art museums). Shopping opportunities abound, from posh to discount. And the cost of living is low -- from housing to gas to groceries. Your money goes surprisingly far here. Medical care is excellent, with two university medical centers. Air fares are reasonable, since no airline dominates the market here and they have to compete. So when you feel like a getaway, you don't have to pay an arm and a leg! Being in the center of the country, any place is accessible in 3-1/2 hours or less. K.C.'s a sprawling, car-dominated city, but the huge freeway network gets you anywhere quickly and is rarely congested. And there's a wide range of housing choices, from suburban homes and apartment complexes to high-rise living in renovated pre-war buildings on the Plaza and Midtown, and now in art deco skyscrapers downtown that have recently been recycled for housing. There's also a surprisingly large gay community, with plenty of bars and other venues to choose from, as well as myriad activities from the gay chorus to the gay rodeo! Just sayin'. Check it out if you're looking for a friendly and affordable place to retire.

[Racketjock]

Mirepoix, France. The wonderful step back into time of a truly rural country village with all the perks you could want; close to beautiful lakes, mountains, and they make my adult beverage of choice all around.

[RockHard]

I used to think I would like a vacation home on Fire Island. Alas, Sandy has convinced me otherwise.

 

To invest, you do have to love the place beyond belief and, of course, you have to be prepared to spend a ton of money. Some people insist the place is too special to ignore. When it works, there's nothing quite like it.

 

Sandy did do a serious number on the Pines and the Grove: reports are still coming in, residents were asked to evacuate, and many have not been able to return yet to assess the damage. I'm hearing there were quite a few homes washed out to sea. That can hurt.

 

Fire Island is no stranger to storms. Residents say Sandy was not their worse. The Fire Island community is always hellbent on rebuilding after these devastating events. I read that new sand will be on its way.

 

The love for these tiny islands remains strong and steadfast. Not sure how that will pan out in the face of rising tides. Would I ever invest there? No. I prefer the higher elevation life, and I'm content to rent from time to time where sand is part of the terrain.

[unsub2O17]

Well, I could be happy in a ton of places already named, but two others come to mind for sheer beauty and serenity--Capri and Salzburg.

[EZEtoGRU]

I don't know if I'm prepared to say I would live here, but I'm currently in Portland OR and I have to say its lovely. Picturesque, clean, and friendly. Vibrant city centre, great transit system. It's my first visit here....but I'm very favorably impressed.

[Guest verymarried]

Every time I visit the SF Bay area I consider a move there. I contacted a real estate agent but never made the move. My favorite town is Mill Valley and I picked an area deep in a redwood forest from which I could hike to the top of Mount Tam, bike to the bay in minutes or drive the the city in a few more minutes.

[+ Charlie]

I don't know if I'm prepared to say I would live here, but I'm currently in Portland OR and I have to say its lovely. Picturesque, clean, and friendly. Vibrant city centre, great transit system. It's my first visit here....but I'm very favorably impressed.

 

Portland was my second choice for retirement, after Palm Springs. The only thing I don't like about it is the very long, cloudy winters, which I knew would get me down.

[EZEtoGRU]

Portland was my second choice for retirement, after Palm Springs. The only thing I don't like about it is the very long, cloudy winters, which I knew would get me down.

Yes it is very dreary right now. There is a pineapple express moving through (I think in Northern CA as well) over the next few days so it is rainy. I am surprised that many leaves are still on the trees (but changing color). To me, that suggests that is has been relatively warm until very recently. I was in MI last week for Thanksgiving and all the leaves were already off the trees.

 

A friend of mine and I are in Portland scoping it out as a possible retirement location. Prices are pretty cheap here in terms of how far your money goes for housing. I believe there is no Sales Tax in Oregon as well.......that's really something.

[+ Charlie]

No, there is no sales tax, but the income tax is high to make up for it. The ideal is to live across the Columbia in WA (no income tax) and shop in OR (no sales tax).

[Guest]

Hmmm. I would be delighted to live in Hillsborough CA, Bel Air CA, or Palos Verdes Estates CA. Great neighborhoods with wonderful houses.

[bigvalboy]

Hmmm. I would be delighted to live in Hillsborough CA, Bel Air CA, or Palos Verdes Estates CA. Great neighborhoods with wonderful houses.

 

You do have exquisite taste Unicorn...all excellent choices, however one must add Malibu, Monticeto, Carmel, and Marin, if one has a desire to do the old "El Camino Real".....I shall forever long for such a destination to "Hang my Hat"

[Doe Be Doe]

I've always wanted to live abroad. How would someone middle-aged move to Vienna or Munich or Salzburg or somewhere like that with limited German skills find a job and establish a life? Or Marseilles with limited French skills? Or name your place.

[+ Charlie]

I've always wanted to live abroad. How would someone middle-aged move to Vienna or Munich or Salzburg or somewhere like that with limited German skills find a job and establish a life? Or Marseilles with limited French skills? Or name your place.

 

I think everyone should have the experience of living in another country at some point in life. However, I think you have the process backwards: first, learn the language, which can be an absorbing hobby in itself. I had some German in college, but I didn't become fluent until I started taking programs at Deutches Haus at NYU, and conversation groups in other settings. Then try to spend a summer vacation in a short language program in your target destination; you will not only improve your communication skills, you will also get a sense of whether you would really want to live there (a summer at the University of Vienna convinced me that I wouldn't want to live there, inviting as it appeared from a distance). You will never be truly at home living among people and customs you don't really understand (even when I lived in England, I sometimes realized that I didn't speak the local language). Then find a job BEFORE you move there. At one time I worked in what is now the Czech Republic, but with my limited Czech, I could never have done it if I hadn't arranged everything before I moved there.

[operalover21]

A small village in Tuscany.

[Doe Be Doe]

Thanks for the thoughts, Charlie. I've heard that Czech is a really hard language to learn!

[+ Axiom2001]

Fort Lauderdale. Plenty of boating year round, access to the inter-coastal, warm weather, no state income tax, only 6% sales tax, good bang for your buck in real estate, lower cost of living, a large gay community, slower pace, cute boys, close to the Keys and the Carolina's...and NYC is close should I feel a need to pick the pace up.

 

What about the humidity that looms there! I like what you cite in the above, but I could not adapt at all to the omnipresent humidity.

Yea, yea, I know there is air conditioning.

[+ Axiom2001]

When my retirement employer made everyone work online from home, I discovered that I could live almost anywhere in the Continental US where I could get Internet service. So I immediately moved to the place I really wanted to be, Palm Springs. The problem is, there is no place that I would want to be all the time. If I had the financial means to live anywhere, I would do exactly what Republican candidates like Romney and McCain do: have a legal address in one place, but second/third/fourth,etc. homes in other parts of the country that I like. For instance, I would have apts. in Manhattan and San Francisco, beach houses on the Oregon coast and Cape Cod, a lodge somewhere in the Rockies, and a condo in Waikiki. Oh, and my own plane.

 

Charlie, you are my kind of man! I like and identify with what you wrote. Wish I could lead this type of life/living. How exciting that would be!!!

[bigvalboy]

What about the humidity that looms there! I like what you cite in the above, but I could not adapt at all to the omnipresent humidity.

Yea, yea, I know there is air conditioning.

 

My house sits on the inter-coastal, and is only 1/2 block from the ocean. The cool air coming off the ocean makes a huge difference. I have been there in July, and it was more than tolerable. And when all else fails, I just take the boat out to cool off, and go for a swim.

[+ Tom Isern]

SO happy living here in Vegas...the ONLY place that would supersede it would be (ahhhh.......................) PALM SPRINGS!

 

you lie, ace HARDware man! everyone knows that your only honest answer to this question is: "next door to tom isern."

[Guest Ace]

BUSTED!

(That WOULD be pretty insane though...).