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originally posted by: Snarl
originally posted by: Tangerine
originally posted by: Snarl
Been looking at this hard lately. Choices (in order) Alabama, Texas, Colorado, with Washington State a distant fourth. Will most likely spend three years in DC and then retire.
ETA: Why? Freedoms most appropriate to my lifestyle.
Can you give us an idea of why those four rank high in freedom (apart from pot being legal in two of them)?
Sure. I'm strongly conservative, and I really enjoy making use of the firearms I've invested in. Those four states allow for what I want to do in retirement and give me much to think about in terms of lifestyle. I didn't even consider MJ in the equation.
originally posted by: lovebeck
originally posted by: Tangerine
a reply to: lovebeck
You haven't mentioned whether you're married or single and looking, straight or gay, have kids (what age?), like city life or rural life near a city, like a hot climate a cold climate or something in between, and what your hobbies are.
Doesn't really matter but, I am married...to a man. I love photography, being outside, and warm weather. We have no young kids (our one and only is on her own) and we're both still pretty young with plenty of life left in us.
I have family that has lived in Hawaii...Both have said it is a wonderful place to visit.
We are looking for a place that has warm weather, at least a milder climate compared to what we have where we live now. So no thank you to MI's UP. Been there though and it is ABSOLUTELY beautiful!
Arizona, New Mexico, Cali, and Colorado seem to be the four we are looking at.
May take another look at the PNW as well...
originally posted by: Tangerine
originally posted by: Snarl
originally posted by: Tangerine
originally posted by: Snarl
Been looking at this hard lately. Choices (in order) Alabama, Texas, Colorado, with Washington State a distant fourth. Will most likely spend three years in DC and then retire.
ETA: Why? Freedoms most appropriate to my lifestyle.
Can you give us an idea of why those four rank high in freedom (apart from pot being legal in two of them)?
Sure. I'm strongly conservative, and I really enjoy making use of the firearms I've invested in. Those four states allow for what I want to do in retirement and give me much to think about in terms of lifestyle. I didn't even consider MJ in the equation.
Washington is a progressive state with, I believe, the highest percentage of atheists. How does that fit in with the other three states you mentioned?
originally posted by: Tangerine
Washington is a progressive state with, I believe, the highest percentage of atheists. How does that fit in with the other three states you mentioned?
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
originally posted by: Tangerine
Washington is a progressive state with, I believe, the highest percentage of atheists. How does that fit in with the other three states you mentioned?
FALSE. Washington gets very libertarian/conservative as you head east to the Cascades and is VERY conservative east of the Cascades. The state's constitution is written in such a manner that the state's legislature is actually broken down by counties rather than population. That keeps Seattle/Tacoma/Olympia from dominating the entire state. As a result of that, the state itself has some very excellent laws (like being tremendously 2nd Amendment friendly.)
originally posted by: FlyersFan
Fairbanks Alaska
That's probably as remote Alaska as I could get and still have indoor plumbing as well as dental care nearby.