10 Worst States for Retirement!

rockhillmanor wrote:

joe b. wrote:
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The best advice

I have read about retirement is to stay put in the location where you retire, if you are a long term resident of that area. When you move, don't burn your bridges and be locked in to the new place.

When we were full timing for 2 1/2 years we met a group of RVers on the Gulf side of Florida that had moved south to Florida from the Great Lakes area. They hated Florida on a full time basis, so they had moved back to Tennessee to spend their summers and then to Florida for the winter in their RVs. They referred to themselves as "halfbacks". LOL Several of them stored their RVs in Florida and drove back to Tennessee in their car. One guy told me he had sold his truck and just had the storage lot pick up his 5th wheel.A person has to figure out what they are looking for prior to moving. ..

Couldn't have said it better.

When I retired, I sold my house in a state I had lived in all my life to seek a state without SNOW! That was my only requirement and did NOT think this whole thing thru thoroughly.

Now when newbies ask for advise on full timing/relocating which ultimately is just what 99% of full timers do, I tell them to REVERSE SNOWBIRD.

I only wish I knew this BEFORE I cut bait and bought property in Florida.

Yup Florida has no snow, but the heat in summer is inhumanely unbearable. Which forces you inside by 9:00am.

5 years into this and I realize that IMHO, JMHO that I should have done just the opposite. I met sooo many people on the road that moved to Florida and then moved back home, that had I been listening more carefully to them I wouldn't be here preparing for another roasting of a Florida summer.Aren't you glad WE don't have to pant to stay cool?