Sigh I'm close - 3.125%. But I've got a legitimate opportunity to move to Boston in the next several months and we are taking a sincere look at it. Climate would be heavenly for me, it's just the finances that are the concern. Cost of living is insane up there.
Boston has some really nice suburbs too. The electric rates are awful and the taxes too. Might be a trade worth making for the climate. Springs up there are pretty nasty usually though.
Some things never change
Jan 25th tho!
Got any energy behind that?
Yeah we traveled up to Cambridge and Waltham for my wife's work back in December and we actually all loved it. She is actually the one with a huge job promotion potential (we're kind of in the negotiating phase of things) but I have no doubt about the climate and city, just the cost.
Our home value has almost doubled in 5 years where I'm at. That's the good part, but the bad part is it's because Rolesville went from the small little town on the outskirts of Raleigh to full-on Raleigh suburb. It's become everything I hate about the broader Wake County / Raleigh area now. I love Boone / West Jefferson / Blowing Rock area too and have always thought about that area for retirement as well.
Arkansas to Tennessee to Virginia Winter?
Jimmy... don't do this to yourself. As a fellow upstater I know your pain, but throwing yourself into another tragic situation isn't the answer!
That was from yesterday morning before NC got it.
Looking out my window, it's probably pretty accurate again now lol.
I’d like to retire in Boone area but have some concerns about the health care there. I got some rabies shots at the hospital this summer in Boone and my wife brought up the health care. I dismissed he concerns until I saw a tech come out to the er to take a patient for 1 procedure and she needed something entirely different.
LOL, in sunny areas the same is true here. Fortunately, we still have plenty in shaded areas.
Yea, it might get warmer than 58 here