Just curious. If you are 60 how cold is too cold when looking to relocate and retire?

[GeauxLSU]

That’s going to be difficult. Most all my friends have spent time in Texas. I’ve seen much of the state but I am out of date on a lot of those places. Don’t see myself ever making if back to Laredo, for instance. With all the Californians moving in, you should be recruiting people from other states.

So far, the majority seem to be conservative refugees. But the tide will turn and it's going to suck even worse! Tell your friends!

 

[testdepth]

Having just done that very thing I won't dispute it. However it lasts a very short time and then you are always in the place you want to be. If you do it right. The PITA has definitely been worth it.

where is your slice of heaven?

 

[testdepth]

No-one is going to want to hear this, but if we are just talking about the weather and which state has the most temperate climate, that would be California.....

I would move to Northern CA north of Sacramento but for only one problem. its still in California. I'll never go back.

 

[GeauxLSU]

where is your slice of heaven?

Hill country.
But, to the real point of the post, if all my family wasn't here, I'd retire in Lewiston Idaho, Utah, Arkansas, or Tenn. As mentioned, I'm about the outdoors and 4 tolerable seasons.

 

[testdepth]

That's what I'm looking for, "tolerable seasons"

 

[GeauxLSU]

That's what I'm looking for, "tolerable seasons"

It seriously is crazy hot here which was another reason to be in the hill country, generally 4-7 degrees cooler which makes a bigger difference than you'd think. It is very low humidity which also makes a huge difference. Upper 70s and a breeze can actually feel "chilly". But triple digits are still triple digits and I'm not spending a bunch of time in the sun in that! Thankfully very few of those days this year but summer just wouldn't end! Just now finally seeing the 30s in the morning. Now I want to see the hills dusted with some snow! Unlikely 🫤

 

[TrueGrit]

Snow is alright when it stays cold all winter. Snow in the south sucks, freezing rain, and ice is nothing but a muddy mess when it melts. Personally I've never cared for anything above the fall line because most winter days are wet, gloomy and overcast. Spend Thanksgiving weekend in Knoxville, it's going to be really crappy and you won't ever want to go back.

 

[Wile E. Coyote 5.0]

It's too cold for me outside right now. I don't like the extreme heat or cold

 

[EMC45]

TN doesn’t get terribly cold. There were flurries yesterday in the Park. We get about one good snow a year (1-3in). Just enough the get a taste and then it’s melted. Summers aren’t terrible - we have about 2 hot months (Jul/Aug), but it cools at night which is great. Contrast that with central GA (Houston County) where we would have about 9-10 months of summer and it doesn’t cool at night. Weather was a huge factor for us moving here.

 

[Eggmanmja01]

Growing up 20 minutes from Harvard University, I would gladly head North. If I could build a house on the Swift River in NH, I would gladly go. Maine is another great place