Where do You Want to Retire... and Why?

Discussion in 'Free Zone' started by Mikie, Aug 10, 2016.


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  1. mike

    mike iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Western US
    Name:
    Mike O
    Current Bike:
    HT, FS
    It’s no hypothesis. I get in that state several times a year. :cautious::cool:
     
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  2. da big hills

    da big hills iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    pearl harbor
    Name:
    cagey
    Current Bike:
    enduro 29
    so I have been thinking about being transient and living in multiple states when I retire. The good ones have no income tax, the others will not even hardly know I am there except to send a property tax bill to someplace like NV, Wa, or Tx
     
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  3. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    Booked Flights for July 7th to South Dakota. Cathy and I are flying out there for a week to check out the Black Hills in the very South West Corner near Rapid City.
    South Dakota is rated #2 for retirement.

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    The Black Hills has networks of trails. TrailForks... Boulder Colorado is only 6 hours away...:sneaky:
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    No income Tax, no State Tax, No retirement Tax (no 401k tax), Sales Tax is about 4.5%.
    Vehicle Registration is $70 bucks per year. No Smog checks, but there are tax reductions and incentives for driving and maintaining Eco friendly vehicles.
    No State fuel tax on propane provided you buy from state licensed dealers.

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    South Dakota is open carry and you can also obtain a CCW valid and renewable every 5 years. A Regular permit for $10 bucks, Gold Card for $70 bucks covers an additional 37 states, and there is an Enhanced Permit available for $100 bucks. All other permits from other states are accepted in South Dakota.

    Cost of Living
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  4. DangerDirtyD

    DangerDirtyD iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    CA
    Name:
    Chicken Nugget
    Current Bike:
    2018 Guerrilla Gravity SMASH
    Who needs smog checks? Maybe a dome can be built over South Dakota.
     
  5. fos'l

    fos'l Well-Known Member

    Name:
    Bob
    Current Bike:
    2005 Santa Cruz Superlight
    For better or worse: too late for me.
    1) Already retired.
    2) Kids live in area.
    3) Pretty happy here.
     
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  6. evdog

    evdog iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    San diego
    Name:
    Evan S
    You should really go out there in mid winter @Mikie to see how miserable it gets.
     
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  7. hill^billy

    hill^billy iMTB Rockstah

  8. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    We get to be grown ups in South Dakota...
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    (Boy I know I'm going to regret that statement here)
     
  9. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    Gotta take the good with the bad.

    I would rather live in South Dakota with the cold, then in California where I most likely will not be able to afford it.

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    N+1 :whistling:

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  10. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    :gag:
     
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  11. skyungjae

    skyungjae Member

    Location:
    Fullerton, CA
    Name:
    Kyung Jae
    Current Bike:
    2015 Santa Cruz Bronson C
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    I hear this place is like the OC fair minus the rides and animals. Too bad my kind isn't allowed there.
     
  12. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    Let's be careful not to plunge in to any political stuff..
    Oh and @skyungjae ? You are always welcome in my house. Always!
     
  13. hill^billy

    hill^billy iMTB Rockstah

  14. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    Anywhere where there is less people, more quiet, less car thefts, more trails, 4 not too extreme seasons, and good fishing.

    Can anyone make a suggestion?
     
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  15. Derkderkall

    Derkderkall iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Monrovia
    Name:
    Derek Allison
    Current Bike:
    2020 Specialized Fuse 29
    I'm guessing it's because being stuck in traffic in South Dakota is being behind a tractor, and <20 cars
     
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  16. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    Yeah...:thumbsup:
    And probably minus all of this.
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    and a lot more of this.
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  17. buggravy

    buggravy iMTB Addict

    Location:
    Calabasas
    Name:
    Matt
    Current Bike:
    Transition Sentinel
    CenCal coast being the closest and most obvious, but I know that's already in your sights. Asheville, NC would be a very worthy contender if you're willing to move across the country.
     
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  18. tick

    tick Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Orange
    Name:
    Tick
    Current Bike:
    Process 111
    If crime is a big factor for you, OC is as good as anywhere. much of rural America is one big opioid-induced property crime spree. Every place I consider, I look up the crime data and say “nope.”
     
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  19. hill^billy

    hill^billy iMTB Rockstah

    I was thinking to myself it all depends on what you are absolutely sick of , and can not live with anymore, leaving it behind and finding new and exciting adventure, and making the best of what another area has to offer? The good has to outweigh what you are running from? It’s a bit of a gamble but one has to hope for getting it right?
     
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  20. littlewave

    littlewave Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Newport Beach
    Name:
    Brett
    Current Bike:
    GG Smash (Alu)
    Seems like it's in bad faith considering the rules you want everyone to play by.
     
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  21. hill^billy

    hill^billy iMTB Rockstah

    Ah? He may be just leaving the rules that are payed by here. The rule if you want to call it that?
     
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  22. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    Not following you. I'm talking about Smog. What are you talking about?
    I'm going by evidence that precedes me. I like what I see.
     
  23. herzalot

    herzalot iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Laguna Beach
    Name:
    Chris
    Current Bike:
    2020 Revel Rail,Yeti SB 130 LR
    Good friends retired to South Dakota. Mt bikers. You may recall my wife’s friend Juli who was airlifted from Oaks a few years ago, and her husband Scott - a solid rider who fell in love with a Bronson. They are building a house on a large parcel.

    They are lonely, and the winters are harsh. But they are riding fat bikes in snow. I wouldn’t move there myself, but to each his own.
     
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  24. littlewave

    littlewave Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Newport Beach
    Name:
    Brett
    Current Bike:
    GG Smash (Alu)
    BS, but whatever, it's your forum.
     
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  25. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    Well you got the second part correct, Brett.

    The part you are getting wrong is there is less particulates in the South Dakota sky for obvious reasons, less people, less vehicles, and they don't have an over burden of regulation in that arena. They provide incentives for people to keep and maintain clean burning vehicles. Therefore I get to make intelligent choices. You okay with that so far?

    So when it was pointed out no doubt in jest, that SD should be sheltered from the rest of the US, I pointed out the real health issue is California as the worse provider of said particulates, also for obvious reasons.

    Edit: I'm thinking you can get an exciting career in the fact checking business. It seems to be real popular right now! :thumbsup:
     
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  26. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    The humidity on the east Coast would kill me dead in one month. :eek:

    Also, I'd prefer to leave this crazy state. :facepalm:

    Thanks for the suggestions. :thumbsup:
     
  27. mike

    mike iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Western US
    Name:
    Mike O
    Current Bike:
    HT, FS
    Yes! :thumbsup: State boundaries matter less.


    @Mikie... When one has to brag that Boulder is 6 hours away, something is very wrong. :p:cool: Your best hope is that it's too far for Boulderites to visit your town. :D And, the evils you know are better than the ones you don't. :cautious:
     
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  28. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    Ha hah! I have never ridden in Colorado (other than from Fruita heading into Utah) and thinking that is a felony to miss out on the Colorado goods. I doubt that Boulderites will trek up my way to ride the Black Hills trails when they have MTB heaven right in their backyard. Be awesome to putt down there and get me some of that!
     
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  29. da big hills

    da big hills iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    pearl harbor
    Name:
    cagey
    Current Bike:
    enduro 29
    I just paid my property taxes on my Louisiana Estate. 11 acres with a house $110.00. To bad its in La. I would live there 6 months of the year if they cancel income tax, they have talked about it. Bike riding is all road. They have a 27 mile bike path that has a draw bridge over the bayou. I am the old man of the mountain and will need to figure this out somehow. I liked that place Mikie found around Beaver. I may wander up that way on my vacation soon. Still like west of Bend but Ore is so California like in laws and taxes.
    Happy trails in the west county
     
  30. DangerDirtyD

    DangerDirtyD iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    CA
    Name:
    Chicken Nugget
    Current Bike:
    2018 Guerrilla Gravity SMASH
    Oh, maybe vehicle smog doesn't contribute to air pollution.
     
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