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Re: Here’s the No. 1 state for jobs in the U.S. — and it’s not California or New York

By: Decomposed in POPE 5 | Recommend this post (0)
Fri, 01 Feb 19 6:32 AM | 79 view(s)
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Re: "My cousin lives in OK and it majorly SUCKS."The task of figuring out where to go upon retirement - assuming one has any interest in moving - is usually a challenge. Some have it it easy: They want to live where they grew up, or where their children are. Those weren't factors for me.

I did a lot of traveling in the first 19 years of my career. I spent significant time in Puerto Rico, the V.I., Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Louisiana, both Dakotas, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Guam, Virginia and, of course, California. Prior to discovering New Hampshire, I was actually leaning toward a retirement in Utah. I'd lived there as a kid and travelled through it several times. Ogden is beautiful and clean, pressed against the Rockies as it is. But Ogden was far from having everything I wanted.

My requirements, or at least the ones I can remember, included:

o Cheap Housing
o Cheap Farmable Land
o Not too many liberals
o Significant natural beauty
o Small Government
o Friendly People
o Not dominated by a tight-knit demographic group (unless it is mine)
o Reasonable Grocery Prices
o Weather not too hot
o Landscape mostly GREEN
o Significant natural beauty
o Low crime
o Low sales tax
o Low income tax
o Low property tax
o Good schools

Easy, right? Except that "Not dominated by a tight-knit demographic group" (which rules out the South), "Green" (which rules out the Southwest) and "Not too many liberals" (which rules out Northeast, or so I thought) eliminates most of the nation.

It's a challenge, and the answer is going to be different for every person. None of us have all the same aspirations and priorities. Some folks think it's vital to stay near family and friends. Some love the ocean. Some love the mountains. Some actually love cities.

Zimbler0 may have some very good reasons for wanting to live in Oklahoma. Or he may be naive about the place. He'll have to explain, if he wants to.




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Re: Here the No. 1 state for jobs in the U.S. &not California or New York
By: kathy_s16 in POPE 5
Fri, 01 Feb 19 5:51 AM 		Msg. 22522 of 62138

But I'm still thinking Oklahoma.

(And retiring.)
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And I am thinking that you are losing your marbles.

My cousin lives in OK and it majorly SUCKS.

You're one of those hikers, climbers and jumpers (?)
so go some place where there are mountains and such fabulous beauty, like Montana - I've been to all 50 of them, so why don't you ask around. DO NOT GO TO OKLAHOMA.
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West Virginia is 44 and Louisiana is dead last.

A friend of mine lives in WVA. She and her husband wanted a cheaper place to live and retire. They needed a bigger combined salary to enjoy themselves.

Now they have all the money in the world, but THERE IS NOTHING TO DO THERE.

LA ?? Why? It is dead last for a reason. IT IS FILTHY DISGUSTING, THAT'S WHY. POVERTY IS A BIG REASON FOR NORMAL PEOPLE TO AVOID IT.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN LOUISIANA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

YOU'D KILL YOURSELF AFTER 3 MONTHS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Louisiana_metropolitan_areas

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