Comments on: Deciding Where to Live

By: Andy Hough

Andy Hough — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:18:38 +0000

Michelle – Merry Christmas to you and thanks for the offer.

By: Michelle H.

Michelle H. — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:00:13 +0000

I wish you the best in finding a good place to live – if you decide to come to Texas, email me and we’ll try to help you all we can. Merry Christmas!

By: Andy Hough

Andy Hough — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:16:50 +0000

Michelle – I like the idea of living in the country although I haven’t ever lived in the country. I would still like to be fairly close to a city. I would like to buy a house eventually. I would probably need to find at least a part-time job. It will be a while before I can support myself from self-employed income.

By: Michelle H.

Michelle H. — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:31:12 +0000

Andy,
I had a few more questions for you:
Do you prefer city or country living? We live in the country but there are a couple of small cities within an hour of us. Abilene and San Angelo. It’s about 3 hours to Austin from here. We do have colder weather than Austin but not much.
Will you be looking for a house to buy or rent?
Will you be looking for a job?
We love living here – it’s really a good place to buy a house, not as good if you have to find work.
Hope this helps.
MH

By: Andy Hough

Andy Hough — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:18:21 +0000

Michelle and Frugal – Thanks for the information.

I’m still interested in hearing about more place if anyone else has information they would like to share.

By: My Frugal Miser

My Frugal Miser — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:53:46 +0000

Andy,
My partner and I have been giving a lot of thought to this topic lately. Ever since I left my cush job in August there hasn’t been a lot keeping me here besides my rental properties.

I’ve really been focused on Tampa, Florida. I’ve been there several times and could see myself living there:
1) lots of water. I love water. You’ve got the Bay, but then a short drive to Clearwater Beach gives you the Gulf of Mexico.
2) lots of sun. I mean, there’s a reason they call it the Suncoast. You won’t see many cloudy days. I think that’s good for your mental health.
3) no income taxes.
4) advantages of the big city (jobs, entertainment, things to do, etc.).
5) decent air travel. I can take a nonstop back “home” if I want to visit family or tend to business. But there’s non-stops to many, many destinations.
5) reasonable cost of living. I’ve only done a little research on this, but home prices are much cheaper than they used to be. I haven’t been looking at rents but I’m sure they are reasonable as well. Fuel is a little higher there but most other things are in line with my current cost of living.

By: Michelle H.

Michelle H. — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:42:05 +0000

Hi,
We live in Central West-Texas. It’s pretty warm most of the year – downright hot in summer. Cost of living is very reasonable but not many good jobs around. Hope this helps!
MH