Moving, NC, Tenn ???

[oldbike54]

 Rough , N.Y. state sounds cheaper than OK  ???

  Dusty

[Dilliw]

That is becoming easier in rural areas.  We live 15 miles outside of West Jefferson, which has a population of 2500 (whole county about 25,000) and we have fiber optic phone, cable and high speed internet.  I work from home and require reliable service for work and have very little problems. 

Yep I had better faster cheaper internet living in the middle of nowhere than I do now that I live "in town".  

One other consideration for us was a good airport.  We have been spoiled by Charlotte Douglas and its direct flights to a lot of cool destinations (including Buffalo).  Never really thought about that before but having it 20min away, and having it's cheap parking too, has really spoiled us.  

Asheville and Knoxville have already been mentioned.  I have friends who live in both and they would never consider moving.  And you would be just a short connection from either ATL or CLT.  

Other areas to look at would be Marion NC  and Winston Salem NC.  

[Rough Edge racing]

Rough , N.Y. state sounds cheaper than OK  ???

  Dusty

 You mean property taxes? What we call property taxes is two parts. One is the school taxes ($2000) that goes directly to the town school district.The other property tax is "county" that is sewers, road maintenance etc. We have no sewer but are connected to town water. The water bill is separate, about 100 bucks a years for us.You buy your own trash pick if needed.
 To get a fair comparison , western NY real estate prices are quite reasonable. We have 10 acres of hardwoods, an all cedar  inside and out 2 story 1400 square foot custom home 350 foot from the road.the house is a Chalet type but not an A frame. A pond and a small creek passes through our property. We paid 175 grand cash about 10 years ago. Current value is maybe $210,000 . Total property taxes without my veterans and over 65 exception would be pushing 4700 bucks.
 Our home is nice but basic. the past five home I've owned were 1800's vintage. the only place we won't live is in a suburban tract on small lots...Or a house in the middle of a flat field...

[Lannis]

Agreed, I doubt if you'll have trouble with getting good Internet service,  but you need to investigate to be sure.  It's easy to get here, about an hour north of Raleigh in a very rural area, but out at Deals Gap, NC, at the Tennessee border there isn't anything except by satellite.  18 miles away in Robbinsville you can get DSL, I think.  There isn't even any cell service at Deals Gap.

Can be spotty!   I'm not exactly in the trackless wilderness, just 7 miles from the county seat, but it's too far from the telephone switch station for DSL, there's no cable here, no cell service at the house so no "mobile hot spot", so this post is coming to you courtesy of an Exede satellite service ....

Lannis

[Dean Rose]

You could move to Claytor Lake in Virginia, I expect Dean would like a little Guzzi company and someone to show the local roads to!

$225K won't get you a place on the lake but will get you a nice home with shop and a few acres, anywhere in the region you mention outside of the tourist spots and cities .....

Lannis

All full up NO spots left.

It is a great area to live in, we have we two universities in the area Radford and VPI. It is really starting to develop into a Tech area. With all of the students near there is good shopping too. We are sort of out in the country at the lake. We have a Radford address but are really in Pulaski County. Lots of good riding around these parts, a short ride up the mountain and there is the BRP, go a little ways west and you are in West Virginia.

I can't believe it but we have Verizon DSL here at the new house.


Dean

[Lannis]

All full up NO spots left.

Dean

Just like the roads ... lousy riding around there just like back in Warm Springs, all truck traffic and broken pavement, don't bother coming ....  ;)    :)

Lannis

[Rough Edge racing]

Just like the roads ... lousy riding around there just like back in Warm Springs, all truck traffic and broken pavement, don't bother coming ....  ;)    :)

Lannis

 Ok..I think I'll pass and move on down to North Carolina where a Yankee Hillbilly with cash will be more welcome  ;D

[AJ Huff]

You don't want to be in the triangle where GA, NC, and TN come together then. Basically don't go inside a triangle drawn between Cleveland TN, Asheville, and Gainesville GA.

-AJ

[Rough Edge racing]

You don't want to be in the triangle where GA, NC, and TN come together then. Basically don't go inside a triangle drawn between Cleveland TN, Asheville, and Gainesville GA.

-AJ

 Ok, but why? Dueling banjo territory?

[blackcat]

One other consideration for us was a good airport.  

Good point, if you fly a lot. I'll never move to another area that doesn't have an international airport as its always a puddle jumper plane to a hub, and of course the cost is higher. 

[AJ Huff]

Ok, but why? Dueling banjo territory?

You'll have a hard time finding acreage in that price range. Nice house on 1 acre not a problem though. Most of this area is national forest so not a lot of private real estate is available, relatively speaking. Taxes will be a little less but not by a lot with a lot of "it depends." We pay about $1500 in tax on a 1800 sq ft home on 1 acre. There is no exemption on property taxes for seniors where I live. Vehicle registration/taxes is about double what you quoted. Sales tax is 7-8% around here, depends on county. Gas right now is $2.25 in North Georgia. It will be about 20 cents more in NC, 20 cents less in TN. Strangely Diesel is cheaper in NC. Inside that triangle you will be about 2 hours from civilization due to mountains and rivers, can be a good thing, can be a bad thing depending on perspective. For example, want to be near a top notch hospital or airport, it's bad thing. Groceries are very expensive here.

This area is HUGELY popular with retirees who want to get away from it all and do nothing. Most of our population is from Florida. So whatever works for you. I'm not a retiree so it pretty much sucks if you are raising kids.

-AJ

[Gary]

I've lived in East Tennessee, Western NC, Virginia and North Georgia. East Tennesse is probably the best deal economically and the Tennessee Valley is varied and beautiful. Medical facilities are good in the Knoxville, Chattanooga and Johnson City area. Great facilities in Asheville and the Brevard/Hendersonville area but it is a trendy, expensive place to live. Most of North Georgia is close to good medical facilities but land prices are considerably higher than East TN. I'm stuck in N. GA (kids and grandkids) but Tennessee offers the best of what you want at the most reasonable cost and I have considered moving back.

[Dilliw]

I've decided to get a Rosetta Stone program and in 8 years I'm heading to Costa Rica!  And they have a Guzzi dealer down there too :)

[Gary]

We have friends that moved to Ecuador a few years ago. They love it and the medical care is good and cheap. They are saving so much in retirement there, they are looking for a small place in Spain or France for a second home during the coastal rainy season.

[Rough Edge racing]

I've decided to get a Rosetta Stone program and in 8 years I'm heading to Costa Rica!  And they have a Guzzi dealer down there too :)

 Is that the island with the dinosaurs? Now that would be cool   8)

 

[oldbike54]

Ok, but why? Dueling banjo territory?

 Nope , more like the Bermuda triangle , enter , never leave  :D Muskogee OK is the same way  ;D

  Dusty

[EldoMike]

Nope , more like the Bermuda triangle , enter , never leave  :D Muskogee OK is the same way  ;D

  Dusty

I really like the East Oklahoma area...thinking very seriously about getting some property there...

[redrider90]

Winston Salem has a top medical school and hospital: Baptist medical center. Everything about an hour north is mountains.
Then there is my favorite place in all of NC and in the mountains, Asheville which should have great medical care but I'd bet good quality mountain land is not cheap.

[oldbike54]

I really like the East Oklahoma area...thinking very seriously about getting some property there...

 Kewl  ;-T

  Dusty

[TN Mark]

We moved to McDonald, TN last year and couldn't be happier here. McDonald is between Ooltewah, TN and Cleveland, TN, about 20 miles NE of downtown Chattanooga. What a great area in a great part of the country this is. We moved here intending to end up here.  

[redrider90]

Kewl  ;-T

  Dusty

Oklahoma?  Dusty?  I mean really that is funny when you think about writing out Oklahoma and Dusty in the same sentence.  :D :D
 What's  in Okie land besides dust, "Dusty" and old derelict oil wells and a decent NBA team?  After that I have nightmares of vast wasteland similar to moonscape when I close my eyes.  ;D ;D ;D    :PICS!:

[Lannis]

I've decided to get a Rosetta Stone program and in 8 years I'm heading to Costa Rica!  And they have a Guzzi dealer down there too :)

I was just thinking about Puerto Rico the other day, "just in case" ... It's even still the USA so you don't have to worry about strange coup-de-etats and such ....?

Lannis

[oldbike54]

Oklahoma?  Dusty?  I mean really that is funny when you think about writing out Oklahoma and Dusty in the same sentence.  :D :D
 What's  in Okie land besides dust, "Dusty" and old derelict oil wells and a decent NBA team?  After that I have nightmares of vast wasteland similar to moonscape when I close my eyes.  ;D ;D ;D    :PICS!:

  Are you forgetting earthquakes ? :D A friend was broken down in California a few years back , waiting on a shop to open , hanging out in a motel bar . The bartender asked where he was from , and then asked him if all of the trees in California seemed foreign . My friend replied , "What trees , I have more trees in my yard than there are in this county"  ;) ;D

  Dusty

[Sheepdog]

They say that there is a beautiful woman behind every tree in the Oklahoma panhandle...

[oldbike54]

They say that there is a beautiful woman behind every tree in the Oklahoma panhandle...

  :D :D :D :D
 There are only 29,000 residents in the panhandle , of which almost half live in Guymon and Boise City (pronounced boys) , leaving 15,000 spread out over three counties . When you subtract those over 65 and under 15 years of age it leaves about 2,000 , half of that would be female , so yeah , one behind every tree in the panhandle sounds about right  ;D Hey , even that part of Oklahoma isn't as flat and treeless as most of Illinois and Indiana  :o :D Oops , forgot to mention , there is at least one Hooker out there  ;) :D

  Dusty


 

[Rough Edge racing]

 I enjoy all the info and reading the replies. I grew up in NJ by NYC,then spent time in Colorado as a young man and then moved to western NY state. I could live most anywhere but there's something about the South.. While in the Army I fit in better with Southerners. Many have a polite rebellious attitude left over from the 1860 I believe. I like that....

[jetmechmarty]

I enjoy all the info and reading the replies. I grew up in NJ by NYC,then spent time in Colorado as a young man and then moved to western NY state. I could live most anywhere but there's something about the South.. While in the Army I fit in better with Southerners. Many have a polite rebellious attitude left over from the 1860 I believe. I like that....

I like it too!  As long as I have a choice, I'm staying!

[Mayor_of_BBQ]

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