Best Place to retire and ride?
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Road Warrior
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From: North East Illinois
Best Place to retire and ride?
I know this will all just be opinion but this winter is killing me, some day I will retire and move somewhere with a lot longer riding season and less potholes. So lets here it where is the best place to retire and really "Live to Ride"?
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RE: Best Place to retire and ride?
Big Island of Hawaii if you don't mind going around a 250-300 mile 'circle' through some of the most beautiful scenery. Beaches, lava fields, mountains, hills... Pretty awesome views.
Other than that, somewhere in the south (obviously).
Good luck!
Other than that, somewhere in the south (obviously).
Good luck!
Road Captain
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From: Opelika, AL
RE: Best Place to retire and ride?
Somewhere south so that you can ride year round. Florida has no state income tax and Alabama doesn't tax pensions or social security. The cost of living in Alabama is very low. If you like to play golf, we have numerous courses that are cheap as compared to other areas. The mountains and the beach are close enough to reach in a half day. Ya'll will ketch onto the language real quick, too.
Tourer
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From: hollister fl.
RE: Best Place to retire and ride?
well thats a no brainer the winner is florida .in north central florida we still have a lot of country roads .we ride 12 months out of the year the only thing that stops us is hurricanes !!!!!!!!!!
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RE: Best Place to retire and ride?
What about the love bugs in FL? I'veread they are really bad when they are in season. SoCal isgreatfor riding weather, but not much else. Very expensive for retirees and insane traffic anywhere near the major cities.I expect to relocate sometime next year after early retirement. It would be nice to spend summers in the northeast and winters in Florida and somewhere where a box of oatmeal doesn't cost $6.00.
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RE: Best Place to retire and ride?
I went to Scottsdale Az. for 11 days a few years back, I always thought it would be a great place to have a bike. Florida would be nice, I grew up on the Gulf Coast. NC is pretty good. I am hoping to do the Blueridge Parkway and Deals Gap this summer, maybe stay at Lake Lure . Hawaii sounds great, never been there.
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RE: Best Place to retire and ride?
Bullhead City, Az! Already have the house on the Colorado River just waiting for wife to bail out. Year round riding, and unlike Florida or most of the south, it rarely rains there! Taxes are much lower than California, Nevada and casinos are just across the water in Laughlin Nv. More golf courses than I know what to to with, 3 hour ride to the Grand Canyon. Want desert riding, go South-east. Want mountain and pines, North-east. Las Vegas is 80 miles north! Summer heat of the day, Seadoos on the river, motorcycles evening and morning....gotta love it!
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From: Tucson, Az
RE: Best Place to retire and ride?
When my wife and I retired back in '90 we travelled the country in our motorhome trying to decide where we wanted to live when "we grew up"! We settled on Tucson where riding is year round. We have heat in the summer but few, if any bugs and certainly no humidity. Plenty of wide open spaces. Only 13% of the land in Arizona is privately owned. The rest is all state and or federal.