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We live on an Indian reservation. But white people buy houses and live here all the time. One thing I don't like though, the Indians tell you when you can burn and you need to get a burn permit from them. We can only burn certain times of the year.
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Everywhere I know, the City or the County does that. We can burn in April and November, when it rains, LOL
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Great thread. My husband and I discuss this often.

OP, which state did you decide on, if you don't mind sharing?
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I am not OP ... but I am thinking of Puerto Rico once the bankruptcy gets cleared up and it starts being gentrified and rebuilt.
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If you like the idea of being surrounded by lazy, entitled, talentless brown losers who can't speak English and hate you for being better than they will ever be, consider Detroit, or San Antonio.
 Quoting: The Comedian :D


Detroit's fucking freezing.

San Antonio is hot as fucking hell.

The people don't matter. I never interact with them anyway.
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They problem is, they like interacting with you, especially if there are more of them then there are of you. They also like interacting with your stuff, especially if you aren't home.

Consider Costa Rica, MUCH superior to Puerto Rico.
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Great thread. My husband and I discuss this often.

OP, which state did you decide on, if you don't mind sharing?
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Wyoming.
 Quoting: SilverPatriot



I had a feeling! Wyoming is at the top of our list. We've never been there (we have been overseas for more than a decade), but so far it is meeting our requirements (on paper). Thanks for answering my question, and best of luck to you.
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I'll be going thru this with my wife in 3 yrs.....we want to retire to NC and we don't want to be in a city....definitely want some acreage around me....we plan to go to NC to look around and use local info in narrowing down our choices...
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We have our free and clear title to our small ranch that we will build our retirement home on soon.There are no covenants or other BS associated with the property it is ours free and clear do hope others do their homework.
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LOL no real estate taxation ?

TX is fubab even in small communities due to the morons and their palatial schools, "jumbotron" for the football field on and on--no escaping that and then their bs on a cap on taxes when 65 ? yeah,you cap EXACTLY WHAT and what level ?
i own the property, zoned AG and business,am well out beyond city limits, get fugh all from the municipality etc etc and can just MAKE THE TAX BILL this year.
there should be some kind of deal and relief for everyone in this zipcode as tourism is king, sales tax,beverage tax,room tax on and renders PLENTY FOR THE STATE.
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Distilling water is a Gotta Do. The benzines, chlorazines, lead content, and bombardment by Nuclear waste is inexorable, not to mention the one thousand and 1 other ZINES leaching into the above, and underground water sources.
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I didn't think you could get rid of radiation in water by distilling it??
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We have our free and clear title to our small ranch that we will build our retirement home on soon.There are no covenants or other BS associated with the property it is ours free and clear do hope others do their homework.
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LOL no real estate taxation ?

TX is fubab even in small communities due to the morons and their palatial schools, "jumbotron" for the football field on and on--no escaping that and then their bs on a cap on taxes when 65 ? yeah,you cap EXACTLY WHAT and what level ?
i own the property, zoned AG and business,am well out beyond city limits, get fugh all from the municipality etc etc and can just MAKE THE TAX BILL this year.
there should be some kind of deal and relief for everyone in this zipcode as tourism is king, sales tax,beverage tax,room tax on and renders PLENTY FOR THE STATE.
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If you do not understand, ASK do not be such an arrogant butthole we recently purchased the property paid in full and the title is ours free and clear and never mentioned property taxes.
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Just take any ranch you want in Nevada. If the cowboy refuses to vacate tell them you are a friend of Harry & Corey Reid and shoot him in the back.

If your plans don't work out just sell it to the Chinese and whatever you do, don't forget to give Reid his cut.
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Good stuff. Conservation easements are part of the Agenda 21 campaign.
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When I settled on a hilltop near SE Arkansas, a local stopped by to welcome me saying "welcome to Paradise". 12 years later and now I know he was right!
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Actually it was NW MS. & now you know the rest of the story....................................
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Get far enough away from Memphis and you're good to go.
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highland and bath county va. good land lots of rivers and lowest ppopulation density east of the mississippi river. no mining or fracking.
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Floyd county, Virginia is a fabulous retirement area too. Awesome, quirky, rural area with open acreage & lots of water. Healthcare is a drive though- Roanoke for options Raleigh/Durham- Charlottesville or Richmond for a lot of specialty care.
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I wouldn't buy mine further than 20 miles from a hospital when I was looking
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Unfortunately people do not take this into consideration good point. Or they will build a 2 story house with steep terraced steps on the verge of retirement and then within a decade they are forced to move again because the house doesn't fit their health conditions.

If you are going to build a place to stay the rest of you life make sure you can stay there the rest of your life!

But yes, to enter into a federal lease I wouldn't do it, nor an HOA, or any sort of encumbrance that is legally disputable by a 2nd party like a fee, due, mineral/water right, easement, shared driveway access, anything no matter how remote the possibility of dispute.
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I wouldn't buy mine further than 20 miles from a hospital when I was looking
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Unfortunately people do not take this into consideration good point. Or they will build a 2 story house with steep terraced steps on the verge of retirement and then within a decade they are forced to move again because the house doesn't fit their health conditions.

If you are going to build a place to stay the rest of you life make sure you can stay there the rest of your life!

But yes, to enter into a federal lease I wouldn't do it, nor an HOA, or any sort of encumbrance that is legally disputable by a 2nd party like a fee, due, mineral/water right, easement, shared driveway access, anything no matter how remote the possibility of dispute.
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Many people do not consider weather conditions or area hazards such as sinkholes, mudslides, tornados or if the area is in a flood zone and water availability. Weather did not faze us as we are building a dome home that will retain heat in the winter and coolness in the summer but everything else was researched.
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I'm still trying to understand your original premise. Are you saying "Don't buy near Federal lands" or "Don't buy Federal land"? Your first sentence is kind of vaguely worded.

I recently bought a property in northern Idaho that is near hundreds of square miles of Federal and State wilderness, but I own the house and land outright. Are you saying this is unwise?

Can you be more detailed about what the problem is or could be?

I am surrounded by mountains, timber, wildlife, rivers and streams, and self sufficient neighbors, 12 minutes from hospital, six minutes from supermarket. I looked for four years for just the right spot. So I am very interested in what you have to say; I just can't figure out what your warning is.
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You can't buy federal land, you lease it, usually for 99 years. Buying next to federal land is a great idea, you wont have close neighbors. Most federal lands are reserved for nature and no building is allowed.
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Thanks for the clarification.
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I'm still trying to understand your original premise. Are you saying "Don't buy near Federal lands" or "Don't buy Federal land"? Your first sentence is kind of vaguely worded.

I recently bought a property in northern Idaho that is near hundreds of square miles of Federal and State wilderness, but I own the house and land outright. Are you saying this is unwise?

Can you be more detailed about what the problem is or could be?

I am surrounded by mountains, timber, wildlife, rivers and streams, and self sufficient neighbors, 12 minutes from hospital, six minutes from supermarket. I looked for four years for just the right spot. So I am very interested in what you have to say; I just can't figure out what your warning is.
 Quoting: Windsage


You can't buy federal land, you lease it, usually for 99 years. Buying next to federal land is a great idea, you wont have close neighbors. Most federal lands are reserved for nature and no building is allowed.
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Thanks for the clarification.
 Quoting: Windsage nli 75920561


If you want to have an idea of federal lands try the below link and know you can rent the acreage but the government owns the land and it would not be wise to build upon rented land.

Federal lands must be researched as upon close inspection the land might be broken into squares like a checkerboard of public freely owned land and BLM land

Other states fall under Conservation Easements meaning you cannot do as you wish with the land.

Make sure the land you wish to purchase is free of covenants and restrictions otherwise the land is not yours.

Printable Maps - Federal Lands
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What are Conservation Easements
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vation/conservation-easements/what-are-conservation-easements​.xml

The National Conservation Easement Database
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Great thread. My husband and I discuss this often.

OP, which state did you decide on, if you don't mind sharing?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68503633


I am not OP ... but I am thinking of Puerto Rico once the bankruptcy gets cleared up and it starts being gentrified and rebuilt.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75369973


If you like the idea of being surrounded by lazy, entitled, talentless brown losers who can't speak English and hate you for being better than they will ever be, consider Detroit, or San Antonio.
 Quoting: The Comedian :D


Weather, beaches ...

The point is, the lazy and useless are being forced to give up and move. The place has to be cleansed first, and they are hanging on desperately, but how can they stay forever? They'll give up and go to Orlando, which has no natural advantages and just generally sucks, leaving their beautiful island for stronger hands to move in.

If it doesn't start happening, I just won't go there. Easy.
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highland and bath county va. good land lots of rivers and lowest ppopulation density east of the mississippi river. no mining or fracking.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71546118


Floyd county, Virginia is a fabulous retirement area too. Awesome, quirky, rural area with open acreage & lots of water. Healthcare is a drive though- Roanoke for options Raleigh/Durham- Charlottesville or Richmond for a lot of specialty care.
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I think I like that idea better than the very mountainous terrain. A little warmer too.
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Great thread. My husband and I discuss this often.

OP, which state did you decide on, if you don't mind sharing?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68503633


I am not OP ... but I am thinking of Puerto Rico once the bankruptcy gets cleared up and it starts being gentrified and rebuilt.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75369973


If you like the idea of being surrounded by lazy, entitled, talentless brown losers who can't speak English and hate you for being better than they will ever be, consider Detroit, or San Antonio.
 Quoting: The Comedian :D


Weather, beaches ...

The point is, the lazy and useless are being forced to give up and move. The place has to be cleansed first, and they are hanging on desperately, but how can they stay forever? They'll give up and go to Orlando, which has no natural advantages and just generally sucks, leaving their beautiful island for stronger hands to move in.

If it doesn't start happening, I just won't go there. Easy.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75369973


Are you suggesting older people give up and move to Florida some might others will not and will seek better places to live?

If you want to talk about weak people think of all the government dependent people who live in cities prone to catastrophic weather conditions and even after a hurricane floods them out they wait with greedy outstretched hands to build or live in the same areas.
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I am not OP ... but I am thinking of Puerto Rico once the bankruptcy gets cleared up and it starts being gentrified and rebuilt.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75369973


If you like the idea of being surrounded by lazy, entitled, talentless brown losers who can't speak English and hate you for being better than they will ever be, consider Detroit, or San Antonio.
 Quoting: The Comedian :D


Weather, beaches ...

The point is, the lazy and useless are being forced to give up and move. The place has to be cleansed first, and they are hanging on desperately, but how can they stay forever? They'll give up and go to Orlando, which has no natural advantages and just generally sucks, leaving their beautiful island for stronger hands to move in.

If it doesn't start happening, I just won't go there. Easy.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75369973


Are you suggesting older people give up and move to Florida some might others will not and will seek better places to live?

If you want to talk about weak people think of all the government dependent people who live in cities prone to catastrophic weather conditions and even after a hurricane floods them out they wait with greedy outstretched hands to build or live in the same areas.
 Quoting: SilverPatriot


I suppose some hardy souls will stay through the difficult days in Puerto Rico. Those would be, then, hardy souls who can be good contributors to a revised economy. Frontier spirit there.

This is not about proving who is better than whom. Although generally Puerto Ricans have a nasty reputation, not unearned. Did you see all the aid after the hurricane that wasn't distributed, or that was distributed and then put in the trash, and then many of them continued to complain and insult Trump? F them.
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I am not OP ... but I am thinking of Puerto Rico once the bankruptcy gets cleared up and it starts being gentrified and rebuilt.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75369973


If you like the idea of being surrounded by lazy, entitled, talentless brown losers who can't speak English and hate you for being better than they will ever be, consider Detroit, or San Antonio.
 Quoting: The Comedian :D


Weather, beaches ...

The point is, the lazy and useless are being forced to give up and move. The place has to be cleansed first, and they are hanging on desperately, but how can they stay forever? They'll give up and go to Orlando, which has no natural advantages and just generally sucks, leaving their beautiful island for stronger hands to move in.

If it doesn't start happening, I just won't go there. Easy.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75369973


Are you suggesting older people give up and move to Florida some might others will not and will seek better places to live?

If you want to talk about weak people think of all the government dependent people who live in cities prone to catastrophic weather conditions and even after a hurricane floods them out they wait with greedy outstretched hands to build or live in the same areas.
 Quoting: SilverPatriot


Granted leftists expect the government to pay for their shortsightedness and to provide a living for them we see this especially in cities and after catastrophes.

My question is does this self-entitled attitude allow people to live or rebuild in an area where another hurricane of the same magnitude could hit again in 10 years or even just next year.

Regardless as to how aesthetically pleasing the views might be from any location why would you build a home in such areas prone to periodic catastrophic area. Further, why would you not properly insure your investment instead of believing the government owes you for your poor decisions?
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Flooding is mostly an issue with the Houston storm. I don't hear much about flooding from FL or PR. That's more wind damage.

PR is not a bad place to build. It's an expensive place to live, all considered, because everything from the mainland has to be shipped there. If we have to support poor economically unproductive people, we should be doing that on the mainland where it costs us less.

Living on such an island is a luxury, and rebuilding it in place is also a luxury. We shouldn't pay whatever it takes. We should invite those who cannot stay there to leave and be helped on the mainland, clear the debt thru bankruptcy, and then without any further encouragement those strong enough will be attracted back by their own interest and ideas, to build a new and much better Puerto Rico with their own money and energy, the same way things are built everywhere else.
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If you like the idea of being surrounded by lazy, entitled, talentless brown losers who can't speak English and hate you for being better than they will ever be, consider Detroit, or San Antonio.
 Quoting: The Comedian :D


Weather, beaches ...

The point is, the lazy and useless are being forced to give up and move. The place has to be cleansed first, and they are hanging on desperately, but how can they stay forever? They'll give up and go to Orlando, which has no natural advantages and just generally sucks, leaving their beautiful island for stronger hands to move in.

If it doesn't start happening, I just won't go there. Easy.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75369973


Are you suggesting older people give up and move to Florida some might others will not and will seek better places to live?

If you want to talk about weak people think of all the government dependent people who live in cities prone to catastrophic weather conditions and even after a hurricane floods them out they wait with greedy outstretched hands to build or live in the same areas.
 Quoting: SilverPatriot


Granted leftists expect the government to pay for their shortsightedness and to provide a living for them we see this especially in cities and after catastrophes.

My question is does this self-entitled attitude allow people to live or rebuild in an area where another hurricane of the same magnitude could hit again in 10 years or even just next year.

Regardless as to how aesthetically pleasing the views might be from any location why would you build a home in such areas prone to periodic catastrophic area. Further, why would you not properly insure your investment instead of believing the government owes you for your poor decisions?
 Quoting: SilverPatriot


What about those of us living in aesthetically pleasing locales who are properly insured and were prepared for the storms we encountered? Why should anyone else care if I chose to rebuild with my insurance $, trust me I've already paid it all. We've exp one major hurricane in 10 yrs in Fla; we went through multiple in NC in four years, including Floyd that flooded everything around us. Our insurance premiums were nothing in NC. In AZ we had earthquakes hit that caused damage, in Cali, wildfires every year, mudslides and earthquakes. Every area has potential for natural disasters. Have a family member who's an insurance agent in inland Va- they've experienced earthquakes, serious wind storms, fires, floods and winter storm damage. People repeatedly buy only the bare minimum insurance while those of us who may see a hurricane once every 10 yrs and have homes built to the highest standards in the country pay astronomically just to get coverage. Why don't we say the same thing about folks who live in Tornado Alley? Along any of the rivers in the US?
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Weather, beaches ...

The point is, the lazy and useless are being forced to give up and move. The place has to be cleansed first, and they are hanging on desperately, but how can they stay forever? They'll give up and go to Orlando, which has no natural advantages and just generally sucks, leaving their beautiful island for stronger hands to move in.

If it doesn't start happening, I just won't go there. Easy.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75369973


Are you suggesting older people give up and move to Florida some might others will not and will seek better places to live?

If you want to talk about weak people think of all the government dependent people who live in cities prone to catastrophic weather conditions and even after a hurricane floods them out they wait with greedy outstretched hands to build or live in the same areas.
 Quoting: SilverPatriot


Granted leftists expect the government to pay for their shortsightedness and to provide a living for them we see this especially in cities and after catastrophes.

My question is does this self-entitled attitude allow people to live or rebuild in an area where another hurricane of the same magnitude could hit again in 10 years or even just next year.

Regardless as to how aesthetically pleasing the views might be from any location why would you build a home in such areas prone to periodic catastrophic area. Further, why would you not properly insure your investment instead of believing the government owes you for your poor decisions?
 Quoting: SilverPatriot


What about those of us living in aesthetically pleasing locales who are properly insured and were prepared for the storms we encountered? Why should anyone else care if I chose to rebuild with my insurance $, trust me I've already paid it all. We've exp one major hurricane in 10 yrs in Fla; we went through multiple in NC in four years, including Floyd that flooded everything around us. Our insurance premiums were nothing in NC. In AZ we had earthquakes hit that caused damage, in Cali, wildfires every year, mudslides and earthquakes. Every area has potential for natural disasters. Have a family member who's an insurance agent in inland Va- they've experienced earthquakes, serious wind storms, fires, floods and winter storm damage. People repeatedly buy only the bare minimum insurance while those of us who may see a hurricane once every 10 yrs and have homes built to the highest standards in the country pay astronomically just to get coverage. Why don't we say the same thing about folks who live in Tornado Alley? Along any of the rivers in the US?
 Quoting: ThereRMeds4That


If you are willing to pay the insurance premiums to live in dangerous areas then that is your prerogative.

Sometimes you do not have a choice in living in a particular state you can often diminish threats by choosing a location carefully.

Many people do not consider weather conditions or area hazards such as sinkholes, mudslides, tornados or if the area is in a flood zone and water availability. Weather did not faze us as we are building a dome home that will retain heat in the winter and coolness in the summer and stand up to winds.

There are many statistics concerning these threats that we took advantage of when looking for a place to retire, as we did not wish to place ourselves needlessly in harms way regardless of paying homeowners insurance.
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Flooding is mostly an issue with the Houston storm. I don't hear much about flooding from FL or PR. That's more wind damage.

PR is not a bad place to build. It's an expensive place to live, all considered, because everything from the mainland has to be shipped there. If we have to support poor economically unproductive people, we should be doing that on the mainland where it costs us less.

Living on such an island is a luxury, and rebuilding it in place is also a luxury. We shouldn't pay whatever it takes. We should invite those who cannot stay there to leave and be helped on the mainland, clear the debt thru bankruptcy, and then without any further encouragement those strong enough will be attracted back by their own interest and ideas, to build a new and much better Puerto Rico with their own money and energy, the same way things are built everywhere else.
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Flooding was indded an issue:

Puerto Rico braces for MORE flooding as Maria heads toward East Coast: Hurricane set to unleash up to 38 inches of rain on decimated island - after dumping 35 inches last night
[link to www.dailymail.co.uk]

A failing Puerto Rican dam is forcing 70,000 people to evacuate
[link to www.businessinsider.com]

USA – Hurricane Irma Causes Major Flooding in Northern Florida
[link to floodlist.com]
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I am not OP ... but I am thinking of Puerto Rico once the bankruptcy gets cleared up and it starts being gentrified and rebuilt.
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If you like the idea of being surrounded by lazy, entitled, talentless brown losers who can't speak English and hate you for being better than they will ever be, consider Detroit, or San Antonio.
 Quoting: The Comedian :D


Detroit's fucking freezing.

San Antonio is hot as fucking hell.

The people don't matter. I never interact with them anyway.
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They problem is, they like interacting with you, especially if there are more of them then there are of you. They also like interacting with your stuff, especially if you aren't home.

Consider Costa Rica, MUCH superior to Puerto Rico.
 Quoting: The Comedian :D


Costa Rica is pretty expensive and it's outside US jurisdiction, which I consider somewhat of a risk.

Nicaragua has a bad sound because we remember the Sandinistas, but that was 20-30 years ago. Daniel Ortega is a fat and happy capitalist now. Someone living down there said the American retire to CR instead of getting much more for their money in Nica is that they have chronic medical conditions and need all the western doctors. Fine if that's the situation.

But so far I don't have such problems. My other retirement thought is Nicaragua. Leon looks like a nice town, driving distance to good beaches, and lots of universities.
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Re: Remote retirement or residential home areas how do you choose your areas to reside
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I am not OP ... but I am thinking of Puerto Rico once the bankruptcy gets cleared up and it starts being gentrified and rebuilt.
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If you like the idea of being surrounded by lazy, entitled, talentless brown losers who can't speak English and hate you for being better than they will ever be, consider Detroit, or San Antonio.
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Detroit's fucking freezing.

San Antonio is hot as fucking hell.

The people don't matter. I never interact with them anyway.
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They problem is, they like interacting with you, especially if there are more of them then there are of you. They also like interacting with your stuff, especially if you aren't home.

Consider Costa Rica, MUCH superior to Puerto Rico.
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Costa Rica is pretty expensive and it's outside US jurisdiction, which I consider somewhat of a risk.

Nicaragua has a bad sound because we remember the Sandinistas, but that was 20-30 years ago. Daniel Ortega is a fat and happy capitalist now. Someone living down there said the American retire to CR instead of getting much more for their money in Nica is that they have chronic medical conditions and need all the western doctors. Fine if that's the situation.

But so far I don't have such problems. My other retirement thought is Nicaragua. Leon looks like a nice town, driving distance to good beaches, and lots of universities.
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12/03/2017 09:51 PM
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If you like the idea of being surrounded by lazy, entitled, talentless brown losers who can't speak English and hate you for being better than they will ever be, consider Detroit, or San Antonio.
 Quoting: The Comedian :D


Detroit's fucking freezing.

San Antonio is hot as fucking hell.

The people don't matter. I never interact with them anyway.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 65507848


They problem is, they like interacting with you, especially if there are more of them then there are of you. They also like interacting with your stuff, especially if you aren't home.

Consider Costa Rica, MUCH superior to Puerto Rico.
 Quoting: The Comedian :D


Costa Rica is pretty expensive and it's outside US jurisdiction, which I consider somewhat of a risk.

Nicaragua has a bad sound because we remember the Sandinistas, but that was 20-30 years ago. Daniel Ortega is a fat and happy capitalist now. Someone living down there said the American retire to CR instead of getting much more for their money in Nica is that they have chronic medical conditions and need all the western doctors. Fine if that's the situation.

But so far I don't have such problems. My other retirement thought is Nicaragua. Leon looks like a nice town, driving distance to good beaches, and lots of universities.
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I couldn't stand the Nicaraguans, except through my front sight.
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12/03/2017 10:17 PM

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Re: Remote retirement or residential home areas how do you choose your areas to reside
Come to guatamala , lake atitlan
It's like hotel California

Surrounded by 7 volcanos, mountains
Palm trees

Can't forget about the pyramids

Any kind of drug if that's what you're into

Smoking joes bbq

What ever you need or want is only a boat drive away





GLP