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Old 02-22-2019, 09:15 AM   #1
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My CA Problem

I live in Albuquerque because we have a business here. All our kids/grand kids live in CA (Orange County, Santa Barbara and near Sacramento). We are about to sell the business. DW, of course, wants to be reasonably close to the kids. I hate everything about CA except the weather. Most of all I don't want to go broke paying the high taxes of the rapidly deteriorating economy there. DW feels the need to have a home base. Need some wise advice on how to mitigate this problem.
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Old 02-22-2019, 09:28 AM   #2
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how about Yuma or Lake Havasu or Kingman AZ? Not the biggest cities or nicest, perhaps, but 4 hours from the coast. Low income taxes and property taxes.

I don't know about Nevada - Vegas and Reno wouldn't be too far to drive.
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I would say you are screwed. I live in between Sac and OC. You are right about life in CA. Living anywhere decent is overpriced. Living in the central valley is unhealthy and overrun with those that are paid not to work. Social security is not taxed but is made up for in other ways. My 5 year old 2014 Ram dmv renewal is $679 plus smog checks. The monty is $524. Fuel is notoriously high and we are not told where the taxes on it goes. There's more but... And don't even talk about the politics here.

We are looking for a way out of here. AZ and NV are on the short list. I would still like to rv the sierras and coast and see kids on occasion.

Good luck. Sometimes a guy has to choose between being married or happy
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Don’t come to Ca to retire, the places mentioned are very economical and close.
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Cant wait for the wife to retire so we can GTFO of California. I guess if you have the money its fine...Montana Man is right the politics UGH....
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As mentioned California is NOT retirement friendly. Only come if you want to give up half retirement, well maybe not half but a big chunk. Born and raised in foothills of the Sierras. Sad to see what California is becoming. We left a year ago.
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Find a place in AZ or NV for your S&B and then use you rig to spend time in CA.
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Old 02-22-2019, 04:27 PM   #8
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Thank you everyone. Can anyone give me info about the Reno area? I do know that the last time I drove over Donner Pass on the 80 the road was incredibly chewed up from the truck chains needed thru the winters. Winters are tough there but summers in the Lake Havasu area of AZ are tough. Good grief, if the kids had just picked a sane place to live and work my old age would be happier.
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Thank you everyone. Can anyone give me info about the Reno area? I do know that the last time I drove over Donner Pass on the 80 the road was incredibly chewed up from the truck chains needed thru the winters. Winters are tough there but summers in the Lake Havasu area of AZ are tough. Good grief, if the kids had just picked a sane place to live and work my old age would be happier.
We live in Idaho, and our kids are all in the central valley. We go back and forth often, not a bad ride.
IF I were to change, I would look at the Fernley Nevada area. Just east of Reno, priced better, and less than 3 hours to Sac.

Yes 80 is rough, but is is not like you will be on it daily..
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Yes, Fernley is nice. Also, every time I travel through Gardnerville, I think, "this would be a nice place to live"....
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Yes, Fernley is nice. Also, every time I travel through Gardnerville, I think, "this would be a nice place to live"....

Fernley has cheaper housing and is more of a satellite community for folks who can't afford the Reno/Sparks area. It has a lot of warehousing due to it proximity to I-80.



Gardnerville/Minden is nice (I'm biased). It's definitely nicer than Fernley, but housing prices are higher. If you want that California feeling there is an In-N-Out burger at the north end of the valley.
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Google Sperlings. They rate just about every town. Also Accuweather. They have a good way of reviewing past temperatures everyday. Also give Carson City a look.
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We solved our CA problem, re-established our domicile to South Dakota and now travel where the weather is good, travel through CA a couple times a year to visit family, then keep on going. Don't want to hassle with drivers licenses, taxes, and all the other wasteful things going on there. We are in AZ right now, were in NV before this, and heading for TX in a month or so. It's a tough life, but some of us have to do it
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Old 02-27-2019, 01:49 PM   #14
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Also give Carson City a look.

Carson and the surrounding communities are quiet and large enough now that you don't have to travel to Reno for shopping like 20-30 years ago. It's only a 20 minute drive to Reno from Carson with the completion of the I-580 freeway. I live about 15 minutes southeast of Carson in the and we have 350Mbps internet if you need bandwidth above dial-up.



You do get all four seasons here.



It's about 6-7 hours to the SoCal (LA area) via Hwy395.



I'd stay out of Reno. It's turning into LA with the traffic and overcrowding. I hate having to go there.
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I want to leave here so bad but the wife can't seem to get the idea. We could live anywhere else so much better. We have kids here but we could blow in once a year which is more than they visit us now.
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Was reluctant to tell the DW about the idea of not moving near the kids. Had her read this last night and thanks to things like "your screwed" and the vehicle registration costs (just paid about $250 here, NM, for a SUV, my F250 AND the Monty) she is now on board with the "Travel / Drop-In Method" of family relations. This is not a joint property state but you guys saved my butt THANKS,
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Old 02-23-2019, 10:49 AM   #17
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The solution to the problem: when the business sells we are going to do a 360 and get the hell out of here (keep this SB as home base) and follow the travel advice given by all above. Now if I can just stop paying attention to domestic politics all will be well.
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The solution to the problem: when the business sells we are going to do a 360 and get the hell out of here (keep this SB as home base) and follow the travel advice given by all above. Now if I can just stop paying attention to domestic politics all will be well.

What type of business do you have?
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The solution to the problem: when the business sells we are going to do a 360 and get the hell out of here (keep this SB as home base) and follow the travel advice given by all above. Now if I can just stop paying attention to domestic politics all will be well.
I'd take a look at the Reno - Carson City area. Beautiful country and inexpensive. Within 3 hours of Sacramento. My wife and I enjoy going there multiple times during the year: Reno Air Races, Hot August Nights, Street Vibrations....
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I'd take a look at the Reno - Carson City area. Beautiful country and inexpensive. Within 3 hours of Sacramento. My wife and I enjoy going there multiple times during the year: Reno Air Races, Hot August Nights, Street Vibrations....
I am a life long Californian and watched the State degrade steadily over the years. I agree with all comments previously stated. We live in the last best part of California but worried the taxes and politics will get even worse.
Only problem with Northern NV is that winter travel into CA is never guaranteed.
CA is lost - too many people, too much traffic, fools making decisions - let's just leave it at that.
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