I Quit! Left the toxic PNW...

[SunTzu]

been looking at kentucky or tenessee. It'll take a few yrs to make it happen because I own brick and mortar biz in Camas, Wa (closed oregon location a yr ago).
Born & raised up near zigzag (eagle creek) but it's become a california annex at this point.
Breathe the free air my friend.

 

[Twind808]

Well, here I am in Indiana for the last 2 weeks. I have to admit that I enjoyed being an outlaw when I drove across Illinois with a truck load of guns and 20K rounds of ammo. It's a permanent move, even though I hung on to my Oregon property. My wife is loving her new job running a statewide program for one of the medical schools. Among the perks of living here:

1) Constitutional Carry
2) No BGC on private gun sales
3) Nearly everyone here likes guns
4) Red state conservative political atmosphere
5) Schools are not indoctrinating my kids
6) Virtually no homeless
7) Almost no graffiti
8) Nobody cares about your pronouns
9) Green haired people are damn few and far between
10) Damn few sh*tbox Subarus covered in leftist stickers and driven by angry, mean faced, clipped haired women at 15 mph
11) Statewide school vouchers
12) No DEQ except the two counties bordering Chicago
13) They still have sit down restaurants here
14) Costco, Home Depot, and dozens of decent restaurants are within 5 minutes of my house
15) $3 gasoline
16) Reasonable speed limits
17) 50% lower real estate prices

I've been involved in open wheel, paved oval track racing since I was 14 years old. I now live 2 miles from Indianapolis Raceway Park, and 5 miles from Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I had breakfast the other day at Charlie Brown's, a stone's throw from IMS and a legendary racer's hangout. So far, so good. When I take the oldest kid to her charter prep school each morning I pass by the Turn 2 grandstands at IMS. Looking forward to next Memorial day...and to being able to actually buy and sell some firearms privately without losing 20% to dealers and BCGs.

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good for you!! i agree, oregon is a giant craphole the same goes for washington state. i will be leaving this craphole of a state too very soon. cant stand the people here.

it would have been best if you didnt mention where you moved too. you dont want any transplants moving there and ruining that state too.

 

[mkwerx]

Well said @mkwerx!!!
This is also my mentality of the last 30+ years in western Washington.
I have weighed my choices to stay for my daughter & grandchildren, god knows we love em dearly, always will. They will have an open ticket plus $1,000 for expenses for each visit.
Our decision to retire in Florida (where we met and wed) is multi faceted, cold and painful wet weather is rough on my body, of course the stifling communist regime here and to again be near family and old best friends we've been away from it seems, a lifetime.
Mind you, I'm not from here so I do not consider myself a quitter but I do encourage all those that are native born to stand up and take back what is rightfully yours!

So elated that life is good for you and your wife in your new place @ZigZagZeke

Sorry for the thread drift (not really)…

While I'm sure you'll miss kokanee fishing, the bass fishing is lights out down there, as is the saltwater. Just remember to stake your tent down so the hurricanes don't blow you away

My wife's younger sister moved to Houston a few years ago and is making a solid six figures. She lives in Jersey City, but we were thinking about someplace outside of Harris County. We looked at Katy and Waller, but are leaning towards Montgomery County.

There is so much new construction all over that the choices seem endless. I need to watch the property taxes for when we eventually retire.

I have at least 12 more months in Oregon. I can have my oldest son take over payments on our house here and eventually buy it outright. The Texas home location and size will depend on how many family members are going to live there. Just us, us and her sister's family and may include my elderly parents. Yeah, it is going to take me a year to figure it out.

Montgomery County is where we're at, we're about 1000 feet or so from the Montgomery / Waller County line just outside of Magnolia. This sleepy little town is going thru a construction boom - so much so that most construction was suspended as the water supply from the city can't keep up. City says they have to drill 6 new wells and install water towers to meet the demand. They're also doing a massive highway project - basically turning a 2 lane farm road into a 5 lane highway from I-45 to Hwy 290. New "master planned" communities going up, and per a new paper article a cpl years back - they said 22,000 new homes were approved to be built in and immediately around Magnolia, which when we got here was a town of 10,000 in the city limits with 100,000 in the Magnolia ZIP codes.

I wouldn't have bought our house here, if I knew of the construction plans before, as we wanted to be away from all the traffic and people, but the traffic and people are coming to us anyway. The upshot for those wanting to sell is the property values are going up. The downside for those of us staying right now, the property values are going up. There are a lot of older, established communities that have larger plots, or if you're really baller, some of the high dollar stuff is going in as well - 2-10acre plots in those places whereas the cookie cutter crap is on 1/4 acre with cookie cutter 2k sq foot places.

Montgomery County does have overall better county services (better funding for the roads, law enforcement, etc) so we've got fewer potholes and more cops than Waller County, but Waller County has some real gems for neighborhoods, property taxes are comparable to MOCO (both lower than Harris County) and I've seen properties for a little more reasonable prices in Waller County. It too, is seeing a bit of a construction boom though especially near Highway 290.

Katy has the benefit of being in 3 counties - Waller, Fort Bend, and Harris County (last isn't so beneficial, but I digress) and its centrally located to a lot of stuff on the west side of the whole Houston Metro. The Woodlands is a very nice area if you find a place you like, and can afford. Jersey Village isn't a bad area, aside from it being entirely urban, and entirely surrounded by Houston, and it sits solidly in Harris County.

The city of Montgomery is a quaint little town, but also growing and its situated so you can hit Navasota or College Station really easy, and you're within 30 minutes of just about anything you may need. There's also a bunch of good gun shops close by, including Big Tex Ordnance which has a very nice range.

 

[Caveman Jim]

While I'm sure you'll miss kokanee fishing, the bass fishing is lights out down there, as is the saltwater. Just remember to stake your tent down so the hurricanes don't blow you away

I'll be coming back to visit family and for my fishing addiction and will be chasing the crappie and catfish in Wrights creek.
I live through hurricane Camille back in 69, I think I'll be OK.
At least I'll be in a free state with a warmer climate.

 

[Capn Jack]

"Different strokes for different folks"

Personally, my gills tend to dry out if I get too far from the salt chuck.

 

[2ndtimer]

I'll be coming back to visit family and for my fishing addiction and will be chasing the crappie and catfish in Wrights creek.
I live through hurricane Camille back in 69, I think I'll be OK.
At least I'll be in a free state with a warmer climate.

Sorry to hear of your intended move (Florida!? Do you really need to be that far from Governor Ferguson?). But, I sympathize. If I could talk Susie into it (and moving wasn't such a pain), I would be looking at Idaho, Montana or Wyoming. Just that it is tough with all three of our sons within 10 miles of us and after 41 years here in the "right side" of Washington, it would be hard to leave our friends and church. It just pains me to have the "worst side" of the state dictate how we can be denied our rights under the U.S. Constitution.

 

[Capn Jack]

Too bad States don't have their own, "Electoral Collage". Each county would have a vote. That way population centers wouldn't be calling all of the shots.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Sorry to hear of your intended move (Florida!? Do you really need to be that far from Governor Ferguson?). But, I sympathize. If I could talk Susie into it (and moving wasn't such a pain), I would be looking at Idaho, Montana or Wyoming. Just that it is tough with all three of our sons within 10 miles of us and after 41 years here in the "right side" of Washington, it would be hard to leave our friends and church. It just pains me to have the "worst side" of the state dictate how we can be denied our rights under the U.S. Constitution.

I hate the communists here but the main reason for leaving is my health, cold and wet is bad for my aching bones.
We have 3 grandchildren up here but like I said, we'll visit often in the warmer seasons.