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We got tired of the heartburn every day after the Dems got hold of Oregon. We made and raised 6 kids in Coos. We both served the underbelly of the beast for 30+ years. Don't know how to say it. I will always love and miss Oregon. But Oregon went too far left and we don't like constantly being threatened about what K8 will take next. We are an hour away from anything called civilization or services. Thank goodness Helena has a Costco and Winco. If BLM gets this far out and they trip the wires the suburbs will already have fallen. We bumped into a place with everything we need at this point. Don't come here. The wind blows hard. It gets really cold. The mosquitos are bad.

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Unbelievably, some of them had never been outside the state.

I've lived in different parts of the US. Have been on active duty in the US Army in foreign places. My parents liked to travel when I was growing up. So I've been around, seen many different places.

Yet as you say, I've met people who've never traveled outside the state of their birth, much less lived outside it. Hard as it is to believe, some of these have expressed notions that gave me the impression that they thought the rest of the country was just like where they grew up. When I lived in so. California decades ago, I knew many white sons of the Golden West who'd never been out of Calif. and thought the rest of the country was just like Calif. As big a place as it was, in some ways it was an isolated pocket. I imagine it's not that way any longer, with many immigrants having come in from somewhere else. Funny thing, those white sons of the Golden West were largely children of people from somewhere else, internal migrants from eastern states.
 
My girlfriend grew up in Southern California, then got married and lived in Las Vegas for a couple of years, got divorced and moved to Idaho with her family. When I met her, she had never been anywhere except a straight line from California to Idaho.

We were making plans the other day to go stay at the Lochsa Lodge next month near the Montana border. She said she wanted to go into Missoula for lunch since she's never been to Montana. That just blew me away. The thought that someone in their 40's had spent their entire life in just three states was unimaginable.

I grew up fairly poor, so our family vacations were spent cramped in a `74 Dodge pickup with a camper on the back with 3 siblings, but we drove all over the Western US and camped. Then I joined the military and saw the world. There are a lot of places I'd like to see, still.

I remember stories my mom told about her dirt poor family and how most never left the COUNTY, never mind the state.
 
He said to assume you want to stay in Oregon.........
Captain Obvious!
And you may know the old joke about the word "assume."
I started asking myself that same question about four years ago, bearing in mind it would be at least 10 years before I would be ready to make the move. Based on my travels, back then, I would have chosen Tennessee, West Virginia, Southern Ohio, in that general region.
I love this state, and hate what it has become politically. But, when you consider the laws they pass that tell me *how* to live, I'm not interested. Add to that, $200K doesn't get you much here.
Traveling around the country where I go shooting and hunting, talk with locals and even join gun clubs in other states, the Kalifornication that we all hate and loathe is not happening in those states like it is on the Left Coast. Like roaches, the libtards fleeing Kali escaped to the closest cupboard. Libtardization is like a Covid that is still on the rise after 30 years.
Sure, the mountains of PA, WV, KY, TN, NC, GA, MO & AR may not be as spectacular as what we have here, but in may parts there, land is less expensive, cost of living less, and taxes a crap-ton less.
For example, a friend sold his dumpster house - still clearing $150K in the deal. He's not so mobile anymore so wanted flat & dry, prefers hot summers, and wanted to be around like-minded people.
With that $150K, paid off all his debts and bought a house in OK near the pan handle. Free and clear, and living comfortably just on his military pension. No, he's not leasing luxury cars anymore, but that's one of the comforts he was more than willing to give up for his goal.
Edit to add: A co-worker bought 150 wooded acres in central Illinois. For as liberal as Illinois is seen as, the central part is pretty conservative. Granted, he bought his property with significant capital in hand, but, according to him, just the hunting leases he has sold pay for 1/3 of his mortgage. As he sees it, the beech, oak and hickory on his property are excellent retirement investments. Can't say I disagree.
 
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Captain Obvious!
And you may know the old joke about the word "assume."


The OP asked for options that were in OREGON. You posted anything but. I pointed it out. Then you insult by calling someone captain obvious for having it pointed out your post is useless to him as it doesn't meet his criteria, then go on another tirade about what you want not what he wants. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
Edit to add: A co-worker bought 150 wooded acres in central Illinois. For as liberal as Illinois is seen as, the central part is pretty conservative. Granted, he bought his property with significant capital in hand, but, according to him, just the hunting leases he has sold pay for 1/3 of his mortgage. As he sees it, the beech, oak and hickory on his property are excellent retirement investments. Can't say I disagree.
I would question the judgement of anyone that moved from Oregon to Illinois in pursuit of more conservative gun laws and timber investment.

But I think some other mid-South states like Arkansas and Tennessee might not be too bad. I've seen some beautiful country in Arkansas.

I just have too much prejudice against non-Northwest ecosystems. I can't stand anything humid with bugs and snakes.
 
The OP asked for options that were in OREGON. You posted anything but. I pointed it out. Then you insult by calling someone captain obvious for having it pointed out your post is useless to him as it doesn't meet his criteria, then go on another tirade about what you want not what he wants. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
Sarcasm dude. If you're not willing to receive it, no sense in picking nits.
I'll admit, your comment did irritate me, as it added NOTHING to the discussion, just as my continued response ADDS NOTHING.
An apology from me would be disingenuous. The lesson here is to ignore irritating chingadero when I'm pizzed off at other things.
I read the OP, I comprehend "... desire to stay in Oregon." To @Monkeyman I say, Go For It!
I offer my opinion, welcomed or not, because sometimes a person's thinking is unnecessarily restricted, or the desire and reality are at conflict with one another.
I focused on the $200K, and chose to see Oregon as the flexible preference.

Ok, Gentlemen, let's remember rule #1, thank you in advance.
I consider neither this nor my original reply disrespectful. Thank your for the reminder.

I would question the judgement of anyone that moved from Oregon to Illinois in pursuit of more conservative gun laws and timber investment.

Valid point. If you had seen where he lived, in the western suburbs of Chicago, he made a massive move up.
 
A location that has work opportunities to make a few extra bucks would be key. $200K for retirement is not enough, even with land/house already it alone is unfortunately just not enough to retire on.

If someone was living on a $15hr job now basically $31k yr, that figured they could reduce their costs by 20% and live on 80% of their current income they would have a $25k burn rate per yr. With the whole $200k its only 8yrs of before its gone. Yes, social security maybe a partial option and at a max stretch that out 12-15yrs, if one retired at 67 and lived 15 more yrs they run out of $ at a young age of 82. :confused:
 
But I think some other mid-South states like Arkansas and Tennessee might not be too bad. I've seen some beautiful country in Arkansas.
Within ten minutes of disembarking into a Tennessee August I scratched it off my list of places I can live. That humidity man. Can't do it. I also need me some real mountains.
 
Sarcasm dude. If you're not willing to receive it, no sense in picking nits.
I'll admit, your comment did irritate me, as it added NOTHING to the discussion, just as my continued response ADDS NOTHING.
An apology from me would be disingenuous. The lesson here is to ignore irritating chingadero when I'm pizzed off at other things.
I read the OP, I comprehend "... desire to stay in Oregon." To @Monkeyman I say, Go For It!
I offer my opinion, welcomed or not, because sometimes a person's thinking is unnecessarily restricted, or the desire and reality are at conflict with one another.
I focused on the $200K, and chose to see Oregon as the flexible preference.


I consider neither this nor my original reply disrespectful. Thank your for the reminder.



Valid point. If you had seen where he lived, in the western suburbs of Chicago, he made a massive move up.
Illinois, believe it or not, is a lot like Oregon politically and culturally. I know because I came here from Chicago. 30 miles out of town, to paraphrase JR Rider. My bestie from HS just moved to central Illinois, and it's light years away, culturally and environmentally, from what used to be a great American city.
 
An Update:

After much deliberation, (and almost bidding on some very nice property in both Grants Pass and The Dalles)I've decided to switch it up. Headed for the Ozarks, where, it seems, many friends and family are migrating. The prices! 1300 sq ft house on a lake, $170k. taxes $300. I haven't decided on that or the fully remodeled house on the 4th fairway for $174k. Got a cousin and a bestie from back east already in place, birddogging property for me on the ground. Never thought I'd buy a house on the internet.

I'll miss Oregon... I'll have been here 30 years Feb 15. But Gov. Brownshirt and her new street bum SOS want me dead, so it's to flyover country I go. I will, however, stay out of any casino boats, and will avoid Sunday services on the water. I hate Netflix.
 
An Update:

After much deliberation, (and almost bidding on some very nice property in both Grants Pass and The Dalles)I've decided to switch it up. Headed for the Ozarks, where, it seems, many friends and family are migrating. The prices! 1300 sq ft house on a lake, $170k. taxes $300. I haven't decided on that or the fully remodeled house on the 4th fairway for $174k. Got a cousin and a bestie from back east already in place, birddogging property for me on the ground. Never thought I'd buy a house on the internet.

I'll miss Oregon... I'll have been here 30 years Feb 15. But Gov. Brownshirt and her new street bum SOS want me dead, so it's to flyover country I go. I will, however, stay out of any casino boats, and will avoid Sunday services on the water. I hate Netflix.

Jealous!
 
An Update:

After much deliberation, (and almost bidding on some very nice property in both Grants Pass and The Dalles)I've decided to switch it up. Headed for the Ozarks, where, it seems, many friends and family are migrating. The prices! 1300 sq ft house on a lake, $170k. taxes $300. I haven't decided on that or the fully remodeled house on the 4th fairway for $174k. Got a cousin and a bestie from back east already in place, birddogging property for me on the ground. Never thought I'd buy a house on the internet.

I'll miss Oregon... I'll have been here 30 years Feb 15. But Gov. Brownshirt and her new street bum SOS want me dead, so it's to flyover country I go. I will, however, stay out of any casino boats, and will avoid Sunday services on the water. I hate Netflix.
Just hope the Kalifornians don't learn about that place!
 
You've asked the equivalent of the 'do-everything cartridge' question. Too open ended. It depends on what you like. Answers all over the map and you'll adhere to them based on the biases you had before you asked the question. Here's an example of a useless answer:

If it were me, cut out the Willamette Valley and the coast (too wet for my taste, and you most of the people too). Cut out the Columbia Basin (nice to visit, but don't want to live there). That leaves 70% of Oregon remaining. And it's a nice 70%. Good towns with people who you would enjoy for more than a visit. Beautiful land (pick you favorite from desert to scrub to canyons to mountains). Drier climate, and a full four distinct seasons. And plenty of the non-human spaces in between.

There are far more good places to go get lost than popular culture would lead you to believe. It's your twilight years. Go be in a place that makes you envious you didn't come there sooner.
 
Update:

went down to Grants Pass this weekend for my birthday, and during the time I didn't spend laying by the hotel pool, I went looking for land bargains. No such thing.

But Grants Pass has a nice vibe to it... Loved hearing the gospel on the radio at the diner Sunday morning, tho I was a bit surprised.

One of the folks I chatted with, a native, said to go check out the town of Rogue River.... I didn't, but have you?

I wouldn't expect to find much down here for around 200k. Most who are selling are charging crazy prices since growers will buy them up quickly.
 

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