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Well me and the wife have decided it is time to move. And will be leaving soon. I just don't know exactly where we want to go. I am thinking of somewhere around the carolinas or surrounding states. I want the cost of living to not be sky high. It has to have water close by for boating. No less than 100k people but not more than 500,000 people give or take a few. I really need help. I am 42 years old and this is the last move that I want to make. So please any and all help is greatly appreciated.....Thanks....Chip Cecil....

somerset ky seems like a good place! but if your gonna leave there, new bern NC is a great place. we just built a house 30minutes from there in arapahoe on the neuse river(great boating) charelston sc was my 2nd choice. good luck

New Bern is nice, but always seemed a bit small townish to me. My opinion Wilmington is a better choice (lived in the area for ten years).
Spent a year in Charleston... no beach, and you don't know humidity until you've been there in August!

Good luck wherever you go.

Have you thought of something around one of the great lakes. We have fantastic boating up here on south western Lake Erie. The Put-in-Bay islands and Cedar point area to name a few.

I grew up in Knoxville, TN. It's a very beautiful part of the country. Between the Tennessee River and several lakes (like Norris Lake), it's a fresh-water boaters paradice.

Good luck! :cool:

Whatever you do... don't come to the desert ;) I can't wait to move out of the Phoenix area. We have also been looking to move and we really would like to move over to the Charlotte (Lake Norman area). We've been checking out homes and you get sooo much home/land for such a reasonable price, plus ITS BEAUTIFUL and great people. Just my two cents :)

I grew up in Kenosha Wisconsin and yes I loved it there....My wife spent most of her life in Destin and we moved here from there...She doesn't do cold very well so much farther north from here isn't going to work...keep em coming guys...i'm glad I made this post...

Having lived in NC, VA,FL,GA and DC. I would suggest looking at SML VA, Wilmington NC, Lake Murray SC. That should give you a great start.

WILL:ernaehrung004:

My ex-gf was from Roanoke, VA near SML. We went there for a visit one year and did some boating on the lake. Nice place. I'm a big fan of Roanoke and the area.

got'cha :cool-smiley-011: . . . i need the cold time to fix all the chit i broke during the warm time :D . . . . Destin is very nice.

Wilmington NC is killer (ocean and rivers) I lived downtown and had two projects on the water. Knoxville is killer (4 huge lakes) Lived on Norris and boated on Watts Bar, Loudon and Tellico. Chesapeake Bay is killer (VA or MD) Lived in VA at Fairview Beach on Potomac.

Favorite was TN.

Well that explains a lot then! I know the area. :D

Everyone thinks their spot is the best. Just some words on VA; and I don't think its the best spot, but I do live here.

Richmond is actually a booming place. Its just a matter of a couple short years before they have high-speed internet propagated down the whole corridor from Washington DC to Richmond. The same thing happened a few years ago between DC and Baltimore, and now its practically one big city. DC home pricing already extends about 2/3s of the way from DC to Richmond. Then you see a short 25-30 mile stint of "boonies" before you hit the Richmond extended area. (This also happens to be the unofficial buffer line between the "North" and the "South".) Currently, home prices are much more attractive in Richmond than DC; but I see that changing in the long run. I predict within the next 5 years the whole corridor between Richmond, DC, and Baltimore will be one giant conglomerate. The corridor from DC to Washington Dulles Airport is the #2 Internet center in the country behind Silicone Valley.

I'd advise taking a good look at the Fortune 100 list, and look at cities that have a good 3-10 of those companies based in the surrounding area. Then take a look at the cost of living and housing around those same areas. I'd venture to say Richmond would be an attractive location based on those attributes.

Oh yeah, plenty of boating in the Mid-Atlantic too.

Hey Chip you're not related to a certain Fred are ya? :eek:

uh...yep...he's my uncle...i don't have any money....

Have you looked at Lake Norman, NC yet? 30 minutes north of Charlotte and a great place to live. I relocated here 2003 from No. Va. Check out my website or give me a call 704.634.8431 for Real Estate around the lake. Now is the time to buy if you can.

www.ElitePropertiesLKN.com

I would have suggested the same thing.
I really liked it up there.

But Chip has a point. The cold really does suck.
The winters here are much more tolerable, and he's about 3 hrs South of me.
I'd really like to be somewhere out near Catawba/Port Clinton area.
Loved it out that way.

I would not recommend the Boston area.

Chip, you have it pretty good where you are. I can't wait to move to the Dale Hollow place full time. We have been to Center Hill Cumberland also at 25 and 60 miles away.....can't beat it. That's just me, I'd rather drive the boat than pull it.


Good luck to ya'll:ernaehrung004:

Brian

I hear there is a real estate agent in Myrtle that sells boat stuff too:hitfan:...just kiddin dude, hell go back to destin, I'm lookin to retire there, blue hair specials, small, weather is 95% perfect, I'll take that 5% chance per year.

Thats funny! I was going to say Dont Move to WI, To Cold but, YOU already know that........... Good luck!

Just a question about WI I was looking at the appleton oshkosh area and was wondering what people from the area thought I want waterfront property but I am not thinking lake michigan I was thinking that large inland lake anyway some input would be appreciated. How long is the boating season etc. I love to snowmobile so the cold does not bother me much. I work from home so I don't have to go outside if I don't want to. Any input would be appreciated.

we were actually in a little town about 15 miles from destin called Navarre..yea I loved it there........ it's so phucking hot in the summer...

I started a thread the other day about this site not making me laugh anymore and it was no fun....that just made me laugh so hard I spit on my screen....

Winnebago is WI largest lake. Great place to boat. Here is a good local website, I would post on there, you'll get all the info you need. Season is early May thru early Oct.

www.wiparty.com

Well downtown I see you are on that site so I ask where in the area do you live? I think I want something on the water I also need a good school system. I would really appreciate some help. I have looked on real estate sites and found some stuff but it is all foreign to me. Any help would be appreciated.

I live 30 miles west of Milwaukee. Have been going there since early '70's. I am not much help as far as real estate up there and schools.

Register on the wiparty site, and ask your questions. The group is very informative and good people who know way more than I do. Most live there and will be happy to talk on the phone with you. Tell them DT42 sent ya....