If you had a choice where would you retire?

[Got Stripers]

Originally Posted by zimmy

Manteo NC is appealing to me. Good surf casting close by. Boat could go in the sound. Chesapeake tunnel/virginia beach area are relatively close if you wanna fish the bay. Not as busy as some parts of the outer banks and not as isolated as others. Charming town. Not as brutal as Florida or Louisiana in the summer.

http://www.pirates-cove-sales.com/li...anteo-nc-27954

That's not a bad price, too bad I'm not close enough to retirement to make a call to get more information, interesting location. Piemma has a good point and this place is certainly not the tourist trap a lot of these southern spots are. I golfed in Orlando this year in March and damn near missed some tee times, so I think I'd like to steer clear of the usual retirement spots, like to find that hidden gem and priced right. Some of the gated golf communities in the Carolina s are interesting.

[bassballer]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

http://www.pirates-cove-sales.com/li...anteo-nc-27954

That's not a bad price, too bad I'm not close enough to retirement to make a call to get more information, interesting location. Piemma has a good point and this place is certainly not the tourist trap a lot of these southern spots are. I golfed in Orlando this year in March and damn near missed some tee times, so I think I'd like to steer clear of the usual retirement spots, like to find that hidden gem and priced right. Some of the gated golf communities in the Carolina s are interesting.

Ive stayed in Pirates Cove. Could be the fishing capital of the East Coast. Id watch guys come back to the docks everyday at the tiki bar, with endless Mahi, yellows, ground fish. i wanted to move there immediatley.

[FishermanTim]

New Zealand, or Australia.

You've got fresh water and saltwater fishing, GW's offshore, Bulls inshore (and up river), salt crocs and a dijeradoo too!

NZ has some goot trout fishing as well!

[nightfighter]

First off, I would recommend downsizing to the New England home you would return to for summers. Then you spend winter vacations in various spots until you decide which one is right for you. That process might take you into retirement years, when you could be renting for a winter.... Better to make a mistake renting as opposed to buying IMO. Having absolutely zero experience with vacations down south over the past twenty years, I will say I saw some attractive areas surrounding Savannah when I've been down to see my daughter at Savannah College of Art Design. I have also been in some steamy heat there in June.....

[Got Stripers]

Originally Posted by nightfighter

First off, I would recommend downsizing to the New England home you would return to for summers. Then you spend winter vacations in various spots until you decide which one is right for you. That process might take you into retirement years, when you could be renting for a winter.... Better to make a mistake renting as opposed to buying IMO. Having absolutely zero experience with vacations down south over the past twenty years, I will say I saw some attractive areas surrounding Savannah when I've been down to see my daughter at Savannah College of Art Design. I have also been in some steamy heat there in June.....

The older I get the more heat I can tolerate, but 4 months of 93 and humidity isn't for me. I definitely won't be rushing into anything and do plan a few winters of renting south to do some exploring, we may just decide that renting in a different spot for 4 months each winter or a couple years back to back is a nice way to explore a different area. In a way, I like that idea and the flexibility that comes with it, be nice to see new water, new golf courses, new local places and faces every other year.