On Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 10:01:34 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
> On 3/1/2016 8:30 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> > On 3/1/2016 4:20 PM, rosie wrote:
> >
> >> Fortune Magazine just published a list of best and worst states to
> >> retire. Number One is Wyoming !! Ouch , it doesn't all look like
> >> Jackson Hole !! Number 50 was New York. Lots of reasons it is last
> >> mostly taxes, Texas where I am living was number 21. Has some good
> >> things, low taxes, some not so good... health Care.
> >>
> > LOL! My uncle posted that link on Facebook earlier. I would like to
> > retire in SC near the ocean somewhere, and SC didn't score too badly.
> > Maryland on the other hand was in the 40ths. So I don't think I'll
> > retire here.
> >
> Rosie didn't post the link to the list:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/jxvrnbu
>
> SC is a nice state. I've lived here twice, neither time really by
> choice. I'm just a few miles from the beach. I'm not really a beach
> person but it's there.
>
> These lists are always subjective. I wouldn't want to retire where it
> snows and ices (BTDT). Where I live (way down in SC) there's a very
> short winter. Great local produce, a good long growing season. Good
> fresh seafood, too. The azaelas in my yard are blooming.

All such decisions are subjective. I can't take the
heat; when it gets much above 75 F, I'm hiding in
the air-conditioned house.

Cindy Hamilton