On 3/3/2016 12:53 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> 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
>
I definitely run the AC in the summer. But I don't miss having to
scrape ice off the windshield or shovel the walk (or use rock salt to
melt the ice on the walk) to get to my car. West TN often got
ice-storms rather than snow and those are definitely not fun.

I can handle 75°F easily if it's not humid. That temp is downright
pleasant until the humidity kicks in.

Jill