We want to move to Hawaii as soon as we can. Unfortunately, 'as soon as we can' is 5+ years from now. I am not spending those 5+ years in Michigan. Michigan is a beautiful state with wonderful people and if it were located somewhere else, I would stay forever. Michigan is too north for me. It is 10° out right now. Earlier, it was 0°. I can't take it any more.
Marty and I have been talking a lot lately about when we move. The only thing we have right now is that it has to be warm. Not North Carolina warm, either. When I was in Miami it was 75-85° and I loved it. When I was in Dallas it was 120° and I loved it. When I was in Los Angeles it was 75-80° and if there hadn't been 9 million people trying to do the same things we were, I would have loved it. That kind of warm.
The state also has to be homeschool friendly and have a decent cost of living. (Sorry California!)
I will save you the process, but here is the list:
* Arizona - Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Phoenix, Yuma
* Florida - Kissimmee, Mary Esther, Ocala, Orlando, Pensacola, Sanford, Tallahassee, Tampa
* Georgia - Albany, Athens, Columbus, Dalton, Douglasville, Ft. Oglethorpe, Macon, McDonough, Savannah, Warner Robins
* Louisiana - Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Shreveport, West Monroe
* Mississippi - Flowood, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Ridgeland, Southaven, Tupelo
* Texas - Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Beaumont, Burleson, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Houston, Hurst, Killeen, Laredo, Lewisville, Lubbock, Lufkin, McAllen, Midland (Wouldn't that be funny?), N. McAllen, Odessa, Round Rock, San Angelo, San Antonio, San Marcos, Sherman, Waco, Wichita Falls
This is just the cities where Marty's employer has restaurants. He loves his job, and doesn't want to leave the company. So I took all of the states that passed the temperature and homeschooling friendliness test, and this is the list I came up with.
So I am asking all of your help. If you know anything about any of the cities listed, please fill me in! We won't be moving until we are debt free and have saved a big moving fund, but it is never too early to plan.
5 comments:
Gulfport is nice and the coast is beautiful. Make sure that it is all cleaned up from Katrina. My BIl and SIl lived in Bilioxi (now when the hurricane hit) but their friends told them everything they remembered there was destroyed. Gulfport is very close to Bilioxi.
BIL and SIL were also not thrilled with the school system there but that would not be an issue for you really.
It is HOT during the summer.
My little sis spent 5 years in Laredo. Suffice it to say that she says it is the same as living in Mexico. Drop me a line or give me a call if you want some info... She now lives in the Dallas /Ft. Worth area and is happy there
Marie
Christine - Thanks for all of the info. It is a lot to think about, and it looks like it is going to happen a lot sooner than I thought. (Basically, we just say the word.)
So much to think about!
Marie-
I remember you telling me that! I just couldn't remember the town she lived in. I was in Dallas and loved it. Marty was in Houston and didn't like Texas at all. I tried to tell him that Dallas and Houston are very different, but he still thinks he won't like Texas.
Marty's aunt moved to Houston and moved back to Ohio after a year. She didn't like it at all.
I will give you a call today.
Warner Robins, GA is awesome!! I would love to live there.
( Found your blog on Frugal Hacks by the way)
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