Moving to Warm Weather Climate for Winter

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Need some ideas for this one. I'm sick and tired of getting snowed in my own house in the winter and driving 30mph because if I go any faster I'll slide and crash.

I'd keep my house for spring and summer, and move somewhere for the fall and winter.

The question then being - what's a nice warm weather place from October-April, around 70-75 degrees and a nice city? Price isn't really a barrier, but I'd of course like to save a little money and not have to pay $2 mil for an average house in Cali.

Any suggestion via experience or knowledge are appreciated.
 


i'm from california and live in and near pasadena area. the rent around the area is about $1200 to $2000 for a two bedroom so it depends. i'm a native and if you needed someone to show you the town, just hit me up.
i've also lived in the phoenix area. The time that your talking about to stay out of the winter hell would be good too. Look into Scottsdale, its a upper scale area and your looking at about the same amount of rent to live on if you decided to live in or around Scottsdale area, that would be the area to be in as far as spots for nightlife.
 
San Diego! But only if you like hot chicks that love to party, beautiful beaches and a laid back style.
 
pattyflory said:
Why go anywhere else other then South Florida?

Tri-Country area FTW. Dade, Broward, Palm Beach
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Because south florida weather blows, the people suck, everything is fake looking, from the artificial ponds everywhere to the rows of planted palm trees. It's too humid, there are hurricanes, too many mosquitos, too many old people, shitty food, and no real culture outside of like miami.
 
nickycakes said:
Because south florida weather blows, the people suck, everything is fake looking, from the artificial ponds everywhere to the rows of planted palm trees. It's too humid, there are hurricanes, too many mosquitos, too many old people, shitty food, and no real culture outside of like miami.
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tell us how you really feel.
 
Not sure what you mean by "average house", but So Cal is where it is at. San Diego is beautiful, like a couple others mentioned, but there are several great cities down here. Here in San Pedro you can get a bad ass house with an ocean view for under a million.
 
I'd check out AZ if I were you man - lived in Tucson for 6 years. Air force moved me to BFE Iowa, saw like 20 cars slid off the side of the road on my drive to the airport this morning, screw this noise...
 
Why stay in America? Australia, New Zealand (summer), Italy, Greece, Spain (winter).
 
Oceanside, CA.

Close to San Diego, Close to LA.

Lots of people saying AZ, and I'd agree with that as long as you stay far enough away from the border.

Why not pick up one of the fire sale homes in Las Vegas? Then sponsor a retreat for IM's every now and then to stay and crash with you...eat your food, play some games, so on.
 
I moved from Vancouver Canada to Antigua last january. Now I can't go back to cold weather, I was back in canada in august and was shivering at 22 degree (Canadian) weather.

I would recommend St. Maarten or a caribbean island, the only thing is, is although rent can be cheap, everything is imported, so buying food, or waffle makers is expensive.

My brother live in mexico and loves it, and its way way way cheaper to live there.

And I have heard Argentina can be nice :)
 
I got a PM, so I thought I would share it with everyone, incase they too wanted to live on an island.

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Hey!

If you end up moving to Antigua, we can start a AM office, haha jk :)

Antigua is great from some angles and bad from others.

The Good:
- 365 beaches on the island, ALL beaches are legally open to the public, so no one owns any beach.
- The expats are amazing - people that move here seem to have the same out look on life, they are happy, easy going, and friendly. I have some amazing friends that I met down here.
- Housing is RELATIVELY inexpensive. Depending where you come from, its pretty cheap, I have a 4 bedroom house, with a pool and a huge yard in one of the safest, prettiest areas, for 2500 USD + Utilities. I live in the Jolly Harbour area.
- flying to the US is very easy, specially if your on the east coast as there are direct flights to new york, miami and some smaller quick stop flights that go all over.
- There are a bunch of recreational things to do, for a family and for yourself. I find most families down here that are expats seem really happy and are closer than most families in bigger cities.

The Bad:
- It is starting to get a bit more dangerous/criminal here. I still leave my house doors unlocked and car door unlocked. I had my house broken into once while i was away on business. I have an alarm system now, and haven't had any other scares.
- Groceries are expensive since everything is imported.
- The education for kids seems kinda lacking, although some of my friends are teachers here and know their shit, they still don't seem to be as educated as a public school in canada.
- Power is a bit expensive and there are some outages, I went 20 hours without power once - A generator is a must and not all houses have them.

The thing about the bad is, if your frustrated, you just goto one of the 365 beaches, and all of a sudden everything is great. Booze is insanely cheap too, so if you need a vice, this is a good place to start.

As for finding housing here:

Lush Locations is who I rent from, they are pretty good. Ask For Joanne, she seems to be the best person to deal with as I call her any time with any problem, and its fixed asap. They do houses all over, but have a lot in Jolly Harbour.

Elaine runs AntiguaAcres.com - very nice lady and these houses are probably a bit less expensive than Lush. These would be more on the north side of the island in Crosbies and hodges bay.

JHR (Jolly Harbour Realty) is run by one of my Friends Adam and they also do real estate all over. Another nice place, but more of a party town during season and then DEAD off season, is English Harbour. I think JHR has an office in English Harbour too. My friend who works for them, found a 3 bedroom house ON the water for 2000 EC a month. English Harbour is nice, but far away from a GOOD grocery store (the best one of these is North side of the island in woods center and the 2nd best is in Jolly Harbour).

1 USD = 2.7 EC.

Internet is good down here, it has to be because of all the gaming companies that run down here. I run an online poker room and have never had our office lose connectivity.

Anyways,

Hope this helps a little!

Greg
 
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