Suggest a state/town to move to

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

Texas probably has houses you like. We also have a wider climate range: Hot is common throughout, smog and humidity vary. NE Texas has some pretty nice places. It also has trees. Keep in mind that Texas doesn't ask for income tax, so they get you with property taxes.

Arkansas is chock-full of low-priced property (with trees). If memory serves, southern AR would have more plantation-ish houses.

[Monkeyleg]

Fly320s, a mini-plantation house is the ideal. Last year I found one on the internet in Natchez MS. It had the porch with columns that went all the way around the house, high ceilings, tall windows, etc.

It had just been renovated with new AC, electric, heat and plumbing. Price was $165,000. My wife wanted to make an offer right away, but the timing obviously wasn't right.

I've been in Knoxville a few times when I've ridden my cycle down to Deal's Gap. The outlying areas of Knoxville can get pretty ugly, but it seems like a nice town.

As for AR, I've still yet to find something other than ranch homes or doublewides.

[Jamisjockey]

Fly320s, a mini-plantation house is the ideal. Last year I found one on the internet in Natchez MS. It had the porch with columns that went all the way around the house, high ceilings, tall windows, etc.

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But then you'd have to live in Mississippi. 

[El Tejon]

And wear white suits and those goofy string ties, I say, I say.

[Manedwolf]

And wear white suits and those goofy string ties, I say, I say.

And drink mint juleps?

[El Tejon]

It's part of heritage, suhr, our sacred heritage.

[Monkeyleg]

I just found this house in Arkansas, about 75 miles northwest of Little Rock.

My wife wants to buy it now.

Looks like there are homes that she'd like in our price range in the South.

[Boomhauer]

Greenwood, SC. It's a smaller town, but Greenville, Columbia, Augusta, (GA), and Anderson aren't too far away. Land is available. Buy a couple hundred acres near the Bradley area, build a house on it. Buy up as much land as possible, IMHO. There's even a real plantation house on my road, but it's in a bit of disrepair/ has age problems. It's called the Pressley house (nothing to do w/ elvis). And, it sits near an pre Civil War ARP church- Cedar Springs ARP. And, Candy Branch Rifle Range is nearby. But if you buy enough property far enough from others, you can shoot on your own land. Which is great.

NC has bad handgun policies, from what I hear.

GA is OK, but running out of water...

And drink mint juleps?

Mint Juleps have nothing to do with the South, except in the imagination of Yankees.

[MillCreek]

I just found this house in Arkansas, about 75 miles northwest of Little Rock.

My wife wants to buy it now.

Looks like there are homes that she'd like in our price range in the South.

I just looked at this house.  This house, if it was within 20 miles of downtown Seattle, would sell for around $ 450,, and possibly more depending on the specific location.  Wow, I could sell my existing house, move down there and pay cash and still have a tidy sum left over.  Interestingly enough, my parents were born and raised in a college town in NE Arkansas, and only moved up here for the Korean War.

[lupinus]

+1 on greenwood.  My girl goes to school there and it's a nice town.  Enough life to not be boring, not so much that it's over bearing.  And you are about halfway between Anderson/Greenwood and Columbia.  Course, my vote goes for Williamston 

[johnster999]

I just found this house in Arkansas, about 75 miles northwest of Little Rock.

My wife wants to buy it now.

Looks like there are homes that she'd like in our price range in the South.

Real nice area, that. Does it have some acreage? I couldn't tell from the ad. Note that it is not far from the Nuclear One plant if that matters to you.

[Monkeyleg]

It doesn't have a lot of acreage, just a large yard. Since I don't like yardwork, that's fine with me.

Millcreek, if that house was in my neighborhood in Milwaukee, it would sell for $300,000+. If it was in the suburbs, it would be closer to $500,000 or maybe more.

Property taxes on that house are under $500 a year. I pay nearly eight times that for a very small and plain house here.

I'm crossing all my digits that this move can happen in the next 1 to 2 years. No ban on concealed carry, no high taxes, no liberal politicians (I hope), no 19" of snow in a single day. I'm going to miss all that.

































Not.

[Boomhauer]

Hey, Lupinus, does she go to Lander or Piedmont Tech? I go to Lander. Sophmore, history major.

[Manedwolf]

I just found this house in Arkansas, about 75 miles northwest of Little Rock.

My wife wants to buy it now.

Looks like there are homes that she'd like in our price range in the South.

Those interior shots were taken with a wide-angle lens. You'd want to visit first. 

(Real estate shot standard procedure: Use wide-angle lens just short of a fisheye that widens perspective to make the room look huge. Put camera dead against furthest wall.)

[Monkeyleg]

Manedwolf, the rooms in our home are so small that I have to use a wide-angle lens just to get a shot of 1/4 of a room.

At 2,000 sq. feet, that house is 50% larger than ours. There's no basement, of course, but that seems to be standard no matter where we look.

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

There's no basement, of course, but that seems to be standard no matter where we look.

Basements are pretty rare in the South as I know it... the consensus is 'all basements flood'. You might bring prices down a tad by fears of 'black mold' and termites, BTW.

[J.J.]

Texas doesn't have basments either... we use the attic instead.

That house is beautful on the outside though... *drool*

[mtnbkr]

I was looking for some info (unrelated to this thread) about Roanoke and found this picture:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Roanoke%2C_Virginia_at_night.jpg

I forget sometimes how pretty the Valley is, even when looking at the town itself at night.

Chris

[El Tejon]

No basement?

Where do you Southerners stack the ammo if not in the basement?

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

Stack it in the closet, safe, filing cabinet, drawer.

[Boomhauer]

No basement?

Where do you Southerners stack the ammo if not in the basement?

Hey, I've got a basement, so not all Southerners are without one.

It's a cool, dry place after all.

[tokugawa]

The "basement" is a Old School Yankee innovation!  If ya gotta go below the frost line with the foundation, ya might as well have a room for the trouble. And don't git all riled up by the "Y" word, ain't no city slickers in this Yankee's background. Fishing, farming, whaling and shooting the Kings men was our MO.