so who else has plans to move out to the free states? My wife and I have finally made the decision to start the process. (hence the stuff I am selling, anyone know a place that would buy them all? ) So we are gonna sell everything we have to reduce the load.

Who else is planning, what areas you looking to go to?

i wanna move out of NJ real bad.  Looking to TX, AZ or FL.  Gotta set the job situation first.

I planned to move in PA with changing jobs last year , but didnt get the job. I ll try again this year.

 

My parents lived in Utah, New Mexico and Iowa in the last 10 years and i visited them very often.

 

If these 3 states are on your list i can give you the pros and cons of living in each

We have about 5 more years here and we are headed back to Texas.

Not soon enough.

only thing keeping me here is work. but i'm getting pretty fed up with my job so well see how much i can save to get out of here by the fall. looking at florida or north carolina. but the cool nc in the mountains not the crappy parts filled with nj transplants near the coast or cities.

so who else has plans to move out to the free states? My wife and I have finally made the decision to start the process. (hence the stuff I am selling, anyone know a place that would buy them all? ) So we are gonna sell everything we have to reduce the load.

Who else is planning, what areas you looking to go to?

 

Florida for me. For the sunshine, the 2A climate, and the "cave diving." It would depend on how quickly I could re-establish my business there and find the markets that would bring the same kind of revenue. That, and how quickly I could sell my townhouse up here without losing my shirt, I'm already incorporated as a "foreign" LLC there, so that helps a little. But I still have some family ties up this way. Maybe after my nephew goes off to college in 3.5 years (my niece goes this fall), I'll start to consider it seriously. I'd so love to take advantage of the housing market down there, these days.

 

Maybe someday.

I am in a situation where I cannot move just yet, but I have plans to move to a free state when the situation changes.  Kentucky and West Virginia are currently my top two destination choices.  PA is a possiblity as well.  I don't know what the job market is like in Kentucky but I know that parts of WV are in pretty bad shape, as far as industry is concerned.  I think that PA is much better for job opportunities, but it seems that you need to move fairly far west to find a good sized property that is still affordable.

so who else has plans to move out to the free states? My wife and I have finally made the decision to start the process. (hence the stuff I am selling, anyone know a place that would buy them all? ) So we are gonna sell everything we have to reduce the load.

Who else is planning, what areas you looking to go to?

check with jack from jt custom guns.

Possibly looks like Texas for me. Owner wants me to move down and open a new shop. If that don't happen, will move to PA within 5 years.

Florida... 9 years, hopefully to semi-retire and enjoy the weather......

Moving this summer from NJ to the Texas Hill Country. This is south of Austin, Texas. I've lived here all my life and we hate this state with a passion. High Taxes, Corruption at every level of Gov't, from the clerks to the Governor, to the White House. Corrupt. 

We're out asap. Looking at NC, SC in a few spots. There just isn't anything keeping us here any longer. There really is no advantage to living here, and it looks like it's only going to get worse. Even the pay scales are quickly catching up while the cost of living is rising at a slower pace in many areas of the country depending on what you do for a living.

Can't move yet. My wife has a job/pension up here (not in NJ, but in NY). But if my company decides to ever move out of NYC, I will make a very strong case to do so and move with them. 

My wife and I both have pensions from nyc so leaving NJ isn't an option until we retire. But, we have family in Nc and Sc, we will be out of here sooner or later.

Wife and I are working on our plan now.  We used last summer's vacation to investigate possible locations and will do the same this summer.

 

My daughter has 3-1/2 more years of high school and our son is young enough that a move won't be too traumatic for him.  We'll be going as soon as the daughter graduates.

 

Probably KS, OK, MO, AK area.  We both have very different lists of what kid of place we want to live and it's been tough to find a place that works for both of us.

My wife and I both have pensions from nyc so leaving NJ isn't an option until we retire. But, we have family in Nc and Sc, we will be out of here sooner or later.

 

I'm cashing out my pension contribution and I'll invest it myself.   I'm not spending 20 more years working in a state where I don't want to live just for the money.

Looking at PA, TX, AZ, UT or even MT.  Only problem is finding a job out in those areas.  if anyone is looking for a Pharmaceutical executive with a background in manufacturing and clinical research (including biostorage, clinical specemin management and pharmacogenomics) please let me know!

Im out! Just cant figure out to where and exactly when. I figure its now or in 4 years. Son starts High School next year so if Im not out before that, I think Im stuck until he graduates. Id consider PA but I just don't think I want to tolerate the cold anymore. TX, AZ, N-S/C are all options.

 

Damjan, I'd like to hear about Utah if you don't mind.

Ten years max and I will retire--but if I can find a position where I can transfer within my company, then I will go sooner.

Most likely AZ, but Austin, TX, or NM are also options.

 

Just returned from three weeks in southern AZ--winters are great there--and almost got stuck there for another weekend with the flight cancellations.

I have been in Yuma during the hot months, and I really don't mind it too much.  It beats the weather we have here right now!

 

And CCW is a constitutional right there!  I even saw one guy OC an NAA .22 embedded in his belt buckle (one of those tiny derringer-type revolvers)!

Come join me. No permit or training needed to carry openly or concealed.

Im out! Just cant figure out to where and exactly when. I figure its now or in 4 years. Son starts High School next year so if Im not out before that, I think Im stuck until he graduates. Id consider PA but I just don't think I want to tolerate the cold anymore. TX, AZ, N-S/C are all options.

 

Damjan, I'd like to hear about Utah if you don't mind.

Sadly, the Carolinas aren't all that immune to the cold. At this time of year, even in Charleston, you might be talking "coat weather" (upper 40's/lower 50's.)  You might escape some snow but, as this winter has proven, it's not unheard of down there.   I have even been in the Gainesville area of Florida in Nov. when below freezing.

I'm in school still, but when I graduate I plan on sending out resumes to FL, PA, NC so far, I'll be looking at more places that are warming since my knees suck in the cold.

I don't mind the cold and snow -- I'll take that over air conditioning and year round mosquitos any day

 

It's NH for me --specifically Warner,NH -- I have 51 acres there now

I plan to move once I retire and get my pension. No idea where yet but out of NJ.

I bought a place in PA last month.

 

Doing a complete remodel and moving in in a couple weeks.

 

15 minutes into PA and I can feel the freedom. 

 

Living at Mother In Law's house for the past two weeks since I sold my NJ condo.  That is fun.

 

Can't wait to be in PA full time.

 

Worked well for me, as I work in central NJ and I just flipped my commute.

 

Living at Mother In Law's house for the past two weeks since I sold my NJ condo.  That is fun.

 

Run. Run Now.

My wife is shopping in the St Augustine and Ponte Vedra Beach areas of Florida again this week, we are narrowed down to 4 houses.  The prices are favorable and I will relocate in 4 years permanently.  I'll have to fly back 8 or more times a year for my Giants games though.  

 

OP where are you moving?

Looking at PA, TX, AZ, UT or even MT.  Only problem is finding a job out in those areas.  if anyone is looking for a Pharmaceutical executive with a background in manufacturing and clinical research (including biostorage, clinical specemin management and pharmacogenomics) please let me know!

 

I was at a client site in Research Triangle Park ,NC recently. Have you tried that cluster of Pharma? Maybe there s no manufacturing there but i see a lot of Pharma there.

Which state is that?

Looks like a blend of SC and the Confederate battle flag.

 

 

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