tbone is "simplifying" things...

p-town area was on my short list way back... high cost of living and all... but know what? it was worth it! mtns, lakes, ocean, desert, everything within an hour's drive. it's home.
 
.. and I owe you at least one good steak dinner!!!!!!!!!!
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Lake of the Ozarks Missouri.  Not only boats, boats and more boats, but great twisties for the Busa!
+1 Nice people, great schools, and if you are selling a home in Sacramento you could buy a palace in Missouri for the same money. I forgot the best part, you could hook up with us Mo. guys and do some riding. Best of luck whatever you do. Please don't look at the northwest. My son moved to Seattle 8 years ago and Ill never get him back here. It is really nice there!
 
Thats a easy decision come down here with the rednecks . Goergia is the place to be . Not to bad cost of living close to the dragon and plenty of country rural and city towns...
 
Southern NM is not bad, good riding year round, a large lake for boating (that Texans love to come to) and close to some great roads to ride.
 
Small world isn't it? I went to Thurston but I'm a lot older than you!!

So..... anyway you KNOW how beautiful the PNW is. I don't think there is another place on earth I'd rather live.
 
What kind of work do you do?
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Im a GM for a Boat retailer...can do GM, Service Manager, Sales Manager...pretty much any job in the marine field.
Austin has quite abit of boat stuff going on thanks to Lake Travis (I think that's the one).

Dallas and Fort Worth both have quite a bit too. The entire DFW area is pretty good for that kind of work really (there's a lot of boat dealers and lakes around). You just have to find the right place to live. (The suburbs and main cities are all so close together, it's just like One giant city, really. It's building up insanely-fast.

Of course the Texas coast, yeah, lots of marine stuff to do down there too.
 
And another thing about DFW (And really Austin too... it's not THAT much pricier) is real estate. My parents live in a pretty nice part of Arlington (On Lake Arlington, just on the edge of Fort Worth), and their house (3BR, 3Bath, 2-car garage, double lot, 2700 sq ft custom built) just estimated at $230,000. The same house on the same double lot in someplace likeSacramento would probably be about 800k-900k. And insanely more in someplace like San Francisco.



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Ok folks....bike is sold, down to 1 car and 1 truck....quit job....house on the market soon...Texas is leading the race at this point.....any Texas locals care to chime in with advice???

Thanks!!
 
Houston is a great place and real estate isn't too bad yet. Also, there is Clear Lake to the south, a bunch a boats down there, plenty of people with plenty of money, yachts and what not. It gets a little warm out here, but it is all good. Best of all the people down here are pretty nice.
 
Here is what you need to do, Go take a vacation to texas and travel it, then when you tired of the "Texas is the Best" attitude, then come on over to Florida. Take your pick of the state, South Florida is goregous but pricy, all the boats you can play with plus some. Central Florida, home of Mickey Mouse, where I live, Has its country and city roots, again tons of boats for you play with. Northern Florida, well try central and south first.
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. I lived in Texas, California, Survival training in Washington, North Dakatoa, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, oh forget it, I was Air Force and did a lot of traveling around the US.

Seriously, it all depends on what your looking for. To truley understand you have to go and stay at these places, its hard to get up and move to a state you never lived in before. In my travels I have found that Central Florida offers me everything I need. Plus year round riding, good schools for the chickens, gorgeous weather, bike events (bike week and biketoberfest), surf and sun.

I crack on Texas, but its a nice place to be, I just hate there storms that they have, tornados and freaky weather that scares the bejesus out of me..

Good luck with your travels and move.

BTW, Gorgeous car
 
The St. Louis area deserves a look, plenty of rivers and lakes to support your motor habit, and the cost of living here is ridiculously cheap. I moved here from So. Cal 6 years ago and haven't looked back.
 
I lived in many different parts of the country where I just packed and moved. I didn't know a soul, have a job, or had never been there before. It makes life interesting to go and experience new things. I live about 40 miles west of Sacramento, and after six years here, its time to move to the next adventure.

The Seattle area is probably next on my list, although I did spend two full months there a couple of years ago to see if I would like it. And I really do.

The cool thing about the Internet and especially this forum, is that you can get more input about what it is like to live in a new area. My wife wants to move to IL next, but since I I grew up in the Mid West, I have no real desire to live in that climate again, but I will change her mind, soon.
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You can get that small town life in almost any region, so once you decide on the climate you want and possible job opportunities, just go for it. After living in Sac, you can probably tolorate anyplace for a while, so if it doesn't work out, move again.
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