Property taxes are high and getting higher. Water service, car insurance, home repairs, etc are all more expensive in Minneapolis. My income has never kept pace and I am just plain tired of the struggle to get by. Even if I toughed it out for a few more years, there is no way that I could realistically afford to retire here.
So---I recently purchased a house in Wyoming and my house here will be going on the market shortly. The place in Wyoming is a large, three bedroom, two bathroom house, built in 1978, on more than two acres of land, with spectacular views (down a rimrock canyon) and easy access. It is located at the south end of the Black Hills.
The price of my dream house--$25,000. Incredibly, the weather there is more temperate than here and the cost of living is extremely low. (This in a state with no personal or corporate income tax and a huge surplus.) Wyoming is not for everyone but I am ecstatic to be moving there. The house is already setup with high speed internet access so I may participate on the list as an ex-patriate Minneapolitan (like Pam Taylor in Tampa).
Happy Trails!
Catherine Leighton Not long now in Longfellow/Short termer at work in North East
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
-- Helen Keller
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