Originally Posted by Lynnc
I hate where I live, which is Sacramento. I lived for 5 years in the Portland, Or. area and would move back there in a flash if I could. Sacramento is dry, brown and way to hot. Oregon is green and more green, cooler and has great fruit and berries, which I love. Our house is paid off so I don't see us moving anytime soon. We don't want payments again.
Look at it this way, you could pick up a house here, for a lot less than you would get for any house there. (Profit is never a bad thing.) There is always retirement...