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The plan my muse / wife and I have is to one day move to our self-sustaining(ish) island. We raise chickens, have a nice garden, etc. Clothes are optional of course, and enjoy life together happily ever after.
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Canary Islands are pretty big to be fair. Lots to do there and the different islands have very different landscapes to explore. The surfing in Fuerteventura is top drawer.
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I guess you have to assess if where you live on the mainland, that you really travel very far in, say, a year anyways. Do you go more than a few miles to the store, restaurant, etc. And of course there are planes to take you somewhere when you get bored. Hawaiians love Vegas. Go figure.
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I agree the Ocean is too cold out west , plus seaweed with flies , and Mexico E. coli in the beach sand ! My brother lived on Coronado for a long time. Temperature was great but never really enjoyed the beach because of these things. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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I honestly don't think I could actually live on an island, but totally respect those who can (or think they can). Also, I love my wife, she is an absolute gem ... didn't mean my previous post to be interpreted the wrong way Sent from my SM-G960W using Tapatalk |
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Maui has other people on the island relatively nearby, and there are commercial transportation options. So imho it is really not that secluded. Personally, have already lived within a very secluded location, and winters meant you were literally 'stuck at home' due to hardened ice, -17F temps, etc. The 1/2-mile long hardpack driveway (800 feet elevation change upward) was impassable during the winter months (think along the lines of the White Mountains bad on some days). My old landline ph# was one digit away from the Mount Washington Observatory, so at ~4am some days I'd get Fat Finger calls from meteorologists about the weather conditions(!). Interestingly, we did opt one winter to enjoy a few months in Hawaii. Another winter we 'toured' South America. Another winter we did Sedona. Yet the years we chose to stay secluded were fine too. Again, know thyself. All good
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'Island Life'....it's all relative isn't it.
Great Britain, Australia, NZ, are 'Islands'. As for constant year-round Sunshine? I like ice-cream, but,......every day? I suppose it's what you've grown up with, or have got used to. Personally, I enjoy visiting 'the sunshine' for a month or two a couple of times a year, but would miss the English 'seasons'....frosty, snowy days, walking back from the pub after a couple of pints, to a nice log fire, laying in bed listening to the rain, long sunny days in the the garden, beautiful golden, autumn days. Yes, there's a lot to be said for constant sunshine every day... But give me England and her seasonal variations, any day. No rain, no rainbows. And, as a footnote, it seem most of one of our largest, Sunniest Continents, seems to want to come to.......England!. Dick Whittington, it seems, has a lot to answer for. |
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As for California, it's pretty large. Some areas have winter and snow. Some areas have coastal fog that may or may not burn off during the day. There are seasons, although for the most part not really winter as people would think of as winter. San Francisco is pretty cool in the summer hence the saying, 'the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco". California is almost twice as big as the UK and there are massive climate "choices" here. From 4 season to perhaps 2 seasons. For people to think it's a tropical warm climate all year would be wrong. California is one of the few places where five major climate types occur in close proximity. Here, the Desert, Cool Interior, Highland, and Steppe climates border a smaller region of Mediterranean climate. So you can stagger home from the pub in the cold and sit by the fire. You can sit in the rain, and you can sit in your garden and watch the leaves change color. Although hopefully not change color due to the fires raging around you.
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Exactly !! It's a great place to retire Now Maui is the next stop - https://townehawaii.com/the-parkways-at-maui-lani/ |
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I have lived in many places and for work, traveled the world. I love California, would not live anywhere else but bad politics have ruined the state. I will leave that elephant in the room there. Governor is on the out, new election on Sept 14th. Praying the outcome does not mimic Nov 3rd, 2020.
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Fuertoventura is pretty cool, quite a diverse island; tropical with a little bit of desert island on one end. Scuba diving, beautiful beaches, night clubs... that was in 2000, I can only imagine how awesome it is now.
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As handsome and deliciously debonair as you are, she doesn't desire a threesome. Fact... sorry 'bout that.
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yet more than half the people commenting on the topic live here and are agreeing with the article...
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I live in NorCal and love our area. My favorites are Monterey and Beverly Hills/ Los Angeles. But, this place is brutal to live. Houses that should be 500k are 825k in NorCal. It’s a very strange time here.
I get to play golf 12 months out of the year and i wear shorts and flip flops for probably 8 months or more, it’s hard to hate. For us, our family is here and i doubt we ever leave. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Like I've said in the past - if you're willing to pay to play, there's no other place in America that can beat it in terms of weather, things to do, proximity to things (surf / snowboard in the same day), beautiful people, etc. It's the cost that deters a lot of people, as seen by many of the responses in this thread.
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You wouldn’t know people are leaving CA with the 10k+ new homes they are building around us with houses selling the same day the go on the market for hundreds of thousands over asking.
Growing up in south OC in the 90s and 2000s a lot has changed. I do miss all the orange trees, strawberry farms and no traffic. As bad as that gets though I do like wearing shorts and flip flops year around and a less than 20*high temp swing from winter to summer and no bugs or humidity. My doors and windows are open everyday, we swim in the pool and cook/eat outdoors 3+ nights a week all year long. Heck we even had thanksgiving and new years pool parties. Little less than 2 miles from the ocean and can easily get to the mountains, deserts, lakes, etc. The up to 13.3% income tax with basically no SALT deduction sucks as do some of the politics but quality of life is hard to beat. |
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