Advice, Where Would You Be Researching at This Point?

fureverywhere

fureverywhere

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We live in Northern NJ USA. The house is paid for but falling apart. The taxes are crazy high.

I work part-time and hubby off the books.

We have a disabled teen with SSI and a grown boy both still dependent...Believe me he helps with money and something as simple as his Dad choking or needing to be lifted. He can live with us forever please.

Something simple is how to get big pharm to help with meds when Medicaid sees us as thirty dollars over poverty limit. Welcome to the world, you are working poor and sick. Your prescriptions between spouses are almost $1000 but you make $40 over poverty level, kill off the sickly poor.

Where to relocate with scary dog, dependent kids and the wrong major? Heeeeeelp:eek:
 

I've been to Columbia. Funny the only thing I recall years later was a big beautiful public park. I have to seriously start a notebook and divide it into sections. Then set aside maybe an hour a day to research an issue. Adage to live by..." You can't eat the whole elephant. You have to make it manageable pieces. You have to deal with the elephant a bit at a time".
 

Take a look at some of the small cities in central and upstate New York state. Places like Binghamton, Cortland, Syracuse, etc... The housing prices are much lower and it is not too far for a trip back to New Jersey every now and then.

Also keep checking on the Medicaid eligibility as the limits change each year.

Good luck!!!
 
Choose your climate first and then look at the options.

We left northern NJ in 1972 and have never missed it.
 
fureverywhere said:
We live in Northern NJ USA. The house is paid for but falling apart. The taxes are crazy high. Where to relocate with scary dog, dependent kids and the wrong major? Heeeeeelp:eek:
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There are many good places, and States, where a retiree can live decently, without being rich....none of which are in the NY/NJ corridor. There is a wealth of information on the Internet regarding the best places to retire to. Here is just one such example....

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/retirement/best-states-for-retirement-11.aspx
 
Choosing the climate first sounds like a good idea. That is pretty much what we did. Heat and humidity are not for us so we are heading back to New England. While New Hampshire has no income or sales tax we decided that Maine had more to offer us. Living in SC or GA would be cheaper but the culture is very different. I suggest an extended vacation to give you the chance to sit and talk to some folks and look around for things you might like to do. We spent some time a couple of years ago in Greenville, SC and were very impressed. Athens, GA stays active with the University of Georgia in town - hope you like football. It is also about an hour ride to Atlanta if you need more medical.

Another helpful website is www.city-data.com Use this for more info once you zero in on the city or town you might like.
 
Hubby is five years from Medicaid eligibility, possibly disability in another year or so then he can get SSI like my daughter in the meantime. The temperature is something to consider...someplace 50-70 degrees year round? The political climate too. I would be so happy in a town that has a Pride Parade every year. Even more than once a year. A small town that embraces diversity.
 

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