Re: Other considerations

Actually, my electricity bills average $103 per month for the entire year (includes a few other utility charges also). The key to cool in Alabama is a well designed house. If your house is not well insulated, then you are asking for high Utility bills.
Of course, there is the annoyance from the red necks and inbred crackers. But they are usually not able to afford to irritate you too much or for too long. If they do, just buy a can of beer and throw it across the pond, they'll swim to fetch and might go to the far side bank to drink it... ;-P

Re: Taxing Retirees-2/11/08

Mississippi is often overlooked as an excellent retirement location for Fed retirees as there is no state income tax on Fed pensions. The weather is fairly mild in the winter and not as hot as Florida in summer. There is a Homestead Act that after one year you can apply for that signifcantly lowers your property taxes. Also, when you reach 65, your property taxes fall to about 10-15 percent of what they originally were. The sales tax is resonable about 7%. Home prices are not out of site like they are in so many retirement locations. So with the climate, lower property, reasonable houseing market and no income taxes, who could wish for more. Desoto county that I live in is the fastest growing county in Mississippi.

Re: Wyoming

Montana doesn't have sales tax ... housing has gone up apreciably, but it is still the "last best place."