If you were to move South

[sig-guy]

If you were to move South for warmer weather, which state would you pick?
A short list of where/why would be great. If you have a southern state you'd avoid, please list it as well.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Tennessee is nice, but you can cross over from Gatlinburg to NC, and there were some absolutely captivating places outside Cherokee, to the northwest. I would move there, no problem, and I'm not one to move.

 

[yote hunter]

Ky. Need I say more ??? I would move to Ky because they don't get as bad of winters as us but you still get the seasons like we do and they have more wooded ground and the deer hunting would be alot better.. I would love to have 1000ac.of hilly woods and some flat ground and a few ponds and live in the middle of it with my wife, daughter, son-inlaw and grandkids and never see anyone ever again... I would be fine with that....

 

[Bartman]

Most likely Arizona. My wife lived out there before we met and we visited Tuscon a few years ago. Some people find it barren but I think the desert is every bit as pretty as all the green in Indiana. Few states do a better job of protecting your 2A rights. I might even be talked into being a Coyotes fan. Nah.

 

[1911ly]

Texas or Arizona. It's a tossup! I have relatives in Arizona. So i am leaning a little more towards Arizona. I love hot and dry and the 2a. Both are gun friendly states!!

 

[Dirty Steve]

Without a doubt SE Utah near Escalante. It has everything I enjoy. More hiking trails and rock climbing than I could do in a lifetime. Five parks within a few hours drive and BLM land everywhere. Mountains, trout fishing, streams, relatively mild weather since the elevation is 6000 feet. They get about the same amount of snow as we do in a normal year in Indiana but only about 9 inches of rain. It is sunny most every day and the humidity is very low. I can hunt elk, mule deer and antelope within an hours drive. I would be 4 hours from western Colorado about 5 hours from Idaho and about the same to Wyoming. I could run a tab at the small local grocery store and generally disappear if I so desired. Spent a week there in June hiking and rock climbing and decided that is where we want to retire to.

Dirty Steve

 

[CathyInBlue]

You mean like, south of the Ohio River?

No, I don't think— That's just not— No.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

If I were forced, I'd look into the eastern border between KY and TN. Likely staying on the KY side.

 

[Trigger Time]

Eastern Tennessee. It's safe there

 

[maansmit]

I would move to somewhere around Nashville.

 

[ticktwrter]

Florida

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

Virginia - Born and raised there so it's my roots. It is warmer there but they still see 4 seasons, which I'm a fan of. Remember many times wearing shorts of Christmas. Got mountains on one side of the state and beach on the other and everything in between. If I moved have it would be southeast VA or South-central VA.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I like it here. I grew up in Tennessee and I'm not much of a heat and humidity fan. But to answer the specific OP question, if I had to move south for warmer weather, I'd pick western Texas or Arizona -- someplace with much less humidity.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Eastern Tennessee. It's safe there

Many don't realize that many of the larger cities in Tennessee are crime ridden. You get around Memphis, Jackson, and even Nashville, it's little different than being in any big city you hear about in the news all the time. I wouldn't want to live around any of the touristy areas like Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge/etc. either...too many yankees.

 

[forgop]

I'm moving to Florida once the kids are all out of school. Indiana sucks.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

Tennessee...smokies...small deer, but very pretty.

 

[LeeStreet]

To the hills of Tennessee in the Knoxville area! Tn.has the season changes in moderation,and it would be about half way between out kids in Sc.,and Fishers

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

M'lady wants to go to TN, but I bet I can talk her over the border to NC once she sees it.

 

[Leadeye]

Wife and I had this discussion when I retired, she wanted to live someplace south of Greenfield. I reminded her that while the weather got warmer the further south you went, the number of unpleasant bugs and snakes went up as well. We live in southern Indiana.

 

[CathyInBlue]

I wouldn't want to live around any of the touristy areas like Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge/etc. either...too many yankees.

Says the bloke living in Indiana!

Wife and I had this discussion when I retired, she wanted to live someplace south of Greenfield. I reminded her that while the weather got warmer the further south you went, the number of unpleasant bugs and snakes went up as well. We live in southern Indiana.

Ah, nice. Good compromise. A happy medium.