Florida. Too much heat and the scenery is ugly. Same for the washed-out pastels they use to paint everything.
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The only place I’d refuse would be remote parts of Alaska. [/quote]
I don’t do cold well so I agree with that, but $6M a year pays for a lot of heating. shit, for that amount of money I’d come out of retirement for 12 months and move pretty much anywhere.
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it does pay for a lot of heat - but remember, you WILL have to go outside at some point, however briefly - groceries, medical care…
Well, except in Whittier!. it’s not clear whether there is indoor parking there - something you’d kind of want, up in Alaska.
And there is a road / rail tunnel connecting it to the rest of the state… so count me in!
The average physician’s salary in Alaska is just over $200K. I can’t imagine that grocery delivery would be that much more. I could build myself quite the year-round Habitrail House, and staff it with key employees, for $6million a year.
Yeah this. There is absolutely no where in the US (and not that many places in the world) I wouldn’t spend a couple of years to earn enough to retire on.
Even if you have to stay longer I’d definitely consider it. There is no where in the US you couldn’t live a pretty good life on 6 million a year. Hell that’s enough money to spend every weekend somewhere that doesn’t suck
The caveat would be we are mixed race family and there are some bits of the South that would be a hard sell, even for 6 million
Well you already own a mansion and a yacht.
I spent years in the military being uncomfortable for no money. I spent years worrying if I had enough money by the end of the month. Being uncomfortable for a few years so I can live the rest of my life where I want with no financial concerns? I can’t even wrap my head around no being willing to do that.
The answers in this thread say more about the posters’ current age and financial security than it does about any regional deficiencies.
For some of us, Disney is one of the main “horrors of Florida.”
Of course. We’re substantially a bunch of crotchety retirees and near-retirees, many with above-average incomes. A lot harder to motivate people who already have some degree of comfort and stability. You’re obviously going to get a very different response than from, say, a bunch of poor college students.
I’m one of those “crotchety retirees and near-retirees, many with above-average incomes”, and I’d move anywhere in the US for this amount of money every year. When I was a poor post-university kid? I’d have moved almost anywhere in the world for this amount of money. Heck, it was the mid-90s when we still thought we’d won the Cold War. I’d have gone to Russia or China, even.
So would I, which is why $6 million/yr is a ridiculous amount for a hypothetical. It overpowers almost all reason and good sense 
. But like I said at this point I wouldn’t move to Cold-Ass-Polar-Bears-Are-Eating-You, Alaska for $500k/yr. Nope - no, sir.
When I was 19? Yeah, I absolutely would have.
When i was 23 and hungry, yeah, i would have, too. But now I’m old and retired and thinking that living near people i want to live near may matter more to my happiness than more money would.
Question for this hypothetical: if you DID have to stay somewhere x years, and found after some time less than x, that you could not stay - either the place is intolerable, your health fails, family requirements, or whatever - are you required to pay anything back?
I’m still sticking with my “drivable to the rest of the world” hard line. Though I looked at realtor dot com and there are some GORGEOUS places on Kodiak Island… there’s a ferry. Only 14 or so hours drive to Anchorage…
And they’ve worked HARD to make it so.
Back in 1986, my husband and I went to Florida in mid October. We spent a few days doing Magic Kingdom Epcot and had a fantastic time. The weather was pleasant, and I think the longest line we waited in was 15 minutes, and we grumbled, laughing at ourselves.
For decades, we told each other “October 2015” (which was the year our younger kid turned 18, as in we could have left her alone at home without getting in legal trouble).
We actually went in 2016, and found that Disney’s marketing over the years had been far, far too successful. Long lines everywhere, miserable waits for any fun ride at all; the only advantage over our 2 summertime trips with the kids were, a) no kids of our own, and b) the weather was marginally less brutal.
It baffles me that anyone finds the place fun any more.
Plus, of course, Florida.
Though I think 6 million a year is easily “have a pilot and a small plane on staff” money (if not have a private jet money?)
I guess I’d have to look at the safety figures for small planes first.
I really don’t think so. Not unless you really skimp everywhere else. One-third off the top for taxes, and the rest goes quickly as your lifestyle inevitably expands. I haven’t priced a private plane with pilots, but I’d guess you’d want at least $12M per year to have enough left over for a budget for that kind of expense.
Yeah, you are correct there.
Yeah, i haven’t actually priced private planes with a staff pilot, but i didn’t think $6M is enough. Which is why “travel every weekend” would not be in the cards for me. I wouldn’t want to deal with commercial air travel every single week. Even though it does get better when you get high status with the airlines, which you certainly would.
If you’re rich enough, it gets better. Buy a condo in the place you want to spend most weekends, and stock it with clothes and what not. They you can fly every week with no luggage at all. If the flight is less than 3 hours, it’d be a walk in the park. Board last, walk right off the plane to the taxi stand, no lines, no hassle, no scrambling at the TSA checkpoints, nothing.
I like flying. But i hate airports. I hate submitting to TSA security checks. There’s always an implicit threat there. I hate having to pay attention in case my flight gets moved to another gate. I hate the noise.
You can avoid all that with a private jet. I’d do that every week. They also take off from smaller airports that don’t have traffic issues. But no, i wouldn’t schlep to the local airport and walk through security every week.
I’m retired under 60 and feel comfortable enough not to be looking for work. I’m secure. I’m not 6 million a year secure. I’m secure enough to live where I want but not secure enough to live where I really want in the house I wish I could live in. I have lived my life sacrificing to get what my family needs and wants. Living somewhere humid? Compared to working 7 days a week for months is nothing. $6 million a year for a few years would get me a great summer and winter house. More importantly it would ensure my kids are taken care of when I’m gone. How does humid compare to that?