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Originally Posted by Rain Man
Yeah, Jackson is an odd place. I did a study in Wyoming about housing once, and something like 20 of the 23 counties had below-average costs for the state. I figured I'd screwed up a number somewhere, but I hadn't. Jackson is so expensive that it drives the statewide average cost up to the point where nearly everywhere else in the state is below average. And it's not like Jackson is a big town, either. It's just ludicrously expensive.
I finally visited it last year, and it's a really charming town. It's near the Jackson Hole ski resort, Yellowstone, and Teton National Park. And the tax structure in Wyoming is really, really friendly for retirement. But I'd much rather live in Laguna Beach given the weather and the access to stuff. And I'm usually a guy who like the mountains more than the ocean.
Laguna Beach is a pretty awesome place, but there's just no way to retire there on a reasonable income. You combine the cost with California's tax structure, and it's so infeasible that it has to be at the bottom of the list.
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Yeah, that's nuts. I'm sure several places in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and more in Wyoming will show up as less expensive and with plenty of wilderness and outdoor things.
Flagstaff actually sounds pretty similar... small town with only so much land for housing, so housing cost is crazy. Sits in a national forest and has skiing, etc.