If you could live anywhere you wanted for the next 40 years (the last half

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3. Well, I kinda just made that decision. We just bought a house in Tucson.

Considering our age, it will probably be the last place we ever buy. The decision was mostly a financial one and I'm sure our decision was influenced by spending most of our lives in the S.F. Bay area. Lets just say that my monthly nut for the newer, 4 bedroom house with a decent yard and a pool in a very good neighborhood is less than I could rent a studio apartment back home. PITI is about 20% of my monthly cash flow. It appears that housing has about hit bottom and is starting to go the other way and I don't expect to see interest rates this low again in my lifetime. We have family here and I have really grown to love Tucson. Most folks think of Tucson as being in a desert and it is but the Sonoran desert is unlike any place else on earth! The abundance of flora and fauna here is mind bending. Tucson is also in a basin, surrounded by mountains. It's like living in a national park!

From a water perspective, probably not a great choice but from a Solar energy perspective you would be hard pressed to find a nicer location, and yes, the day I move in I will be calling solar companies.

Lastly, spending about eight or nine months per year in shorts and flip flops does not bother my retired ass one bit! Not much market for my full length, Cashmere coat here though.