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I am looking at the possibility of escaping the libtards in NY and move close to TX, where my sons live. I am considering MO and KY
My wife has health issues and cannot live in hot/humid areas, so weather is a very important category. Living away from cities and preferably in non-flat area is also very important
Good deer hunting is important to me, whether in the area or not far from it.
Please, comment on where to look and where not to bother:
-In summary:
-weather that is not too hot/humid in the summer
-As few retarded liberal democrats as possible
-Storms/tornadoes possibilities
-good deer hunting and fishing
-Hills or mountains favored
I am retired and have no school age children, so jobs and schools are not an issue
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People say that it's hot and humid around KY and TN, but I've been to several places up North that are equally bad if not worse.
Liberal Democrats. KY's governor is Beshear. I'll just leave that there for you to think about.
I'm in Clarksville, TN and travel to Paducah pretty regular for work, and used to go to Bowling Green & Louisville as well. I like the Paducah area, but its fairly flat and it really doesn't have a good airport near by. Bowling Green is an hour from Nashville and 2 hours to Louisville. It's 1.5hrs to either Ft Campbell or Ft Knox and KCR. Personally, I would choose a little north of BG over Paducah.
Good deer hunting can be a trick question down here. I hunt a 2K acre farm in Trigg county KY and normally only shoot 1 or 2 a season, because that's all I need. The land owner shot 72 doe this past season. I would guess that well over 100 were shot there last season. I normally get in the blind just before sun up and I'm back on the road by 9am. The deer are also not as big as they are up North. However, what they lack in size they make up for in numbers and bag limits or the lack there of.
There's plenty of good fishing in the area as well. Lake Malone, Barkley Lake, KY Lake, the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers are all near by.
Gas was $1.29 at the Hucks in Kuttawa this morning, so that's another good point about the South is the gas prices. If you use Tobacco, I don't, but it's not $12 a pack here. I do wish they would do a bottle deposit in KY and TN though.
Coming from the State of NY you will be used to paying State and Local income tax, expensive tag renewals etc. New York State's political situation is just a shame, because it's really has a lot of nice areas. The area around West Point and even Watertown to Rouses Point is beautiful, but NYC screws it up.