Mainly to be close to my father. He's getting older, and I love him dearly. I know I'll be a mess when he's gone, and don't want to wish I spent more time with him later in life. He's healthy as a whip, at 74. Here's the deal. He owns some residential and commercial real estate, and is getting a little too old to be "working" everyday. He's offered to pay me a modest salary, about 1000-1200/wk take home.
Drawbacks are alot of my hobbies are non existant here. Gets blazing hot in the summer. Traffic and the invasion of all kinds of people. Not many places to shoot rifles here either. Expensive to live here. Always wanted to live on a large piece of property, and until recently been looking in Colorado and Tennessee. I own a 1br 1.5 ba condo on the water here..paid off.
Pluses are being with him. Lots of free time. Ability to travel whenever and for however long. Own anything firearm related. Hot women and nice weather in the winter.
I'd be leaving NY and a job making roughly 75-120K take home a year ( 120K if I work 40hr weeks), which doesnt always happen. As you all know, the taxes and gun laws are downright oppressive.
What would you do?