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re: Where to live: Southeast US
Posted on 12/15/25 at 9:50 pm to Yeti_Chaser
Posted on 12/15/25 at 9:50 pm to Yeti_Chaser
Greenville SC
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Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:06 pm to lsuboi91
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New Iberia. On the coast, great fishing and barbers.
All true OP.
Don't forget to use the correct terminology as well. Instead of "Good afternoon, I'd like a haircut" you say " What's up tee? Need to line me up clean, gotta look sharp, sharp" in order to get it done correctly. They'll take it from there.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:13 pm to rpg37
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Ocean Springs, MS Bay St. Louis, MS
It’s terrible here.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:24 pm to Yeti_Chaser
Merritt Island, FL (preferably south Merritt Island and near Mather's Bridge)
- MCO is just over an hour away
- Banana Rive4 on one side and the Indian River on the other and the Atlantic just a few miles east
- Also not far from Sebastian Inlet
There are lots of options in FL. Almost anywhere from Cedar Key around the peninsula up to Amelia Island would be in play.
Lake Jackson, TX - about 2 hrs from IAH
Some other sires would be Matagorda or Port Aransas but may violate your 2 hour to airport constraint.
Hill Country Texas - no salt water fishing and could access either San Antone or Austin airports.
Northshore in LA - dunno if MSY will meet your airport needs but the fishery in SE LA is hard to beat.
Think someone else mentioned Bay St. Louis and Ocean Springs, MS.
Yes, the heat & humidity along the Gulf Coast is not for everyone but you can adapt. I love the Gulf Coast and can't say enough good things about it. Best music. Best seafood. Best BBQ. Best people.
- MCO is just over an hour away
- Banana Rive4 on one side and the Indian River on the other and the Atlantic just a few miles east
- Also not far from Sebastian Inlet
There are lots of options in FL. Almost anywhere from Cedar Key around the peninsula up to Amelia Island would be in play.
Lake Jackson, TX - about 2 hrs from IAH
Some other sires would be Matagorda or Port Aransas but may violate your 2 hour to airport constraint.
Hill Country Texas - no salt water fishing and could access either San Antone or Austin airports.
Northshore in LA - dunno if MSY will meet your airport needs but the fishery in SE LA is hard to beat.
Think someone else mentioned Bay St. Louis and Ocean Springs, MS.
Yes, the heat & humidity along the Gulf Coast is not for everyone but you can adapt. I love the Gulf Coast and can't say enough good things about it. Best music. Best seafood. Best BBQ. Best people.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:42 pm to AlwysATgr
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Greenville, SC or Raleigh, NC yet. Both are great towns.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:43 pm to tigeroarz1
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Look into Beaufort, SC rather than Charleston.
We’re full too, sorry
In all seriousness, Beaufort is a great little coastal town.. we love it. Lived in Bluffton, SC outside of Hilton Head for the last 12 years and just moved to Beaufort about 2 months ago.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 11:06 pm to Yeti_Chaser
I’m guessing you have family in Louisiana?
Maybe look at Florence, Al for an overlooked small town. Florence and nearby has enough to do to keep you satisfied. Good music and arts.
2 hours or less to these cities: Birmingham, Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga.
Tennessee river and Lake Pickwick. Duck hunting is pretty good. Fishing is excellent. Probably be able to get a home on the water at a reasonable price.
Good golfing and outdoors within any driving distance.
If you’re an LSU fan you can be in Tuscaloosa, Oxford, Starkville, Auburn, or Nashville in 2 hours. Bit more to Oxford, but that’s FIVE places to catch an away game within driving distance.
Clean and pretty good school systems. Good local music scene.
You can even take a boat down to Baton Rouge for an LSU game if you wanted. Be an adventure, but you can say you did it. You can go up river and do the same in Knoxville. Close enough to drive to the Smokey’s for hiking/whitewater rafting, vacation as well. Good location to a lot of places.
Maybe look at Florence, Al for an overlooked small town. Florence and nearby has enough to do to keep you satisfied. Good music and arts.
2 hours or less to these cities: Birmingham, Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga.
Tennessee river and Lake Pickwick. Duck hunting is pretty good. Fishing is excellent. Probably be able to get a home on the water at a reasonable price.
Good golfing and outdoors within any driving distance.
If you’re an LSU fan you can be in Tuscaloosa, Oxford, Starkville, Auburn, or Nashville in 2 hours. Bit more to Oxford, but that’s FIVE places to catch an away game within driving distance.
Clean and pretty good school systems. Good local music scene.
You can even take a boat down to Baton Rouge for an LSU game if you wanted. Be an adventure, but you can say you did it. You can go up river and do the same in Knoxville. Close enough to drive to the Smokey’s for hiking/whitewater rafting, vacation as well. Good location to a lot of places.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 11:35 pm to Yeti_Chaser
Morgan City
Posted on 12/16/25 at 12:19 am to Yeti_Chaser
I work from home out of Houston. As a single guy with no kids, I would relocate to Miami/South Beach if I wasn’t in Oil & Gas.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:57 am to Yeti_Chaser
Take a look at the party distribution on the city council, county commission, and school board. If its majority blue, expect crime and tax rates to increase and school performance to fall off.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:59 am to Yeti_Chaser
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Hot Springs
I’m intrigued by this place. Want to visit next year.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:38 am to Donkus
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Chattanooga
Wife and I are seriously looking at eastern Tennessee, Chattanooga in particular, as a retirement location. We've visited twice and still like the idea of it. Mild weather. Not too big, Tennessee river, college town, good dining options, beautiful scenery. Short drive to Smoky Mountain Natl. Park, 6 hours to Florida panhandle, day's drive to practically any east coast city if we wanted.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:41 am to Hank R Hill
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Hernando Beach, FL
I 2nd this. My Grandmother retired outside of St Pete in Brooksville, FL. Not too far from Clearwater Beach either. We tried to get her to move back to NE Alabama for the past 20 years and she always said, frick NO! She loves it Brooksville, FL.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:41 am to Yeti_Chaser
Cedar Bluff, AL
Posted on 12/16/25 at 6:33 am to Yeti_Chaser
Western Kentucky
Posted on 12/16/25 at 6:36 am to Yeti_Chaser
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I'd like to live on the coast but I'm unsure if I want to deal with the heat of Florida. I love salt water fishing but one of the more mountain lake style destinations may be preferred.
Those two things are so different, you really have no idea where you want to go.
Tampa is OK but wont have the lack of crime you ware looking for.
You will need to go farther south in Florida which has the heat you dont want
Geet a RV Baw. No place has everything. I personally will never, EVER, leave this place
Till then pour me out in the ocean
Posted on 12/16/25 at 6:39 am to Soft_Parade
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Take a look at the party distribution on the city council, county commission, and school board. If its majority blue, expect crime and tax rates to increase and school performance to fall off.
Some of the best advice in this thread.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 6:43 am to Yeti_Chaser
Fairhope, AL checks almost all of those boxes minus cheap land. You can find cheaper land/ home prices east of Fairhope
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 6:53 am
Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:06 am to Yeti_Chaser
Every place you listed gets humid and hot. You may want to look around the Mississippi gulf coast area inland. Lowest cost of living in the nation and has everything you are looking for.
Even if you want to get into the sticks, you can use Starlink for internet.
Even if you want to get into the sticks, you can use Starlink for internet.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:07 am to Yeti_Chaser
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Charleston
Has everything you could ever want, but you also referenced "cheap" and "lots of land" so you'd likely be living further out, most likely in a direction away from the water (Ladson, Wando, Summerville, etc).
CHS is technically an international airport but you're connecting for flights that aren't to major cities.
ETA: Beaufort is definitely a great spot. We stop for lunch on the way back from the RBC Heritage. Haven't looked into real estate prices though.
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 8:11 am
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