I find this thread extremely interesting and rather timely too since, as Dr. Bob had done, I am also starting to look into where we want to live in retirement even though it will indeed be a long way off (I am only 54).
Dr. Bob you also specifically mentioned having looked at South Carolina. What areas did you focus on there sir? Seems like crime is fairly high (compared to many other areas of the U.S.) in many of the S. Carolina coastal areas.
Are there any C-Brats living in, or spent much time boating in, or considering the Georgia coast as an eventual destination? Some areas along the coast of Georgia, such as St. Mary's (which is just north of Jacksonville, FL) look very interesting.
The cruising in the nearby waters of the Salish Sea (Puget Sound, San Juans, Gulf Islands, etc.) are indeed hard to beat, but we do not fish and are also winter weather wimps so we would eventually like to live in an area with more year-round boating weather (for us anyway) and not having to deal with the cold as much. I do worry; however, that after starting our cruising here, that many other areas will feel extremely limiting since I do not see us doing a lot of open ocean excursions.
We hope to spend some vacation in these coastal areas in the coming years to get initial close-up looks at them and then would hope to visit areas which look to be good candidates for longer periods before eventually making a decision.
Take care,
Dan, Tanya, and Hannah on C-Renity
