Easing Into Retirement

guess i was little harsh on ny too. lots of great stuff ,you cant get anywhere else. when i was younger i loved it. i worked on time square(marriott marquis) lived just over the gwb in jersey. but i did pay, ny tax, nj, tax, commuters tax. federal tax, and thats when the gwb was $1.25. now its $13.lmao!!!! but the culture and the museums and the shows , stereo shops, record shops ever block and the food is hard to beat. but my days of navigating the city and dealing with all the people are behind me and i just like to take the train up a few times a year.
oh btw if you defensive drive in nyc, you are not going to get anywhere its all on the offensive side.lol. gotta be crazier than the cabbies is my motto.
but no i dont even want to retire in n.j. forget about n.y. but upstate is damn gorgeous .
i have friends that would never leave nyc. theyve never owned a car or had a license and dont ever need one. and they live for the city. of course they make great money and spend most of it. lol.
 
joeinid said:
This website might help a little.

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Not sure people remember this little bit of info. But moving into some states requires a once rather large out of pocket expense for bringing your boats, cars, trucks into your new state of residence. In know that when I moved back to Fl from S.C. I paid, $53 for a new DL and around $185 to register my car ( ps I was a past resident, got the very same DL # and if I would have kept my old tag it would have been a simple transfer fee :weird:) my wife however had never lived in FL, it cost her $485 to register her car in Fla. But this is a one time charge and we no longer have to pay that once every freaking year vehicle tax like we did in S.C. :exciting:
 
I didn't ease into retirement, I dove head first:exciting: I have a meager income but I'm happy. Everything I have I own and is paid for. I don't owe nobody nuthin:congrats::congrats: Retirement is one of the greatest things that happened to me and I love every freakin minute of it:D:D
 
I decided to retire when I was 59. I was spending too much time in hotels and eating in restaurants as I was spending 3 weeks each month in Asia and one week back in the office here. I was missing too many weddings, funerals, birthdays.....

When we met with our financial people as I was figuring out the best way to bridge from 59 to 62 when I could start pulling reduced pensions a piece of advice we received was very important.

Retirement is broken down into three timeframes. 1) The Go-Go Years 2) The Slow Go Years and 3) The No Go Years.

We have seen too many retirees who wait too long to take those trips to Europe, The Holy Land, Asia etc. When they do go many of them cannot handle the walking, the climbing or steps. They end up getting so little out of the trip.

Travel continues to be our top priority. This world is just to interesting to stay home.
 
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