Sally Vix wrote:
Flagpole, I am pretty sure you know about home prices in Santa Monica, but I am curious to why you would want to live there? I love the place especially if you have an active, outdoor lifestyle. A home in Ohio that may cost $300,000 is going to cost maybe $1.2 to $1.5 million in Santa Monica. But it is 1000 times better than any place in Ohio (Or Texas!). I loved living out there and if you have the opportunity - go for it! I would probably end up in Newport Beach (maybe out of my price range) but there are so many nice places out there to retire - though I know you are very, very far away from retiring.
Don't feel like giving all the details, especially since you are trying to troll me with your last sentence, but this part of your post is the main reason, especially the underlined part:
"A home in Ohio that may cost $300,000 is going to cost maybe $1.2 to $1.5 million in Santa Monica. But it is 1000 times better than any place in Ohio (Or Texas!). "
I have enough money to go live where I want. Ohio is a great place to raise a family and make big coin with a low cost of living so that you save and invest a lot and end up with racks on racks on racks, but I don't want to retire here, and I hate winter. Right now that's my target area...Southern California, not necessarily Santa Monica. I might change my mind between now and when it is time for me to move.