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Umm, no thanks. I’ll pass</p>
<p>We have friends who are somewhat older. They retired to idaho Falls. They are great climbers. They are too discreet to share bodily discomfort. I didn’t realize winter is so tough on older people. Not that Im young. Previous owner of my house lived in the house until she died at 92.</p>
<p>@eyemamom. Can you elaborate on how the 6 month and a day works? I mean does it work if my husband and I live and work in NJ and have an apartment in Texas (for son in college). Would that count? Thanks. </p>
<p>I am guessing that’s to decide the primary residence. It doesn’t always work. In NY, it is quite stringent and you are subject to their tax laws no matter how short you live there. Having a second home may subject you to two state taxes. </p>
<p>jym, I am sure there are synagogues in Boise. It looks to be about 200 miles away.</p>
<p>THe chance that I would move back up north to think about digging my car out of the snow is zero. I do not miss salt grunge on my shoes or chapped lips ;)</p>
<p>You had snow this year in. :)</p>
<p>I think I’d prefer to run through cactus than retire to a cold weather location. I lived in Chicago during one of the coldest winters on record. 20 degrees below zero, slogging through iced over snow a mile to and from the el scarred me for life. We may not retire to Florida, but we’re definitely not retiring to anyplace rated zone 6 or lower. Brrrrr. </p>
<p>@jym626: Here you go. <a href=“http://www.emanuelidaho.org/”>http://www.emanuelidaho.org/</a></p>
<p>The six months and a day…your primary residence would need to be in the place where you claim to live six months plus one day. That is the state in which you would apply as an instate resident, and also the state you would list on your IRS tax returns. It would be the place where you would have your drivers license as well.</p>
<p>Having a place where your SON goes to college, but where you don’t live or work would be a tough sell to the IRS.</p>
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<p>We made a decision when we got a second home that we didn’t want to be stuck with having to do maintenance and all the stuff that goes into home ownership. We really wanted to feel like we were on vacation when we were at the vacation home. It’s common in the area where we have a vacation home for folks with second homes to hire caretakers, which was what we did. It’s a fairly desirable area and a few years ago we started renting our home for one month. We have had the same family rent it. We make enough to pay for taxes and for the caretaker and other maintenance. We’ve been lucky.</p>
<p>The thing about retirement is you don’t have to venture out in bad weather. Things can wait until it is nice out there again which will come if you wait. If you have heat in the house, I don’t know if cold is so problematic.</p>
<p>Our state Department of Revenue has has cracked down some on the six months and a day rule in our state. In addition to the time spent, they also look at:</p>
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<li>Where your mail is sent</li>
<li>Present status of living quarters in the state (rented, sold, etc.)</li>
<li>Information provided to insurance company about your residency</li>
<li>Location of bank accounts</li>
<li>Location of voter’s registration</li>
<li>Where driver’s license is issued</li>
<li>Where vehicles are registered</li>
<li>Where vehicles are kept</li>
<li>Where professional licenses are maintained</li>
<li>Location of fraternal, social, or athletic memberships</li>
<li>Location of union memberships</li>
<li>Location of place of worship</li>
<li>Where spouse or dependents reside</li>
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<p>Don’t start in… I realize that there are many issues with this list. But this is what our state is now considering</p>
<p>Google sez:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.emanuelidaho.org/”>http://www.emanuelidaho.org/</a></p>
<p>inparent, when my parents changed their residency, the state of NY called them and asked them if they owned any gravesites in the state. :)</p>
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<p>that can be true if you dont have any appts to keep.</p>
<p>I’ll move everything lock stock and barrel and live as a visitor in my current home. I’ll register and go the whole 9 yards. We briefly contemplated moving to the US Virgin Islands but apparently there are some really stringent rules there and I can’t remember exactly what it was, I’m thinking my husband said something about citizenship or voting or some kind of issue. </p>
<p>@iglooo - I really don’t want to be forced to stay inside, even with toasty heating system because of the awful weather outside when I’m older. Right now I can stand a day or two of snow, after that I’m done with it. I don’t like the feeling of being cold, gray skies vs being able to go golf, sunny skies, gardening, etc. </p>
<p>I often feel the same way about the South when it is very hot. It seems like everyone stays cooped up in air conditioning. At least with snow, I can put more layers on. I can only take so many off when it is really hot outside otherwise small children may run in terror.</p>
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<p>Unless you live in the area that had the polar vortex last year. We just had the coldest winter in 35 years in our city, average temperature all winter 9.7 degrees. Something like 53 days below zero. It can be a long wait for it to be ‘nice’ – and you still have to get groceries, go to appointments, take the dog out if you have one (brrr), and get out to do SOMETHING so you don’t go stir crazy in your own four walls. And we had weeks on end when the neighborhood roads (both suburbs and in town) were crazy icy and rutted. It was too cold for road salt to work… I love to cross country ski, but it was too darned cold for that even (at least for a wimp like me, I like it to be above zero and not too windy).</p>
<p>I feel like I could take a rainy winter climate (Pacific Northwest) over the ice, snow, and cold. Just gotta coax the kids to move there. 
Several relatives on their dad’s side of the family and their dad have recently moved there. D2 might end up there, too (at a west coast college now and has minimal interest in returning to our chilly home state).</p>
<p>I just had this exact conversation with my dad, who lives in the southeast. He was out every day this past winter, unless it was raining, but he is dreading August, when he is inside all the time. </p>