scenery
How important is scenery in deciding where to retire?
Not at all. I plan on moving to Albuquerque yet I prefer to be where there are trees, flowers & grass,.but when you have them you have humidity and that I don't want.
over 2 years ago
If I were to ever move, scenery would be very important. Now I look out my window and see trees, grass, flowers. If it weren't for tall buildings, I'd be able to see a little of the mountains. So I'd need to have at least the same type of view as here or even more park like. My ideal fantasy location would be ocean front but in reality, I'd be afraid of the problems that could go along with it in severe storms, such as flooding and beach erosion.
over 2 years ago
Very important. Now I'm in flat, brown, dry, dusty West Texas. Any scenery is better than this.
over 2 years ago
My second floor bedroom windows look out over the top of the trees.....which are turning red and yellow. I feel as though I'm in a lovely tree house. I lived by the Pacific Ocean for many years and that was soul enriching too.
over 2 years ago
I shoud have added that Albuquerque is surrounded by mountains and the desert has a beauty of it's own. The snunsets are magnificent and I'll finally be able to see the stars at night. But I am not moving for the scenery.
over 2 years ago
You're right LIGuy, the desert does have a beauty of its own. I live in Central Phoenix, but within a short drive I can see Camelback Mountain and in less than a 2-hour drive is the beautiful city of Sedona, AZ and that entire area with the red rock for as far as the eye can see is so beautiful. For almost the entire drive north of Phoenix there is beautiful scenery, just have to get out of the city.
I don't know if I will stay in Phoenix for the rest of my life, but I would like some scenery wherever I live. The apartment building I live in now is surrounded by trees inside the building and out so I have great scenery now.
I don't know if I will stay in Phoenix for the rest of my life, but I would like some scenery wherever I live. The apartment building I live in now is surrounded by trees inside the building and out so I have great scenery now.
over 2 years ago
Guess it is relevant even when it is not crucial.
I have discovered over the years that I need definition around me. If not mountains then at least hills. Where I am now is only scenic during the fall color season, which has not reached us yet.
We drove miles out of our way once when visiting VA to see Walton's mountain. That was a disappointment. Where we live now we can be to the ocean in less than an hour by driving south west all the way through the compass to north east depending on what type of coast we want. We are only two hours south of the lake country of NH and two and a half from the mountains of NH, VT and four to Maine. So when feeling deprived we can get in the car and go seek.
Central and western MA is very hilly and pretty also.
I have discovered over the years that I need definition around me. If not mountains then at least hills. Where I am now is only scenic during the fall color season, which has not reached us yet.
We drove miles out of our way once when visiting VA to see Walton's mountain. That was a disappointment. Where we live now we can be to the ocean in less than an hour by driving south west all the way through the compass to north east depending on what type of coast we want. We are only two hours south of the lake country of NH and two and a half from the mountains of NH, VT and four to Maine. So when feeling deprived we can get in the car and go seek.
Central and western MA is very hilly and pretty also.
over 2 years ago
Allen, I agree, the New England states have everything. As you described them, I remembered five years of living in Massachusetts, when I first got married, and enjoying Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine. We loved the mountains, the Atlantic shores, but most of all the wooded beauty of western Mass. during the fall. When our youngest decided on going to college in the Berkshires, we were thrilled to have the excuse to take her there and visit her frequently. (We lived 3000 miles away).
Do you know where Maxfield Parrish painted? I remember standing on a balcony somewhere in NH (?) and seeing a beautiful scene from one of his painings.
Do you know where Maxfield Parrish painted? I remember standing on a balcony somewhere in NH (?) and seeing a beautiful scene from one of his painings.
over 2 years ago
First of all, congrats LIGuy, for making such a good move. Scenery is very important to me. That's one reason I live in Malta now. There's the sea--which I never knew I liked so much. Some people hate it here because it isn't green enough. But where there's green, there's lots of rain--and I hate rain. So I'll take dry anytime.
over 2 years ago
Here is a short bio on Maxfield Parrish, he lived in the CT river valley just south of Lebanon, NY in a town called Plainfield and was a member of the Cornish art colony. Quite an interesting man and family. The land he bought where he built his home had a view of Mt Ascutney across the river in VT. This is probably the view that you remember.
over 2 years ago
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