Estimated costs of a comfortable retirement in every state in the US

[Average guy]

It’s far too many people here now, the weather is miserable summer and winter, very limited shopping except by internet, vehicle license plates are very expensive for vehicles less than 6 years old ( all of ours are well beyond 6 yo, and we’re still spending near $2K/year ......shall I continue! memtb

I couldn’t agree more.

 

[acudaowner]

wonder if that will hold true after the socialist finish taking over the country .

 

[Redmanss]

Don't come to Wyoming unless you're in perfect health. The state run medical care system will shorten your retirement immensely and you won't need much savings at all if you're not.

 

[7.62willdo]

Don't come to Wyoming unless you're in perfect health. The state run medical care system will shorten your retirement immensely and you won't need much savings at all if you're not.

But what if I got good retirement health insurance?

 

[Average guy]

Doesn’t matter. Wyoming =Hard No

 

[Milo 2.5]

But what if I got good retirement health insurance?

Flight for Life insurance needed in WY, get you some place where your health ins can work for you, lol

 

[TurboTrout]

Retirement, I just don’t get it

I can’t vacation for more than a week before I’m ready to get back to my trade, I’ve even taken vacations where I do more or less the same things as I do for work lol

 

[Redmanss]

But what if I got good retirement health insurance?

Outside of the major cities (which are tiny compared to most states), all the hospitals are owned, staffed and operated by the local government. They’re county or state employees, and they’re the only hospitals around for 100+ miles in most cases. They mean well, most of them anyhow, but they’re under staffed, under funded, poorly managed and poorly equipped. Think the VA, but with no money or political backing. Patients here with anything remotely life threatening are typically put in an ambulance and driven three hours to Casper (the privately run hospital), right past the county hospital in Gillette that’s a full trauma center.

Wyoming is very well known as being the wrong retirement state for anyone who needs to see a doctor more than once a year. Don’t get hurt, don’t get sick, and damn sure don’t have any type of chronic condition, and it’s great. Well, it’s great right up until tourist season and all the city fags show up, but nine months of snowfall keeps that to a minimum.

 

[Huskydriver]

Outside of the major cities (which are tiny compared to most states), all the hospitals are owned, staffed and operated by the local government. They’re county or state employees, and they’re the only hospitals around for 100+ miles in most cases. They mean well, most of them anyhow, but they’re under staffed, under funded, poorly managed and poorly equipped. Think the VA, but with no money or political backing. Patients here with anything remotely life threatening are typically put in an ambulance and driven three hours to Casper (the privately run hospital), right past the county hospital in Gillette that’s a full trauma center.

Wyoming is very well known as being the wrong retirement state for anyone who needs to see a doctor more than once a year. Don’t get hurt, don’t get sick, and damn sure don’t have any type of chronic condition, and it’s great. Well, it’s great right up until tourist season and all the city fags show up, but nine months of snowfall keeps that to a minimum.

I seent it...or they come to Utah for treatment

 

[Average guy]

Outside of the major cities (which are tiny compared to most states), all the hospitals are owned, staffed and operated by the local government. They’re county or state employees, and they’re the only hospitals around for 100+ miles in most cases. They mean well, most of them anyhow, but they’re under staffed, under funded, poorly managed and poorly equipped. Think the VA, but with no money or political backing. Patients here with anything remotely life threatening are typically put in an ambulance and driven three hours to Casper (the privately run hospital), right past the county hospital in Gillette that’s a full trauma center.

Wyoming is very well known as being the wrong retirement state for anyone who needs to see a doctor more than once a year. Don’t get hurt, don’t get sick, and damn sure don’t have any type of chronic condition, and it’s great. Well, it’s great right up until tourist season and all the city fags show up, but nine months of snowfall keeps that to a minimum.

Isn’t that the truth. My parents have to travel out of state to see their specialists. 3 hour trip to Billings in whatever weather we’re having. Most local hospitals are good to save your life and only that. After that it’s a med-evac to a bigger well staffed hospital. Not bullshitt

 

[Seed tick]

End of next month. I’m not leaving shit to anybody! Spending every nickel.

 

[tomcatmv]

Well, don't come to Texas, or I mean TAXES. just transpose the letters. Seriously, property taxes here suck big time, but hey, every high school has a football stadium that could accommodate a college bowl game, so there is that.

 

[KYAggie]

The picture was more for the tax benefits, as someone who’s estate will be in excess of 2m. Wyoming is very attractive tax wise.

I get it, and while I have no idea what property taxes are in Wyoming, I would wager they are far less than Illinois.

 

[NoDopes]

Want a cheap divorce? Move to the middle east for a few months... What's the cost of a few buckets of stones?

 

[Ankeny]

Wyoming by far.....

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For those of you who live in Wyoming, you do know between Covid, the drop in mineral extraction, etc., things are about to change.

 

[Milo 2.5]

For those of you who live in Wyoming, you do know between Covid, the drop in mineral extraction, etc., things are about to change.

LOL, oh, we know all too well. I'm sure wherever you reside a decrease in property taxes is in the making?

 

[Redmanss]

There’s a lot of chatter in Wyoming about bringing state income taxes. Coal is done for, and Biden has made it clear oil is on the chopping block as well with cutting out fracking and banning all new mineral leases on fed land, which is over half the state. Even with oil over $70 a barrel, I see far more horse heads idle than I see operating. The state is going broke, but they’re going to get their money one way or another. I foresee income taxes by the end of the decade if not sooner, and there’s not enough retirees here to stop them from going after those checks while they’re at it.

 

[stefan73]

Retirement is usually more expensive than most people realize because every day is a weekend

YUP.................Retired 5-5-21

Only if you're retired/retired. I'm semi retired. Retired from the Army and working a job.

 

[BullGear]

Only if you're retired/retired. I'm semi retired. Retired from the Army and working a job.

Then you're not retired.

 

[stefan73]

Then you're not retired.

Someone would say I am, it really isn't true. I just retired from my previous job but still require another one.

 

[Average guy]

For those of you who live in Wyoming, you do know between Covid, the drop in mineral extraction, etc., things are about to change.

No kidding. I Work on the energy field. There has been contraction in the past year for sure. That being said oil and coal are both holding steady as of now. I see a lot of changes on the horizon. As I’ve said above not a state for the faint of heart or retirees. We lack a lot of things people become accustomed to.

 

[OldSalty2]

Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and maybe NE Oklahoma.