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Not everyone totally regrets leaving. After over 35 years we pulled the plug and ended up in Tennessee. Been 6 years now and we love it. I used to think Alaska had the best fishing but dismissed that. Next month we make a days drive and head out for Yellowfin tuna. We can usually fish year around if you don’t mind 50 degree days. Cost of living here is almost unbelievable.
Do we miss Alaska? At times, yes. Hunting there can’t be compared to anywhere else I ever lived. And fishing and watching killer whales out of Seward was awesome.
It would be great to spend summers back in Alaska. But maybe even better would be a second house and boat in Venice Louisiana. About once a week I run into someone who used to live in Alaska while shopping.
Alaska is a great state with wonderful opportunities. But it is geared more towards younger people and not a retiree friendly state.
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
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Not everyone totally regrets leaving. After over 35 years we pulled the plug and ended up in Tennessee. Been 6 years now and we love it. I used to think Alaska had the best fishing but dismissed that. Next month we make a days drive and head out for Yellowfin tuna. We can usually fish year around if you don’t mind 50 degree days. Cost of living here is almost unbelievable.
Do we miss Alaska? At times, yes. Hunting there can’t be compared to anywhere else I ever lived. And fishing and watching killer whales out of Seward was awesome.
It would be great to spend summers back in Alaska. But maybe even better would be a second house and boat in Venice Louisiana. About once a week I run into someone who used to live in Alaska while shopping.
Alaska is a great state with wonderful opportunities. But it is geared more towards younger people and not a retiree friendly state. Tennessee is one of the top states for Alaskans to move to. About half of the people I know that have left here, went to TN.
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I've got a buddy that has a 90ft houseboat on Dale Hollow Lake, he goes there everywhere for a couple of months and he loves it, wouldn't surprise me if he ends up retiring there.
That's ok, I'll ass shoot a dink.
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Colorado is nice too I lived there before here, My Dad was in the Airforce that`s how we got here. Time to go hunt some deer way more tastier then the moose and caribou here. Will miss the tasty salmon and ptarmigan though. But the older daughter can ship me some fish down. Man! I would hate to have to pay your crack bill!  I have eaten tons of deer from a whole lot of different areas... Sitka blacktails are way ahead of any and every other deer native to the US. But suggesting moose and caribou are inferior to a mulie is ridiculous. A nice grain-fed whitetail can be quite nice, but still not in the running with good eats.
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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