Would you know any nice village or small town one could retire to?

Question

...to save on oil, grow potatoes, smell more flowers, breathe more oxygen, etc and help prevent oil price reaching $200 per barrel? Any state/county selling electric vehicles that you know of? Are they cheap? Should the govt encourage such moves?

Answer 1

You could try Iceland.

Answer 2

Small towns exist everywhere but you have to trade one good attribute for the lack of another. For instance, many small towns in Iowa are neighborly, easy to walk in, and people are friendly but you put up with hot summers and cold winters. Southern Oregon has a more moderate climate around Medford but you have to pay state income tax. In Washington State you have no state income tax, a choice of the wet side or the dry side, but if you are affected by SAD (light deficiency), it is hard to live there in the winter but glorious in the summer. I'm sure there are similar comments to be made for nearly every state.

Answer 3

Maybe somewhere in South/Central America or South Africa, or South France.

Answer 4

well if you want some nice small towns, michigan is full of em. Up north michigan, and even Livingston county near detroit area. I think the government should encourage more simple, peaceful lifestyles, it will be good for everyone.

Answer 5

On the offhand chance that McSame steals the election like his predecessor, I am planning on Phuket, Thailand

Answer 6

Try Havana.  Have a nice trip.

Answer 7

I do not know what your nationality is. I would suggest that you choose a country of your nationality. You must spend your retirement in a place where you will feel at home. Of course, those who have some liking for other cultures may consider settling in the countries of their liking. I for one would like to go to my own village, in India. It should now be free from pollution etc. But, most of my own generation people are dwindling. They have migrated to towns working and doing their business. I wonder whether they will come back to the village, for retirement as I do. Most of the people who are now living in the village are not quite known to me. I am a stranger to them. I need to cultivate with them. Besides, there is such a lot of difference from then to now. The idyllic village is no longer there. The bonding which was so natural in our generation is missing.