Who has moved from Texas or is planning to? [View all]

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We are Texans- wife born here and I have been here since I was six. We live just west of Houston in a big master planned area and my wife is getting really tired of the summers (she says now that she is 68 they have become unbearable) I am not quite a senior yet- still have about 10 years to go before social security. I work full time remotely and she retired after 40 years as an RN.
We have property tax breaks that have helped lower our taxes significantly (the 100K homestead plus regular senior exemption) and own our 15 year old home outright.
We have been investigating Europe (have lived in Ireland and England before and are dual Irish/US citizens0.
No grandkids and daughters are grown so no real ties.
Europe is not our preferred destination at this time because of distance and other factors.
But we would like a more temperate climate- especially summers.
We have just begun investigating the Pacific NW- but the diff in home prices is a big challenge.
We do not want to move to a really red state, although we acknowledge that all states have red areas.

So, where have people moved - and been able to maintain the same standard of living? We do realize that moving would probably mean going to an older home and we do not particularly care to be in a city, but we are open to anything.