Quite the blue collar racist area, isn't it?

I'm nowhere near retirement, but I've done something similar with a home in the NC Blue Ridge Mountains.

We inherited a house near the Blue Oval City project and listed it, but it's not selling as quickly as we'd like.

There is a place not too far from me that builds large, ocean going catamarans. https://www.pedigreecats.com/.

I can get same or better, bigger property in Umhlanga South Africa, on the Indian Ocean, for $700k USD.

LTR in Lancaster and a STR in Ocean City.

The factors of cities like Austin, Boise, and other pockets got a huge hit after 2020 due to as @Bill B. said fleeing the blue states, but now that it settled down a bit there is not this large influx of people..

Despite them all being deep blue tenant friendly cities, they are also the engines of wealth creation in this country and therefore over a long period (20+ years) are likely to outperform everything else.At the end of the day, you need to come up with an investment thesis you believe in.

Investors from CA,AZ,NV are often seeking a reprieve from the density and anxiety of urban living and the Oregon Coast offers ocean, rivers, lakes, dunes, mountains and outdoor activities year round to unplug (or plug in?).

You can say it until you are blue in the face.