T RINITY
O AKS to water rationing and wildfi res.
S ALISBURY, NC
Earthquakes also are a fact of life in
some areas.
Cost of living
Some perceive California to be very
expensive, and that might be true
in some areas, but the state offers a
wide range of living situations. Los
Angeles County — the most populous
in the nation — is approaching 10
million residents, while rural Alpine
Right Time,
County averages two people a square
Right Place, mile; housing costs vary greatly. San
Right Now!
Francisco and Los Angeles are more
Death Valley’s badlands costly than smaller locales such as
Considering a
Fresno, Sacramento, or Redding.
retirement community…
Housing prices have dropped
a cottage versus an
tion, and reviews are available online from formerly overheated assess-
apartment?
at
www.militarycampgrounds.us. ments. The CalVet Home Loan
The Pacifi c Crest Trail runs from program offers low-interest loans
Trinity Oaks has the perfect
Oregon to Mexico through moun- to veterans, and voters recently ap-
answer…all the services and
tain ranges such as the Cascades, proved a Veterans Bond Act autho-
amenities with cottages as
Coastal Range, and Sierra Nevada rizing $900 million in additional
well as apartments! With the
new expansion, Trinity Oaks
and smaller ranges in the south. bonds to fund these loans. Further,
has a lot to “crow” about.
Factor in dramatic deserts that burst historic Proposition 13 prevents
Come visit and let us show
into amazing bloom with spring large real-estate-tax jumps. This
you. We think you will like
rains, and it’s clear California is means once a home is purchased,
what you see. much more than a single state. owners can’t be taxed out of it.
The climate varies MOAA member
Experience Salisbury,
a charming small college
from Mediterranean CWO Russ Bushby,
town with an “uptown” feel,
— hot, dry summers USN-Ret., a San Diego
and more than 250 years
and rainy winters
“We moved
CPA, adds that seniors
of history to enjoy.
— to subarctic with
to a sunny
can keep their Propo-
short, cool summers sition 13 assessment
Call 704.633.1002 or toll free
[CCRC]. ...
and upwards of a if they move within a
at 1.800.610.0783
dozen feet or more
My home-
for more information or
county and can transfer
of snow in winter.
maintenance
to schedule a visit.
property to a child or
These extremes tool is now a grandchild without an
depend on altitude,
telephone.”
assessment adjustment.
latitude (California
— Col. Roger Ko-
Also, he says, disabled
is about 800 miles veterans can get a
long), and proxim-
zuma, USAF-Ret.
property-tax exemption
ity to the Pacifi c. for their principal resi-
728 Klumac Road
Annual precipita- dence. Based partially
Salisbury, NC 28144
tion can be as little on annual income, the
dhundley@trinityoaks.net
as 2 to 3 inches in the desert and exemption can be as high as $172,000.
100 inches or more in the northern Housing options include rental or
coastal rainforest. Hurricane-like purchase of homes, apartments, or
storms and tornadoes are extremely condos, as well as age-restricted de-
rare, but periodic droughts can lead velopments. Some retirees opt for one
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