TODAY’S QUESTION:
Something has been really bothering me as my spouse and I try to plan our future. We’re both looking toward early retirement and every single bit of advice I see for where to retire… just doesn’t take into account being gay. At all. All the “retire here for the lowest taxes and best chance at a good life” advice points to states with awful track records about all queer stuff ever (looking at you, Florida-Alabama-Louisiana-Montana). My queer heart is so frustrated that I’m essentially ignored in this advice again and again (pretty standard in personal finance, I know) and I would just love your combined take on what to look for in a place to retire to that takes into account social safety nets and not literally trying to legislate my spouse and I out of existence. I guess I am feeling pretty disheartened about the idea that I have to retire to a state that’s going to possibly harm my rate of return and make early retirement harder just because I am queer. Do I suck it up and move to Florida? Are those taxes worth it to support those broader social safety nets and so we just suck it up and pay those in the queer haven of upstate New York-and-or-Vermont?
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