Hi all,
My wife and I (30s) have found ourselves dreaming of FIRE. We do not plan on going as hardcore as many of you do, but we do plan to exit the rat race no later than 50, with the goal of spending at least 5 years focusing on travel. We like the idea of slow travel, and really immersing ourselves in different cultures. We do NOT love the idea of not having a home base to come back to during various parts of the year.
In a perfect world, we would travel for 2-3 months at a time, and then return to our home base. Most likely this would look like 6 months of travel and 6 months of home base. Currently, we own a 4 BR home (3 kids) outside of Philadelphia, but we would be looking to downsize into something smaller with less maintenance (condo/small house).
All that said, our "Home Base" need not be in the Philly area. In fact, we would prefer it to be somewhere else in the US, which is where my question comes in. Has anyone done / is currently doing this? What areas in the US would you suggest for 1) decent year round weather, 2) a location in which we may be able to rent out our condo for part of the year while traveling, 3) an interesting place to live after spending a lifetime in PA.