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[North Country Gal]

Not sure how important it is for you, but you better factor in Wisconsin winters. Most of the homes in your list are just below what we call the snow line, that being a north/south line above which it is cold enough the winter for snow to accumulate all through the winter, making for good winter snow sports. Below the line enough melting occurs for snow depths to vary too much to offer dependable winter snow sports.

We live about an hour plus north of those homes in Wausau. We are in snow country and we typically get snow eight months out of the year. That doesn't men that Wausau and Marshfield have mild winters, though. They're just south enough to get rain when we might be getting snow. Winters are still long and cold.

As for the Wisconsin north woods and lake country, go north on Highway 51 out of Wausau till you get to Merrill. That's generally considered to be the point at which the central Wisconsin hardwood forests and farm country transition over to the north woods.

[Sir Henry]

Not sure how important it is for you, but you better factor in Wisconsin winters. Most of the homes in your list are just below what we call the snow line, that being a north/south line above which it is cold enough the winter for snow to accumulate all through the winter, making for good winter snow sports. Below the line enough melting occurs for snow depths to vary too much to offer dependable winter snow sports.

We live about an hour plus north of those homes in Wausau. We are in snow country and we typically get snow eight months out of the year. That doesn't men that Wausau and Marshfield have mild winters, though. They're just south enough to get rain when we might be getting snow. Winters are still long and cold.

As for the Wisconsin north woods and lake country, go north on Highway 51 out of Wausau till you get to Merrill. That's generally considered to be the point at which the central Wisconsin hardwood forests and farm country transition over to the north woods.

Thank you for that valuable information. I know a lot of that kind of stuff in WA, OR, ID and MT but not much elsewhere. If I have cold I want snow.

[Sir Henry]

This one is south of Wausau. I like it.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1073 ... 7424_zpid/?

[BigAl52]

I thought that was a nice looking place when you linked it the first time. Lot of house there and land for 400K. Just dont know for me anyway if Id wanna live in cheese land

[RanchRoper]

Wherever you end up, Badger and Dakota will cut the grass and Houston loves dandelions.

[Sir Henry]

I thought that was a nice looking place when you linked it the first time. Lot of house there and land for 400K. Just dont know for me anyway if Id wanna live in cheese land

I like Northern Minnesota and think I would like Northern Wisconsin. Northern Idaho and Northern Montana are great too although Northern Montana above the top line east of Havre is too desolate and I’m not talking being remote.

[Sir Henry]

Wisconsin is good for retired people. Especially me as they have low sales tax and all my income is state tax exempt.

[RanchRoper]

I love remote and desolate.

[BigAl52]

No state tax in Wyoming

[Sir Henry]

I love remote and desolate.

I like remote if it’s within 15 minutes of a Starbucks. Desolate to me means no lattes for breakfast.

Seriously I’ve even looked at off grid homes that are relatively close to services (lattes).