I have been kicking around the idea of buying a place in the western Ouachita mountains in southeast Oklahoma. Thought about north Texas for awhile but the property taxes are pretty steep and it is full of Texans (just joking). For the next several years it would be just be a winter retreat but then I would look to retire there. Pretty isolated but the people seem very friendly. Not the 70, 80 degree warmth of south Texas or Florida but the average Jan Feb temps are in the 50's. Beats the hell out of the temps here in north Missouri. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks.