[Jtsummers]

Retiring in the US as a member of Gen X in the tech industry is quite achievable, if you can move out of high cost of living areas. Large parts of the South and Midwest are quite affordable, and there are still many manufacturing organizations with needs for in-house software and IT support (though often this is contracted out, you will usually move along with each contract though). In software/IT you can make 2-4x the median household income in areas of NC, GA, OH, IN, and others, if not more. Areas where buying a 1 acre or larger property with a 2000 sq foot or larger home was doable in the $150k-250k range throughout the 2010s. Harder now with pandemic price increases, but we'll see how the next 2-3 years play out on home prices.

[EddieDante]

I've already got a house on .33 acres in PA. Not sure I'd want to move to the South or Midwest. I might be a bit right-wing compared to neighbors who are either part of the professional-managerial class or wish they were, but I suspect I'd be pretty far-left compared to people in the areas you recommend and might find the local culture unwelcoming as a result.

[Jtsummers]

> I suspect I'd be pretty far-left compared to people in the areas you recommend and might find the local culture unwelcoming as a result.

I suspect you'd be pretty wrong. I'm quite left-leaning and no one in those areas ever gave a crap about it.