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Well my trip is complete. My parents sold their house here in Connecticut and bought a house down in Florida. So during last week we spent Wed, Thurs, Fri driving down 1,200 miles to move them in. Spent most of Friday unpacking the 26' penske moving truck and all of saturday putting all there stuff in place. I was in charge of electronics & furniture... blah!. Sunday, I flew home back to CT.
A few observations I made on the trip.
The South Eastern states are very, very, different from the North Eastern states. First of all, I95 is a lot nicer to drive down there. I actually was able to use cruise control something you could never use up here. I'd set it to 5 miles over the speed limit, get my feet comfortable and just hold the wheel. I would go 10-15 miles without touching the brake once. Here, you touch the brake 1000 times in 10 miles.
As we started decending through the states, we noticed price reductions on virtually everything. Things were cheaper in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. For example, a few weeks ago I bought a new Vermont Castings outdoor grill for $899 at Home Depot. It's a monster of a grill and i'll use it even in the winter. Anyway, we went to a Home Depot in Florida were my parents move to and the same exact grill was $599. And it even came with a TANK, which mine didn't. I was so p'd off. Another thing is, "Everyone takes their time in stores and resturants." Up here, if you get in someones way, they will kick you to the ground and step on you.
Gasoline here is $3.44 for Ultra down in Florida it's $2.98
Up here you pay .05 cents deposit on all cans and bottles, "which hardly anyone ever returns" Down there, no deposits... Up here, cigarettes are like $4.50 a pack. Down there, they are $3.15 per/pack. Even at the grocery store mostly everything is .50 cents to a $1.00 less. And florida doesn't tax you on purchases.... Connecticut bends you over and says "ready!"?
My parents sold their house here 1300 sq/ft for $426,000, and it wasn't even a great house. Very New England style Cape, in a very good area. The house they bought down in florida was $210,000 in a great area 2600sq/ft - amazing house... huge pool, hot tub, big back yard, 3 car garage, it's kinda the spanish sytle home, it's amazing... And it's almost half the price of the one they had up here.
So, I think i'm going to head down there in a few months and see if I can find a job down there. I'm really tired of all the hussle and bussle up here. Since the cost of living is less down there, I guess a job with a pay cut would kinda even out... I don't know... I gotta check it all out.
Although, I did see a condo near my parents that was $98,000 and was 3 bedrooms, 2 baths with a 2 car garage. Up here, it would be like $250,000...
well, anyway... If you've ever been somewhere and noticed a huge difference from where you live, drop a few lines and tell everyone about it.
A few observations I made on the trip.
The South Eastern states are very, very, different from the North Eastern states. First of all, I95 is a lot nicer to drive down there. I actually was able to use cruise control something you could never use up here. I'd set it to 5 miles over the speed limit, get my feet comfortable and just hold the wheel. I would go 10-15 miles without touching the brake once. Here, you touch the brake 1000 times in 10 miles.
As we started decending through the states, we noticed price reductions on virtually everything. Things were cheaper in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. For example, a few weeks ago I bought a new Vermont Castings outdoor grill for $899 at Home Depot. It's a monster of a grill and i'll use it even in the winter. Anyway, we went to a Home Depot in Florida were my parents move to and the same exact grill was $599. And it even came with a TANK, which mine didn't. I was so p'd off. Another thing is, "Everyone takes their time in stores and resturants." Up here, if you get in someones way, they will kick you to the ground and step on you.
Gasoline here is $3.44 for Ultra down in Florida it's $2.98
Up here you pay .05 cents deposit on all cans and bottles, "which hardly anyone ever returns" Down there, no deposits... Up here, cigarettes are like $4.50 a pack. Down there, they are $3.15 per/pack. Even at the grocery store mostly everything is .50 cents to a $1.00 less. And florida doesn't tax you on purchases.... Connecticut bends you over and says "ready!"?
My parents sold their house here 1300 sq/ft for $426,000, and it wasn't even a great house. Very New England style Cape, in a very good area. The house they bought down in florida was $210,000 in a great area 2600sq/ft - amazing house... huge pool, hot tub, big back yard, 3 car garage, it's kinda the spanish sytle home, it's amazing... And it's almost half the price of the one they had up here.
So, I think i'm going to head down there in a few months and see if I can find a job down there. I'm really tired of all the hussle and bussle up here. Since the cost of living is less down there, I guess a job with a pay cut would kinda even out... I don't know... I gotta check it all out.
Although, I did see a condo near my parents that was $98,000 and was 3 bedrooms, 2 baths with a 2 car garage. Up here, it would be like $250,000...
well, anyway... If you've ever been somewhere and noticed a huge difference from where you live, drop a few lines and tell everyone about it.
