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S/V Loner
(9,431 posts)I love where I live in Northwest, CT. The weather, the people, my views from my house... everything. When I retired everyone asked where I would go. I tell them that I am not going anywhere. Why would I leave a nice area, decent weather, for the most part decent people, all my connections over 38 years here from contractors to friend and acquaintances... Hell, I love and appreciate having to wave to people as I leave and enter my neighborhood every day. The people I know that left did so for warmer weather and lower taxes even though they could afford the taxes. There is no way I would leave to save a couple of thousand in taxes and I like the change in the seasons anyway. It makes no sense to me because I am not that financially distressed. I addition to that I couldn't afford to replace where I live overlooking a lake no matter where I moved. Home prices are not as different as they were in the past... at least where you would want to live. What I have noticed is that those that moved to Florida or the Carolina's are thinking about or planning to leave and do miss their old friends.
No. Moving isn't for me. I'm lucky and I know it.
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