[Mintjulep]

BUC,
Since you have the health care covered, you are ahead of the game.
We expect that to be our biggest expense, as we are 7 and 9 years away from Medicare.

We've found that our utilities are very reasonable (except Comcast).
Also most of the restaurants we like are reasonable too.

My budget crazy husband has estimated our monthly stuff there, and it will be much less than it is currently in NC. Partly because of so many free things to do there that we pay for here.
And the house is smaller, so less taxes, ins., utilities, yard care, etc...
And now with gas prices, the golf cart will be a huge saver.

As stated before, your mortgage will determine how much 'fun $' you will have left...