I recently retired here and have a mortgage, a designer home and a corner lot. There are no stock answers to what it costs to live here, but for my wife and myself, we run about $4k per month for everything, food, utilities, entertainment, insurance, yard (corner lots are more to take care of), golf, etc. We bought a new home, so landscape, blinds, and other one time expenses add up for sticker shock. My one suggestion, regardless of what or where you buy, before you move in, have your garage floor painted. Always more challenging, and most folks I know say they wish they did it first.
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