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05-21-2017, 11:08 AM
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Soaring Eagle member
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Join Date: May 2017
Location: Massachusetts, Pinellas, Now Sanibel
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Originally Posted by Vladimir
You are so right!
NJ taxes were 6 times higher than here
Car insurance twice as high as here
NJ state income tax down to zero here
Home insurance 1.5 times higher than here
Electric/heating costs 3 times higher in NJ than here
There are some offsets (golf cart, lawn care, bonds, ammenity fees, food, etc.) but it does not come close to the overall savings. Of course it depends from which state you move from and TV cost of living will be somewhat higher than other retirement communties in Florida.
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The cost of living up here in MA is ridiculous. The politicians never met a tax they didn't love...
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