I don't disagree with John & The Dude but here's my 2 cents worth. I'm from the midwest, Ohio. If you're trying to compare where you live now & here like John says he's from Maryland. In Ohio my electric bill was about 60 to $70. a month, the highest. I think my property taxes here are less, mine are 1,950 a yr. but you have a bond payment with your property taxes which is about another $2,000. a yr. my total bill is around $4,100. a yr. So what I'm saying is after your bond, (unless the bond is already paid) is paid my taxes would only be about $2,000. a yr. In Ohio my property taxes were approximately $4,000. a yr. So TV is less in that respect is less. My water bill in Ohio was an amazingly never got a water bill higher than $15. you heard me right, $15. Here in TV it's runs as an average between 60 & $70. a month, but when I moved here people said water was high. As far as amenities, mine are $151.??, those do very. I think on the old side I think amenities are less than $100. correct me if I'm wrong. Ins. down here is about the same maybe a bit higher, that's house Ins. they want you to by some extra's, which might be worth it. Now as far as car Ins. well I'm getting my car repair now as we speak. Car Ins. is OK but watch who you buy from, the Ins. I have is going to go, I'm surprised they can stay in business down here, to put it short I'm dumping my Ins. & going with someone else. Like the advertisement on TV says, "You have the wrong Ins, No I have the wrong Ins. company". Hope this helps some. As far as expense in TV I think the merchants are expensive, resturants vendors & people who bang on your door wanting to fix something. I've talked to I bet a dozen people & everyone of them said they lived here anywhere from 10 to 22 yrs. & their quote was, "When I moved here "X" amount of yrs. ago you could live like a millionaire, now you've got to be a millionaire to live here". But again it really depends where you come from, Calif. or NY, it is cheap to live here. Well there's my 2 cents worth. Overall depends on what your living standards are but TV is like a Disneyland for retirees.
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