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Old 04-18-2022, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by tophcfa View Post
I can come up with three advantages, no state income taxes, homestead exemption on property taxes, and your vote in a national election might actually matter (depending on previous state). In general, substandard health care in Florida (at least the greater Villages area) is a big disadvantage.
Our decision was based on two of those three - we didn't know about the homestead exemption until we got here.

We'll be expanding out to Ocala, Gainesville, and Orlando in our quest for health care comparable to what we had in Md.

An additional consideration for the OP is whether they will keep their home in Va. There could be a Va equivalent to the homestead exemption that is more beneficial than the Fl version. (of course, this isn't an issue if you will only own one home}
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