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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
"I need to ask:
If given another chance, would you move out of Florida maybe back up north?"
Nope. Negatory. NWIH, Uh-uh. Ain't gonna happen.
First (and probably foremost) I don't believe most of the negatives. Crime? Where I come from folks walk into big box stores, help themselves and walk out with impunity. Here? Just read a story about some guy who got jailed for shoplifting a battery charger, and electrical cord and a couple of buckets. Back where I come from this isn't even a "crime" any more. Here, it is a headline.
Insurance? I pay less for my home insurance here than back in Minnesota--on a property here worth about 1.5 times as much. Car insurance about the same. Non-issue.
Crowded? Back where I was raised, "next-door neighbor" means two miles down the road. Maybe desirable to some. Me? Nope. Not at this age.
Too hot? Well, it is 5:00 PM now and I just returned from playing 18 holes of golf--walking, not riding in a cart--at about 3:45. Maybe it is "too hot" for folks who let media control their lives. That ain't me. Plenty of water and taking my time--I could play all day. Maybe tomorrow I will.
We're in our third year of residency and TV has either met or exceeded our expectations in every respect. No place is perfect but Florida in general, and TV in particular, surely does beat living in the fourth-highest taxed state in the nation, six months of snow up to my armpits, and feeling the need to carry a pistol every time I left the house.
Ain't goin' back.
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I found this table listing the states with the highest overall tax burden, & the good news is Minnesota dropped to #8 in 2023. That doesn't change any of your excellent points, it just points out a few other states have convinced their legistatures to make their states even more expensive than they were.
2023’s Tax Burden by State