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Originally Posted by westernrider75
Depends where you are moving from. Florida is cheaper in a lot of ways than other places, Pennsylvania for instance.
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True words. Someone moving here from Appalachia or some small wide spot in the road in rural Montana might find the cost of living higher, but for (I would guess) the overwhelming majority of us, living in TV is waaaay cheaper than it was where we moved from. Coming here from Minnesota, that fact was evident the first few months we lived here.
It was not only the blessed fact of no state income tax here vs. back in MN (3rd highest in the nation). Sales tax is lower here. Paying to heat your home here is a non-issue. Gas is cheaper here. Property taxes here are just over half of what I paid up there--on a home valued at half again as much in TV. The Rav4 remains in pretty much new condition as the 2014 Yamaha golf cart is our primary means of transportation. Costs roughly 1/3 as much to license the Rav4 here than it did in Minnesota. Groceries are significantly cheaper here. Amenity fees here are about 1/3 to 1/2 of what most other like communities pay--on multiples more amenities available. And so on.
There ARE downsides to living in TV. But cost of living certainly isn't one of them.