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Old 02-15-2025, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
If you can afford both, maybe do both. If you love The Villages and miss New England, I'd suggest keeping a Villages home as your primary home, for tax purposes. Then rent in Connecticut for October/November - and again in May/June.

Why not snowbird? Because - summers in Connecticut can be just as miserable as summers in Florida. 90+ temps with 80% humidity stinks no matter what state you're in. The only difference, in my opinion, is that in Connecticut you can jump in the creek without worrying about alligators. Being in CT during May is important because you get to avoid the spring love-bug infestation in Florida. There's another one in September but IMO the one in May is worse. Plus late April/early May is when the lilacs are in bloom in CT, and you get the best of the foliage in October, and all the college students are already settled in for the semester.
That's interesting to me - love bugs. They don't bother me at all. In the summer the HEAT bothers me a lot. And the fire ants bother me a little bit.