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Originally Posted by arabianhorse59
I have lived here now for close to 2 years. I am a full time resident and moved here because my husband is a golf addict!  I can honestly say that this is the most expensive place I have ever lived in my life and I came here from Illinois, the over tax em state. I realize alot of you sold property and moved down here with no mortgages on your backs but, we couldn't do that. We have a mortgage here but, I am talking about the over the top fees for everything. The monthly fee for golf is $150, trail fees, mandatory garbage fees at $55 a month (whether you have garbage picked up or not! If you own property, you pay it!), the internet for $96 a year, Progress Energy, which is the most $$ utility company I have ever had to deal with...on and on. I am young enough that I am able to work (I am 51) and I have to hold down 3 jobs to keep food on the table here.
Before people buy here, they need to research the fees. If I would have known that this place was so costly, I never would have moved here!  |
Dear Arabian Horses,
This post is from the first of the year, so I bet by now you will have resolved the problem by getting rid of the guy who plays golf on the pricey courses while you work three jobs.
I also have to wonder where you moved from in Illinois to have the electric bills comparatively so high. I also would have suggested to you to wait until you have enough money saved so you don't have a mortgage, and I say this to you because at your age of 51, I am almost old enough to be your mother. Living the good life, after working for many years is not a given. It is a prize that people need to plan for and in these hard economic times may need to delay. Also it is wise, whether you are 21 or 51 or 71, (my age) to live inside ones income and sometimes that requires hard choices.
I will not bore you with the fun we had for quite a long period of our life,on not much money, and the satisfaction we feel after working very hard for a very long time to achieve this wonderful goal.
Personally I feel with the range of homes here starting at $70K, a lot of people can come here and enjoy every single thing.
But not every single person can retire because they are old enough.
There are many things that even if you have lived wisely, can and do happen to wipe out your financial safety. And sadly for many more than in the past that is the awful reality these days.