View Single Post
 
Old 10-01-2007, 04:03 PM
Frangyomory's Avatar
Frangyomory Frangyomory is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Tall Trees/Cherry Vale CYV
Posts: 546
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Default Re: $85,000 Average Income - Are They Kidding?

That's a dream that Mr Morse had one night!!!!! The numbers will never be accurate unless you do it by groups; fully retired full timers; fully retired snow birds; working couples full timers; working couples snow birds; and so forth. You can't just take an average of all incomes reported on closing paperwork and call it the "average income for all residents in the Villages" because it just isn't true.

We have a nice two bedroom courtyard villa and are both fully retired. Have no other homes and live here full time and believe me, we don't take in $85k a year before taxes!!! Maybe some folks who live in Bridgeport and the $1.5million places do, but we are two people who worked hard all our lives and were glad to be able to retire with pensions. I can't help but think we are a typical couple here in the Villages.

If there were so much money down here they wouldn't be giving away $25k in furniture just to convince you to buy a home.
__________________
Fran Gyomory
The Bronx, NY; Kailua, HI; Dale City, VA; Fredericksburg, VA; The Villages, FL