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Floridian lifestyle
Living in New York, I think I would appreciate more of the laid back life style of the South. How many feel the lifestyle is so much better than the North if you are from there.
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When you get here and hear villagers complain about traffic, it will bring a smile to your face. |
If you pick an abundance of sun as a "lifestyle"--I would pick Florida, for sure. Other than that--my heart is still in western New York.
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"Indeed, locals refer to*Long Island Expressway*as "The*World's Longest Parking Lot"." |
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People in the villages that don't know NYC commuting would never believe the time and cost. |
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I think you could find a laid back community almost any where.
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My friend owns a 3 apartment-building in Brooklyn and her taxes are $2400 per year. |
In NY & NJ you're a money filter, hard to believe but you can accumulate more money in retirement than you did working up north- very low taxes, and there really is much to spend a lot on,
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my daughter lives in Mount Kisco Westchester County. Loves TV but also loves going down to the city going to the Jets games
Everything is a trade off. my ideal setting is a small town where one can go to the local coffee shop knowing most folks engage in small talk play a round or two and then disappear . I was reared in a small city in Central New York. Most people there warm and generous, many good restaurants, but agree the snow and taxes are a real disincentive |
So hard to leave where I have been used to but if I am going to worry about money every day (taxes, oil heat, etc.) then it is time to move on.
Just hope the grass is greener on the other side. |
Laid back or what ever it is called.......December through January sitting next to our pool in the sun in my shorts and T shirt with a glass of cognac and cigar while reading emails from friends and relatives talking about the 15 inches of snow they just got!!!!
I always know when I am too far north........... if/when there are no palm trees. |
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Love TV:smiley: I should add that yes, I miss my two sons and my gandchildren, BUT when we visit the kids are always busy and the grandchildren are gone most of the time. What on earth would we do back there? |
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Didn't your job offer retirement counseling when you took retirement? Both of us had several sessions with a retirement counselor provided by the company to help us ease into retiring. |
Ahh yes .. central and western new york .. Where they turn off the blue sky on Labor Day and dont turn it back on til after Memorial Day .. where winters are measured bu either the number of consecutive days below zero, or the number of consecutive days with one or more inches of snow .. I really miss my 7.5 HP John Deere Snowblower ... NOT
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I moved here five years ago from Central NY and haven't looked back. I try to think of anything I miss, and I have to dig deep. I find the lifestyle here just perfect for me. Obviously the upstate winters are a big reason why I like it so much here. The 100+ inches of snow annually in the northern Syracuse suburbs became intolerable. Down here we occasionally get a hard frost, but it's usually gone by 10:00AM. Up there I stopped playing golf soon after Labor Day. We may have to wear long pants a few days a year down here, but we play all year long. I still miss my job and co-workers, as it was very fulfilling for me, but I manage to keep as busy as I want to be down here. I would caution you about finances. You will be getting out from under the NY state income taxes, but if you have financial pressures up there, you are likely to have them here as well. Proceed with care and good luck.
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I like it here because we are retired from work. I like that there is no bitter cold. I like that this place is peopled with mostly older adults and is well taken care of and offers so many things to do that I enjoy. I love being able to learn more about putting color and lines on paper in a pleasant way and I very much loved golf until my scoliosis won last year. However the very things I listed as pluses can be minuses to a few. Some people like the change of seasons, don't play golf, and are not ready to stop working and living an organized life. And surprisingly, some are not comfortable with people who are a decade or so older than them......... If we were all alike they would only sell vanilla ice cream. |
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“Happiness is an inside job!” and “Often, we will hang on to the known crummy, out of fear of the unknown whatever!” |
When we quit working we sold most everything land-based: house, cars, most of the furniture and put the remainder in a 10x10 storage locker. Then we left on a sailboat for over five years. Having committed to a drastic lifestyle change, we found no time to regret leaving, only time to focus on staying afloat and avoiding mishaps. It turned out to be the best time of our lives, at least as it now lives in our memories. Maybe for Tomcat an adventure of some type would be the answer to transitioning to retirement.
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There is no reason to leave Long Island for TV except for the weather and financial considerations. Long Island still has a lot to offer that TV couldn't match on its best day.
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Where I’m from ......NYC / LI the weather sucks and there are too many people.
Other than that I have many great relatives and good friends who still live there. If it wasn’t for that I would never go to NY. |
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Murders in US very concentrated: 54% of US counties in 2014 had zero murders, 2% of counties have 51% of the murders - Crime Prevention Research CenterCrime Prevention Research Center Check out Sumter County |
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What is nice about the Villages is the cleanliness and safety. |
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Yes, at times I do miss being around true Southern folk, but not enough to endure the winters and spring tornado season, plus my wife would never move back. |
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