Why didn't you retire "in place"?

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The state of Massachusetts asked me to leave!
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The state of Massachusetts asked me to leave!


The State of Massachusetts didn't have to ask me. The Blizzard of '78 was all the push I needed.


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The State of Massachusetts didn't have to ask me. The Blizzard of '78 was all the push I needed.


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I didn't move there till 1995 and my wife was born and raised there. Besides the snow, ice, and cold it made best sense to come here and leave taxachusetts.

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I didn't move there till 1995 and my wife was born and raised there. Besides the snow, ice, and snow it made best sense to come here and leave taxachusetts.


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Just a question for those that have made a permanent move to TV, why didn't you retire in your former location?

I'm more curious as to why you didn't stay as opposed to what attracted you to TV. Perhaps cost of living, weather, etc.

Personally I moved because of the weather. The winters finally beat me down. If it wasn't for the brutal weather up north there is nothing here, either in Florida or TV, that would have made me move south.
We found the Villages more than 26 yrs ago when we were still in our 40's. So impressed by the people & lifestyle, and the weather lanned on move, ASAP ( in fact 10yrs of checking everything ? too good to be true too many "smiley "people ) but bought @ 57 & now 19yrs on still love the people & place , even all the changes! Only downside (as we moved more than 4500 mils from UK) America does not permit us to live here full time, however we continue to enjoy the time we spend here and many times when we are back in UK find ourselves wishing we were back at our "home in the sun"
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Only downside (as we moved more than 4500 mils from UK) America does not permit us to live here full time,
Same for Canadians, unfortunately we are only allowed to spend 182 days in a calendar year in our home in The Villages.
However we treasure every day we spend in TV, and always look forward to the winter season.
Yes, I am one of the dreaded seasonal residents.
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Same for Canadians, unfortunately we are only allowed to spend 182 days in a calendar year in our home in The Villages.
However we treasure every day we spend in TV, and always look forward to the winter season.
Yes, I am one of the dreaded seasonal residents.
I feel your pain----it must be horrible to be banished to the frozen tundra 183 days a year. (Do you get an extra day here in leap year???) Maybe you could find the satellite camera at Ice Station Zebra. Better yet, maybe you could find THE LOBSTER you owe me
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Here's the short list....the weather, the weather, the weather!!! Add to that NOT enough to do, especially in the winter THEN add taxes to these and that's our reason(s) for coming here!!! Plus the cost of living in FL is cheaper!! Yes, we're full time!!
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I see a hefty " Exit Tax " ahead for those who are pulling up stakes from one of the Northern Heavy-Tax Dependent States .
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I liked where we were, but my wife wanted one story house. She wanted warm temps. We don't play Golf, but I like the ethnic and location social clubs. Seh wanted to move here because some old neighbors way back lived here and she wanted to work on Shoebox.

Have our own pool, none nearby. Nice to walk out an into pool, can grill most any day and can eat out with birdcage keeping out the bugs.

A big advantage is no State and County Income Taxes, but Property taxes higher then our two story plus basement in MD. Another bad feature is having to pay water, (well), swer (septic tank) and trash, took ours to the dump or transfer station, so those are added costs.

Like Golf cart transportation though!

I do miss doing my own garden work though.
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Just a question for those that have made a permanent move to TV, why didn't you retire in your former location?

I'm more curious as to why you didn't stay as opposed to what attracted you to TV. Perhaps cost of living, weather, etc.

Personally I moved because of the weather. The winters finally beat me down. If it wasn't for the brutal weather up north there is nothing here, either in Florida or TV, that would have made me move south.

If winter weather was the only/main reason you moved to TV, why didn't you just "Stayput & Snowbird"?
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No reason to keep a house up north when we could snowbird with family. Didnt only move because of the weather but also because there is no reason to pay high taxes to educate the snowflakes anymore.

TV has its benefits but it cant shine a light to the activities, culture, dining and real entertainment you can find in the northern urban areas.
Its nothing more than a clean, well managed city....with lousy pizza and terrible bagels and few people who know what a knish is.
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The Chicago area is alive the end of May until the beginning of September.
The Lakefront, neighborhood festivals, art fairs, the Cubs (and Sox), and the suburbs mirroring the city with a number of events. Never a dull moment....until the end of September. The tables come in and the entertainment stops, and then it's time to enter the winter doldrums.
When working you get through this and hope for an early Spring. There was no way we were going through that period retired.

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My wife got tired of shoveling snow!
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