Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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So glad we don’t need a car…
Yikes. Flippin’ thru the paper today at car ads. Saw the Subaru dealer. USED. Subaru’s with 10-15,000 miles mid $30s to one for $44,000. I choke up seeing ads as these.
Our 5 year old Mercedes with 30K miles will no doubt last our lifetimes. It had better with this crazy market. I’ve heard of many folks selling their 2-3 year old car for more than they bought it for new. It’s NUTS. |
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Our golf cart can get us anywhere in TV that we need to go. We rarely use the Rav4 but we're keeping it. Who knows how much it will be worth in the next year or two? |
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Sadly, inflation seldom reverts back to the previous lows, but does retreat some. So, we plan to just sit tight and wait for lower prices before making any large purchases. If things just continued to spiral down the drain, we have plans in place to immigrate to Ecuador. It is beautiful, extremely friendly, excellent healthcare, welcoming, and silly low cost of living. Example, 5 acres mature orchids, 4 bedroom home with maid and gardener for $500 to $750 per month. 100% coverage healthcare is around $100/mth covers dental, optical, and healthcare. Eating out at a good Ecuador restaurant for 2 will run about $10 to $20. And on and on. Note: If you want to live with other American's (there are around 15,000 there) the costs are higher - but, all your favorite restaurants (and high prices) are in those areas. |
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On the other hand I bought a Ram 1500 4x4 new in 2015. I baby the hell out of it, park it where no man has gone before and it still gets dinged and I don't know how many times I yelled "HOW THE F%&$ DID THAT HAPPEN!" So as Harry Belafonte sang "De woman is smarter in every way" |
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Waiting for world to go back to what we consider is normal.
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My '99 Miata will last lots longer than me, as will my '01 Tundra.
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I'm sorry to say that normal is not coming back. Brace yourselves. We are in for rough time.
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“When you realize that to produce, you must obtain the permission from those who do not produce anything; When it is proven that the money flows to those who trade not with goods, but with favors; When you realize that many get rich by bribery and influence rather than by work. When you realize that corruption is rewarded and honesty becomes self-sacrifice; Then you can say, without fear of making mistakes, your society is doomed.” Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged,1957. |
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Sadly, I kind of agree with you. I have been saying we are about to have a major reset. My wife calls me mister gloom and doom.
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An internet comparison of healthcare costs from around the world found that Ecuador’s costs are the lowest—lower than those in China, Malaysia, India, Mexico, and Panama. In general, you can expect to pay 10% to 25% of what you would in the U.S. For major surgery, we’ve seen a number of cases in which costs were even less than 10% of comparable procedures in the U.S. You will find similar savings for dental care." (International Living dot com) From what I was able to ascertain by clicking around, Ecuadorian health care is best in the larger cities, spottier in more distant rural areas. also it is two-tier: best in private hospitals and clinics, acceptable (not great) in public facilities. In this respect Ecuador is not unlike Thailand, which also has a two-tier system but which works a bit differently. The Thai government will pay to send promising students to Med school with the understanding that upon graduation they will work for the government in assigned areas providing health care for "x" number of years. They're free to establish business on the side and many do. It is a system that brings extremely affordable and competent health care to more isolated areas. I don't know if Ecuador does this or not but it certainly is possible. All in all I'd have no qualms living in Ecuador considering what I was able to read about the quality of their health care. There are other considerations of course as well: corrupt judiciary, human-rights issues, and South America is not exactly known for political stability, but their health care is definitely a positive. |
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Good luck on your adventure..
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I agree about a major reset, you have to read between the lines, it's coming, people who don't believe it better get their heads out of the sand. How about all the food factories catching fire, our food supply is under attack. Heck they are predicting food shortages, it's all by design.
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Again, if healthcare is so wonderful in Ecuador, skip your doctor here and flock there with everyone else |
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