On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 16:36:57 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:


"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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Whether or not that figure is reasonable depends on what your source
of income is. If the best job you get there only pays $300/week, you
might have a problem.

It's all relative.

Dave


Probably best geared towards retirees with a reasonable pension..., the
almost wealthy who can show healthy income from investments.....or those who
could set up a business there.



Sort of the same principle as the New York exec who buys a first class
home on a private canal in Boca Raton Florida for less than what a
Manhattan suite would cost.....

But not too many people actually working in Florida could afford
them.....

Dave

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 08:18:48 -0500, Dave Hall
wrote:

But not too many people actually working in Florida could afford
them.....

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You'd be surprised. About 50% of my neighbors are working Floridians
and seem to be doing just fine. It all depends what you work at.

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 10:38:06 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 08:18:48 -0500, Dave Hall
wrote:

But not too many people actually working in Florida could afford
them.....

============================

You'd be surprised. About 50% of my neighbors are working Floridians
and seem to be doing just fine. It all depends what you work at.

I would be surprised. When I was looking to move there 14 years ago,
there was generally anywhere from a 10 -25% reduction in salary from
what equivalent positions paid in the mid-atlantic area. With the
exception of the space coast (where I was looking) there wasn't much
in the way of electrical engineering or other technical positions.

I'm sure professionals like doctors, lawyers etc, still do alright.
But it seemed that the "middle class" jobs paid significantly less.

Dave

"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 10:38:06 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 08:18:48 -0500, Dave Hall
wrote:

But not too many people actually working in Florida could afford
them.....

============================

You'd be surprised. About 50% of my neighbors are working Floridians
and seem to be doing just fine. It all depends what you work at.

I would be surprised. When I was looking to move there 14 years ago,
there was generally anywhere from a 10 -25% reduction in salary from
what equivalent positions paid in the mid-atlantic area. With the
exception of the space coast (where I was looking) there wasn't much
in the way of electrical engineering or other technical positions.

I'm sure professionals like doctors, lawyers etc, still do alright.
But it seemed that the "middle class" jobs paid significantly less.

Dave


But you have to balance the pay reduction with no state income tax, little
to no heating bills in the winter, and the lack of forst induced pothole in
the roads :-)

"P.Fritz" wrote in message
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"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 10:38:06 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 08:18:48 -0500, Dave Hall
wrote:

But not too many people actually working in Florida could afford
them.....

============================

You'd be surprised. About 50% of my neighbors are working Floridians
and seem to be doing just fine. It all depends what you work at.

I would be surprised. When I was looking to move there 14 years ago,
there was generally anywhere from a 10 -25% reduction in salary from
what equivalent positions paid in the mid-atlantic area. With the
exception of the space coast (where I was looking) there wasn't much
in the way of electrical engineering or other technical positions.

I'm sure professionals like doctors, lawyers etc, still do alright.
But it seemed that the "middle class" jobs paid significantly less.

Dave


But you have to balance the pay reduction with no state income tax, little
to no heating bills in the winter, and the lack of forst induced pothole
in the roads :-)


And reduced chiropractor bills from not having to shovel that heavy wet
snow.

"NOYB" wrote in message
ink.net...

"P.Fritz" wrote in message
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"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 10:38:06 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 08:18:48 -0500, Dave Hall
wrote:

But not too many people actually working in Florida could afford
them.....

============================

You'd be surprised. About 50% of my neighbors are working Floridians
and seem to be doing just fine. It all depends what you work at.

I would be surprised. When I was looking to move there 14 years ago,
there was generally anywhere from a 10 -25% reduction in salary from
what equivalent positions paid in the mid-atlantic area. With the
exception of the space coast (where I was looking) there wasn't much
in the way of electrical engineering or other technical positions.

I'm sure professionals like doctors, lawyers etc, still do alright.
But it seemed that the "middle class" jobs paid significantly less.

Dave


But you have to balance the pay reduction with no state income tax,
little to no heating bills in the winter, and the lack of forst induced
pothole in the roads :-)


And reduced chiropractor bills from not having to shovel that heavy wet
snow.

Shovel? You have to be kidding........have one of those big assed self
propelled gas guzzling snow throwers :-)

"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...

Sort of the same principle as the New York exec who buys a first class
home on a private canal in Boca Raton Florida for less than what a
Manhattan suite would cost.....

But not too many people actually working in Florida could afford
them.....

Dave

We get a lot of that up here. Germans, Americans and Upper Canadians are
buying up a large chunk of the shoreline here at prices the locals can't
afford. Some people are afraid we'll resemble the Maine coastline in a few
years....large tracts of land owned by absentee owners who won't let locals
use traditional paths & beaches on the property.