"Skipper" wrote in message
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Gene Kearns wrote:

Aside from the [apparent] fact that you are trying to boat from a
2,000 mile distance, which IMHO is fated to be inordinately expensive,
you are making a specious argument.

Well, I was able to do it nicely for over 20 years.

You are much more energetic than I. I don't ski Vail and Aspen because
they are too damn far away.... ditto (for me) boating in the Great
Lakes...

You don't ski those areas because you lack a sense for real
adventure...and the fact that you don't ski.

BTW, I prefer Purgatory to Aspen or Vail.

Looking at the global economy, all
prime weather, boating, and fishing locations are becoming very
expensive... it is the law of supply and demand.

But the Florida keys have become another Aspen. A place
for the rich and famous. Too rich for my blood.

I fell your pain. My point is that you can't pick on FL.... Locally, I
have watched beachfront property go from $400.00 in the early 60's to
about 2,000,000.00, now.... and it is happening anywhere the salt
meets the land, where fishing and weather are at least acceptable.

San Carlos still has great real estate deals: http://tinyurl.com/7eb2p
Opportunity is where you find it.

It's only a good deal if the next el Presidente doesn't come in and decide
to take your land. Even today, Americans can't own land in Mexico. The
banks own it, and make you the executor over the title.