"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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There's a really severe shortage of both marinas and dockage in NE
Florida. The one in question commands a premium because it is right off
the ICW, has easy access to the Atlantic, is sheltered, has a pretty
good restaurant attached, has a decent motel, is near beaches and near
lots of other first-rate attractions. I paid very little for mine, by
the way.

It's a beautiful area. I was referring (or at least thinking) more of
the southern part of the state. They are still building condos with dock
rights and no buyers.

Eisboch

We might move back there to northern Florida some day. South Florida is
just too hot for us.

Just keep your voter registration in MD. We don't need any more blue state
voters down here mucking things up.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:07:42 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Plus, Mrs.E.'s hair isn't blue
yet, nor is mine grey ... well maybe just a little here and there.


What is hair? :-)

Interestingly enough only about 30% of our neighbors are senior
citizens/retirees, the rest tend to be middle aged/working with a few
even younger. There has been a big turnover on our block in the three
years since we moved here, with the older retirees selling, cashing
out and moving on, as the baby boomer generations start to move in.

I never spent too much time over on "your" side.

SWFL is a big secret, almost unknown except for Naples and Sanibel
Island to most folks in the north east. Cape Coral, where we are, is
still a little raw around the edges in some areas, but has more
undeveloped waterfront than anywhere else in Florida.

Would you please be quiet. I like the Midwesterners more, and you're going
to spoil it.

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ups.com...
Is that in the Ft. Lauderdale area?

Naples


http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/...ms/?local_news

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"NOYB" wrote in message
nk.net...
Down here they're selling rack storage (same approximate dimensions) for
$160k+...and then charging a $225/month condo fee. And that's for a
soon-to-be-built facility that will take an hour to idle to the gulf.



Unbelievable. Are folks actually buying those rack storage slots (with an
additional $2,700/year for the *privilege* of doing so)?


Yup.


http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/...ms/?local_news

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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"NOYB" wrote in message
nk.net...
Down here they're selling rack storage (same approximate dimensions)
for $160k+...and then charging a $225/month condo fee. And that's for
a soon-to-be-built facility that will take an hour to idle to the gulf.



Unbelievable. Are folks actually buying those rack storage slots (with
an additional $2,700/year for the *privilege* of doing so)?


Every other con man in the United States must be working that turf.

Based on the prices of the houses NOYB reports......it looks so. ;-)

I almost bought a 35'x10' rack storage for $70,000 about 4 1/2 years ago.
The condo fee was an additional $110/mo. I backed out of the deal after
9/11 when the economy went flat. Instead, I bought a house on the water in
March, 2004. In retrospect, it would have been a lot cheaper to buy that
slip...but the ten foot beam would have limited me to only a handful of 30'
boats (unless they employed an extremely skilled forklift operator).

JimH wrote:
"NOYB" wrote in message
nk.net...

Down here they're selling rack storage (same approximate dimensions) for
$160k+...and then charging a $225/month condo fee. And that's for a
soon-to-be-built facility that will take an hour to idle to the gulf.




Unbelievable. Are folks actually buying those rack storage slots (with an
additional $2,700/year for the *privilege* of doing so)?


We run the gambit here. Cheapest clubs & marinas on a local lake are
about $250.00 per year. The top of the line full service Squadron would
probably cost you $3500.00 to $4000.00 per annum but $500.00 of that is
mandatory bar/dining room expenses.

"NOYB" wrote in message
k.net...

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:07:42 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Plus, Mrs.E.'s hair isn't blue
yet, nor is mine grey ... well maybe just a little here and there.


What is hair? :-)

Interestingly enough only about 30% of our neighbors are senior
citizens/retirees, the rest tend to be middle aged/working with a few
even younger. There has been a big turnover on our block in the three
years since we moved here, with the older retirees selling, cashing
out and moving on, as the baby boomer generations start to move in.

I never spent too much time over on "your" side.

SWFL is a big secret, almost unknown except for Naples and Sanibel
Island to most folks in the north east. Cape Coral, where we are, is
still a little raw around the edges in some areas, but has more
undeveloped waterfront than anywhere else in Florida.

Would you please be quiet. I like the Midwesterners more, and you're
going to spoil it.

Don't worry, they are building condos is Sarasota like crazy......the ones
we are designing are being marketed for 400-500 a s.f. and that is
downtown no water, with a nice view of an alley too :-)

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:02:44 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

Would you please be quiet. I like the Midwesterners more, and you're going
to spoil it.

We have a lot of friends and neighbors from the midwest due to the
I-75 pipeline effect. Wonderful people, but most of them wouldn't
know good food and a good restaurant if they tripped over it.

"NOYB" wrote in message
k.net...

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:07:42 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Plus, Mrs.E.'s hair isn't blue
yet, nor is mine grey ... well maybe just a little here and there.


What is hair? :-)

Interestingly enough only about 30% of our neighbors are senior
citizens/retirees, the rest tend to be middle aged/working with a few
even younger. There has been a big turnover on our block in the three
years since we moved here, with the older retirees selling, cashing
out and moving on, as the baby boomer generations start to move in.

I never spent too much time over on "your" side.

SWFL is a big secret, almost unknown except for Naples and Sanibel
Island to most folks in the north east. Cape Coral, where we are, is
still a little raw around the edges in some areas, but has more
undeveloped waterfront than anywhere else in Florida.

Would you please be quiet. I like the Midwesterners more, and you're
going to spoil it.




You have to be nuts to love those 1,500 square foot houses selling for $1MM,
not being able to step outside your house for 6 months (due to temperature,
humidity and critters) and boat dockage going for a premium to even want to
consider living down there. Add to the mix the hurricanes and tropical
storms.

No thanks! ;-)

JimH wrote:

How about you?

Hi:

I know most will not belive me but........................

38" side tie slip.
Free water
Metered electric.
Clean showers.
Maybe 25 sailboats all under 40'
6-8 motor boats.
2 pontoon boats.
And one cop boat.

Was $275 but went up this year to $300.

Thats $300 a year not a month.

Columbia River, Oregon side.

Bob