🏞🏖 Anyone Living In Virginia and/or Florida?

@SummerOnTheWay1 

Yea, Florida is a great place for Retirees IF they are concerned about state taxes.  Adding to the ones that you mentioned which aren’t taxed - neither are your Social Security benefits tax either - nor any inheritance or estate taxes.

That is why so many wealthy seniors make Florida their record  residence home.   That and it is too hot and too crowded to stay there year round.  

@SummerOnTheWay1 

When looking for a place to live in Florida, did you check places that were inland like Lake City, Lakeland, Traverse City, etc. Even others although I think Jacksonville and surrounding area is getting rather pricey but not as bad as south Florida - either coast.

What about on the panhandle side of the state?  To me, the panhandle is much, much different than the main body of the state especiallly if not on the coast (Gulf Coast).  

📎  FLORIDA.

What is YOUR opinion on the Job Market?

Glad I have NOT moved back as yet and delaying my return as long as I can.

I am retired, but like to do FUN Gigs when I want to. Not many in Florida in my opinion.

As far as the youngsters like my daughter who is an Engineer [was in a 4/11/24 Surprise Same Day Mass Layoff], I wish she would return to Virginia. Well paid in my opinion. Too many LARGE companies are downsizing or leaving. Yikes!!!  😱😱😱

Nicole  👵

📎  (5/12/24) Deadly thunderstorms and strong winds in Florida leave destruction in their wake (NBC News)

ANYONE LIVING IN FLORIDA OR VISITING OR KNOW SOMEONE THAT DOES?  🤔  MY DAUGHTER LIVES IN MELBOURNE, FLORIDA AND SO GRATEFUL SHE IS OKAY. I AM IN VIRGINIA! NICOLE  👵

FROM ARTICLE - SEE ARTICLE FOR MORE.

May 11, 2024, 11:26 AM EDT. By Mirna Alsharif.

Deadly thunderstorms and strong winds have left a path of destruction following a week of severe weather in Florida.

Cities like Jacksonville and Tallahassee saw multiple thunderstorms over this past week, with residents sharing pictures of downed trees and damage to their homes and cars.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/deadly-thunderstorms-strong-winds-florida-leave-destruction-wake-rcna151811

We moved from Orange County, VA, to Charlotte County, FL, on the SW Coast. Do miss the seasons, don't miss shoveling snow. Miss the hills and mountains. Cost of living here used to be less but in the five years we've been here, it's gone up. No state income tax as you know. Still lots of open areas if you don't need to be on the Gulf or the Atlantic. Look into the interior of Florida if you can live without the seawater.

@SummerOnTheWay1 

It’s like the lady that I use to deliver Meals on Wheel to .. . . she said that she will just sit in front of her fans cause if she turned on her AC, she could not afford her utility bill.  That’s not a landlord problem.

We have a relatively new luxury highrise condo building here in ATL where people are paying top dollar for the units, the location and amenities.  Then the city did some repairs to the water infrastructure in the area and now this building is getting NO water pressure - a trickle on the bottom floors but nothing further up.  The city said it is gonna cost a pretty penny to fix the problem - and those pennies come from the taxpayers - that’s not a landlord problem either.

How old were you when 1st introduced to AC?  I know I was older - in fact I think I had already moved out of my parent’s home.  I remember our (me and hubby) 1st home we had a window unit that cooled most of the total house (1000 sq ft).  That was when you prepared most of those summer meals on the grill outside so as to not use up the AC.  

Nowadays there are Portable AC units that can be set up just about anywhere - they don’t have to be the bigger unit.  So maybe these renters need to do a little research and fin for themselves.  

Home Depot Portable AC Units