Place to live

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We moved to TN 2.5 years ago, and it is nice. You all up north will

laugh, but it gets too cold here for me! LOL! It has taken me

forever to make friends, though, like nowhere I’ve ever lived. I

don’t know why. The cost of living is low here compared to FL

(where we lived before); the taxes and insurance for housing there

we couln’t afford (though I would have liked to stay there). TN has

a horrible sales tax, IMO, like almost 10%. However, there is no

state income tax in TN. We have also lived in GA, and it was

reasonable, too. Lower sales tax, but a state income tax. They all

get you somehow. IMO, Atlanta metro’s job market is flooded (too

many people, not enough jobs), but I could be wrong. I guess it

depends on what you do and what your education is.

I love to hear where people live and how they fare. My DH and I are

still looking for the perfect place! Maybe we were just meant to

wander…

My husband works for a huge computer company and makes around $45K

per year. Honestly, I’m just happy he has a job and we have good

health insurance. But we live on one income and often we don’t know

how it will all work out…but it does.

Jill

(newbie)

— In Budget101_@yahoogroups.com, “Wendy” wrote:

>

> I was promised 2 years ago that Alabama would be great, jobs, low

> COL, and the beach!!, so far the only thing that’s good is the

> Beach!!!! I miss Montana. You have the best of it all, the rockies

> close by, the lowlands to the east. It’s got a little bit of snow,

a

> little bit of rain, and it doesn’t hit the triple digits but 5 or

6

> days a year!! and NO SALES TAX!!!

>

> — In Budget101_@yahoogroups.com, “armstrca” wrote:

> >

> > No mountains, but some really big hills – the San Antonio area

(I

> would

> > say Austin, but traffic is he!! there). The Texas hill country

is

> > gorgeous and Texas has a reasonable COL.

> >

> >

> > From: Budget101_@yahoogroups.com

> [mailto:Budget101_@yahoogroups.com] On

> > Behalf Of stmichealprotectus

> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 2:14 PM

> > To: Budget101_@yahoogroups.com

> > Subject: Budget101.com : Place to live

> > Can anyone suggest a place to live that has a reasonable cost of

> living

> > & near mountains? We have enough equity in our home & are

> considering a

> > move. Any input would be great. Thanks Maria

> >

>

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