[THX 1138]

Originally Posted by craigtnelson

There are good jobs down here. I take it you don't qualify for any of them, and would rather bellyache about it. Ok.

"Good Jobs" down where?

[sweetness8t5]

I live in the outer burbs of Jacksonville, FL.. and saw a house.. the owner was talking about how he was moving to NC because "crime is so high here"... I looked around the neighborhood and it looks like a normal neighborhood... felt safe there.. my realtor asked him to elaborate.. and he said well you can't go anywhere.. I was still confused..

See, I have kids now so I really don't go anywhere, but even in my hey day I went all over Jax and didn't see these crime he was talking about.

Then I had to ask him what do you mean, like here in the neighborhood. I don't understand..

Then he says well, Westside... Northside... downtown... it's like hello, those are the areas that are more saturated with crime rates.. of course, you'd feel unsafe. I told him that too...


If you get too frustrated just say "Well, wait til youve bee here for a while and the honeymoon wears off"

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by THX 1138

"Good Jobs" down where?

I know, perplexed here as well. I guess definitions vary....

[Travelassie]

Originally Posted by tatakh

I moved to Florida from NY and it seems so uncivilized here. The police will do nothing for nuisance complaints. Guess they can't be bothered with the paperwork. We have met some people who are very nice but others are backward with a staunch republican attitude in the extreme. ugh... Would like to move back where I came from but the grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence.

So surely your plans to move out of FL are imminent? Tell you a little secret, dude.... you won't be missed.

[Red3311]

Originally Posted by craigtnelson

There are good jobs down here.

not sure if srs...

[GHOSTRIDER AZ]

Originally Posted by THX 1138

How much is home owners insurance a year on average? One of my co-workers got a new bill, was $3500/year now it will be $9500. Not to mention he pay's $5K/year in property taxes.

In Central Florida I pay about $1100.00 and my taxes are not bad for a very manageable of 1900SF. I have wacked twice that has been since repaired. The other factor I am on the tail of my Mortgage, no refinancing! My payment is far less than rent here in Arizona.

Wow kind of of a old topic?

[Mike1306]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

I know, perplexed here as well. I guess definitions vary....

Are your plans to avoid another thread when confronted with actual facts. Here is the last one you conveniently forgot about.

Originally Posted by kyle19125

Interesting that the unemployment rate went up nearly half a percent in one month. Wonder what spurred that? The nursing shortage might have to do with the low salaries here. I don't imagine many want to take a massive pay cut to work here.

Originally Posted by Mike1306

A registered nurse in NY has an annual mean wage of $74,100, a registered nurse in Florida has an annual mean wage of $61,780 (most recent BLS data). A difference of $12,320, now start off by subtracting $4145 for state income tax and you have a difference of $8175. Hardly a massive pay cut. Now calculate the difference in rental cost of $2638 for NY and $1298 for Florida (values gathered within last 30 days by myapartmentmap.com) , that is over $16000 a year. At this point we have not figured in for local income tax rates which many areas in NY have but seems Florida is ahead by almost $8000.

Originally Posted by Mike1306

Once again when confronted with the actual facts you decide to not visit the thread again.
You continually post your opinion, which has no basis in fact, then when someone posts verifiable numbers from the BLS you act as if you never visited the thread.
If you are going to throw around statements like " I don't imagine many want to take a massive pay cut" try some facts to back it up.

Maybe you would be less perplexed if you did a bit of research rather than regurgitating your tired spiel about how the job market is terrible here.

[NHborn]

Originally Posted by MiamiRob

What makes you think the poster is a "liberal"? Because they are from New York? Florida is full of Liberals and there are more registered Democrats in the state than Republicans.

Go back and read the post I quoted smart guy.

[NHborn]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

LOL. Yeah, because the GOP/Conservatives don't spend money and weren't what ran the country so deep into the red.

And there you go thinking just because I detest libs that Im a Republican.

[NHborn]

Originally Posted by Not_liking_FL

I believe the poster you are responding to is the same poster who was against the texting ban because it was taking away their personal freedom. Kinda lets you know what you're dealing with.

You keep letting the media sensationalize you into thinking any and all new laws are good for you, I will think for myself.