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We've been in New Jersey all of our lives, but my husband travels to the Nashville area often on business and would love to move there. NJ is getting far too expensive and crowded and the thought of moving to a less expensive and more peaceful place is very attractive.
We've been in New Jersey all of our lives, but my husband travels to the Nashville area often on business and would love to move there. NJ is getting far too expensive and crowded and the thought of moving to a less expensive and more peaceful place is very attractive.
Where will you go and why?
ElizNJ: I was born in Elizabeth and moved to Hillside at age 5. Phil Rizzuto was our next door neighbor there. We moved away when Elizabeth was starting to deteriorate back in the late 60s I guess it was. Spent another 30 years in other parts of NJ.
In the recession of about 1992 I realized where NJ was heading and left in 94. Today when I go back to visit I ask people what they pay in property taxes and then I start to calculate in my mind how much I have saved in property taxes since I left. I could have bought a new luxury boat, an RV, anything. But I am a bad saver.
I moved around a bit since leaving NJ and discovered just how ash backwords NJ really is. Did I mention how corrupt? Too expensive to survive? Too crowded?
When I was traveling America aimlessly without a home or job I stopped in Nashville as you have mentioned. I loved it there but decided to move on some more.
Im rambling on here but my moral of the story is to go for it.
And I dont want any hate mail calling me a NJ basher. It is still my home but I will never go back. Ever. I miss things about it but one of them is not your property taxes and your wonderful Governers you all pick.
desertsun41: How could I have forgotten the Governors (Yikes!). And the cost of auto insurance. It's not NJ bashing, merely stating fact. You were wise to get out when you did.
We have a nice home and lovely neighbors, but those can be found in every state. Overall quality of life here is just not what it was.
I'm glad that you seem to have found the right place for you.
I'm glad that you seem to have found the right place for you.
I didn't.............yet. As soon as I get out of this cesspool Vegas we have another home on the big lake in south Texas which is where we are heading. Ahhhhhhhh fishing all day and night. Oops I still have to work. Ok fish every night and weekend. The economy is still doing pretty good there, unlike here.
I guess I get bored so I have to move every few years.
I have no way of knowing where I'll be then - but as of right now my plans are to stay in Iowa, and retire in Iowa. It would be perfect to retire to a small town here.
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ElizNJ -- I moved to a senior community from Greenwich, CT a couple of years ago. Came to the US from England; lived in Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, Greenwich, and upstate New York, but of all the places I've lived I never felt like I was truly home until now. The winter sun is hot, the pine barrens are really a pine desert and the air is clean, clean, clean. There are as many things to do as there are in New York or Philadelphia, and the summer life is as good as anywhere in the world. Sure the government is suspect, but then, what government is not suspect? Fuel today is about $3.30 a gallon in NJ; in Nashville it is close to $4 a gallon -- pretty much the same as in New York. Connecticut and Pennsylvania are about fifteen cents under New York.
Outside of New York City, NY State property taxes are astronomical. Connecticut rates are better but because property values are higher, the savings over New York is nil. New York auto insurance is lower, and luckily my car is a company car and the company is in New York, so I save big on that. If you are a senior, it is hard to beat the discounts over-60ers, and in some cases over-55ers get in this state. For the under-55ers NJ might be not so terrific, but for seniors it can be a paradise.
I call this area Florida North: flat land, white sandy soil, beaches and more beaches, bogs and swamps, palmettos and prickly pear cactus grow wild, and lots of old people. Yep, New Jersey has it all: theatres, shopping, dining, amusements, beaches, casinos, and a Dunkin Donuts on every corner. Donut overdose!! That is probably why Jerseyites have elected spinners like Jim Florio, Thomas Kean, Jim McGreevey, and Jon Tolls-and-Taxes Corzine.
What I propose is the working population should move out of state and let's see how many politicians try to milk a tax base made of social security retirement recipients. Hmmm ... senior discounts on the Garden State and the Turnpike ... no tax on seniors at the gas pumps ... Early Bird Specials until midnight! New Jersey -- the Geriatric State.
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