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It could be quite significant. Of course it would mean giving up on those higher welfare checks, but maybe you don't need higher welfare checks. Check out this video;
Do you bike 100 miles in zero degree weather and 2 feet of snow? Having left the NE, I tend to see healthier people in much of the rest of the country. 6 months of winter and rainy/cold spring and fall seasons tends to breed a lot of serious couch potatos. There is a reason that football is such an obsession in that country-what else do you do but sit in front of the TV and drink beer when the weather is crap.
You are wrong. The most fit states always has Colorado, Minnesota, and NEW YORK at the top. Hawaii, Florida, and California also break the top 10, but New York hovers between the three (it has been as high as #3 in the country and at the lower end of the top 10 depending on the year).
Alabama, Mississippi, West Virginia, Tennessee, they always lean toward the bottom.
You also don't have a clue about Northeast weather. New York City / New Jersey / Philly Metro / Connecticut are all classfied in the Humid Subtropical zone, because their average January temperature is above freezing. It is more likely to rain than snow in winter. I live in Western New York, which receives a lot of snow but we reach 0 degrees only 3 nights per year on average. The average high in January is 30, and snow thaws with 50 degrees and rain are common every month of every winter.
I exercise all year round.. and commute by bike through Western New York winters. Minnesota has colder winters and people do the same there. Toronto and Chicago have colder winters and have large year round bike commuting populations as well.
I'm assuming you don't exercise much. The ideal ambient temperature for cardiovascular exercise is 36-52 degrees. Have a nice day.
I moved to Manhattan and lived and worked there for over two decades for my career. I moved back to Texas to retire because it is home, not for tax reasons, though the lower COL is a bonus.
When a one bedroom apartment costs $3,000 a month to rent in a big city, and an entire 3 bedroom home with a two car garage costs $1,000 a month, and property taxes for a 5 bedroom home, with a barn on a fenced in 14 acre lot costs $300 a year in property taxes, yes, the cost of living where you live does matter.
My one bedroom costs $650 / month in Western New York.
My parent's 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom, 3400 SF house sold for $340,000.
The Gulf of Mexico is a soupy puddle compared to the beautiful serene Pacific.
Pacific means "peaceful" ya know?
I don't know what part of the Gulf of Mexico you visited to call it a soupy puddle, but here in Florida the Gulf of Mexico water resembles the water that you see in the Bahamas. It's beautiful. I Grew up in Long Beach California and the beaches here are way better than the Pacific. That's why people from all over the world come here to retire.
I don't know what part of the Gulf of Mexico you visited to call it a soupy puddle, but here in Florida the Gulf of Mexico water resembles the water that you see in the Bahamas. It's beautiful. I Grew up in Long Beach California and the beaches here are way better than the Pacific.
To each its own.
People do love water though. I personally find Chicago's Lakefront on Lake Michigan to be the most stellar piece of waterfront beauty in the country.
Buffalo and Toronto have nice waterfronts too. The Great Lakes makes a nice alternative to the ocean because they are cheaper. Unfortunately, the Great Lakes also create the lake effect snow machine
I don't know what part of the Gulf of Mexico you visited to call it a soupy puddle, but here in Florida the Gulf of Mexico water resembles the water that you see in the Bahamas. It's beautiful. I Grew up in Long Beach California and the beaches here are way better than the Pacific. That's why people from all over the world come here to retire.
I prefer the refreshing cool temps of the Pacific. The Gulf is a steam bath.
My one bedroom costs $650 / month in Western New York.
My parent's 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom, 3400 SF house sold for $340,000.
Obviously he is not referring to middle of nowhere blue states. He is referring to NYC, LI, Yonker, etc.
Where I live, Union County, NJ, 340,000 get you almost nothing. If you do find something, your property tax is expected to be over 12,000, even for a 300k home.
People do love water though. I personally find Chicago's Lakefront on Lake Michigan to be the most stellar piece of waterfront beauty in the country.
Buffalo and Toronto have nice waterfronts too. The Great Lakes makes a nice alternative to the ocean because they are cheaper. Unfortunately, the Great Lakes also create the lake effect snow machine
I grew up in northeast Ohio.
In no way does a day in Cleveland on Lake Erie equal a day in Malibu.
I mean...if you are living inland yeah it's a littler bonus to be by the lakes but lets not get crazy here.
I prefer the refreshing cool temps of the Pacific. The Gulf is a steam bath.
Water temp is 74 degrees today.... hardly a steam bath.
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Having left the NE, I tend to see healthier people in much of the rest of the country. 6 months of winter and rainy/cold spring and fall seasons tends to breed a lot of serious couch potatos. There is a reason that football is such an obsession in that country-what else do you do but sit in front of the TV and drink beer when the weather is crap.
