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Where did you live in CT before you moved?
Where are you now down south?
Where are you planning in CT to come back to?
I am just curious because when I tell people I am staying in CT (east of New Haven on the coast) for retirement most give me funny looks. Your post kind of makes me feel better.
You can't go off Washington State numbers. Of course that's going to skew them down. If you want an apartment in Aberdeen I'm sure you're golden!
And while this doesn't definitively disprove your statement, I did do a random Google search for one bedroom apartments in Seattle and this is the first thing that came up.....
No doubt Seattle is one of the most expensive cities in the country. I’m with you there. But greater Hartford is not nearly as affordable overall as people may think. Yes, you may be able to get a decent colonial for 4-500k in WH, where in a similar Seattle suburb it may be 30% higher, but property taxes are nowhere near as astronomical as they are in WH. That, and the thousands it will cost to heat a home with oil in CT.
Housing prices are only a fraction of the cost of living in CT.
I have heard similar comments from CT transplants who relocated to Seattle proper - by and large the COL is better than in central CT - with the caveat that it is not always cheaper to live in a desirable school district in WA than it is in CT, if schools are in play
I have heard similar comments from CT transplants who relocated to Seattle proper - by and large the COL is better than in central CT - with the caveat that it is not always cheaper to live in a desirable school district in WA than it is in CT, if schools are in play
True. My cousin-in-law moved from West Hartford to Issaquah (a Seattle suburb with good schools). They sold their WH smaller colonial for mid 500s, and closed on a slightly larger colonial out there for ~ 775k. The difference is they pay $1,200 in property taxes there, where in WH, they paid $14,000.
The difference is almost literally the cost of another mortgage.
True. My cousin-in-law moved from West Hartford to Issaquah (a Seattle suburb with good schools). They sold their WH smaller colonial for mid 500s, and closed on a slightly larger colonial out there for ~ 775k. The difference is they pay $1,200 in property taxes there, where in WH, they paid $14,000.
The difference is almost literally the cost of another mortgage.
Here we go again. Lets compare like homes between Issaquah and the suburbs of Hartford. Issaquah is about 17 miles from downtown Seattle and is regarded as one of the more desirable suburbs to live in. For $750,000 you get a 2,400 square foot home on a third of an acre with taxes of $6,500 per year.
Farmington is a desirable suburb of Hartford that is about 10 miles from downtown Hartford. An approximately 2,400 square foot home there is under $400,000 and has taxes of about $5,500. And before you say I am cherry picking, there are at least two homes that fit the description in Farmington.
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Lets compare like homes between Issaquah and the suburbs of Hartford. Issaquah is about 17 miles from downtown Seattle and is regarded as one of the more desirable suburbs to live in. For $750,000 you get a 2,400 square foot home on a third of an acre with taxes of $6,500 per year. 
