Originally Posted By: O-BASS
Originally Posted By: EGGNOG
Mike , please explain the lower cost of living there ? Don’t confuse housing prices ( only some areas )
With lower cost of living .


For me that's a big part of it though. A lower house price for substantially more house and more land directly equates to lower costs per month and year. Also it would appear my insurance rates would go down substantially with a move to the areas that I want to be in. The property tax values would be correspondingly lower as well.

Food, gas, oil those things still cost the same as far as I can tell. But the huge break on a house and the amount of land I would get is a major reason for me. We don't want to live on the shoreline or where it cost the same as Connecticut, we want to move out into the woods, so there's a big price difference.

What have you found Tony? Just in terms of your cost of living expenses? It sounds like they really didn't change from what Connecticut would be for you and I'd love to know why as we're planning the potential move in the next year or so.

Mike. What I have found and experienced is this : Housing / taxes / utilities etc the same or higher than here in Ct . Insurance ( my girls not mine ) about the same . The house is on the coast and with that it's worth more than inland. The house was listed last Wednesday and sale pending this morning . The market there is really strong . We are selling that and buying a house here and if the stars align go back in 9 years when I retire . One thing I will tell you , the schools seem to be top notch and you won't find nicer people ( as you already know ) . I do love it there for so many reasons . I'm guessing Maine is what Ct was like 40 years ago . I guess some of the geezers need to chime in for that . If I was young again and raising a family I'd move in a minute . Good luck