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<p>[QUOTE="George Chaney, post: 4513085, member: 19137"]As did we [USER=16283]@bosko69[/USER]. Effective 10/1 of last year retirement started. We actually had to put it off a year and ended up renting @ $1950 a month.. ugh..... </p><p><br /></p><p>Gas. Inflation in general, food costs.... etc. We were supposed to build our retirement home here in the mountains of NC when we bought the land early last year. Couldn't get a builder to even come look at the property. When we finally did 2 months ago, they wanted 300K for a very modest 1300 sf single story farmhouse, 2 bedrooms, all builder grade and we own the land, (7 acres on a ridge @2900 ft with a relatively flat grade), with well, power and septic all on site. I said nope, so we live in a camper. Granted, living off the Blueridge we're like on vacation every day...lol </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=111]@DragonflyWink[/USER] Cheryl, I really was just being playful. I hate property taxes as well and I am sorry if you are being impacted through no fault of your own. </p><p><br /></p><p>As a libertarian or I suppose classic liberal, I tell my kids, it ain't my problem, I'm retired, you guys get to decide what your future looks like. In our immediate and extended family, we have 32 and growing. They include a socialist, a communist, democrats, republicans and the unaffiliated in our family, and they all come stay and are welcomed here. My wife and I are fortunate enough to live in a place that respects what the classic liberal means so I really don't worry so much about the rest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="George Chaney, post: 4513085, member: 19137"]As did we [USER=16283]@bosko69[/USER]. Effective 10/1 of last year retirement started. We actually had to put it off a year and ended up renting @ $1950 a month.. ugh..... Gas. Inflation in general, food costs.... etc. We were supposed to build our retirement home here in the mountains of NC when we bought the land early last year. Couldn't get a builder to even come look at the property. When we finally did 2 months ago, they wanted 300K for a very modest 1300 sf single story farmhouse, 2 bedrooms, all builder grade and we own the land, (7 acres on a ridge @2900 ft with a relatively flat grade), with well, power and septic all on site. I said nope, so we live in a camper. Granted, living off the Blueridge we're like on vacation every day...lol [USER=111]@DragonflyWink[/USER] Cheryl, I really was just being playful. I hate property taxes as well and I am sorry if you are being impacted through no fault of your own. As a libertarian or I suppose classic liberal, I tell my kids, it ain't my problem, I'm retired, you guys get to decide what your future looks like. In our immediate and extended family, we have 32 and growing. They include a socialist, a communist, democrats, republicans and the unaffiliated in our family, and they all come stay and are welcomed here. My wife and I are fortunate enough to live in a place that respects what the classic liberal means so I really don't worry so much about the rest.[/QUOTE]
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