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Originally Posted by BroadHopper
My job relocated me to many places in the US. But there is no place as special as the Lakes Region. Winnipesaukee has been my home since the 50s. In the late 90s, I moved to Winnisquam because of taxes and the population explosion. I can't bear to leave.
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You sound like my dad. He was in the service, and my family moved 12 times over a 20+ year span. I came along later in my parent's lives and didn't experience a lot of the moves my brother and sisters did and don't remember any that I did. When his time in the service ended, he got a job at Raytheon near Boston, and that's where we settled until they moved to CT.
He tells me that of all the places he's lived, he liked Hawaii the best, but his second choice is New England because of the seasons and variety of weather.
It's great going to FL when it's February or March and you're tired of the winter, but I wonder how it'll be having warm temps year round. I actually don't mind the cold or winter. It's not as nice as summer, but it's not terrible. I just don't like all the snow when it turns brown and gross, and I'd rather a longer warm season to boat and be on the water.
All my family and my wife's except for my dad and 2 sisters of my wife have moved south for various reasons, and we've all kind of "splintered apart" now.
When we move, my dad's going to move in with us, and we don't see my wife's sisters very often. They visit their parents in FL a lot, so we can see them then, which will be about the same amount we see them now.
When I was young, we used to vacation to the Rangeley area. The lakes are beautiful in that area, and it's so remote. I love things like that. When we go camping, we go to the White Mountains and camp in the national forests campgrounds because they're remote. We enjoy getting away from the hustle and bustle and don't want to stay in a place that has a rec hall with pinball machines and bingo at night. We want "leave me alone to enjoy nature" places.
I hope the homes of your friends that are staying with you are okay. We're worried about that aspect of living in FL and plan to rent for the first year we're there to make sure we like it and to see how things like housing and insurance are. If it turns out to not be good, we may find ourselves back in New England quickly.