People Are Calling Out How Poorly Made Modern Homes Are

nikimcbee · 11-17-21, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Thirteen years ago I bought a house that was built in 1969 and now it's worth about twice what I paid for it. With my new job allowing me to work from home the wife and I are thinking of selling and moving up to Maine a few years early.

Wait Wut? New job? Maine? What about Gronk?

Are you moving into your cabin?

August · 11-18-21, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Wait Wut? New job? Maine? What about Gronk?

Are you moving into your cabin?

I got a promotion at work to Project Estimator. They tell me I can work from home if I want which unleashes me from Massachusetts. As long as I have access to the internet and a Staples or similar printer fairly close by I can now live anywhere. So we were thinking of accelerating the retirement move up to Maine. It'd be nice not to have to wait until i'm 70. Not intending to live in that old cabin though. We'll probably buy an interim place nearby to live while we're building the new house.

nikimcbee · 11-20-21, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by August

I got a promotion at work to Project Estimator. They tell me I can work from home if I want which unleashes me from Massachusetts. As long as I have access to the internet and a Staples or similar printer fairly close by I can now live anywhere. So we were thinking of accelerating the retirement move up to Maine. It'd be nice not to have to wait until i'm 70. Not intending to live in that old cabin though. We'll probably buy an interim place nearby to live while we're building the new house.

Well, that's totally cool! No Florida then? I guess that's a NY thing? lol No work from home for me as I'm a process tech and have to make samples for the engineers. So is Maine the least expensive place to live in New England? What about New Hampshire?

One of these days, I'm going to make it down to Old Sturbridge village or Fall River, but it is a bit of a drive. Maybe before the snow. OSV looks like the place to be for Patriots Day, if the snow is gone?

My place of employment has a lot invested in me, so there's no jumping ship, but I could go be a ranger at the Saratoga Battlefield, since I'm not too far from there.

August · 11-20-21, 05:30 PM

Not just a New York thing as plenty of New Englanders move to southern climes in their sunset years, but not Mrs August and I, we like the winter.

Best place to be on Patriots day IMO is at Concord Bridge. If you're real hard core you can start the day at nearby Lexington Green at the crack of dawn to see the reenactment of the Shot Heard Round the World then head over to the bridge afterwards for the reenactment of the main battle.

As for taxes remember that New Hampshire doesn't have an income tax so they make up for it with huge property taxes. North of 2% I believe. Conversely my 100 acres up in Maine costs me less than $500 per year which is like .005% or something.

11-20-21, 05:30 PM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,199 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Not just a New York thing as plenty of New Englanders move to southern climes in their sunset years, but not Mrs August and I, we like the winter. Best place to be on Patriots day IMO is at Concord Bridge. If you're real hard core you can start the day at nearby Lexington Green at the crack of dawn to see the reenactment of the Shot Heard Round the World then head over to the bridge afterwards for the reenactment of the main battle. As for taxes remember that New Hampshire doesn't have an income tax so they make up for it with huge property taxes. North of 2% I believe. Conversely my 100 acres up in Maine costs me less than $500 per year which is like .005% or something. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.