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Originally Posted by Manc
with a cherry on top please.
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Originally Posted by krizzy
I think New England is beautiful..if a little dull in places.......
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Originally Posted by AmerLisa
Never been....but always thought I'd like to see New England in the fall.
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I know what you mean. Not that there isn't a lot of jobs where we are, but its expensive as hell to live here. We're having to buy a house 50 miles from where my husband works, just to afford a decent one. At one point his employer asked him if he'd consider moving to Atlanta....don't know if I could handle that, job or not.
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Originally Posted by krizzy
I think New England is beautiful..if a little dull in places.......
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Originally Posted by AmerLisa
Never been....but always thought I'd like to see New England in the fall.
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Originally Posted by AmerLisa
I know what you mean. Not that there isn't a lot of jobs where we are, but its expensive as hell to live here. We're having to buy a house 50 miles from where my husband works, just to afford a decent one. At one point his employer asked him if he'd consider moving to Atlanta....don't know if I could handle that, job or not.
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We got our house in a small bubble burst on the Cape......which was a piece of luck for us.....we could never afford one here now.......the same happened when we were moving to FL after hubby lost his job...we go a newbuild house there very cheap......we could not afford to buy our FL house at its today value.....
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Originally Posted by ImHere
Id like to see it in the autumn.
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Originally Posted by ImHere
Id like to see it in the autumn.
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Originally Posted by pepsoid
Boyfriend and I, have decided it's now or never, whether we properly look into our dream of moving to America. From the bits of research we have done, we like the look of the Eastern Seaboard, New York or New England etc. We want to live somewhere with beautiful coastlines, diverse, with more energy than England.
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pepsoid - Why in the name of all that's holy do you want to come to America?
If you want a change of surroundings there are beautiful countries in Europe to sample.
What does "more energy than England" mean? From where I'm standing England has more energy than the whole of the US put together.
I'd do a little more research if I were you, folks.
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Yes but England doesnt have Disney World...think how much energy that takes...
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krizzy, the cost of living balances out down here, because of the poor wages one gets in this state in comparison to other places, and also because many things are expensive here compared to other states.
The cost of groceries, for example, is more dear here than in many other states as most of it has to be trucked in from major distances away, 'xepting oranges of course.
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krizzy, the cost of living balances out down here, because of the poor wages one gets in this state in comparison to other places, and also because many things are expensive here compared to other states.
The cost of groceries, for example, is more dear here than in many other states as most of it has to be trucked in from major distances away, 'xepting oranges of course.
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Originally Posted by ladylisa
Yes but England doesnt have Disney World...think how much energy that takes...
Unbelievable no? Especially as it is an hr or so away!
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