Terrier

Me and the wife a currently thinking of buying a 2nd home for recreational purposes, relaxing, fishing, boating. We were thinking lake or river front in WI or the upper peninsular of MI.

So has anyone else here got a holiday home? What are the pro's and cons?

DollyLlama

We lived in Green Bay for a couple of years after moving from Chicagoland.
Door County area is really nice, about the only thing nice up there

Elvira

I expect by 'recreational purposes' you mean something else altogether, so as long as it's far from other human habitation - and you leave the kids at home - you should be fine...

Terrier

You mean shagging? No I can shag at home love, no kids to worry about either, just the dog licking my balls can be a bit offputting!

Bob

Dirt cheap in Maine, property tax compared to average salary in state is really high...but for out of staters, it's dirt cheap, hence of the folks from NY, NJ nabbing places...very popular, or unpopular depending on who you ask

krizzy

We have a second home in FL...you go there you use it....you clean it you lock up go home and forget about it till your next visit when you wonder what you'll find when you open the door....

Your biggest worry...is worrying about the place...you have to learn not to do that...once you have the knack you'll just get bored going to the same place year after year...if not for the fact we love our FL home I would sell up and rent other peoples or stay in hotels in different States...but saying that I'm still looking for a place in the mountains...just wish I had better looking kids that I could sell off as slaves so I could afford it........

Joking apart I like having a second home....I love my FL neighbours and friends...and my retirement home is all paid for.....

ladylisa

I thought WI property taxes were one of the highest?

DollyLlama

When we lived in Green Bay our property taxes were really high compared to what we paid in Illinois..........

Scouse Express

Quite a few people from Chicagoland have 2nd homes around the Dubuque, Iowa area or Galena, Illinois. You can go fishing on the Mississippi and be back in the "Windy" within 3-4 hours.

Low property taxes in Iowa.

Jim.

Jan Alaska

You wouldnt want to go to the UP ... its thousands of miles from Chicago. Its also full sorry no more room for rich fudgies better choose Wisconsin instead.

Jan

ladylisa

Oh my god I cannot imagine how many news bulletins you would have endured about the wonderful Brett Fravre living in Green Bay...

Terrier

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DollyLlama

A lot........ if it wasn't Brett Favre it was deer hunting.
When we left, we said we would never go back.

Jan Alaska

fudgies = tourists ... this area is abound with moneyed folks from Chicago and Detroit who have err "summer cottages" here.

ladylisa

Oh my god, cant stand both subjects. Actually this side of WI is not much better. I was talking to a collegue at work recently and mentioned that I dont like hunting and particularly thought that hunting wild game was wrong..her response was oh did I tell you about the time I shot my first Brown Bear!! Yes she said it was a very emotional time for me and my father he was so proud of me, we both cried. :scared: