And so starts another long winter

I don't

I keep telling the wife one day we will move out of the northeast, but she’s not on board yet. I want a place where I can buy a piece of property on acres of land and no nieghbors and I can shoot a rifle off my back deck and nobody cares.

The northeast has some benefits. For one, my career. Lots of tech in the area. Number 2 would be home values. They are exploding. We bought our house 5 years ago and it’s estimated value today is $225-250k more than what we paid. When it’s time to leave, we plan on selling our overpriced house and buying something very nice in a cheaper COL area.

Snow has its pros and cons. I don’t mind it. This beast makes things easier.



this was on Halloween. We’ve already gotten 4-5” of snow.

Mine aren’t too bad. $4500/year. I say it’s not bad from my perspective because I have friends and family in NH that pay $10-12k/ year in property tax, but there’s no income or sales tax.

but you are right. It’s all relative. Higher incomes are offset by higher COL. Contractor rates are higher. When I was an electrician I could almost charge what I wanted and get it. There was enough work going around that you could pick and choose and inflate your rates. Insurance is higher, a lot of stuff is higher.

It’s kinda nice to be able to pick up a live lobster on your way home from work and steam it up for dinner and have it be cheaper than take-out from any other restaurant.

you can buy them at supermarkets, but I live close enough to Gloucester to go pick them up directly off the fishing boats. Prob out of the water 2-3 hours when I get them.