Jerry Eichenberger wrote on 10/28/10 at 12:45:00:Photojoe -
Why not get off of the East Coast altogether, and come to the midwest?
For $350,000 here you can have a 4,000 square foot home in the country with 5 acres to mow. Of if you're like me, for your wife to mow.
Seriously, I'd never live on the east coast, unless it were in North Carolina or farther south.
I'm ready for a move, but my Mom (in her mid 70's) is still here and I want to be in short driving distance of her. Shar and I both have family and friends in Portland, Oregon. They're all very happy there. We've been offered good jobs and a place to live until we get set up should we decide to go there. It's too big of a move for me at this time in my life though.
We just got back from Pa. and the ride took us only 90 minutes. We'll be going back in a couple of weeks to look more. Great old homes for sale in Nazareth. One can do very well for $150,000 or even less. It was nice to find cheap ammo and just buy whatever was on the shelf without showing ID, unlike here in NJ where we have to provide a FID card.
We're taking our time, and are not rushing into anything. I know that I am ready to get out of NJ because, simply put, I hate it here. I'm at an age where if I don't make a move now, I may just end up living here until the day I die, which will probably be after I get run off the road by a driver doing 30 MPH over the speed limit while talking on a cell phone.
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