[xray731]

Look at more than 1 article. Just like the best states to retire in are always different depending on what article you read - the
priciest neighborhoods also differ depending on data collected.

https://digg.com/real-estate/link/am...ped-FwrouoWwSD

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/29/most...uare-foot.html

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/mo...-united-states

[texasdiver]

Originally Posted by Corrie22

Coral Gables Estates is #1 with a average house price $19 million....

let that one sink in


"Seven of the ten most expensive neighborhoods in America are now in Florida, with one Coral Gables' Gables Estates topping the list. The average property in the Gables Estates' neighborhood runs around $19.14million. "

"Joining Gables Estates in the Florida stable of neighborhoods needing serious cash to move in are: Naples' Port Royal ($16.49 million), Coral Gables' Old Cutler Bay ($10.22M), Miami Beach's Rivo Alto Island ($9.1M), Jupiter's Bear's Club ($8.99M), Naples' Aqualane Shore ($8.88M) and Miami Beach's San Marino Island ($8.84M)."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-Florida.html

How many will be underwater in 50 years? From Today's Washington Post: https://wapo.st/44mb6oR

[Corrie22]

now how stupid does someone have to be.......tide gauges are all online

WaPo says ”recent sea level rise” for Miami.....6 inches.....sea level rise in Miami is ~1 inch a decade and has not changed in over 100 years

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

EZ...all 3 of them are wrong, & my source is right You all will need to take it up with my source (see link attached in prior email & again here). My links are better than yours.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/st...index-by-state


Here's a link expaining World Population Review, and how to contact them if you have a beef:

https://worldpopulationreview.com/about

Your source’s posted methodology does not take into account two of the three things that make FL’s cost of living exorbitant.

[Trip Mcnealy]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

When you take into account property taxes at 2% of purchase price and insane insurance rates, coupled with very high home prices, it’s not affordable - even relatively. I pay 70% more monthly here than I did with my similarly sized home in the Northeast.

Sounds like you decided to spend beyond your means. Your same house on Long Island/Westchester is going to be less in Florida.

[Arcenal813]

Originally Posted by texasdiver

How many will be underwater in 50 years? From Today's Washington Post: https://wapo.st/44mb6oR

You seriously think Miami will be underwater in 50 years?

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Trip Mcnealy

Sounds like you decided to spend beyond your means. Your same house on Long Island/Westchester is going to be less in Florida.

An increase in cost of living has zero to do with my spending - not sure where I said I’m struggling.

And that depends on where in Florida. In South Florida, a $1m home in Fort Lauderdale will carry a tax rate of about $19k, plus a homeowners insurance rate of ~6k a year. In Huntington, NY, one of the more tony towns on LI, the property tax on a newly purchased $1m home will be about $17k a year, with a homeowners insurance rate of about $1,700 a year. And the $1m home in Huntington will be larger than the $1m home in Fort Lauderdale.

If you do the math, you’ll see which is more expensive.

[Trip Mcnealy]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

An increase in cost of living has zero to do with my spending - not sure where I said I’m struggling.

And that depends on where in Florida. In South Florida, a $1m home in Fort Lauderdale will carry a tax rate of about $19k, plus a homeowners insurance rate of ~6k a year. In Huntington, NY, one of the more tony towns on LI, the property tax on a newly purchased $1m home will be about $17k a year, with a homeowners insurance rate of about $1,700 a year. And the $1m home in Huntington will be larger than the $1m home in Fort Lauderdale.

If you do the math, you’ll see which is more expensive.

If you are spending 70% more in Florida inadvertently, you did something completely extreme. Likely living beyond your means. Apples to apples, Florida is less. By a wide margin still.

[Ghaati]

Originally Posted by GrandviewGloria

There are BUSES, running between Miami-proper and the endless array of cheap inland bedroom communities. Use Zillow to find the affordable places. Those baristas and EMTs will. Here's a peek at what 150k will get you.

https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sal...oom%22%3A11%7D

Sure, that's Miami. And other coastal areas of the state might have similar arrangements. But gentrification is pushing the affordable areas further and further inward, which means longer and longer bus rides, transfers, and at some point, the employee has to drive a few miles to get to the nearest bus stop. When it takes more than an hour each way to get to work by bus, you aren't likely to find too many people willing to do that for $15/hour with no benefits.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Trip Mcnealy

If you are spending 70% more in Florida inadvertently, you did something completely extreme. Likely living beyond your means. Apples to apples, Florida is less. By a wide margin still.

Wrong. Remember, homeowners insurance rates are about 5x what they are in northeastern states.