Living in FLorida verus New York

I currently live in queens Ny, in a good neighborhood and pay a large amount in rent for what I consider a big apartment with parking.i know many parts of queens, brooklyn, and nyc are expensive to live in especially if you want to own or rent a parking spot. basic point is from living on my own and moving 5 times i know living anywhere decent/ nice near new york city is insanely expensive. to the point where you need to make about $100,000 just to save a little money. i do not make anywhere near this amount, yet.

a friend of mine who lives in florida told me renting in florida is cheap and you can get a much nicer quality of a place for the price, i believe this. however he claims going shopping and buying everyday things is ridiculously cheap there. he claims he bought a container of instant dry milk, half gallon of milk, half gallon of tropicana ornage juice/fuit punch flavor, normal sized hersheys dark chocolate bar, and a bottle of suave shampoo for total of $9. that seems ridiculously cheap. has anyone in florida experienced such cheap prices on things like this?

i am asking this because i am thinking of moving to florida to try and save some money. i just need to ask my boss if i can work from home before i do this (i am perfectly capable of doing this with my job as i manage a website all i need is a computer, internet, and telephone to get my job done.)

Is it me or does every person that comes from New York complain about Florida? In any case, rent in Florida will probably be cheaper than New York, but you have to realize that they farther you are away from the city the cheaper rent will be per square foot.

Depends where in Florida he lives. mrmusicman247

Uhhhh, if you decide to settle down in Miami the cost of living is pretty high, at least to me. Things get cheaper in the more unknown parts of Florida obviously. Obviously living down in South Beach or Miami Beach is going to be expensive.

I know rent/housing is cheap in FL but I don't know about every day items like that.

I live in Brooklyn, NY and plan to move to Orlando in a couple months. Personally the only good thing about NYC are the public services and internet.

[QUOTE="mrmusicman247"]Depends where in Florida he lives. Minishdriveby

Orange County Florida. You can get away with murder :)

Florida's too hot.

New York's too hot and crowded.

I lived in NY for many years and live in FL right now. I ahve spent half my life in both places.

It all depends on the area. I lived on Long Island for a time. The rent prices and everything is else is absurd there. But I also lived Upstate NY, where rent prices were cheap as hell and jobs were plentiful.

Florida has cheap rents for the most parts. Food prices are also pretty low. But one thing I found strange. When I left NY for FL I found that ORANGE JUICE was almost a dollar more per gallon than in NY. WTF?

Overall I say FL is the cheaper place to live. But finding a good well playing job down here is another story.

I live in Brooklyn, been here all my life. Florida would be the LAST place I'd move to if I were leaving BK.

I used to go to Florida for family vacations when I was younger, but that's about all it's good for: vacation. I can't see myself living out there, I love the noise & action in Brooklyn.

Since you're from Queens you might enjoy the quiet, so go for it. But I prefer to have everything within an arms reach, then having to drive to do everything. Like others said, find out what part of Florida first before moving out there.

P.S. - Are groceries really that big of a deal where you'd move that far to save some change?

I lived in NY for many years and live in FL right now. I ahve spent half my life in both places.

It all depends on the area. I lived on Long Island for a time. The rent prices and everything is else is absurd there. But I also lived Upstate NY, where rent prices were cheap as hell and jobs were plentiful.

Florida has cheap rents for the most parts. Food prices are also pretty low. But one thing I found strange. When I left NY for FL I found that ORANGE JUICE was almost a dollar more per gallon than in NY. WTF?

Overall I say FL is the cheaper place to live. But finding a good well playing job down here is another story.

danjammer69

i might just move to upstate new york (not much further than new paltz though). it is insane that for the same pric or less for the rent i pay in queens for a nice 1 bedroom apartment i can rent an entire house or a multiple bedroom apartment upstate. i would only do this if my boss allowed me to go to work 1 or 2 days a week. i would still work every other from home. where in upstate did you live?

Here is the thing with Florida, is it aint South (south east) Florida or Orlando, then it pretty much sucks. The rest of Florida is pretty boring and plain. Up north and West all there is is white people (nothing against white people, but we all know how it is when white separate them selfs from the rest, and set up there own communities). South Florida and Orlando is pretty diverse with all types of cultures and religions, the rest of FL, not so much. There really isnt much to do in the north and there are alot of racist in FL. The rest of the states think FL is for old people and its filled with old people, but I've been living here since May 2000 and its not filled with old people. Also why is it the N.Yorkers are always complaing about FL? Other states dont complain about FL, but N.Yorkers, I get that FL is nothing like NY, but damn! I dont know anything about NY, only what I've seen in the movies and media, cuz I've never been up the and I dont ever plan to. Im stuck in FL for nowBujikan92

I'm glad i'm not the only one that believes that New Yorkers always complain about Florida.

i might just move to upstate new york (not much further than new paltz though). it is insane that for the same pric or less for the rent i pay in queens for a nice 1 bedroom apartment i can rent an entire house or a multiple bedroom apartment upstate. i would only do this if my boss allowed me to go to work 1 or 2 days a week. i would still work every other from home. where in upstate did you live?merigoldsass

[QUOTE="danjammer69"]

I lived in NY for many years and live in FL right now. I ahve spent half my life in both places.

It all depends on the area. I lived on Long Island for a time. The rent prices and everything is else is absurd there. But I also lived Upstate NY, where rent prices were cheap as hell and jobs were plentiful.

Florida has cheap rents for the most parts. Food prices are also pretty low. But one thing I found strange. When I left NY for FL I found that ORANGE JUICE was almost a dollar more per gallon than in NY. WTF?

Overall I say FL is the cheaper place to live. But finding a good well playing job down here is another story.

merigoldsass

i might just move to upstate new york (not much further than new paltz though). it is insane that for the same pric or less for the rent i pay in queens for a nice 1 bedroom apartment i can rent an entire house or a multiple bedroom apartment upstate. i would only do this if my boss allowed me to go to work 1 or 2 days a week. i would still work every other from home. where in upstate did you live?

Some beautiful places in upstate NY.

I lived in Oneonta for a while too.