Cost of Living

[Robert5988]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Maybe its easier to ask - which areas should i avoid !!
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Sheila,
Any objective advice about undesirable areas in Orlando will only cause offence.

I read somewhere that a poll found that less than 1% of Londoners had visited the many theatres in their city in the past year and I suspect it is much the same for the Attractions in Orlando. I have relatives with teenage children who live in the area and they, and their friends, very rarely visit the Attractions.

[Arby]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Arby,

I find your remarks a bit offensive. It is a bit of a generalisation.
[/quote]Sorry no offense was meant, I was just trying to offer my opinion that's all.

[esprit]

Sheila, will he be able to work on an O visa?? Doing a few college courses would help him socially to integrate with US teens and couldnt do him any harm. Look at the Valencia campuses or Polk community college if you end up in Polk. Areas to avoid?? With a child of that age, avoid any sundivisions which are predominantly wacation rentals and have no resident teens. The area round North Orange Blossom Trail wouldnt be recommended. Most other areas have good and bad in them, for example Winter Park has some lovely homes and some are right next door to shacks, thats the way it is here.

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by SheilaF
Hi Chrizzy

Harry is the 10th March how about your son?


Yes we will take our time when we get there, mainly because we are undecided about the area and want to get it right.

Sheila
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Chris was born on the 9th.........[msnsmile]

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Robert5988
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Maybe its easier to ask - which areas should i avoid !!
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Sheila,
Any objective advice about undesirable areas in Orlando will only cause offence.

I read somewhere that a poll found that less than 1% of Londoners had visited the many theatres in their city in the past year and I suspect it is much the same for the Attractions in Orlando. I have relatives with teenage children who live in the area and they, and their friends, very rarely visit the Attractions.


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We go so often......the people who work at the parks all know us by sight.......[msnsmile]

I must own up to not going to the Cape's beauiful beaches........but then I'm not a beach person....

[SheilaF]

Hi Everyone

Thanks to everyone again for their input,

Its a gorgeous sunny winter day here, I have spent the morning in the loft. I HATE going up there butI am the smallest in the family, hubby and son are 6 ft and over - I have to get up there. There's stuff up there that we havent touched since we moved here 17 years ago, getting it through a small hatch is a nightmare. Note to self: dont buy another house with a loft.

Robert - Harry's no 1 choice would be to live near to the parks. Although we dont go too often its great to have the option there. The fact that he can walk around downtown disney and not be abused by gangs of drunken youths (our city centre is a no go area) makes him feel comfortable.

spoke to our Lawyer this week and she tells us that once she applies for a green card we are then eligible for work visa's which will take around 3 months. Thats good news for us as I would also like to get back in to my profession - travel and tourism. Also working will help towards the dreaded Health Insurance. I am becoming paranoid about this, I think we just have to get our heads round paying for medical needs. Over here I get all my prescriptions free and anything I ask the doctor for, he lets me have. Tests etc. no problem. Sorry I am waffling.....

Chrizzy - Your pain had just finished when mine started then!! Not sure if "H" a typical Pisces.

[flyrr100]

Sheila, I live in Winter Springs. We have three kids, two cars, a 4 bed house with a pool, cable, cel phones. And many bills! Florida isn't a cheap place to live. Our cost of living increased by around 20% when we moved here from Ohio. Insurance is high, and it's about to get higher!
The nice thing, for buyers, house prices are finally beginning to platau (sp?).
Go ahead and PM me with any questions. I'll gladly give you a list of my monthly bills. All bills here are monthly.

[chrizzy100]

We go to the parks to have Sunday lunch....then have a walk....maybe go on a fav ride or two.........then have an ice-cream.....
we have a lot of new contacts for jobs in Orlando for Hubby..so we are hoping to still have more free time and longer holidays than the norm in the USA.......I know a lot of people get next to no free time after moving over here from England ...so I don't want to leave a company in MA that gives long hoildays...just to move to FL full time .......