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This is true.

Florida, Italy and France come to mind.

Indianapolis?

Indianapolis?

That right there is funny.

Yeah, we keep reminding each other of that.  Our house in Cincy is on a tight timeline for getting our furniture out (we're selling it) and cleaned up and photographed.  It's supposed to hit the market before Memorial Day.  We're headed back up there for a ceremony in our village.  I didn't tell the mayor we had moved.

Georgia has a $130,000 deduction on investment income for retirees, which is me, so that helps there.  GA state income tax is higher than that in Ohio overall, surprisingly, but I have no earned income any more.

Property taxes are lower but our property is considerably more expensive here, so the bill went up quite a bit.  We are eligible for some discounts on that apparently, that isn't clear.  Atlanta sales tax is higher than in Cincy.

"Stuff" in general costs about the same.  I've been to a Kroger and a Publix here and the wife has been shopping for stuff all over.  While I basically grew up here, it was out in the 'burbs and at that time midtown was largely not a place to find yourself.  It is pretty amazing today how it has changed, there are construction cranes everywhere with tall buildings going up.

We're right on the park so nothing taller than four stories can go in around us and nothing can obstruct our views here.

They just started on this place, which looks rather fancy:

http://opusplaceatlanta.com/

This is about 3 blocks up the street.

https://www.ajc.com/business/story-condo-tower-planned-midtown-atlanta/7epwzphCM3dCNZuv4O9fcK/

This is a block away:

https://atlanta.curbed.com/2017/9/22/16351902/dowling-midtown-atlanta-condo-for-sale-piedmont-park

Starting at $1.65 million for condos.  I figure that helps our property values.

NCR just moved into midtown from Dayton and is building a second office building also about 6 blocks away.

THis place really is going crazy, it smacks of the rush before the collapse in some respects.

Anybody have any thoughts on PEX  vs Copper?   (as far as water line/pipes).   I spent a decent chunk of time on the matter this week, spoke to a handle of friends in trades.  My builder (old school) conceded he has started to use PEX half the time now on his build sites.   I'm going with copper, based on the much longer track record of success over PEX, which still appears to be a solid choice for a variety of reasons.  The cost savings for PEX is wildly exaggerated in my view, at least based on the quotes I'm getting from the plumbers. 

This process more than solidifies the fact that one should never build your own custom home, no matter how much fun you have doing it.

Repairs alone make me want to not have copper. Copper cannot be spliced (at least according to this state's EPA) which means if there is a break, it's all coming out.

We had a leak in our main water line, which was copper.  A rock apparently had over time sliced a nick in it.  They did splice it.

They also managed to tear up the neighbors electrical line service but repaired it.  I think they lost money on that job.