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@j*oono wrote:

Those pics are beautiful.  Much better than the same beach pic over again.  The apartments pic was a little bit shocking.  I hope we don't have apartment blocks like that in Australia but in Melbourne there was one that I thought OMG you've got to be kidding!

 

I would never live above ground floor.  You never know what idi... person is living in the level under you that smokes in bed or forgets that they put the chip pan on.

 

Do they really pay over $5000 taxes a year for one of those apartments?

 

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That apartment building is in the city. Us on the Island consider Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, and Manhatten as the city....called 'The 5 boroughs'. (though if you live in those boroughs, they consider Manhatten as the city)

If I had to guess I'd say those apartments run between $1,200 and $1,800 a month, plus utilities (electric, cable, phone, gas, internet....$200 to $400 a month, no taxes). I agree, I'd live in another state before living in one of those. They are very efficient in preventing fires from spreading, though I'd be more concerned about noise and flooding from the apt above.

$5,000 a month taxes for a house on Long Island is considered low and most likely a bad neighbourhood.

I just looked at a house in North Carolina on an acre.....only $200,000 and $1,200 a year taxes. Though for me, that would be like living in the middle of nowhere. It's expensive here, but everything you can think of doing is within a short drive.

I've been all over this country and the only other place I'd like to live was Georgia/Florida. I'd say they were a great place to visit, but not to live (unless I was older and ready to retire....and couldn't afford to live here)