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MrRiski t1_jbhp5c2 wrote

Moved from Westmoreland county to Holiday, Florida in March of 2017. Moved back in June of 2021. Loved Florida and the people for the most part but also hated everything about it. Insane amounts of traffic the summers were brutal. The pay was shit and the bills expensive. Idk how anything making less than 6 figures enjoys living in Florida honestly. For me it was constant stress over money. I was paying double for rent there compared to what I pay on my mortgage up here. And I couldn't buy anything worth buying in Florida because I made so little and the home prices were through the roof.

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Popular-Variation-29 OP t1_jbhrtat wrote

My grandparents and some friends lived in Westmoreland.

My coworker was thinking about moving to Florida from Lebanon County PA. He couldn't do it because the highest paying job he could find in the same field was a $ 17-hour pay cut.

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MrRiski t1_jbhud6z wrote

Yeah I took a pay cut to move down there and when I moved up I was still 10 cents short of being equal at $20/hr. Moved back up here and within 6 months I was making $25 and currently making $27.50 and planning on getting a raise around summer when I get my crane license.

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