jlovesee
DIS Veteran
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- Jan 3, 2005
I dont know how much help I can be, but my husband and I moved from KC, MO to Orlando about a year and a half ago, and its been an experience for sure. Couple of things, I would STRONGLY suggest renting for awhile to get a handle on where you want to live and what is important to you. We vacationed in Orlando probably 3-4 times a year for 15+ years and it is NOT THE SAME as living in Orlando, meaning you may think you know it... but you don't. Finally, a year and a half after moving here we are just starting to build a house in Davenport, and that was made after months of months of researching on my part.
I get what you are saying about rif raf, and I think it's hilarious all those that are pretending they don't know what you mean. Probably the same people who would NEVER in a million years buy a house near section 8 housing, or in a low income area because they feel its "unsafe", let alone what it does to your property value. This is coming from someone who DID own a house right down the street from section 8 for about 11 years, and it didn't bother me in the slightest, however it did cause a problem when I went to sell our house (value was way down because of it). Most people I have found are hypocrites in that area, they will tell you not to judge, but have no problems doing it themselves.
With that being said, THIS: http://judgmentalmaps.com/post/138155787880/orlando
Is both hilarious and very factual.
As far as getting a job, I personally could not move without knowing I had employeement lined up. My husband got a job at Universal (he is in energy management, I call him a glorified meter reader...), and I am a nurse so it took me literally two weeks to get my job moved from KC to Orlando. With that being said I have known those that have moved to Orlando with no job offers at all, and did ok, not great, but ok. Like someone above said it depends on how you feel about risk.
As far as savings... take what you estimate moving will cost you and atleast double it, maybe triple it... that is what it will cost you, realistically. Seriously, stuff WILL come up that you don't expect, it costs A LOT to move, I MEAN A LOT. Also, if you have the money to pay someone to move for you, DO IT. We figured we could save so much by doing it ourselves... I laugh when I think of that. Its worth it.
With that being said I do not regret moving to Orlando, we had a lot of bumps along the way but I think it was worth it, no snow, no ice (though I still funny enough have my ice scrapper in my truck...) always something to do, and you really can never say you are bored its great.
Last thing, some have mentioned don't chose a location based on proximity to the parks because you may not always want to go. Now I have only been here a year and a half, so that may not be long enough.. but we have Disney Annual Passes, Universal Annual Passes (duh! its basically free for us!), Sea World and Busch passes. We are at a park, somewhere, almost every weekend. However, its different then if you are vacationing, we maybe go for a few hours, and then leave. Keep in mind we used to go to our local park in KC ALL THE TIME too, we love theme and amusement parks and have since we were both kids (we are in our 40's) so you may be different. Still, being within 30 mins or so of the parks is a big thing for us. Still you will not want to live in the tourist area, because a)traffic is HORRIBLE, b)tourists are HORRIBLE and c)Tourist areas are HORRIBLY expensive to live in. did I mention Traffic is horrible?!
Hope this is helpful!
I get what you are saying about rif raf, and I think it's hilarious all those that are pretending they don't know what you mean. Probably the same people who would NEVER in a million years buy a house near section 8 housing, or in a low income area because they feel its "unsafe", let alone what it does to your property value. This is coming from someone who DID own a house right down the street from section 8 for about 11 years, and it didn't bother me in the slightest, however it did cause a problem when I went to sell our house (value was way down because of it). Most people I have found are hypocrites in that area, they will tell you not to judge, but have no problems doing it themselves.
With that being said, THIS: http://judgmentalmaps.com/post/138155787880/orlando
Is both hilarious and very factual.
As far as getting a job, I personally could not move without knowing I had employeement lined up. My husband got a job at Universal (he is in energy management, I call him a glorified meter reader...), and I am a nurse so it took me literally two weeks to get my job moved from KC to Orlando. With that being said I have known those that have moved to Orlando with no job offers at all, and did ok, not great, but ok. Like someone above said it depends on how you feel about risk.
As far as savings... take what you estimate moving will cost you and atleast double it, maybe triple it... that is what it will cost you, realistically. Seriously, stuff WILL come up that you don't expect, it costs A LOT to move, I MEAN A LOT. Also, if you have the money to pay someone to move for you, DO IT. We figured we could save so much by doing it ourselves... I laugh when I think of that. Its worth it.
With that being said I do not regret moving to Orlando, we had a lot of bumps along the way but I think it was worth it, no snow, no ice (though I still funny enough have my ice scrapper in my truck...) always something to do, and you really can never say you are bored its great.
Last thing, some have mentioned don't chose a location based on proximity to the parks because you may not always want to go. Now I have only been here a year and a half, so that may not be long enough.. but we have Disney Annual Passes, Universal Annual Passes (duh! its basically free for us!), Sea World and Busch passes. We are at a park, somewhere, almost every weekend. However, its different then if you are vacationing, we maybe go for a few hours, and then leave. Keep in mind we used to go to our local park in KC ALL THE TIME too, we love theme and amusement parks and have since we were both kids (we are in our 40's) so you may be different. Still, being within 30 mins or so of the parks is a big thing for us. Still you will not want to live in the tourist area, because a)traffic is HORRIBLE, b)tourists are HORRIBLE and c)Tourist areas are HORRIBLY expensive to live in. did I mention Traffic is horrible?!
Hope this is helpful!