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LogDog75

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32. I was lucky to buy here when I did

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #30)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 05:34 PM

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I purchased a condo/townhouse in September 2002 just before I retired from the AF and just before the real estate market took off. It is expensive to here but considering the other parts of the country I've lived in I'll gladly pay the sunshine tax to continue living here.

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