Hm. Interesting On Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 7:07 PM Jeannene Mironack <[email protected]> wrote:
> I live in Gainesville and am a former County employee. > City of Gainesville: Pros: Proximity to UF sports and culture. Medical > facilities. Cost of living is decent for Florida. > Cons: Lots of people complain about Gainesville Regional Utilities' bills. > Some of it is perception and some is reality. I'm in some community groups > with strong GRU defenders. My GRU bill includes Electric, Natural Gas, > Potable Water, Wastewater, Storm Water and Refuse. Most I talk to are > comparing this total bill to other area's Electric-only bill. Our home is > 2,300 sf, I work from home (AC set about 80 degrees during summer days), we > have great attic insulation and energy efficient, double paned windows, in > a heavily treed area. It's just the 2 of us most of the year. Our total GRU > bill averages $200/month. Roads - UGH! The City is currently redoing 8th > Avenue for the 3rd time in a year. If they'd listened to the citizens, the > current design would have been the initial design. Don't try to remove a > tree, even when it falls down on your home from the city-owned > right-of-way. We're almost to the 2 year mark on that fight. GRU had no > maintenance budget for ~20 years. Pipes are exceeding capacity, breaking, > etc. Some areas of the city do not have wastewater svc, like the > neighborhood across the street from ours. So their septic drains into our > creek. > Alachua County: Pros: Lifestyle. Nature. Becomes rural quickly in most > directions. Areas served by Clay Electric Co-op or City of Newberry pay > less for electricity. > Cons: Roads. Budget - I don't know why, and I've tried to figure it out. > Alachua County and Leon County have similar population & similar acreage of > land on tax rolls. Alachua has 9 municipalities, Leon has 1. Leon's > property appraisals are about 5% higher. Leon's Constitutional Officers' > (Tax, Property, Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Elections) budgets average double > Alachua's. Leon's multilane roads are in good condition, with one > exception. > > I have several Residential Realtor friends. Different specialties. I could > connect you if you want. > -Jeannene > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Jerry D. Belloit <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Charlie, >> >> I will make a case for a more rural lifestyle. There is something to be >> said for living where: >> >> 1. Land use regulations are more flexible. >> 2. A loud neighbor is less of a problem. >> 3. Crime is lower. >> 4. You can have a nice garden and possibly some food animals (Chickens, >> goats, rabbits). >> >> I am very nearing retirement and moving back to Florida as well. Here >> are my metrics as to where I have chosen to locate in addition to the above. >> >> 1. Traffic. Can I get to the grocery store and other shopping without >> living in my car to get there? >> 2. Distance to the things I enjoy doing. I personally love to fish. For >> me I wanted to be able to fish for fresh water as well as salt water. I >> chose a location Citrus County so I could do both. I also love fly fishing >> and want to be able to find good spots for that as well. >> 3. Safety from hurricane and flooding. My home is over 150 feet above >> sea level and is protected by large live oaks and red oaks. I am able to >> actually have a basement. >> 4. Access to quality medical facilities. This is a very big issue. How >> long does it take to get me to a level 1 or two trauma center? Is there a >> medical helicopter available? >> 5. Can I reasonably get to Hogtown to go to a ball game and get back home >> the same day. For me this was about a 1.5 to 2 hour circle around >> Gainesville. >> 6. Property taxes and small local government. I don’t want my retirement >> savings to be eroded by property tax creep and permit creep. If I don’t >> like a tree in my yard, I want to be able to take it out without >> unnecessary permits and permissions. >> 7. Can I get to the City and home in under a day? >> 8. Can I conveniently find good affordable restaurants? >> >> Jerry >> >> On 5/23/16, 2:56 PM, "[email protected] on behalf of Charles >> Simpson" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >We may finally be able to make our move to Gainesville this fall. We've >> >made two recent trips to look at houses and the big challenge will be >> >finding something affordable inside the city limits. Newberry and High >> >Springs have more bang for the buck but as I've told my wife many times >> >I want live in Gainesville not near Gainesville. My original criteria >> >was inside a 10 mile circle from BHG but I may have to back off from >> that. >> > >> >Charlie >> > >> >-- >> >-- >> >GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> >1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >> 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >> 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve >> Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) >> >--- >> >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "GatorTalk" group. >> >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to [email protected]. >> >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> -- >> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >> 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >> 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve >> Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "GatorTalk" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier > (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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