Recently moved to South Carolina, Indian Land. we had a home in Massachusetts on Cape Cod which was the VR retirement home I told my wife took ill and she wanted to be closer to family who live just over the state line in North Carolina.
We bought a brand new home in a community in Lancaster which is in Indian Land. We paid for the new home about $322,000 it is a beautiful community with trees and ponds and a lake, security, beautifully maintained.
Our real estate taxes are a touch over $100 a month. Cost of food down here is amazing after living in Massachusetts, especially on Cape Cod. First time I went in the grocery store to buy milk I stood in front of the milk cooler looking at the price of a gallon of whole milk for $1.33 and we sure that the milk was mismarked. I went and got someone who worked in the store and ask them about that we should know that’s all regular price. I have been paying $4.09 put milk on Cape Cod. Bananas $0.29 in pounds vs 69 cents a pound breakfast cereal $2.99 vs $4.49. not all the prices are has extreme on the low side is the ones I cited but they are all very low.
The wife and I have Medicare advantage through Humana. After pain $75 a month each for Medicare advantage in Massachusetts are premium in South Carolina is zero in other words they accept heartbeat payment that I normally would make the social Security and charge me nothing extra where in Massachusetts we each were paying $75 four months. Plus my co-pay for the doctor is 0.
All around very affordable with excellent value.
I do hope you didn’t bring Massachusetts politics to your new home as so many NYers do to Florida. Florida is always on the edge of turning Democrat in national elections because of the yankee wetbacks and carpetbaggers. Eventually the southern counties will rule and it will be New York sensibilities and politics.