Pearl
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
I didn't read the
Most of my family isn't left in NJ, while most of M's is, so we certainly miss them. We don't have a free babysitter so nights out with just us two doesn't happen.
I miss the local mtb technical trails. I have two trails within a 10 minute drive of me, one is the most techy in CLT while the other is like the Allaire down here.
Miss the core cycling homies I met here. I found a good local roadie group of friends which is cool though.
Besides that? I don't miss anything about New Jersey it at all. Family comes to visit which isn't as frequent as if we were in NJ, which is probably a good thing. I could wake up at the crack of dawn and drive 2 hours to some of the best MTBing on the east coast. Desire has been low to do that last year, but I think it will happen more going forward as the kiddos get older.
Our property taxes in our Somerville house were $7000. If you ever been to it, you know it wasn't anything special. Now they are on the high end of the scale at $2000. We built a brand new house for the same price we sold that shoebox for. We are 35 minutes from an international airport. 2 hours from the best mountain biking on the east coast, don't at me if you never been. Whenever it snows, maybe once or twice a year, you get to do absolutely nothing. Summers are hot but I'd trade that in for a winters that if it is below freezing as the high, it's frigid.
You are doing a disservice if you THINK you have to stay in NJ for any specific reason.
Don't regret it one minute. We mostly moved because if we wanted to start a family, no way we could pull it off up north.@Pearl how’s the move been so far?
Most of my family isn't left in NJ, while most of M's is, so we certainly miss them. We don't have a free babysitter so nights out with just us two doesn't happen.
I miss the local mtb technical trails. I have two trails within a 10 minute drive of me, one is the most techy in CLT while the other is like the Allaire down here.
Miss the core cycling homies I met here. I found a good local roadie group of friends which is cool though.
Besides that? I don't miss anything about New Jersey it at all. Family comes to visit which isn't as frequent as if we were in NJ, which is probably a good thing. I could wake up at the crack of dawn and drive 2 hours to some of the best MTBing on the east coast. Desire has been low to do that last year, but I think it will happen more going forward as the kiddos get older.
Our property taxes in our Somerville house were $7000. If you ever been to it, you know it wasn't anything special. Now they are on the high end of the scale at $2000. We built a brand new house for the same price we sold that shoebox for. We are 35 minutes from an international airport. 2 hours from the best mountain biking on the east coast, don't at me if you never been. Whenever it snows, maybe once or twice a year, you get to do absolutely nothing. Summers are hot but I'd trade that in for a winters that if it is below freezing as the high, it's frigid.
You are doing a disservice if you THINK you have to stay in NJ for any specific reason.
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