01-20-2011, 08:58 AM
Your neighbors can make or break you. A spaghetti lot gives you little buffer. If you see an empty lot, imagine the worst in the future, because it happens to people. From meth labs next door to fighting roosters, a pack of ever-barking dogs, neighbors who fire guns into the air for fun ... it's all here.
Lots of great great stuff, but if you can't handle your close neighbors, that can be overwhelming.
Learn about some of the pests -- coqui frogs, stinging nettle caterpillar, scholopendra (big centipedes) rat lungworm disease, fire ants. These things will likely be part of your life.
Sit down and read the topics here in building and gardening forums, to get an idea of what people's concerns are.
It's very expensive to live here, even if you think you are ready to minimize. So figure out your source of income in advance. As a newcomer, you'll find it's hard to get hired (understatement). [
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Lots of great great stuff, but if you can't handle your close neighbors, that can be overwhelming.
Learn about some of the pests -- coqui frogs, stinging nettle caterpillar, scholopendra (big centipedes) rat lungworm disease, fire ants. These things will likely be part of your life.
Sit down and read the topics here in building and gardening forums, to get an idea of what people's concerns are.
It's very expensive to live here, even if you think you are ready to minimize. So figure out your source of income in advance. As a newcomer, you'll find it's hard to get hired (understatement). [
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