When you first arrive.. where to live?

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How do you deal with all the sounds on such a small parcel, which means if you wanna talk to your neighbor you open your window and reach out and knock on his. Every time your neighbors argue (or when you do) everyone hears everything because everyone's windows are always open there. That's the main reason for owning land in my opinion. I don't want to clearly hear my neighbors screaming obscenities at each other at midnight (or screaming for "other" reasons), and I certainly don't want my little kids to. I do, however understand why you don't want to be married to your mower as you said earlier. 3 years ago we had a very wet summer, and I couldn't keep up, hated it.
Thanks for the info on that tax, too. I plan to stay in a vacation rental just long enough to find a 6 month lease or a month to month. I wanna do most of my shopping while I am there, don't like sight unseen. I have some friends there who can help, but won't bother them until we have a more certain date of arrival. Right now it's,"when we sell our house"


comin' your way soon!