Ugh, Florida. I sympathize with your experience in VT (I left last year) but man unless Florida changes direction, you’re moving back to a horrible place. A hate state.

The COL was basically why I left. I realized that, as a first year teacher, I couldn’t afford to rent a place of my own. I’m an older teacher—career transition—and at 52, the whole “live with housemates” is less attractive than when I was in my 20s.

Great place to vacation though.