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Kathy Feltey's avatar

Rats indeed. When I read Octavia Butler's parable books many years ago, I thought "something about this feels too possible." And here we are. I'm curious, why Florida? We are looking half-heartedly for options. So hard to know what to do. Thank you, as always, for your beautiful writing!

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New World Performance Lab's avatar

Dear Kathy, thanks for the feedback. Why Florida? Well, we have to keep a US residence address and Florida does not have a state income tax on retirement income. We tried Texas, but the state has some other requirements to establish and keep residency that Florida does not have. We are using a organization called Savvy Nomads to help get us through all the requirements and they provide a residency address and a mailing address--for a fee, of course. But this way, we can vote and it's easier to get to Florida from Paris than to get to Texas. We have not been coming back much and when we come back I'd rather be near the water than the winter. Please keep in touch. Much love to you.

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Jane Bond's avatar

I feel as though we are in the end times. You left at the perfect time.

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