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I Want To Live By The Beach?

When my husband finishes school in 5 years, I really want to move somewhere by the beach! He is in school for plumbing/pipe-fitting/welding. He is in the union and he says as long as the pay wherever we go is good, he doesn’t care.
Anyway, my question is what is a good place to live where I could be like 5 – 10 minutes from the beach at least? I would love to live on the beach, but I know that’s insanely expensive!!
I just want to take into account cost of living… property taxes, real estate, and the area…. you know, all that stuff.
We have an 8 month old, so I guess a place that doesn’t have too much crime. I live in New Orleans right now, so it’s not like I’m looking for a perfect little town. I care about the schools, but any other state will have better schools than LA, lol, so that’s not really a concern.

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  1. *xoxo* on Sat, 28th Nov 2009 11:38 am 

    Oh gosh- I LOVE the Long Beach Penninsula on the Washington coast, but it’s a beauty beach- definitely no swimming whatsoever. there is a HORRIBLE undertow. however, there are spots near there that have really pretty areas to swim. Look on

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