Are High Costs Forcing You to Leave South Florida?

If you are truly ancient, you remember a time when travel content was geared toward people who could afford to travel and then return home. In the back of every seat on every airplane was an in-flight magazine full of breezy articles about travel destinations you could reach via the airline that was currently transporting you. People who traveled a lot were either filthy rich or profoundly non-materialistic. If someone had a passport full of stamps and a vast collection of pens emblazoned with hotel logos, it meant that the person had a lot of money, plus a job that would pay for work-related travel. Young people who spent the summer backpacking in Europe or in Southeast Asia had rich parents who owned a house big enough to store the vast piles of stuff the backpackers did not take with them on their travels. Yes, there were people who lived full time in RVs, traveling from one campground to the next, but they were not us. The rest of us stayed home. Once the pandemic hit, even staying home was prohibitively expensive. Travel content began to target the rest of us, and it began to focus on relocating indefinitely to somewhere that allegedly costs less than the viewer’s current place of residence. Some people actually relocate and then post about it endlessly on social media. As you watch your bills pile up, you might not feel Wanderlust, but you do feel desperation. Is moving out of South Florida your only choice? For help finding a way to afford to stay in a place you love, contact a Boca Raton debt lawyer.

Can’t Afford to Stay Here

South Florida is expensive. No matter where you live, you are in the direct path of a hurricane almost every year. That means that, if you own your house or condo, you pay a fortune in homeowners’ insurance. If you don’t, then your landlord foots the bill and adds it to your rent. You are lucky to get a studio apartment in Miami-Dade County for less than $1,200 per month, even though, in North Florida, even in urban areas, it costs about a third less.

Housing costs are not the only problem, though. South Florida has almost no public transportation. To commute by bus from Sweetwater to Homestead takes two hours each way. You either spend a ton of time or a ton of money, because gas is expensive, and car loan debt is at an all time high. What’s a South Floridian to do?

Can’t Bear to Go Elsewhere

Let’s face reality. No other state has such abundant parking spaces, and parallel parking is for the cold-blooded folks up north. Yes, you could move to a cheaper part of Florida, but good luck finding beef patties in Alachua County. You might as well stay here, even if it means consolidating your debt or filing for bankruptcy.

Work With a Debt Lawyer About Working Things Out With Your Beloved Home

A South Florida debt lawyer can help you manage your debt so you do not have to move out of South Florida to make ends meet.  Contact Nowack & Olson, PLLC in Boca Raton, Florida to discuss your case.

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