August 20, 2012 · 5:39 pm

I guess if you’re downsizing …

Byram Gardens

Reader Paul Curtis sends along this Money Magazine article comparing what you get for $499,000 in Coral Springs, Florida (pretty nice) and Greenwich, Connecticut (Byram condo).  You probably already knew this.

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  1. Anon
    August 20, 2012 at 6:00 pm

    I follow Plan-o-Matic Twitter feed and they just posted YT footage of a house in Greenwich. Sure beats lousy iPhone pix. Granted the house barks, but kudos to the agent for giving the seller every opportunity.

  2. pulled up in OG
    August 20, 2012 at 6:40 pm

    Too bad they “cheated” with a “new” condo. Woulda been more fun w/Byram single family or a Cary Rd double-wide.

  3. Sebastian
    August 20, 2012 at 7:08 pm

    Belle Haven or (the right part of) Riverside with Jupiter Island might have been more accurate

  4. Peter F. Alexander
    August 20, 2012 at 8:25 pm

    “Both cities are near the water, have family neighborhoods and offer quality school systems”
    So we have messed up so much we have to be explained ?
    Are we a CITY ?

  5. Al Dente
    August 20, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    I’ve lived in Greenwich and Coral Springs. There is NO comparison.
    If you’ve ever seen the TV show “Cops” you will notice that 90% of the episodes are taped in south Florida. That’s because there are more deranged drunks, pathetic perverts and mutant morons per square mile than in all of New England. The police are brutal Nazis who will beat you for the sport of it.

    If one of those maniacs doesn’t kill you, there are thousands of blood-thirsty pit bull dogs running around loose who will will maul you to death. When clouds gather to offer a brief respite from the oppressive heat and humidity, one of them will hurl a million volt bolt at you, in the world capital of lightning deaths.

    Most “businesses” are fronts for con men who telemarket extended auto warranties or credit repair schemes or 4th mortgages that will leave you out in the steamy swamp, drinking bum wine in front of a convenience store.

    The lizards have crossbred with alligators and flying cockroaches and they eat children. The only good news is that the iguanas have been eaten by the Nicaraguan lawn service people.

    Stay in Connecticut and don’t buy Florida real estate.

  6. AJ
    August 20, 2012 at 9:45 pm

    The biggest difference is that Greenwich is a 45 minute express train ride from midtown Manhattan, the center of the world for so many things; and as close as you can get without having to live in Weschester or the Bronx, the west end of Long Island or Queens, or some of the less desirable parts of New Jersey.

    A little off topic side issue — money. Apparently, according to this article, once you put your money in a bank, it’s their money, literally.
    ‘Banks Can Legally Steal Customer Funds From Private Checking Accounts’
    http://www.blacklistednews.com/Banks_Can_Legally_Steal_Customer_Funds_From_Private_Checking_Accounts/21118/0/0/0/Y/M.html