Posted on 07/12/2020 10:16:19 PM PDT by rivercat
Born and raised in the SF Bay Area of California. I’ve fought the good fight for over 50 years but I’m over it and it’s time to go. We’re OUTTA here tomorrow morning!!! Tampa, Florida here we come!
Enjoy the humidity.
If you are a liberal and do not leave your liberal politics in CA, in due time you will contribute to the pollution of Tampa and Florida and they too will become inhabitable. This you must understand. This is a fact that you cannot ignore.
When the housing market collapse comes you wont be able to give your house away.
My brother went through a housing market collapse in Ca in the 90s. Lost his a$$. He finally got out but it set him back years. I dont think when the next one comes there will be any recovery. LA is going to wind up as one big barrio.
Wesley Chapel is nice, however be sure to check the traffic patterns during rush hour. North Dale Mabry, Carrolwood and Lutz are also worth looking at.
We do, in fact, have a mayor who is basically a carbon copy of the mayor of Seattle, however somebody seems to have "given her a spine" lately (probably our Gov.).
If you need more info re: local recommendations just drop me a mail here. Welcome to the Sunshine State!
Congratulations.It was a beautiful state back in the 80s. Moved back to Georgia in 91.
I escaped in 1992, moved to Alaska though I wish I had a winter home in Florida.
We are in NW Georgia not far from the Alabama and Tennessee borders. Cheap land, great community. You may want to consider this area and NW Alabama. We are on a mountain and it’s usually breezy and 5-10 degrees cooler than the valley.
We are avid scuba divers and spend a lot of time in tropical humidity. It’ll be different for sure, but we love it.
If our two vote keep Florida red, then this move could save the nation, right?
Surprised you lasted as long as you did!
God speed and God bless.
I bailed a month ago. I’m in Michigan now, which does have a Governor problem, but the people up here in the UP are about 60% pro-Trump, so it’s better than California. And my family is here.
We left Simi Valley in 2010 — to Tennessee. The Tampa area is really nice, too; we considered it.
Welcome FRiend from Pinellas, cross the bay from Tampa. While we have Ex-everything Charlie Crist as our US Rep (and working to exit him), we are otherwise pretty conservative north of St Pete. Surrounding counties of the area are equally good. Great cost of living and NO STATE INCOME TAXES!
I agree. Plus if we all leave, they might lose a few electoral votes.
After 35 years in Silicon Valley, we retired to the Gold Country, Nevada County. We considered many other places around the country but weather was too high on our list. So we’re saying in CA and continuing the fight. There are really 2 Californias. We are happy here in the heart of the State of Jefferson. ;o)
I know exactly how you’re feeling. I was born and raised in the Bay Area. Got out right after HS. 30 years later, we finally managed to get my folks out of there. Never a better feeling than crossing over the border into NV for the last time!
2 hours north of the Tampa Bay area is Crystal River, a VERY POPULAR dive location. I did my open water training there. Very clear water coming from the multitude of artesian springs in the center of the state. At one time you could easily swim with the Manatees but the yahoos got that very restricted. Lots of dive shops throughout FL but the Gulf of Mexico stays shallow out a ways. Multiple springs can be explored with permission and caution.
after 30 years on the west coast Ft Worth Texas is great.
That would be awesome to see California drop from 55 to only 40 electoral votes because most Republicans just up and moved to swing states.
In my dreams.
I admire the people who desire to fight, but it is sort of like two prisoner in a Soviet Gulag and one says, “lets escape” and the other one says, “Nah man, I going to stay and FIGHT!”
Ditto a Nazi concentration camp. Ditto a North Viet POW camp.
“Hey, lets escape so we can get another fighter airplane and get back to the war and kill some enemies”.
“Nah man, I’m going to stay here in confinement, being starved and beaten, and FIGHT!”
“OK, see ya”.
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