I’m surprised the article didn’t mention the fake “don’t say gay” bill.
I spent a few months in Florida. Really not for me. Muggy and buggy.
Florida Man…..
They left out the bears. At least in the panhandle, we have bears in various parts. I’ve only seen one personally. I was glad I wasn’t the lady in the open convertible at a stop light with the bear on the other side of her. Happily, it was more interested in the woods that ran along that section and didn’t come to say hi. The main base in this county is also an animal reserve. Bombs, bombers, bears, why not? every so often, the newspaper would have a photo of a bear in a residential area tree.
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I live in and love Florida!…..
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Must not be from Florida. Forgot to mention palmetto bugs and fire ants.
Humididity & Bugs
I was able to participate in some archaeology excavation in Belize, in the jungle. We lived in huts, slept in hammocks. It was so humid it felt as though you were sweating in the shower. There were so many types of bugs. I had already read up on the Anopheles mosquito and malaria. One day I was able to look at one close up without getting bit. It reminded me of a hypodermic needle. It must have just consumed enough because it just stayed in front of me, on a table.
The other bug that made quite the impression was the LARGE red ant. One day we were out surveying (you cannot excavate the entire Mayan city, but you can survey and map out as much as possible. Some idiot did not pay attention to his surroundings and sat on the home of the large red ants. When he discovered his error, there were already a few ants starting to sting. We stripped his clothes off and beat the ants off his body. He did not feel well for a few days. The manager of the entire site was not impressed, or happy, with the foolishness of not paying attention.
Re: Humididity at the beginning of this comment. Humididity is used in honor of the great Lloyd Lindsey Young. A great and hilarious TV weather personality. My two favorites were humididity and thunderbumpers. Besides his unique vocabulary and phraseology, he was also famous (or infamous?) for his unique pointers during TV weather broadcasts. He had people mailing in to the TV station different items to use as pointers. The funniest was a mannequin leg. Glorious.
One thing about Florida: It is HUGE! There is something for most people. Northern Florida is hill country, no mountains, but it isn’t flat.
If I ever escape California, it will be to someplace cold like Idaho, not someplace hot and humid.
save for later... in life.
I went to college in Florida. That was enough for me! Too many insects and no change of seasons! I am blessed that I never want to live in Florida.
Depends on where you’d move in the state. Too many people (especially the obnoxious northeast types) and too many snakes mean nothing but trouble.
Up until 3 years ago, I was a 40 year resident in Florida. This article doesn’t say quite enough about the traffic. We lived in “sleepy” St. Pete and although we loved it there, the traffic became a constant issue.
Property taxes where we lived were quite high and the insurance (especially on the water) were oppressively high.
But for 30 years that we lived and worked there, we loved it. The hurricanes are a huge inconvenience during the summer. It’s a cruel waiting game when one is headed for you.
We’re now in Tennessee and absolutely love it here - except for the inch of snow we get in February ! I’m originally from Buffalo, NY and I’ve had my fill of snow!
Note to anyone, not just retirees, before relocating: Take a look at the state’s budgets before you do it.
There’s not a red state in the nation.
Caveat emptor.
as a Native Floridian, the very best part of these articles that elicit a dislike of Florida living is the hope that at least ONE yahnky dolla WON’T be moving here. yeah...selfish I know but new yorking my Florida is not acceptable.