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crazycatlady

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20. My friend (then a recent college grad) moved there for a year to live with his mom (just moved there

Reply to UniteFightBack (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 12:11 PM

Jan 2019

and hated every minute of it. He said there was very little opportunity for young people there (expected in a state of retirees who don't want to invest in things like education) and that the heat melted people's brain cells (explains 'Florida Man/Woman' stories). He nicknamed the state 'God's Waiting Room."

He got out as soon as he could and taught English in Spain. Now he shares a studio apt in NYC with 4 people and is much happier.

I think the true test for the state's future is to see if any of the Parkland kids return to FL upon completing college.

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What is it about Florida that we can foster such nasty, crude people who have such influence over [View all] Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 OP

good weather, no state income tax. KG Jan 2019 #1

Dangerous heat 8 months of the year More hurricanes. eom Cetacea Jan 2019 #3

It is not "dangerous heat," and NC and the Gulf have waaaay more hurricanes obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #12

That's simply not true. Cetacea Jan 2019 #13

My coworker constantly talks about moving to Florida...I say go ahead it's fast becoming the toilet UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #2

because of all the NYers moving here. nt RandiFan1290 Jan 2019 #7

100% this obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #11

Oh sure because in NY everybody is native here. There are more transplants here than anywhere UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #14

My friend (then a recent college grad) moved there for a year to live with his mom (just moved there crazycatlady Jan 2019 #20

In a word: Retirees Jake Stern Jan 2019 #4

Good points. FLorida changed a lot since the GOP took over 20 years ago Cetacea Jan 2019 #5

Thank you...this is what I should of said with my post. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #15

No question that the problems I experienced, and have been experienced have been Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #21

Ever read Carl Hiaasen? jls4561 Jan 2019 #6

Just read his bio. One of the authors I probably would have read if I weren't so immersed Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #22

They come from all over treestar Jan 2019 #8

Which is why we have so many people who are willing to add to the troubles that are Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #23

Roger Stone was raised in Connecticut and has spent most of his life elsewhere. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2019 #9

I don't know. I think the things I've seen here are strictly backwater Florida. Like the lawyers... Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #16

I saw that same behavior in the red area of the blue state where I grew up. nt Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2019 #17

Since this county, until recently, was very Republican and very anti-regulation, Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #19

Roger Stone mainly lives in his opulent NYC apartment obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #10

Of course we hate them. They make Florida suck. Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #18

Florida has been sold to the world as Paradise. lunatica Jan 2019 #24