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dutch777

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24. Florida has always been a shyster developer's dream market and little has changed

Mon Mar 15, 2021, 02:10 PM

Mar 2021

Basically sun and palm trees sell to those tired of shoveling snow. And when you look at places like Miami where something like 16 of their 17 municipal drinking water wells have been fouled by salt water intrusion, the place is not sustainable. And yes then there is heat and humidity and nasty critters. My father in law lived near Tampa and we went to visit a few years ago and went to a state park a bit down the road for a hike, and the park was overrun by feral pigs. It's not paradise when every year you have to worry if one of the big hurricanes will hit you.

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Florida bragging about newcomers.. Truth is - they move out within 5 years because of hurricanes! [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2021 OP

Hubby and I met in Tampa Florida. Corgigal Mar 2021 #1

I'm a cool-and-green-climate person too, my husband hot. He wins. Hortensis Mar 2021 #18

You mentioned Lemons. Blue_true Mar 2021 #61

The geography discussion is interesting. Talking about forgotten, Hortensis Mar 2021 #70

The reason why I mentioned the north-south axis through Florida is Blue_true Mar 2021 #75

Fewer and weaker tracks over Orlando -- and no tsunamis. Hortensis Mar 2021 #76

More better educated working age people staying in or coming into a Florida Blue_true Mar 2021 #77

I don't think the influence of retirees is so toxic, selfish yes, Hortensis Mar 2021 #78

" I hate heat, but love seasons." I'm the opposit.. Love the heat and hate the cold. mitch96 Mar 2021 #43

I always said I can sweat better than I shiver! csziggy Mar 2021 #69

"The worst that has happened was loss of power,"... Yes that is the WORST.. no a/c mitch96 Mar 2021 #71

Yeah, after Hurricane Kate we were without power for a week csziggy Mar 2021 #72

" last gerrymander they split Leon County". I hate when they do that... Voter restriction shit.nt mitch96 Mar 2021 #73

Before the gerrymandering we had Gwen Graham as our Representative csziggy Mar 2021 #74

A lot of old people come down here and die, so I guess they can add that to the list. sop Mar 2021 #2

I always thought it was the giant flying cockroaches that drove people back DBoon Mar 2021 #3

And alligators all around soothsayer Mar 2021 #9

Alligators normally stay out of the house. Mariana Mar 2021 #11

Candygram! DBoon Mar 2021 #20

Yikes. Well, at least that alligator is small. Mariana Mar 2021 #22

As a true Floridian, I know they can. Wouldn't even be a fight. Hell, they would be taking bets. Lochloosa Mar 2021 #27

My money would be on the mosquitos, even if they are just spectators. nt Blue_true Mar 2021 #63

no, the number one cause is Celerity Mar 2021 #16

I read another article where the NYC people who moved down kskiska Mar 2021 #4

I have been wondering if Trump was going to stay during the summer JI7 Mar 2021 #40

Trump is trying to avoid a perp walk that doesn't involve extradition. Blue_true Mar 2021 #64

Well last year they didn't hit FL, they all veered away and hit Loiusanna! guess they be leaving too Shanti Shanti Shanti Mar 2021 #5

Yeah I was gonna say Florida has been pretty hurricane free lately soothsayer Mar 2021 #8

We had two three years ago that caused big problems. nt Blue_true Mar 2021 #65

I'd bet SoCalNative Mar 2021 #6

still cheaper than the oil heat in nj was bedazzled Mar 2021 #31

Jungle heat and hurricanes. Eyeball_Kid Mar 2021 #7

July 21, 1942 -- the last 100-degree day in SOFL obamanut2012 Mar 2021 #12

That's when I know when it's summer in So Fla.. When it's 80 at 6am.. it's summer...nt mitch96 Mar 2021 #44

Tornadoes, sinkholes, rattlers, moccasins, coral snakes, black widows. lpbk2713 Mar 2021 #13

Lightning and sinkholes are the only scary things out of that list. GoCubsGo Mar 2021 #33

My house was hit once by a tornado that was spawned by a hurricane. lpbk2713 Mar 2021 #35

Hell, we've got all of that in Missouri, PLUS winter! hatrack Mar 2021 #48

I was just talking to my dad, who's in Florida. Mariana Mar 2021 #14

Good -- move! Maybe housing prices will get better obamanut2012 Mar 2021 #10

NJ doesn't have hurricanes like this Celerity Mar 2021 #21

Andrew 1992. That was a strange hurricane. Actually increased speed AFTER hitting land. Lochloosa Mar 2021 #29

It's well known in Florida. Not just hurricanes. People charmed Hortensis Mar 2021 #15

cultural wasteland bedazzled Mar 2021 #32

Yeah, me too for West Hollywood, which is the closest to NYC Hortensis Mar 2021 #42

yes it is lovely to be close to nature here bedazzled Mar 2021 #47

:) Thanks, it's meant lots of dirt under the fingernails, but Hortensis Mar 2021 #49

just as long as your kids are happy with their lives bedazzled Mar 2021 #51

There you go! I also retired...somewhat prematurely. I didn't Hortensis Mar 2021 #54

we have so much to be grateful for! bedazzled Mar 2021 #55

When I was in Florida, I'd miss nyc XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #59

Rec'ed because I appreciate discouraging people from moving down here. There are way too many now. Towlie Mar 2021 #17

2nd this rec. I wish we could back to the 60's or 70's. It was a great place to grow up. Lochloosa Mar 2021 #30

Was a kid in Miami XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #36

It's always summer in Miami. Tallahassee here. Lochloosa Mar 2021 #37

lived in Tallahasee when I attended FSU XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #38

So does Bullwinkles bring back memories? Lochloosa Mar 2021 #39

This was in the early 90s XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #46

Hobbit American Grill. Know it well. 3 locations now. Lochloosa Mar 2021 #50

Food was great. Used to visit Guv Square Mall XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #53

I suspect that much of the population in Florida is coming from out of the US... Sancho Mar 2021 #19

As a Louisianian let me fill you in... Goodheart Mar 2021 #23

Tornado alley? At least we can see canes coming, not sucked out the roof by an F5 w no warning Shanti Shanti Shanti Mar 2021 #25

You forgot the tornadoes misanthrope Mar 2021 #68

Florida has always been a shyster developer's dream market and little has changed dutch777 Mar 2021 #24

Some people must be staying Jose Garcia Mar 2021 #26

For me it will be a small cheap place inland near Orlando. roamer65 Mar 2021 #28

After 20+ years I left. Hurricanes had nothing to do with it GusBob Mar 2021 #34

California weather is wonderful (mostly).. people leave because of housing costs Demovictory9 Mar 2021 #45

Weather is beautiful in the nice places in California, that is why Blue_true Mar 2021 #66

Oh, I think it has to with more than hurricanes Baitball Blogger Mar 2021 #41

Yes, it's horrible!! tavernier Mar 2021 #52

😆 lol Demovictory9 Mar 2021 #60

Oh really? Ligyron Mar 2021 #56

If they have a residence in Florida, pay taxes in Florida, and vote in Florida Mariana Mar 2021 #57

I'm a 45 year transplant onethatcares Mar 2021 #58

40 for me tavernier Mar 2021 #67

My wife couldn't stand the bugs (or the right wing vibe) pfitz59 Mar 2021 #62

I would never buy in Florida with the climate change we are experiencing. phylny Mar 2021 #79