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XanaDUer2

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38. lived in Tallahasee when I attended FSU

Reply to Lochloosa (Reply #37)

Mon Mar 15, 2021, 03:18 PM

Mar 2021

really liked it there, too. I sometimes think about moving back to Florida

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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