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Aristus

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34. Can't say I ever dreamed of owning a condo in Florida.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Jul 1, 2021, 09:13 AM

Jul 2021

I visited Florida once. That was more than enough...

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The Dream of Florida Is Dead [View all] marmar Jun 2021 OP

Thank You for Posting This.....Outstanding...K and R Stuart G Jun 2021 #1

I have coastal property up in Maine. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2021 #2

"And I mentioned earlier that condo building is our state's industry" Demovictory9 Jun 2021 #3

I honestly don't think this collapse will not make much difference... MerryBlooms Jun 2021 #4

I think we're gonna start to hear of other high-rises with similar issues Bucky Jul 2021 #27

Good article, but I'm skeptical this by itself will be enough for big changes. tanyev Jun 2021 #5

Which, if memory serves, played out in Miami! GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #6

I had to look it up, but you are correct. tanyev Jun 2021 #12

One of my favorite songs. GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #13

Ha! That was funny. tanyev Jul 2021 #33

It ended for me when I briefly lived there for a few months in 1981. gldstwmn Jun 2021 #7

Florida has never appealed to me as a state. Yavin4 Jun 2021 #8

Agree completely...hot muggy in summer, can be very rainy a good deal of the time PortTack Jun 2021 #10

Any weather that involves humidity is not good weather PlanetBev Jun 2021 #11

And I love the humidity. But grew up on the gulf coast. GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #14

the humidity! so uncomfortable Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #21

It's way too hot, too much UV exposure ecstatic Jul 2021 #28

"The Dream of Florida" Ron Green Jun 2021 #9

We live in Florida and this is utter nonsense.... Jon King Jun 2021 #15

A ton of people moving to Florida PsakiPswirli Jun 2021 #16

I lived in Florida for 5 years. Chipper Chat Jun 2021 #17

My mother hated it, a sentiment shared by most of the women she knew Warpy Jun 2021 #19

I love the parts of Florida I love. I don't see the allure of condo living in SE Florida. GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 #20

What dream of Florida? PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2021 #18

Grew up in Miami XanaDUer2 Jul 2021 #23

Think of condo associations as like small-scale socialism. Klaralven Jul 2021 #22

We owned a share in an old cooperative mobile home park on an Hortensis Jul 2021 #25

In the case of Champlain Towers South, the HOA would go bankrupt and the land sold to next developer Klaralven Jul 2021 #31

Right. It's the land. Our old park's very well located, and Hortensis Jul 2021 #32

Oh, brother. Fwiw, the "economic life" of these buildings Hortensis Jul 2021 #24

Do newer buildings have this issue as well? ecstatic Jul 2021 #26

There are 4 or 5 Trump towers on that island. Swede Jul 2021 #29

My wife has finally stopped yammering about moving to FL. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #30

Can't say I ever dreamed of owning a condo in Florida. Aristus Jul 2021 #34

Speaking as a Floridian... Tommy Carcetti Jul 2021 #35

Extreme headlines can be a turn off treestar Jul 2021 #36