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[Hortensis]

3. :) "Escaped?" Others arrived and bought the properties they

left at a better price than those who return will buy replacements for. Nothing new here. I remember when NYC was "dying" of intractable economic and other problems. To read about it, you'd think everyone wanted to escape. We've lived in California and FL and (cover your ears, FL), FL's no comparison, nice as it can be. Hot oCal cools as the sun drops so that even in summer people can live outside morning and evening, and...no biting insects.

For those mad at Florida people now, take heart -- new Floridians there already are about to experience their first FL summer. FL's version of Lake Wobegone, where every year Mother Nature tries her very best to kill you. Various ways.