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Florida

snowybirdie

(5,298 posts)

10. Great review

Reply to cachukis (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 9, 2024, 10:04 PM

Mar 2024

So many here just dismiss Florida as awful and unlivable. But those who live here know there so many great things about the state. You summed it up nicely. Politics comes and goes. Some day it will turn around and democracy will again be great. And the weather can't be beat! Come on down, we need more Democrats!

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Thoughts about Tampa please. A friend is [View all] cbabe Mar 2024 OP

I wouldn't live anywhere in the state . . . hatrack Mar 2024 #1

Hope your friend does the homework. Deuxcents Mar 2024 #2

The best decision I ever made JoseBalow Mar 2024 #3

Ditto! IrishAfricanAmerican Mar 2024 #8

Never ever. Traffic is a nightmare. It's hot, really hot Phoenix61 Mar 2024 #4

Nice to visit once, I wouldn't live there if you paid me, too much traffic. nt doc03 Mar 2024 #5

It used to be relatively sleepy. cachukis Mar 2024 #6

Great review snowybirdie Mar 2024 #10

Despite the bad press there are 1K people MOMFUDSKI Mar 2024 #7

Tampa Bay area- lightning strike capital of North America. niyad Mar 2024 #9

I'm across the bridge in Clearwater - Tampa Bay Area... Sancho Mar 2024 #11

Sancho kinda nailed it. I've lived in Florida most of my life and 5 years here west of Tampa... mitch96 Mar 2024 #12

I actually live there. flvegan Mar 2024 #13

All the pros and cons. Someone mentioned cbabe Mar 2024 #15

I don't think I could list all the pros and con, naturally. flvegan Mar 2024 #19

Thank you. Lots of good info. cbabe Mar 2024 #20

Been in north Tampa since 1974 HAB911 Mar 2024 #14

From where to Tampa? Jackson, MS to FL probably a great move. nt TeamProg Mar 2024 #16

Seattle to Panama to... reasons include cbabe Mar 2024 #17

I don't think I'd like Seattle weather. A Calif friend has a place in clearwater that he selling, it's a mobile. TeamProg Mar 2024 #18

I have a relative there. High cost of living. Poor medical care. Hot. Biting bugs and Trumper Nazis everywhere. SunSeeker Mar 31 #21

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