[seain dublin]

Originally Posted by chopchop0

It actually can get worse in upstate NY. At least a few weeks in June, July, and part of august, the summer heatwaves in syracuse would make the temps higher than many parts of FL.

But you see an end to it. And it does get over a 100 here with the heat index.

Sorry, after living in CA with more moderate temps and lower humidity, I don't consider FL weather to be pleasant most of the year.

The winters are nice and similar to CA, but too hot for my taste most of the year.

And before anyone comments why did you move here, it had to with family reasons.

[seain dublin]

Originally Posted by ChrisA70

Ken E, no matter what a thread is written about for people who do NOT like it, you will always get the same people on here arguing their point we are wrong because they love it here, and they are basically cheerleaders for Florida. I have been on here for a few years, and it NEVER changes.... They cannot resist a good arguement to where people who do not like it are wrong, and everything is "happy rainbows and unicorns" in FL. It never goes over the actual temperature here, which is I guess 80 degrees? There is no such thing as a heat index. It's hotter up north far longer than a FL summer. All a big heaping pile of..... A lot of times I try to ignore it, but sometimes I can't, like now...

Well some of them have a hidden agenda. They're in real estate or build houses.

Lived in Oregon for two years, I will go on their boards and tell people don't move there without a job and yes it rains in the winter. People don't argue.

On the FL boards yet get as you say "cheerleaders" waving people to come on down. You will be fine on two months savings....LOL.

Just had that chat on another thread, a young couple want to move here with no jobs and limited savings, and some people think that is smart?????

I feel like saying can they stay with you when they run out of money?

[seeriously]

We've lived here for 5 years, some of them were great, some not so great, but we are moving back to New England. The winter weather here in FL is phenomenal but there's more to life than weather. It's time to bring my heart back home. We will be snowbirds, using Florida for what it was meant for, then hightailing it out of here like the rest of them when the thermometer creeps up.

[beachmouse]

While I'm generally happy here, I do get annoyed at how far we are from any big city. You can't comfortably day trip to anywhere. New Orleans is 3.5+ hours away, Tampa/Orlando/Atlanta are all about a six hour drive. We really are quite isolated up here, and while we generally have everything we need for a day to day basis, it would be nice to not have to make visiting a really good zoo, museum, or seeing a pro sports game a full weekend trip, and I'd love to have a Costco closer than Birmingham, Alabama.

No plans to move though. We're financially comfortable, can generally amuse ourselves well enough, and the spousal unit has tenure in a field where jobs are currently scarce. While there are things I don't like about the area, the pluses are still greater than the minuses for us.

[teresa1115]

I moved down to FL last year after a divorce. I was born and raised here and moved from FL to the NE when I was in my early twenties. I have family here, but after being gone so long, it just is not the same and FL is not the same. I miss the NE, but cannot afford to move back to NE at this time. I need to get an education and get on my feet - I am looking to moving to northern FL - a little closer to seasons, a little easier to travel to NE for visits and a few less people than Hillsborough, Pinellas Counties. Any feedback for those in Gainesville, Lake City or Jacksonville areas? Those areas have colleges I could attend.

[Ken E]

Originally Posted by verobeach

We've lived here for 5 years, some of them were great, some not so great, but we are moving back to New England. The winter weather here in FL is phenomenal but there's more to life than weather. It's time to bring my heart back home. We will be snowbirds, using Florida for what it was meant for, then hightailing it out of here like the rest of them when the thermometer creeps up.

Congratulations, Thats awsome. After 9+ years in Florida we've come to the same conclusion. Had a lot of fun here, but it's time to go home. I also believe that there's a whole lot more to life than warmer weather. We were very lucky to be able to come to Florida during the "good" years and be able to do what a lot of people wait until retirement to do. Now that i have all that retirement type stuff done i can go back to N.H. and finish living.

[a.vought]

I feel like saying can they stay with you when they run out of money?

Are these adults over the age of 18? Are you (or any of the rest of us) their keeper? If an adult is going to make a decision, good or bad - all we can do is give advice, whether they take that advice is up to them. Ramming it down their throats may just bring out the stubborn streak in people.

[seeriously]

Originally Posted by Ken E

Congratulations, Thats awsome. After 9+ years in Florida we've come to the same conclusion. Had a lot of fun here, but it's time to go home. I also believe that there's a whole lot more to life than warmer weather. We were very lucky to be able to come to Florida during the "good" years and be able to do what a lot of people wait until retirement to do. Now that i have all that retirement type stuff done i can go back to N.H. and finish living.

Perfectly said. It's time to finish living. There's places to go, good food to eat, friends to be made, family to hug, and if I have to wear a jacket while doing it then so be it. I'm palm-treed out.

[ChrisA70]

Been palm treed out since 1995, it wore off after 6 months.

[THX 1138]

A lot of northern transplants who lived up north for a extended time soon seem to get homesick, I hear it all the time. Although I have some similar feelings and have no family here, there are things I don't miss like the brutal winters and the associated wardrobe that goes along with it.

A lot of people leave here then go back then after the magic weaves itself around start missing the things they can't get up there. It's a trade-off, choose your poison as Utopia is in the eye of the beholder.