[hiknapster]

My favorite spot in the world. Ogunquit, Maine.

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by Spring Hillian

What "fantasy thing"?

Oh stop. People are curious. They want to see what it's like to live somewhere else. If that weren't the case, North America wouldn't have been discovered.

[vaughanwilliams]

Originally Posted by Ken E

I's that fantasy thing. It snags a lot of people.

So true.

[Ken E]

Originally Posted by hiknapster

My favorite spot in the world. Ogunquit, Maine.

I was over that way yesterday. Beautiful area.Maine actually has more miles of coastline than California

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by Ken E

I was over that way yesterday. Beautiful area.Maine actually has more miles of coastline than California

Have a lobstah roll for me, homey.

[vaughanwilliams]

Speaking of beautiful beaches, this is one from my home county (hint; it's not in Florida).


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[ChrisA70]

Originally Posted by ipoetry

Beautiful, ChrisA70. There's nothing more beautiful than a New England beach.

I also love the rocky beaches of Maine. I don't think FL has any of those?

I will say FL beaches on the EAST coast are pretty nice, never cared for the ones over here, except maybe Sanibel, and Anna maria Island.

[JM1822]

Really, for me, the thing I miss the most about living up north is the sense of community. I'm from a very rural part of New York and I miss a lot of things from up there. I don't expect Florida, or any other place, to be like my hometown, but I really do miss the stability from up there.

As an example, I can tell you that if I walked into a certain resteraunt on a Sunday morning, a waitress named Jane would be serving me. And Jane wouldn't have to ask what I wanted because she would already know. She would know because Jane has been waiting tables on Sunday at that place for twenty years. Up there everyone knows the cops. Down here, most people probably can't even name the officer that patrols their neighborhood. Neighbors know each other and family names have been there for generation after generation.

People move down here and become permanent tourists instead of members of their new community. That's probably the one thing I dislike the most about this state. There are lots of good things about living down here, but that one is at the top of my list for things I don't like about Florida.

[hiknapster]

Transiency. It's horrible in southwest Florida. It's one of the reasons people are rude and arrogant. There are always people going in and out and very few people care about the community. After awhile people get desensitized to everyone around them and start elbowing each other.

I moved up here, a Yankee that talks like a "New Yorker," to The South, and was welcomed. People know your name, care about their community and will be there tomorrow. You start to get your pride of place back after awhile.

[seeriously]

Originally Posted by Spring Hillian

There also has to be a reason for leaving New England in the first place, but we never see that reason posted. Only the reasons for going back.

Though I don't have to give you or anyone else reasons, here goes...

We didn't leave New England. We left Northern VA, with it's dirty air and throngs of traffic for Florida. We've been gone from New England for 15 years due to career moves and we stupidly chose continuous summer over quality of life. Now we're back in New England and we can honestly say we miss nothing about Florida.