[Tarastomsgirl]

Originally Posted by Rachael84

This is hockeymom's daughter. I guess depending where you're from, the sports in that climate are the popular ones. The spring/summer sports weren't as popular as winter sports on Long Island...but go to Florida, and spring/summer sports are obviously more popular. It's just a regional thing. I can say this though...I would have been devastated if we had to move to Florida when I was in high school. I wouldn't have been able to play ice hockey and probably wouldn't have played it in college. That's why I want to stay in NY, so I can play hockey while having a career.

Estero has an ice hockey rink 15 mins from Naples that hosts both womens and men leagues as well as kids.. My highschool in Naples had an ice hockey team. Florida offers mostly everything that up north does, except skiing, sledding and such

[Rachael84]

Well, you might not find the level you would find up north. People up north live and breathe hockey. We once played a womens team from Florida and they were supposedly the best players from the state, and they were just ok.

One of my teammates on my college hockey team (in Maine) was from Florida. She said it was real difficult to play down there. Said the rink was so far away and she had to sacrifice a lot down there to play.

[HockeyMom72]

Originally Posted by Rachael84

Well, you might not find the level you would find up north. People up north live and breathe hockey. We once played a womens team from Florida and they were supposedly the best players from the state, and they were just ok.

from upper MidWest and New England, never mind CANADA. This is why so many girls from places where there isn't that level, go away to Prep Schools to play hockey in New England. I do know in talking to some of the parents of that team in Florida, they were talking about sending their daughters to prep schools up north. They also said it was horrible the traveling they had to do to find teams to play.

Concerning the HS teams, I don't think Naples, or anywhere else in Florida, has a Girls HS Ice Hockey team. Public schools up north do.

[flburgos]

i see trees with no leaves,dead roses too,i don't see them bloom for me and you,and i think to myself what a wonderful world.i see skies of gray and clouds of white,the dark blessed day,the dark sacred night,and i think to myself what a wonderful world.the colors of the rainbow so ugly in the sky are also on the faces of people going by,i see friends shaking hands saying how cold it is,they're really saying i want to move.i hear babies crying,i watch them grow,they'll learn much more than i'll never know,and i think to myself what a wonderful world,yes i think to myself what a wonderful world.louis armstrong's version for the good people up north.

[novanative75]

Originally Posted by Tarastomsgirl

Estero has an ice hockey rink 15 mins from Naples that hosts both womens and men leagues as well as kids.. My highschool in Naples had an ice hockey team. Florida offers mostly everything that up north does, except skiing, sledding and such

The schools in Collier County do not offer Ice Hockey as a competitive sport. Now, there may be some clubs out there but I could not even find information on them so it leads me to think that there are not, at least in the school.

I have a friend who plays in an adult league but that is about it around here, I think.

[Tarastomsgirl]

Originally Posted by novanative75

The schools in Collier County do not offer Ice Hockey as a competitive sport. Now, there may be some clubs out there but I could not even find information on them so it leads me to think that there are not, at least in the school.

I have a friend who plays in an adult league but that is about it around here, I think.

Well they did at one time. perhaps not anymore

[HockeyMom72]

Originally Posted by flburgos

i see trees with no leaves,dead roses too,i don't see them bloom for me and you,and i think to myself what a wonderful world.i see skies of gray and clouds of white,the dark blessed day,the dark sacred night,and i think to myself what a wonderful world.the colors of the rainbow so ugly in the sky are also on the faces of people going by,i see friends shaking hands saying how cold it is,they're really saying i want to move.i hear babies crying,i watch them grow,they'll learn much more than i'll never know,and i think to myself what a wonderful world,yes i think to myself what a wonderful world.louis armstrong's version for the good people up north.

what a wonderful feeling after a dark, dreary, cold, and snowy winter, you look up one day and can see tiny green buds appearing on the trees. You look down and coming up through the snow there are green stalks which in time will be flowers full in bloom.

You can actually see "new life" starting once again. Some of us wouldn't trade the 4 seasons for a life of endless summers. No change, nothing to look FORWARD to. A time of change and of hope.

[flburgos]

Originally Posted by HockeyMom72

what a wonderful feeling after a dark, dreary, cold, and snowy winter, you look up one day and can see tiny green buds appearing on the trees. You look down and coming up through the snow there are green stalks which in time will be flowers full in bloom.

You can actually see "new life" starting once again. Some of us wouldn't trade the 4 seasons for a life of endless summers. No change, nothing to look FORWARD to. A time of change and of hope.

that's actually when you're mind frame starts to change even though it's still cold out.that's when you start wearing short sleeves even though you should be still wearing a jacket.but you can feel it coming and that is a nice feeling.

[INeedAChange]

The pros of the Northeast are: more interesting architecture/museums, better educated people, somewhat better job market. In every other way I would say Florida is superior.

[ezduzit]

Staying on the same topic, but one specific area. Colds, flu, pneumonia, bronchitis, strep throat, etc. When the weather changes in the northeast right after school starts, it seems like everyone I know will wind up with one of these sometime between say October and April. How does this compare to Florida? Is there also a season with illnesses?