Am I being mean by saying this... (Miami: mortgage, property taxes)

[BlueWillowPlate]

Originally Posted by gabound

As a matter of fact 5 years ago I would go to the everglades and enjoy mudding and hanging out with friends... guess what? My home is now sitting where we used to hang out. So much for that!

When I moved to Colorado at age 14, the house my parents bought at the southern edge of town sat where, my mom said, there used to be empty, rolling hills where she would go horseback riding.

By the time I was an adult with my own kids, the house I'd lived in when I was 14 was an established neighborhood called Southern Hills, and the suburbs were moving ever further south.

This kind of thing is happening everywhere, but I do think that in Florida it's been at an accelerated pace. However, with the softening market, developers everywhere are pulling back.

Originally Posted by mels

I am surprised the people of Florida haven't made an issue about this at election time. If I still lived there I sure would.

It definitely has been here in the north--and still is. There has been a lot of back and forth about a proposed new airport, as well.

[spunky]

Originally Posted by OoAllyoO

No its not the mentality that now im here I want everyone to stop coming. Basically, too many people are moving here, and the people who build those condos and townhomes are to blame (not the actual builders themsleves). Maybe your just offended because your one of those people who just moved here, but you got me wrong T_T

Not offended at all.

[RedWingsFan]

You are welcome to your opinion, but I just moved here and can't wait to have trees cut so I can buy a new home on it! I lived in Las Vegas for over 9 years and people used to say the same exact thing there. Let's face it... people are free to live where they want. People come to Florida just as people are leaving to go elsewhere. If you don't like the place it is becoming you can always move somewhere else. But keep in mind, people at that place will be saying the same things about you. Most people in Florida are not native. Ask around... I've been here a short time only and haven't come across any natives. Everyone is from somewhere else. It's a melting pot and as far as I can remember always has been. Even 30 years ago I remember people talking about all the retirees that would move here....

[cee]

you all can blame the ignorant northern yankees who come down, try to turn florida into New York South (e.g.- dade-broward-palm beach area), and essentially run up real estate prices by buying land and flipping it 5 yrs later, with no intent on living there.

[tattoohank]

I would be happy if just the part-time snow birds would stop coming back during the winter.

[lonelychicagoan]

Originally Posted by OoAllyoO

But id REALLY like it if people would please stop moving to florida. Its soooo over crowded and the beaches are looking like hell. Plus, theyre destorying so many forest land here that I used to admire as I drive by to place condos and town homes. I really think they need to regulate the amount of people they allow to live here :/

i think you are being VERY mean! how could you possibly want to keep all the beautiful weather to yourself?!! you think south florida is overcrowded? then you better look at other places, like japan, california, new york city, and even CHINA!!! (approximately one 5th of the planet's population lives in china!) and when there is no more land room in florida, all people have to do is stop expanding! and even without further expansion, many hundreds of homes go up for sale every day! plus, people moving down there from up north is like nothing compared to a much bigger problem; FIDEL CASTRO, STILL RULING CUBA WITH A BLUNT IRON FIST AND CAUSING THOUSANDS OF CUBANS A DAY TO IMMIGRATE TO SOUTH FLORIDA!!!

[LABRAT16]

I was strongly investigating / contemplating a move to Fl in the near future, but after checking into it further my ideas ran like a mad dog in the opposite direction. Many are right, Fl years ago was a nice place to visit and retire, then big profits drove home prices up, then insurance companies started losing big bucks due to overbuilding and hurricanes. Another factor was the wage scale being alot lower than where I'm at. To move to "SUN & FUN" would cost a dramatic pay cut and a mortgage twice what I"ve got now. The hoi insurance would be up to 5x higher. I'll stay where I'm at and maybe visit once in a while. Eventually things will have to change for the better, but for now it's not in sight.

[Kimbercuddles]

Please don't be offended, but maybe you could just try to enjoy the area that you are so fortunate to be living in...my father passed away unexpectedly and since then I have really tried to live each day as if it might be my last. By the way, we just moved to Florida...I was raised in Minnesota and it wasn't my fault so I arrived as soon as I was able to...does that make a difference?

[LABRAT16]

Oh come on now. Everyone knows the grass is greener on the other side. I like my work, i like the people here, but I'd like some heat and sun and a walk on the beach and the sun going down over the water. Here we have land, and hills, and ice, and snow, burrrrr......I want to NOT shovel the white stuff. It's pretty on the trees during the holidays and to do christmas shopping in, but to drive to work.....NO! I want to take walks in the winter along a beach with my honey, watch the sparkle in her eye as a dolphin passes by. To see kids playing in the sand, or yelling and screaming as the amusement ride makes a quick turn, or the smile on their face as Mickey is seen in the distance. That's life. Not high taxes, high insurance costs, low wages, wondering if next year you will have to sell the home and move.

[lulu]

No you are not mean at all...just expressing a frustration & being honest, that's all.
I myself have mixed feelings...I get hurt when I see old Florida lands being bulldozed to make more & more developments - like I saw on my past trip, one that comes to mind is beautiful hilly Clermont - with native pines and oaks toppled over and tons of construction trucks making way for tons of homes.
It hurts me to see our native white egrets on top of luxury cars & cookie cutter homes sit where virgin lands once sat or where I roamed as a child. Those memories can only sit in my mind, cause visually they are gone forever.
But then the other half of me says to myself "Well, your family came from some place else too...so who are you to complain? Shut up self!" Ahhh...!
All I can say is that we all still have some choices left on where we can go & live out our life times... which is probably not going to be available to future generations.