[TriMT7]

Originally Posted by JSnFla

very true, especially brazil and venezueala. most hispanics in south florida are

Brazilians aren't Hispanic.

[dreamofmonterey]

Originally Posted by luvthatmouse

Is is sad that a lot of the countries where immigrants are coming from (like Mexico) are so weathly in natural resources, money, etc.. yet they can't pay these people a decent wage to live? What is wrong with the leaders there???! They need to take care of their own people. I am sure many of them would love to stay in their own countries.

I would ask Vicente Fox or George Bush. They seem to have a rapport which we citizens know nothing about.


sunny

[HockeyMom72]

Originally Posted by Nevah75

I agree South Florida can be a rough place to live nowadays. My family has lived down there for years around Ft. Lauderdale and I can see a HUGE change in the way it was as a kid and how it is now. I hate to go down there. I like cultural differences but like many others I find it annoying that, despite being born and raised here, I am basically being forced into learning a another language just to get by down there. Oh well, such is life. I live in Central Florida now and this is where I believe Florida's "other" problem lies. We have the LARGEST population of senior citizens in the nation! I have nothing against seniors but having SO many in a concentrated area is a bit annoying too! Many of them are very nice and amicable people....it's the ones who retire from elsewhere and come down here with their nasty, hateful attitudes I can't stand. They think the world revolves around their asses I swear. (We won't mention the driving problems here.) I am seriously thinking of moving out of state for the first time in my life (I'm 32 now). Florida is essentially only good for Tourists, Seniors, and Spring Breakers anymore. On top of that....EVERYTHING in Florida is overpriced like crazy! I think I want out!

You get no argument from me. The LAST place I would want to live in as an old person would be Florida. I am 58 now. Just let me go somewhere were I can just just blend into the community with everybody else. Honest.

[Songbird42]

Many years ago, when I came to Fl. I was told that everyone came here because it is the waiting room to heaven. I believe it. I will not die here,
any place but here.

[flagstaffgal]

Am I correct? I have lots of Portuguese friends from the mainland and Azores and I am pretty sure they speak Portugese in Brazil, different but still Portugese. Correct me if I am wrong?
Linda

[TriMT7]

Originally Posted by flagstaffgal

Am I correct? I have lots of Portuguese friends from the mainland and Azores and I am pretty sure they speak Portugese in Brazil, different but still Portugese. Correct me if I am wrong?
Linda

Yes, the Azores is an autonomous region of Portugal. They speak Portuguese. Brazil was a colony of Portugal, and they too speak Portuguese. In distinguishing between continental Portuguese (what they speak in Portugal) vs. Brazilian Portuguese, imagine the difference between the English they speak in Great Britain and the English they speak in the United States.

[Nevah75]

Originally Posted by JSnFla

where in central florida do u live? i live outside ft lauderdale in coconut creek and it is a ZOO in broward county. i'm moving to Tampa next month and hoping it will be much better up there....if not i am out of florida as well

I live just south of Lady Lake which is in Lake County. Lady Lake is host to the senior haven known as "The Villages". It's a beautiful place but if you're not gray-haired and retired the most of them treat you like you're an invader.

[riptoman]

you're crazy. south florida is the best part of florida.

[riptoman]

i also don't think i really understand what the big problem is with the large hispanic population. what's wrong with multiculturalism? i took solace in the fact that mostly spanish is spoken in florida and used it as motivation to educate myself and learn another language...what's so bad about that?

hay problemas en todo de los estados unidos, pero yo prefiero florida mas que otros estados. aprendan!

[riptoman]

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