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Old 03-14-2009, 01:18 PM
 
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Moved from so cal to pensacola milton area 6 months ago.
The winter is too cold here,and its to spread out.(5 miles to decent store publix).realy sick of these darn oak trees too.!
How far down on the gulf side to have some palm trees.?
Looking to buy a house,but need more urban suroundings.!
And also public transportation as my mother wants to come live with us
and doesent drive.
Any ideas would be great.
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Old 03-14-2009, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Venice Florida
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To get to a point where tropical palms grow you need to head to south Florida. Sarasota south will have tropical vegatation.
Sarasota has a mass transit system, great shopping, a walkable downtown and many walkable neighborhoods.
I live in Venice and the transit system runs in Venice.
Venice is a low crime area. We do have our share of live oaks, but there are plenty of coconut, royals, foxtail, washingtonians, and date palms.
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Old 03-14-2009, 06:13 PM
 
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Try the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area.
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Old 03-14-2009, 06:23 PM
 
Location: roaming gnome
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You'll learn north florida and south florida have nothing in common except being under the same state jurisdiction, even more so than nocal/socal... the suggestions here are good... but "GOOD" public transportation is a misnomer for Florida, it doesn't exist. They might have some public transportation though Other places will be much less spread out. You are pretty much living in Milton, AL.

If you are going to live in Florida you might as well get the "real deal" which is about Orlando and south on the coasts.
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Old 03-14-2009, 09:24 PM
 
Location: Jersey Shore
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Moved from so cal to pensacola milton area 6 months ago.
The winter is too cold here,and its to spread out.(5 miles to decent store publix).realy sick of these darn oak trees too.!
How far down on the gulf side to have some palm trees.?
Looking to buy a house,but need more urban suroundings.!
And also public transportation as my mother wants to come live with us
and doesent drive.
Any ideas would be great.

My mom doesn't drive either and she has found her way using the Scat bus here in Sarasota. They are not as convenient as compared to what we were use to up North but she does manage ok.
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Old 03-15-2009, 07:18 AM
 
Location: North Florida
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Sounds like time for a road trip, via the internet. Check out the Tampa/St Pete area.
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