[Scientifical Madness]

Originally Posted by OrlandoRE_Miracle

I can't argue with you.

LOL, yeah... unfortunately.

[ferretlady4719]

Originally Posted by mystacall

We used to be paradise..until developers came with their greedy grubby hands and took away paradise...They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

Isn't that the sad truth for so many areas in Florida (and elsewhere - but it is especially prevalent in Florida).

Don Henley's "The Last Resort" says it all....
"Call someplace paradise --- kiss it good-bye"

Many here talk about the Carolinas -- I knew a family that moved outside of Asheville NC in the early 70's, they had a lovely spread of land & it was beautiful there when we visited them. I was up that way about 6 or so years ago & couldn't even begin to recognize that area compared to how it used to be. They left & moved on by the late 80's because they felt the same way that many Floridians feel now - that there were far too many people moving in, too much new development, etc. How long will "paradise" last in that region, before it's NOT paradise any longer? It will happen eventually, it always does. Where will the next "paradise" be? It's tragic that humans always seem to do that -- we find someplace wonderful, and then slowly destroy the very aspects of that place that appealed to us to begin with....

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by ferretlady4719

Isn't that the sad truth for so many areas in Florida (and elsewhere - but it is especially prevalent in Florida).

Don Henley's "The Last Resort" says it all....
"Call someplace paradise --- kiss it good-bye"

Many here talk about the Carolinas -- I knew a family that moved outside of Asheville NC in the early 70's, they had a lovely spread of land & it was beautiful there when we visited them. I was up that way about 6 or so years ago & couldn't even begin to recognize that area compared to how it used to be. They left & moved on by the late 80's because they felt the same way that many Floridians feel now - that there were far too many people moving in, too much new development, etc. How long will "paradise" last in that region, before it's NOT paradise any longer? It will happen eventually, it always does. Where will the next "paradise" be? It's tragic that humans always seem to do that -- we find someplace wonderful, and then slowly destroy the very aspects of that place that appealed to us to begin with....

I hope that it doesn't happen here, but it could. There's no regulations here, also. They hold hearings, like they did in Florida, but it's a bunch of baloney. Everyone gets paid off and a development is put up.

Fortunately, we didn't see the transplants like North Carolina.

In Massachusetts there was almost too much regulations. It's tough to get something built. It's a fine line between progress and destruction.

[daytonadewd]

I lived in Naples for 11 years and still have family there. I don't think any place can be perfect, Naples certainly wasn't. I don't think it is more "upscale" than any other coastal resort town in Florida. Maybe just more concentrated and showy in specific areas. The town was definately full of gold-digger wannabes living on home equity lines of credit and credit cards. Didn't impress me much.
To me, Naples will always be where the rich and poor sat side by side in flipflops spinning yarn on cheap oysters and drinks at the Dock, the Cove Inn, Tin City, Naples Hotel and Vanderbilt Inn. That's what made it special -- but those days are gone now for sure! Now the scene is Waterside Shops, Fifth Ave, Third St S and Pine Ridge Road bistros/coffee houses. I guess the only place left you can still find that now is on Pine Island.
It was time to leave after every blade of grass was developed, the gridlock traffic situation (and road rage and I-75), the crime and the last straw for me was having my grocery cart stolen in the aisle (my items thrown on the shelves) at Publix twice in the same visit!
Sadly, I never really took advantage of improving my golf game there as there were sooo many golf and country clubs I used to play at. I wish I had taken more lessons.
I also don't miss driving 10-20 miles here/there without noticing. Last year, I drove only 1800 miles because everything is so close by to where I live now. I can even ride my bike, without fear of being run over!

[Scientifical Madness]

Originally Posted by daytonadewd

I lived in Naples for 11 years and still have family there. I don't think any place can be perfect, Naples certainly wasn't. I don't think it is more "upscale" than any other coastal resort town in Florida. Maybe just more concentrated and showy in specific areas. The town was definately full of gold-digger wannabes living on home equity lines of credit and credit cards. Didn't impress me much.
To me, Naples will always be where the rich and poor sat side by side in flipflops spinning yarn on cheap oysters and drinks at the Dock, the Cove Inn, Tin City, Naples Hotel and Vanderbilt Inn. That's what made it special -- but those days are gone now for sure! Now the scene is Waterside Shops, Fifth Ave, Third St S and Pine Ridge Road bistros/coffee houses. I guess the only place left you can still find that now is on Pine Island.
It was time to leave after every blade of grass was developed, the gridlock traffic situation (and road rage and I-75), the crime and the last straw for me was having my grocery cart stolen in the aisle (my items thrown on the shelves) at Publix twice in the same visit!
Sadly, I never really took advantage of improving my golf game there as there were sooo many golf and country clubs I used to play at. I wish I had taken more lessons.
I also don't miss driving 10-20 miles here/there without noticing. Last year, I drove only 1800 miles because everything is so close by to where I live now. I can even ride my bike, without fear of being run over!

Only in FL. I've seen a very angry customer (with the Long Island accent) yell at a cashier at Publix before because the cashier wouldnt take their $.25 coupon that had expired. I almost wanted to just give the man a quarter and tell him to...............nevermind. These people get me all worked up and it's not worth it. Sometimes, as a native Floridian, it's best to accept the changes that have happened here, and move elsewhere rather than fight it and deal with these people.

[KathyA11]

Originally Posted by Scientifical Madness

Only in FL. I've seen a very angry customer (with the Long Island accent) yell at a cashier at Publix before because the cashier wouldnt take their $.25 coupon that had expired. I almost wanted to just give the man a quarter and tell him to...............nevermind. These people get me all worked up and it's not worth it. Sometimes, as a native Floridian, it's best to accept the changes that have happened here, and move elsewhere rather than fight it and deal with these people.

No, not only in Florida. That same shopper would have yelled at the cashier on Long Island, too.

[Scientifical Madness]

The common theme: the angry guy from Long Island. I'd rather be around quiter, nicer people. They are all over FL.

[TANaples]

I really don't care. They can take all the time that they want at Publix. I am no rush to go anywhere else but home.

A 25 cent coupon means nothing to me. I don't particularly want hear the lifestory of a cashier at Publix, but I am in no rush to go anywhere else.

From Long Island.

[KathyA11]

Originally Posted by Scientifical Madness

The common theme: the angry guy from Long Island. I'd rather be around quiter, nicer people. They are all over FL.

There are plenty in the Northeast, too. We just don't get the publicity.

[TANaples]

Originally Posted by KathyA11

There are plenty in the Northeast, too. We just don't get the publicity.

There are VERY FEW of us in Naples, or the Gulf Coast of Florida. The majority of the people here are from the MIDWEST. "Little Michigan" as I heard so many people say.

Don't blame Long Islanders on Naples. They just plain AIN'T many.