Married Lesbian looking to move - advice please (Wilton Manors, Lee: condominium, to live)

[AjMed]

My wife and I are relocating from the UK to Florida. We are both professional women in our 30's and are not looking for a "party" atmosphere...

We would like to move into an area that is gay friendly, with local shops, bars all within walking distance.

The top of our priceline would be about 300k

Can anyone suggest any areas of Florida that fit this criteria?

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[tjarado]

Are u serious?
Such a broad question for such a huge move and you want INTERNET advice ??? ..surely you have gay friends that can advise you.
And why are you leaving the UK in the first place?
You need to supply more details about what you want.. and a "gay friendly town" is the least of it!
If all you want is gay friendly move to NYC or SF!

[loribell38]

The Wilton manor area of Ft. Lauderdale is a great option for you. It is exactly what you are looking for. Have a few gay friends that love it there.

[AjMed]

Originally Posted by tjarado

Are u serious?
Such a broad question for such a huge move and you want INTERNET advice ??? ..surely you have gay friends that can advise you.
And why are you leaving the UK in the first place?
You need to supply more details about what you want.. and a "gay friendly town" is the least of it!
If all you want is gay friendly move to NYC or SF!

I'm sure you didn't meant to sound rude in your email...?
To answer your questions - yes I am serious
Yes, I would like internet advice which is why I joined this forum. I am also researching in other ways which I didn't believe needed to be described.
No, I do not have gay friends that know anything about Florida.
Why is the reason for leaving the UK relevant?

As my original message stated: We are both professional women in our 30's. Not looking for a "party" atmosphere. Want to move into an area that is gay friendly
Would like local shops, bars all within walking distance.
The top of our priceline would be about 300k

I'm not sure what else you need to know to give me a general idea.

[AjMed]

Originally Posted by loribell38

The Wilton manor area of Ft. Lauderdale is a great option for you. It is exactly what you are looking for. Have a few gay friends that love it there.

Thank you, we are actually going to visit WilMa at the end of the month to get a feel for it - I just wondered if there were many lesbians there as all the information I've managed to points to it being predominantly men

[Dragonmam]

If you are going to Wilton Manors, you may want to make stop by and visit or attend a social function at the Pride Center located down there. Pride Center At Equality Park of South Florida.

[vigo]

I know a lesbian couple who live in Wilton Manors. I'm sure they aren't the only ones, but you're right, it's predominantly male.

You might also want to check out the Victoria Park area of Ft. Lauderdale.

[Mr. Lee]

Check out the Las Olas area, zip code 33301 you will find some places in your price range and that area is very gay friendly as well as straight couples and singles.

[JohnD_fla]

Originally Posted by vigo

it's predominantly male.

^this.

I haven't been near the Wilton Manors area in quite a while, but I know people who used to live there and I remember it as a place where mostly gay males live/hang out. It might be different now, but I wouldn't recommend that town for women. You can do better elsewhere in Broward---gay or not gay.

I agree with Mr. Lee. If I were looking for a walkable area with nice bars, restaurants, shopping, and professional people I would choose Las Olas over Wilton Manors. Las Olas is a much nicer area.

[Tulippsy]

There are lots of lesbians in Wilton Manors, but they're not walking around with signs that say "I'm a lesbian". I will concede there are more "obviously" gay men than "obviously" gay women there. I think you would really like it. I have friends who live in Wilton Station (a condominium complex) and you can walk to all kinds of shops and restaurants. The LGBT community is pretty cohesive and I'm sure you will make friends or at least people to help you get your bearings.

I know lots of people on this forum rave about Las Olas, but IMO it's overrated. Florida is just not a very walkable place. Las Olas is mainly eight or ten blocks of expensive restaurants and chain stores, with the occasional inexpensive chain restaurant and expensive jewelry store here and there. There is a wonderful Italian bakery called Pane e Dolce, and a fabulous eyeglass frame store called the Optical Spectrum, but that's about it. Every time I've been to Las Olas recently, it's been practically deserted. Aging, divorced men walking around with a hot woman twenty years younger in spandex and heels

And the person who asked you if you were seriously enquiring about this over the internet? Yes, he was intentionally being rude. Welcome to South Florida. While Broward County is pretty liberal, the majority of Florida is not. Stay in south Florida or the Keys and you'll be fine. The rest of the state is quite conservative.