Favorite things about Southwest Florida (Cape Coral, Fort Myers: real estate, to buy, income)

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by tjstrain

TA, move north, my friends in PA said they are having 9 straight days of dreary damp, hot, cold, rainy weather. That's one reason why we moved here. It's part of Florida climate. Stop complaining and move out if you don't like it..

Geez, you wanted to move out of southwest Florida so bad. What happened? Trying to sell your house?

[tjstrain]

yea, yea, yea, the lake behind my house is also down about 6 feet and I do see all of the pipes that feed and drain it. You know what, it happens every year so you just go with the flow. No pun intended. THAT'S FLORIDA! Adapt to it, get out of that "NY State of Mind" and get into a Florida state of mind. PS: were on water restrictions now.

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by tjstrain

yea, yea, yea, the lake behind my house is also down about 6 feet and I do see all of the pipes that feed and drain it. You know what, it happens every year so you just go with the flow. No pun intended. THAT'S FLORIDA! Adapt to it, get out of that "NY State of Mind" and get into a Florida state of mind. PS: were on water restrictions now.

tjstrain, I asked you a question. I think it is legitimate, since you are quick to tell another member to move, yet the majority of your past posts were rants against southwest Florida and how you had plans of your own to move. So, what gives?

[NJ~LuLu]

IIRC SW florida is considered Sub-tropics. So we have rainy season (hurricane season), dry season. This is nothing new. Hot humid climate at times, what you save in heat you may spend in a/c. All in all, I love the blue skies, boating, fishing, wildlife; don't miss snow and ice. The downpours every day around rush hour and flooding roads, we all know about. That's why we have Happy Hour! Hurricane preparedness is a must, ya never know. No canes here for almost 25 yrs. and then boom we get nailed with what 4 to 5 in a row. Insurance suddendly becomes a scam. My govenor Charlie took them to task. Isn't this when everyone came in and bought up all the damaged or rebuilt properties? We had a boom, then bottomed out along with the rest of the US, we just happened to be first in line. Now we seem to be coming back little by little. What do they say, Ya gotta pay for paradise. Everyone I have met in florida is either from NY, NJ, Ohio, Indiana or Michigan. I enjoy the fact that most of us have relocated and trying to re establish our home bases and friends. Yet, I can be simply sweeping my driveway or pulling weeds and people will wave and say hello. Heck in NJ two doors down, I coulden't tell you who my neighbors were. It is the up and leaving and re-establishing that's scary, life is what you make it.

[Kuota]

This thread is supposed to be about "Favorite things about Southwest Florida", if you have a negative response go to the negative section.

[mrcoolmrcool28]

The last few days must have helped the drought somewhat, no?

[tjstrain]

Originally Posted by hiknapster

Geez, you wanted to move out of southwest Florida so bad. What happened? Trying to sell your house?

Please refresh my memory where you saw this..... Thanks are you stalking me? scanning old posts from other topics? Just to make you look good????
"since you are quick to tell another member to move" so quick????? go back and see how their complaining! like a friggin cry baby! WAAA, WAAA... I'm reading more remarks from others about them also..... like he does this all the time.
"Trying to sell your house?" did you drive by and see a sign? Where did you get that from?

"yet the majority of your past posts were rants against southwest Florida" I love SWFL, it's some careless people who live in some of the neighborhoods here, that don't want to abide by the laws that they agreed to when they purchased their homes. That turns me off, Not SWFL. Please state facts. They have no consideration for their fellow neighbors. Please show me where I ranted as you stated. Thanks

[TANaples]

Originally Posted by tjstrain

yea, yea, yea, the lake behind my house is also down about 6 feet and I do see all of the pipes that feed and drain it. You know what, it happens every year so you just go with the flow. No pun intended. THAT'S FLORIDA! Adapt to it, get out of that "NY State of Mind" and get into a Florida state of mind. PS: were on water restrictions now.

when I never intended to stay here from day one. Just here temporarily.

[aidaolympia]

I think it is good that older residents of Cape Coral are becoming more active in writing about their lives and have discussions on line. I hardly see them outside, as either it is too hot or too rainy. But, if they write that they do all those outside activities, then I hope so.
It must be very hard to live right in the midst of worst housing crash. To try to put a "positive spin" on Cape Coral just goes head to head with statistics published world wide about this city.
Comparing to first quarter of 2008, 1st Q. of 2009 has seen a 59.1% of drop in median home prices and Lawrence Yun, the chief economist of National Realtors Association says: " The slide is but a taste of things to come!"

I am on the side of elderly happy or not happy. Why are they put in this position to fiercely campaign for a fallen city? I do not think any ganging up against the ones who have different way of thinking is very "positive" for Cape Coral.

[nhkev]

What I love about southwest florida is the people that don't like it can move and not have to feel they have to spread their own personal misery and unhappiness to those that started a post What I love about southwest florida.