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Growth is definitely a double-edged sword. Ask any adult who was born and raised in FL what life was like before all of the runaway development. I hope the communities in the upstate are smarter about development than FL was. Many of the very assets that attract people to the upstate could be in jeopardy some day.
Old FL was awesome. Now I feel like I am in NJ, and at times, like I crossed a big body of water.
Growth is definitely a double-edged sword. Ask any adult who was born and raised in FL what life was like before all of the runaway development. I hope the communities in the upstate are smarter about development than FL was. Many of the very assets that attract people to the upstate could be in jeopardy some day.
I'm in Florida this weekend for July 4 (not Orlando though), and the humidity is ridiculous. I thought it was bad in Charleston, as well as in Greenville at times, but this is on a different level here. I guess you get used to it if you live here though.
I was raised in Fl. and have family in the Orlando area, live in upstate SC now and have to say, I love to visit Orlando but not to live. Orlando area is and always will be a tourist town, so when you visit, your in awe, but to live there, you will pull your hair out. I think all Floridians will agree Fl. all together is not what it was 10-15+ years ago. I would have to say that if G'vill/S'ville area keeps constructing the way they are, we may lose this small town feeling which is one of the reasons I moved here. I seen it happen to FL. cities and those areas are just ridiculously congested now with a increase in crime rate
I was raised in Fl. and have family in the Orlando area, live in upstate SC now and have to say, I love to visit Orlando but not to live. Orlando area is and always will be a tourist town, so when you visit, your in awe, but to live there, you will pull your hair out. I think all Floridians will agree Fl. all together is not what it was 10-15+ years ago. I would have to say that if G'vill/S'ville area keeps constructing the way they are, we may lose this small town feeling which is one of the reasons I moved here. I seen it happen to FL. cities and those areas are just ridiculously congested now with a increase in crime rate
I agree yeahbuddy. I was born in FL, live here now, in Orlando actually. Talk about a place that went from "Old Florida" to Miami/NYC-style in the last 7-10 years! G'ville, even though it will continue to grow, is more diverse economically, and attracts more quality people. Some ppl move down to FL from big cities up north (and bring that same big city, get-outta-my-way mentality too) just so they never have to see snow again. IMO, that's not a reason to move to FL. So what you get is a large number of malconents running from snow/cold weather/congestion to FL and in turn, turning FL into the same exact place that they left. And once millions of people do that, the laid-back atmosphere is gone too.
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