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I know this is an old post, but I just could not pass it by a second time...
A little known fact about Hawai'i is that half of its total land area is above 2,000' altitude, and up where I live near 4,000' it frequently gets down in the 40s at night during the winter.
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Hawai'i was 12F at the top of Mauna Kea.
Yes, but at sea-level, Hawaii never gets this cold. Miami (obviously no mountains) gets colder than that at sea level! Also, SoFlori has recorded frost and even snow flurries!
Never been to Florida, always go to Hawaii. People are always telling me to save money and go to Florida that it's just like Hawaii, on and on ad nauseam but we still end up in Hawaii.
On one of our trips we took my daughters friend with and she loved Hawaii. The next year she went to Florida. She called us the next day and when we asked her, is it "just like Hawaii"? should we come there? She answered a big loud "NOOOO it's not Hawaii!" we just laughed so hard. She said it was better than our frozen northland but went on to tell stories of all the alligators, dangerous bugs, beaches that were cold, and said she would never go back. She was expecting Hawaii and it was a rude awakening for her. Course she was just in 7th grade.
I think you should go sometime. It's always awesome to visit a new place, and Florida is very pretty. The beaches and beauty aren't as good as Hawaii, but they're pretty close.
Hawaiian islands are a nice place to visit but I would never live there Orlando is much more fun and I don't have to fly in a plane to get away if I so choose to go somewhere
Hawaiian islands are a nice place to visit but I would never live there Orlando is much more fun and I don't have to fly in a plane to get away if I so choose to go somewhere
Orlando? Sounds like you are referring to the fun of Disneyland? A manufactured fake town people dressed up singing songs? While overeating on overpriced hot dogs and supersized soft drinks?
I think Florida has a lot to offer, but Disneyland fanatics have always struck me as the kind of people who have no idea what this world and this planet have to offer.
Another great thing about living in Hawaii is that many of us are completely satisfied if people don't want to move here. Please come visit, feel welcomed, spend your money, enjoy what we have to offer for entertainment and scenery and culture, and then go home happy.
Unless, that is, a Hawaii person is trying to sell a house. Then we like newcomers moving here who want to buy real estate, especially if it is the place we have for sale.
Orlando? Sounds like you are referring to the fun of Disneyland? A manufactured fake town people dressed up singing songs? While overeating on overpriced hot dogs and supersized soft drinks?
I think Florida has a lot to offer, but Disneyland fanatics have always struck me as the kind of people who have no idea what this world and this planet have to offer.
Actually, Disney World is in Lake Buena Vista. Orlando is a horrid place. It has the traffic and congestion of Miami, but is ten degrees hotter and doesn't have beaches. The only thing it has going for it is that real estate is so cheap that anyone can afford to live there. They just don't want to.
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Originally Posted by CyberCity
Another great thing about living in Hawaii is that many of us are completely satisfied if people don't want to move here. Please come visit, feel welcomed, spend your money, enjoy what we have to offer for entertainment and scenery and culture, and then go home happy.
I think you should go sometime. It's always awesome to visit a new place, and Florida is very pretty. The beaches and beauty aren't as good as Hawaii, but they're pretty close.
Sometimes I think I would like to visit Florida, but when I add up the costs it's just as much as Hawaii. The accommodations seem to cost more in FL than HI the way we do it. True it would be a faster flight but after 30 plus years of going to Hawaii it would be like starting over finding nice areas, nice beaches, restaurants, etc. That's a lot of work
The accommodations seem to cost more in FL than HI the way we do it.
You are looking at the wrong places. In Florida, cheaper hotels, cheaper rental cars, cheaper groceries, cheaper restaurants, cheaper gas, cheaper airfare, etc, etc.....Florida is a very economical place to vacation - way cheaper than Hawaii.
Here is a example per orbitz - lets try chicago to fort lauderdale and chicago to hilo (the cheapest place in hawaii I could think of)
Dates, 12/4 to 12/11 for advance purchase.
Car, airfare, hotel - to Fort Lauderdale, $420 person
Same thing to Hilo, $970 person.
Last edited by whtviper1; 11-06-2012 at 10:26 PM..
But how do I know I will like that hotel, that's the problems that usually stops me. And we usually stay 15 - 30 days and get better rates at the homes we rent. I don't like hotels anymore, prefer homes. The homes in FL that I have researched end up costing more. Then how do I know what kind of neighborhood to look for in FL? I haven't a clue, it's so much work. But after so many decades in Hawaii I know where I like.
Plus how am I going to get my Boot's & Kimo's pancakes in FL?
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