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Houston is the same way ... no one is outside!! I used to hate a/c but now it's required. I can't wait to get back to NY.
One thing I DO find down here that I like is that people like to make friends with other people ..... in NY people are set in their ways and don't like to make new friends so much. That made me a little sad.
Funny how so many leave NY for the south, complaining about being trapped in your homes for months due to cold and then they are, in turn, trapped in thier homes due to the heat/humidity for months....sorry, it's a trade off for me: too cold, too hot, both are uncomfortable although I can handle the cold far easier than the heat......
Funny how so many leave NY for the south, complaining about being trapped in your homes for months due to cold and then they are, in turn, trapped in thier homes due to the heat/humidity for months....sorry, it's a trade off for me: too cold, too hot, both are uncomfortable although I can handle the cold far easier than the heat......
Actually since I don't like "warm" weather at all, I am now trapped inside 12 months of the year, instead of the 3 months in NY. I did go out when it was 8 degrees outside. I don't go out when it is 80 or above. Hate it. That is ALL YEAR in Florida.
want some cheese with that WINE.......
there are nice people and *******s in EVERY state in this country. hell in the entire world.
if you dont like it here, MOVE...that simple. but give this place a chance before you judge it. Ive lived here my entire life, 29 years and Ive met some nice people and some *******s. it all depends on what you do, where you live, etc
want some cheese with that WINE.......
there are nice people and *******s in EVERY state in this country. hell in the entire world.
if you dont like it here, MOVE...that simple. but give this place a chance before you judge it. Ive lived here my entire life, 29 years and Ive met some nice people and some *******s. it all depends on what you do, where you live, etc
people come, people go. There is no sense of community. People don't put down roots because they know they are leaving.
I live in a development. The majority of people here are snowbirds, or retirees. Both of the my next door neighbords come here 3 months out of the year. I barely know their names. This development is a ghost town the majority of the year.
We also own a condo where we first lived and are still friendly with a man who lives there. He is getting married next year and is moving back to Michigan or maybe even to Pa. where his wife is from. He has said he doesn't want to raise his kids in Florida.
Work? Well, I work for the school district. Because of the property tax cut and subsequent cuts to school budget, I was "bumped" from my job because I only had a year seniority with the district. Somebody who had worked there for 5 years, took my job. I was fortunate to be "involuntarily transferred" to another school, but at a lower classification with less pay, and much farther away. So, everybody I met there, I will not be seeing. It will probably happen again next year too, since more tax cuts are coming with no way to pay for them except to cut more money from the schools. I might not even have ANY job next time around.
Then, there is the weather, which I hate, but having lived here before, I KNEW I would hate. My husband got a JOB here in Florida, having been out of work for over a year. That's the only reason we are in Florida. I didn't want to come here at all. My husband now says he wishes a job had opened up ANYWHERE ELSE in the country, BUT Florida. I didn't want to say to him, "I told you so".
Just playing a waiting game, and hibernating in all this heat, until retirement comes and we can go back HOME.
I've also never understood why the South thinks it "lost" the Civil War when most of the people down there are working in jobs that used to be up north. Folks -- you won! Now the people in the South are the mainstream fatcats!
I've also never understood why the South thinks it "lost" the Civil War when most of the people down there are working in jobs that used to be up north. Folks -- you won! Now the people in the South are the mainstream fatcats!
That works except most of the people working those jobs are fromt he north so all they have done is shifted their location....
I know how you feel. My wife and I moved from Upstate NY down to West Virginia. We Lived there for two years. We both absolutely HATED it. We knew we were making a mistake when we drove through Syracuse on our way through. But it was already to late at that point. We watched the lights of the city wiz by us in the early morning darkness, tears in our eyes. We were leaving everything we knew. The place we went on our first date, the place I proposed to her, where we first kissed. We spent the entire two years in WV, missing home and Working our butts off to get the money to go back home. Last December, my wife and I finally got to move back home to NY. It feels so incredibly good to be home and I can honestly say, I am never leaving this area again.
Location: Upstate NY native, now living in Houston
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I know how you feel. My wife and I moved from Upstate NY down to West Virginia. We Lived there for two years. We both absolutely HATED it. We knew we were making a mistake when we drove through Syracuse on our way through. But it was already to late at that point. We watched the lights of the city wiz by us in the early morning darkness, tears in our eyes. We were leaving everything we knew. The place we went on our first date, the place I proposed to her, where we first kissed. We spent the entire two years in WV, missing home and Working our butts off to get the money to go back home. Last December, my wife and I finally got to move back home to NY. It feels so incredibly good to be home and I can honestly say, I am never leaving this area again.
oh! beautiful story! sometimes we have to learn the hard way, I guess. I have learned many many things since I moved from the North to the South. And someone posted that we should just leave if we don't like it ... that is often easier said than done .... for example I am in Tx b/c my husband wants to be here, so I am doing this for him. sigh!!
both ny and the south are distant but yet very similar...
they are all colonies
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Same here
