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Yup great public transportation in South Florida. Great top education in Florida public schools and community colleges
HA! Public transportation where?!?! I-95 in Miami?
Education in what?
What you consider great, I'm inclined to compare it to the rest of the country. Comparatively speaking, Florida is at the bottom half of the barrel in virtually everything.
HA! Public transportation where?!?! I-95 in Miami?
Education in what?
What you consider great, I'm inclined to compare it to the rest of the country. Comparatively speaking, Florida is at the bottom half of the barrel in virtually everything.
The beaches are nice, however.
I think Florida gets a lot of unnecessary hate on here. I've been there before and thought it was nice, though I wouldn't want to live there (low paying jobs, too flat, and WAY too hot in the summer) but it's certainly not a bad place.
It's the only other state aside from Hawaii that has the best winter weather. And I would take Florida summers over Northeast winters anyday!
I think Florida gets a lot of unnecessary hate on here. I've been there before and thought it was nice, though I wouldn't want to live there (low paying jobs, too flat, and WAY too hot in the summer) but it's certainly not a bad place.
They make it really easy for us to do. I rip on Florida because my dad moved down there for retirement form New York and is stuck there with an underwater mortgage. That can happen to anyone, but having visited many times.. I don't know why anyone would pick Florida over 75% of the United States.
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It's the only other state aside from Hawaii that has the best winter weather. And I would take Florida summers over Northeast winters anyday!
This is just my personal opinion and I mean you no disrespect, but weather seems like a really trivial reason to choose a place to live. Sunshine is very expensive, which is why most Middle Class people are leaving California. The climate in most of the United States is actually very good by world standards.
Still, we are spoiled with being able to choose so many different climates.
I live in Buffalo but travel nationally for work roughly two weeks per month. People here complain about weather all the time, but outside of California and Hawaii, Buffalo has the best weather in the country hands down from May to mid October.
I've been to Florida, Arizona, and Texas in this past August / September and I wanted to strangle someone.
They make it really easy for us to do. I rip on Florida because my dad moved down there for retirement form New York and is stuck there with an underwater mortgage. That can happen to anyone, but having visited many times.. I don't know why anyone would pick Florida over 75% of the United States.
This is just my personal opinion and I mean you no disrespect, but weather seems like a really trivial reason to choose a place to live.
Really? It seems to me to be the most rational, level-headed reason to put a place at the top/bottom of your list that I can think of.
The US is all one big corporate strip mall nowadays. Weather is one of the only things left that is unique about a place.
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I live in Buffalo....but outside of California and Hawaii, Buffalo has the best weather in the country hands down from May to mid October.
Really? It seems to me to be the most rational, level-headed reason to put a place at the top/bottom of your list that I can think of.
Well... in my opinion.. weather is just weather. It isn't worth me forking over so much cash for.
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The US is all one big corporate strip mall nowadays. Weather is one of the only things left that is unique about a place.
Agreed. I have noticed this in my travels. It kinda sucks.
Some cities do retain a good bit of originality.. but they are very regional. The Southwest maintains Mexican roots, West coast Asian, Great Lakes / Northeast lots of ethnic foods, South with its own culture.
This is one thing I absolutely despise about Texas. Texas is so business friendly that small cultured eateries are trumped by every fast food / chain restaurant on the planet.
I wasn't kidding about Buffalo between May to October. Days feature 60-80F highs, moderate to low humidity and over 60% possible sunshine (65% in June, July, August, which is more than the entire eastern half of the country including Florida)
Chicago / Detroit / Minneapolis also feature really nice sunny summers due to being continental climates (lower humidity than the coast). Buffalo is just cooler thanks to its location on Lake Erie and Ontario (prevailing wind side). Chicago gets hotter than a sweatshop in July.
Staying on topic... I have friends that moved from the Northeast to Houston and Dallas. They like it but they said sometimes they get uncomfortable straying from the city limits because they say it gets way too conservative. They tell me on facebook that Obama protesters are always on the side of the highway (I saw one in Florida too) with signs, loaded guns and American flags. We don't get that up here, lol.
I find difference in freedom between the states is much more about the population level than red or blue states. The states with a high population are very strict with lots of laws.
I find difference in freedom between the states is much more about the population level than red or blue states. The states with a high population are very strict with lots of laws.
Yep, exactly. Higher population states have higher densities. Higher densities lean blue, because they require more regulations. People in closer proximity can't have too much freedom because it encroaches on their neighbor (who lives 3 feet from them). You just won't see automatic weapons rampit in New York City or Chicago... too much potential carnage.
Yep, exactly. Higher population states have higher densities. Higher densities lean blue, because they require more regulations. People in closer proximity can't have too much freedom because it encroaches on their neighbor (who lives 3 feet from them). You just won't see automatic weapons rampit in New York City or Chicago... too much potential carnage.
There aren't many automatic weapons in Texas either. Lots of semi-automatic ones though. You still don't see them much - unless you are at a shooting range.
This is one thing I absolutely despise about Texas. Texas is so business friendly that small cultured eateries are trumped by every fast food / chain restaurant on the planet.
You really don't know much about Texas. Here in Austin, we have some amazing restaurants. Two Austin restaurants made GQ magazine's list of the top 25 new restaurants of 2013, including #1 and #13.
Austin is one of the top cities in the world for street food. And some of these food trucks have become stellar brick and mortar restaurants - like #1 in GQ's list.
Medium sized Fort Worth is exploding with great local eateries.
You shouldn't make up stories about something you know nothing about. I am willing to bet it is easier to open a new restaurant in Texas than New York - local or chain. Why would Texas' business friendly climate work only for chains?
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