Relocation Anxiety - Second thoughts (Tampa: living, moving, food)

[lilacmama32]

Originally Posted by Tim Tim Tim

Agreed.

Also, you think it sucks doing grocerys in the snow? try it in a nice florida downpoor. When I lived in salt lake city, I was thankfull for it just being snow. Sure, the bottom of you pants may get wet and your shoes MIGHT get wet but atleast your generally dry. Here, there wont be a dry part of you. you will walk 10 feet out from cover and be SOAKED from head to toe like you just jumped in the pool. then as your running to your car in this downpoor, you hit a slick spot on the street and bust your *****.. I cant tell you how many times I have watched this happen, I still get quite a laugh from it

LOL that is funny as long and no one get's hurt. We slip on ice so it's the same I guess.

Doesn't it only rain for a short period of time then <poof> gone?

[user8]

Originally Posted by FloridaKash

If you are moving where you do not have friends and family your spouse needs to be your best friend, period. If you and your spouse are sort of distant, don't get along when spending huge amounts of time together and require getting out of the house to get away from one another once in awhile..... I highly suggest you do not move to where you do not know anybody. Quite likely, your spouse will be your only true friend for at least a year.

this is so incredibly true that it bears repeating again and again until prospective transplants really understand.

Originally Posted by ipoetry

This is so spot on. I expected to hook up with lots of people when we moved to FL, transplants just like me, but it didn't happen.

same here, although my wife working nights and me working evenings doesn't help. plus our neighborhood is very anti-social and not conducive to social behavior anyway. can't wait to move to a different area of tampa when our lease is up.

[user8]

Originally Posted by lilacmama32

LOL that is funny as long and no one get's hurt. We slip on ice so it's the same I guess.

Doesn't it only rain for a short period of time then <poof> gone?

sometimes. sometimes it pours for hours (although not frequently).

[AnnieA]

Originally Posted by ipoetry

'Summer' in Florida is at least 6 months long, you'll do your outdoor activities before 8 a.m. or at dusk, you'll sweat from places you didn't know could sweat, even walking with your feet in the ocean won't be cooling. Your deodorant will fail by noon time as well as everyone else's and a stale odor will whaft through Publix or Bealls or wherever you find yourself. It will rain most every afternoon, blinding rain but only for short spurts. Some people say it cools things off but it only makes things stickier. Your hair will frizz and you'll be going for twice-a-year dermo appointments. You'll look longingly out your patio windows at the panoramic tropical view and you'll begin to think of it as a mural, something to look at, because you won't be venturing out into the heat.

Wow. I guess I never experienced all of these things and I have been here for almost 70 years. I garden, sometimes until almost noon, run errands and also work in an office some days. It is hot and getting in and out of the car is the worst but, it is bearable. I haven't smelled anyone recently.....LOL.

[Annie of Oldsmar]

Originally Posted by AnnieA

Wow. I guess I never experienced all of these things and I have been here for almost 70 years. I garden, sometimes until almost noon, run errands and also work in an office some days. It is hot and getting in and out of the car is the worst but, it is bearable. I haven't smelled anyone recently.....LOL.

I haven't smelled anyone recently either!!!

[Tim Tim Tim]

As long as they dont reach for something on the top shelf your fine! lol

Also, this is after about 15 minutes of rain in S. Tampa. It may not always last that long but it sure comes down good!

[ozlo]

Originally Posted by Tim Tim Tim

Agreed.

Also, you think it sucks doing grocerys in the snow? try it in a nice florida downpoor. When I lived in salt lake city, I was thankfull for it just being snow. Sure, the bottom of you pants may get wet and your shoes MIGHT get wet but atleast your generally dry. Here, there wont be a dry part of you. you will walk 10 feet out from cover and be SOAKED from head to toe like you just jumped in the pool. then as your running to your car in this downpoor, you hit a slick spot on the street and bust your *****.. I cant tell you how many times I have watched this happen, I still get quite a laugh from it

Or the cardboard packaging of some groceries disintegrates upon impact from the constant barrage of water unleashed from the heavens during said downpour!

[ozlo]

Originally Posted by lilacmama32

Doesn't it only rain for a short period of time then <poof> gone?

Usually. The two exceptions to this are:

1) When you've just finished grocery shopping and have a cart full of melting ice cream.

2) When you've just finished your shift at work and have to walk the equivalent of 2 city blocks to the other end of the parking lot to get into your car. And the parking lot floods at even the most minor things such as spilling a Dixie cup full of Kool Aid...because it was designed by "engineers" who couldn't make a level plumb line if their lives depended on it.

[Jonathan28]

Originally Posted by Tim Tim Tim

As long as they dont reach for something on the top shelf your fine! lol

Also, this is after about 15 minutes of rain in S. Tampa. It may not always last that long but it sure comes down good!

Isnt South Tampa prone to flooding?

[Ken E]

Originally Posted by ipoetry

This is so spot on. I expected to hook up with lots of people when we moved to FL, transplants just like me, but it didn't happen. I've only been back in Massachusetts for 6 months and I have a hoard of new friends. Neighbors stop their cars to ask me if I need a ride when I'm walking and it looks like rain, they bring us tomatoes from their gardens, we've been out to dinner with new friends and we enjoy wine and conversation at each other's houses. It's the way it should be!

You're exactly right there. It's like a whole different world. That was our experience after living there for ten years.