[lluvia]

Originally Posted by beachmouse

It always amuses me to see Grand Rapids hit those kinds of lists. Back in the 90s, a lot of my high school graduating class was doing what they could to get out of there because it was so boring and then over the next decade it got weirdly hip and now tends to get a lot of buzz for good quality of life at a reasonable COL as long as you can handle the winters there.

Maybe quality healthcare plays a role...
https://mibiz.com/sections/health-ca...100-nationally

[FL_Expert]

Originally Posted by Aquatique

Would the main reasons be that it gets colder in winter than areas further south and it is not near the beach?

Florida really starts at Orlando and points south. There’s nothing really about Tallahassee that makes it a Florida city apart from being legally in Florida. It’s cold, has hills, no beach, different culture, not tropical, etc. It has a lot more in common with Macon, GA than it does Miami.

[Aquatique]

Originally Posted by FL_Expert

Florida really starts at Orlando and points south. There’s nothing really about Tallahassee that makes it a Florida city apart from being legally in Florida. It’s cold, has hills, no beach, different culture, not tropical, etc. It has a lot more in common with Macon, GA than it does Miami.

Very interested in the bolded topic ^ but I will make a new thread to discuss it since it's somewhat separate from the subject of this thread. Or maybe it's already been explained in previous threads so I'll do a search.

[912904]

Originally Posted by FL_Expert

Florida really starts at Orlando and points south. There’s nothing really about Tallahassee that makes it a Florida city apart from being legally in Florida. It’s cold, has hills, no beach, different culture, not tropical, etc. It has a lot more in common with Macon, GA than it does Miami.

I'd say you've got it backwards. Florida was around long before South beach and Disney. I-4 protects the REAL Florida from the abomination that exists to the south.

[Corrie22]

Originally Posted by 912904

I'd say you've got it backwards. Florida was around long before South beach and Disney. I-4 protects the REAL Florida from the abomination that exists to the south.

true, but that's not what people are thinking when they think Florida

and it's perception...I grew up in south Miami....that's Florida to me....and anything north of Flagler street is not south Florida

[Aquatique]

Originally Posted by Aquatique

Very interested in the bolded topic ^ but I will make a new thread to discuss it since it's somewhat separate from the subject of this thread. Or maybe it's already been explained in previous threads so I'll do a search.

Made the new thread to discuss the "culture" topic:
https://www.city-data.com/forum/flor...l#post64621134