Seduced by sunshine- reality check please!

[belladee]

there are downsides to everything. living with sunshine and rain beats cold and snow in my book

Here are some of the downsides...
its gets super duper hot in the summer
hurricanes

I dont mind anything else here really.. I dont even mind the above that much

good luck

[exmbdude]

Originally Posted by JSnFla

are u serious?? there are retirees ALL OVER south florida and its still a major retiree/snow bird destination. there are retirees all over eastern and western broward and even moreso in palm beach county. boca and delray have tons of old people as does miami beach. sure there are plenty of younger people but retirees are everywhere in south florida

I would generally agree with this assessment but not Miami Beach. Miami Beach has not been a retirement haven since the 80's. The median age has been steadily dropping like a stone the last 20 years. I moved out in '95 and could already see the demographic had changed and I am sure it has only gotten younger since then.

[Nolefan34]

MommaBear-

So according to what you're saying, somebody in their 20's should not even consider moving here because there are too many retirees. I completely reject that notion since I'm in my 20's and there are tons of young people here. I am not denying there are large numbers of retirees here. But you are making it sound like there are no people of other ages. I've also traveled to lots of other states including most of the Southeast and parts of the Midwest. I find South FL to have more young people than many of those areas.

My point was that South FL is not as big of a retiree destination it was back in the 60s, 70's, and 80's. Today's retirees are flocking to suburban Orlando, Naples, Fort Myers, and Northeast FL. The population in South FL is much more balanced between old, young, and families here nowadays.

[exmbdude]

Originally Posted by Nolefan34

My point was that South FL is not as big of a retiree destination it was back in the 60s, 70's, and 80's. Today's retirees are flocking to suburban Orlando, Naples, Fort Myers, and Northeast FL. The population in South FL is much more balanced between old, young, and families here nowadays.

I'd agree with a handful of exceptions like Southwest Palm Beach County. Especially the western parts of Delray and west (unincorporated) Boynton are still retirement oriented. Those are still overwhelmingly/predominantly retirees.

[onegreatnurse]

To the OP, I say go for it...I'm working on it myself.... And that's coming from someone who knows what gray and dreary is like!!

[Reptoid Humidian]

Here's a reality check! It's warm, the water's turquoise, and there's eye popping scenery with Coconut palms! Who cares if it's full of retirees! They're not gonna' use your cereal bowl for a bedpan!

[Reptoid Humidian]

Honestly, I can't believe the rationalizations that people give to talk their friends out of doing things, or to talk themselves out of doing things that are their lifelong dreams!!! The reasoning is SO STUPID!!!

It's almost hysterical to watch people talk their friends out of moving to where I live, in Southern California. The convo's usually go a little something like this:


"Well, I'm thinking about moving to San Diego"

"Oh really!!??-- well you're crazy to want to do that!"

"Why?"

"Why do you think!?? Wildfires!!!!! Duh!!"

Yeah, well everybody knows that millions of Californians perish in wildfires every 13 seconds and, well those that aren't are falling into fault crevices Om Nom Nom!!

Retirees as a reason for not wanting to move to South Florida? Are you serious??!!??