ducklite
<font color=teal>Take the Poly, it's fabulous!<br>
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I made the move into what was originally going to be a vacation home for a number of reasons. Sure it's beastly hot for about four months out of the year, but it's within a few degrees of the same temp and humidity of where I moved from (NJ) right now, and there are times that it's HOTTER in NJ than here! For me the appeal is green year round, palm trees out my door, and a more laid back attitude.
Let's see...flat. That's a joke. I'm 240 feet above sea level in the rolling hills of Lake County. Maybe you should visit it sometime, it's beautiful here.
It's no more economically challenged than many other states.
There are plenty of well paying jobs here in the medical, technical, legal, and other assorted fields. If you're a service worker here you're going to make the same as a service worker in Osh Kosh. Service workers just don't make much. There are as many opportunities for people here as anywhere, if not more.
Overpopulated? HAHAHA! Ever been to Bergen County NJ?
"Full of crackers and rednecks" What a nasty, racist comment! There are ignorant people everywhere--just watch a few episodes of COPS.
The crime rate in the town I live in now is about the same as where I lived before I moved here. You want high crime? Go hang out in Camden, NJ for a few hours.
Generally Poor schools--I'll give you that, FL schools leave much to be desired, although there are some outstanding schools here as well. We waited until our son graduated prior to moving.
Unresponsive government, I"m not sure about this either. We had a problem with something when we moved here, my husband sent an e-mail to our mayor's office and it was resolved by 10:00am the next business day! That was beyond responsive in our opinion. Additionally they went a step further and did something totally unneccessary to try to make up for our inconvience.
Tons of traffic--When was the last time you drove in DC, NYC, Philly, Chicago, Boston, LA, Dallas, St. Louis, etc. Yes, the traffic can be heavy, but no worse than in other major cities.
Poor mass transit--I can't speak for the rest of FL, but Orlando has a pretty well designed bus system.
Hurricanes--and if you live in CA you have earthquakes, New England gets Nor'Easters, Mid Atlantic also gets hurricanes (I was in Floyd in NJ a few years back), and the midwest gets tweisters. Face it, there are very few areas that never are affected by natural disasters.
Forest Fires--See above.
Anne
Let's see...flat. That's a joke. I'm 240 feet above sea level in the rolling hills of Lake County. Maybe you should visit it sometime, it's beautiful here.
It's no more economically challenged than many other states.
There are plenty of well paying jobs here in the medical, technical, legal, and other assorted fields. If you're a service worker here you're going to make the same as a service worker in Osh Kosh. Service workers just don't make much. There are as many opportunities for people here as anywhere, if not more.
Overpopulated? HAHAHA! Ever been to Bergen County NJ?
"Full of crackers and rednecks" What a nasty, racist comment! There are ignorant people everywhere--just watch a few episodes of COPS.
The crime rate in the town I live in now is about the same as where I lived before I moved here. You want high crime? Go hang out in Camden, NJ for a few hours.
Generally Poor schools--I'll give you that, FL schools leave much to be desired, although there are some outstanding schools here as well. We waited until our son graduated prior to moving.
Unresponsive government, I"m not sure about this either. We had a problem with something when we moved here, my husband sent an e-mail to our mayor's office and it was resolved by 10:00am the next business day! That was beyond responsive in our opinion. Additionally they went a step further and did something totally unneccessary to try to make up for our inconvience.
Tons of traffic--When was the last time you drove in DC, NYC, Philly, Chicago, Boston, LA, Dallas, St. Louis, etc. Yes, the traffic can be heavy, but no worse than in other major cities.
Poor mass transit--I can't speak for the rest of FL, but Orlando has a pretty well designed bus system.
Hurricanes--and if you live in CA you have earthquakes, New England gets Nor'Easters, Mid Atlantic also gets hurricanes (I was in Floyd in NJ a few years back), and the midwest gets tweisters. Face it, there are very few areas that never are affected by natural disasters.
Forest Fires--See above.
Anne
Anyone else remember Chubroach?? 
and then there's the culture, the nightlife..... 
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