FierceAXboi said:
Isnt it nice to live in a beautiful community where the seasons change. Where when springs comes flowers bloom and when its halloween the leaves turn. Then the whole neighborhood goes out trick or treating. When for Christmas you get snow and go decorate your homes with neighbors. Where you can go for a trip into town and not have to worry about streets that are perfectly fine being fixed. Where you might have to worry about a occasional snow storm but nothing like a 110mph hurricane that will leave you without power for weeks. A place where your insurace and taxes are a normal and not astronomical.
The grass is always greener, LOL! We moved from MA to FL last year, and I'd NEVER move back. Let me address your comments above one by one:
<Isnt it nice to live in a beautiful community where the seasons change. Where when springs comes flowers bloom and when its halloween the leaves turn.>
Yes, it is. For like a week. That's how long those things last. In between, you have "mud season" in the "spring" that lasts for a month or more. Don't know what "mud season" is? Seriously, be glad. Those leaves sure do look pretty on the trees in the fall...again, for like a week. Like raking? I hope so! Oh, and once you're raking, the trees are bare for 9 months and the sky is gray for just about as long. Your friends don't come outside because it gets dark at 4:30 in the afternoon. Your spouse sits on the couch all weekend, staring at the walls 9 months a year. Depressing much?
<Then the whole neighborhood goes out trick or treating.>
My old neighborhood did, but a lot of times the kids had to wear their winter gear OVER their costumes. What fun
<When for Christmas you get snow and go decorate your homes with neighbors.>
Huh
IF anyone decorates, those decorations usually stay up past Easter. Who the heck wants to put up and take down decorations in the freezing cold? I've never seen so many decorations as I have in FL. People in MA don't decorate this way. It's way too cold to do that. FWIW, my old neighbors had icicle lights on their house...YEAR ROUND. That's not uncommon in New England
<Where you can go for a trip into town and not have to worry about streets that are perfectly fine being fixed.>
Sorry, but this happens everywhere. My old town was too broke to afford school buses for the kids, but yet they spent 3 years adding decorative pavers to the main street. Yeah, that was fun...and economical...NOT!!
<Where you might have to worry about a occasional snow storm but nothing like a 110mph hurricane that will leave you without power for weeks.>
Occasional? Only if you consider "occasional" to be weekly for 9 months a year. Snow and ice storms can cause long power outages too. Here is the difference. After a hurricaine, you will be hot and sweaty without power. It will be annoying and uncomfortable. After an ice storm, you will DIE without heat. We had a generator when we lived in MA. We didn't want to freeze to death in our own home.
<A place where your insurace and taxes are a normal and not astronomical.>
Again, this is everywhere. You have high insurance in FL. Well, other states have high INCOME TAXES along with high insurance and high property taxes. Car insurance in FL is low compared to other states. Yes, it's somewhat higher in Miami, but still not even close to what many people pay in NY, NJ, MA, etc. MA used to take 5.95% of our household income BEFORE we paid out our property taxes. Our homeowners was definitely lower there, but that didn't put a dent in how much extra we paid in taxes. Also, we have no gas bill for our house here in FL. That's a nice $400/month extra in our pocket!
Trust me, there are pros and cons to living everywhere. Have you given any thought to staying in FL but moving up the coast a bit? Our area is nowhere near as $$$ as South FL, and the quality-of-life here is great. You can always visit a cold climate for the "seasons". Either that, or try living in one for a year and see if it's really what you think it will be. Honestly, though, there is a reason that so many people are leaving those climates and flocking south...
Happy Holidays
I love the Orlando area, and would love to live there, but, financially I can't afford it right now, but its something to look forward too. Oh, and I have LIVED in Miami for 47 years!! BOY has it changed! 
