Florida is awesome (Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa: 2015, hotels, homes)

[chiluvr1228]

It's not that - it's the whole processing of selling your current home and finding another one where you want to live. And now is certainly a great time to sell, not so great to buy. I have found the older I get, the more easily overwhelmed I become. Plus, in my case I still have some family here. I'm visiting my son in Colorado next month and maybe getting away from the heat & humidity for awhile will be good for me.

[Huasho]

Originally Posted by chiluvr1228

It's not that - it's the whole processing of selling your current home and finding another one where you want to live. And now is certainly a great time to sell, not so great to buy. I have found the older I get, the more easily overwhelmed I become. Plus, in my case I still have some family here. I'm visiting my son in Colorado next month and maybe getting away from the heat & humidity for awhile will be good for me.

I hope I am dead BEFORE having to move....Damm what a nightmare that is . . . .

[MarcBetrus]

I agree with the OP about Florida. I think it's a great state as well.
There's always going to be triggered Nancys that cry over someones wording. It is what it is!
I'm glad the OP has found their little slice of heaven though...

[JPrzybylski07]

Originally Posted by MarcBetrus

I agree with the OP about Florida. I think it's a great state as well.
There's always going to be triggered Nancys that cry over someones wording. It is what it is!
I'm glad the OP has found their little slice of heaven though...

OP doesn’t just think Southwest Florida is great, he thinks it puts ALL other places to shame.

Instead of OP saying something like “SWFL is hard to beat” or “SWFL checks the most boxes for my personal self” he objectively said it PUTS ALL OTHER PLACES TO SHAME!!

OP sounds very educated and well traveled indeed, the fact the entire world wouldn’t want to live in SWFL is mind boggling!

Beautiful Sedona Arizona where I’m currently at? Yuck!! Greece or Italy Islands? Nope. Costal California? Just a shame. Private beach front home in Hawaii, still just a shame compared to Cape Coral... Thinking about buying a cabin in Aspen or Telluride Colorado, Well don’t, buy a cabin on the outskirts of North Fort Myers instead because SWFL puts every single other place in the world to shame, and the word shame being used is a nice way to put it.

[nhkev]

Originally Posted by JPrzybylski07

OP doesn’t just think Southwest Florida is great, he thinks it puts ALL other places to shame.

Instead of OP saying something like “SWFL is hard to beat” or “SWFL checks the most boxes for my personal self” he objectively said it PUTS ALL OTHER PLACES TO SHAME!!

OP sounds very educated and well traveled indeed, the fact the entire world wouldn’t want to live in SWFL is mind boggling!

Beautiful Sedona Arizona where I’m currently at? Yuck!! Greece or Italy Islands? Nope. Costal California? Just a shame. Private beach front home in Hawaii, still just a shame compared to Cape Coral... Thinking about buying a cabin in Aspen or Telluride Colorado, Well don’t, buy a cabin on the outskirts of North Fort Myers instead because SWFL puts every single other place in the world to shame, and the word shame being used is a nice way to put it.

it is just their opinion. most of which I share. I would rather be on the beach at Cayo Costa, eating a cheeseburger at cabbage key, fishing out in the gulf and bringing home my fresh catch for dinner than doing just about anything else. Have absolutely no desire to go to or back to any of the places you mentioned. I am a water person, a warm water person. Most places you mentioned would be living hell to me. but to each their own.

[MarcBetrus]

Originally Posted by JPrzybylski07

OP doesn’t just think Southwest Florida is great, he thinks it puts ALL other places to shame.

Instead of OP saying something like “SWFL is hard to beat” or “SWFL checks the most boxes for my personal self” he objectively said it PUTS ALL OTHER PLACES TO SHAME!!

OP sounds very educated and well traveled indeed, the fact the entire world wouldn’t want to live in SWFL is mind boggling!

Beautiful Sedona Arizona where I’m currently at? Yuck!! Greece or Italy Islands? Nope. Costal California? Just a shame. Private beach front home in Hawaii, still just a shame compared to Cape Coral... Thinking about buying a cabin in Aspen or Telluride Colorado, Well don’t, buy a cabin on the outskirts of North Fort Myers instead because SWFL puts every single other place in the world to shame, and the word shame being used is a nice way to put it.

You're exactly what I was referring to. -- You're triggered AF over his wording...lool. Him thinking that SW Florida puts the rest of the world to shame is STILL an opinion, whether you like it or not.
So congratulations: you just typed up a novel that perfectly displays how triggered you get over a persons wording... This is hilarious...loool..

[JPrzybylski07]

Originally Posted by MarcBetrus

You're exactly what I was referring to. -- You're triggered AF over his wording...lool. Him thinking that SW Florida puts the rest of the world to shame is STILL an opinion, whether you like it or not.
So congratulations: you just typed up a novel that perfectly displays how triggered you get over a persons wording... This is hilarious...loool..

It’s not hilarious, words are important and have consequences. Especially on a forum. OP is probably a fake troll. No well read and traveled person says stuff like OP.

Side note to everyone else, just spent the week checking some of the beaches here in the panhandle, and they were even better then I ever expected. Amazing how big Florida really is, as the panhandle was one of the last areas of Florida I haven’t explored till now. The beaches have a much more natural feel then most the beaches in the south. Definitely recommend checking it out up here, just not during Dec-Feb, too cold.

[beach43ofus]

I can live just about anywhere I please. I live in Florida. It's not perfect, no place is, so I tried to get as a close as I could.

I left FLA 2x before, & tried other states, but each time, I couldn't wait to return. After the 2nd time I left, it took me 20 yrs to get back, which makes me appreciate it even more.

If FLA had California's weather, & wasn't so flat, then it would be closer to perfect. It's getting crowded too.

For some context, prior to Florida, I lived in: GA, OH, MO, IL, AL, MI, NY

I've been in every state in the USA except Alaska (going June 2022)

I've been to Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Western Europe, & Canada

I like Florida so much, its killed my enthusiasm for travel elsewhere.

[ExNooYawk2]

Originally Posted by Huasho

I hope I am dead BEFORE having to move....Damm what a nightmare that is . . . .

Now, that's funny. Better dead than moved.

[cjs123]

Originally Posted by JPrzybylski07

It’s not hilarious, words are important and have consequences. Especially on a forum. OP is probably a fake troll. No well read and traveled person says stuff like OP

Relax...take Sominex...