Moving to Florida is the right choice

[Aqua Pro Builder]

so it seems.

What the hack, tomorrow's low in NYC is 14F!!!???

oddly, some veggie in the garden still alive:scratchch

 

[albano]

Moving to Florida is the right choice

:scratchch Just be careful!...the bright SUN may bleach your hair!!!!

 

[fishman1069]

I hate freaking Florida! Sure its warm but there is no work! If you are lucky enough to find work, they can fire you on the spot for no reason because its aa "right to work " state! Screw Florida!

 

[duke62]

:scratchch Just be careful!...the bright SUN may bleach your hair!!!!

LMFAO. It might seem like the right choice so did 10 of my friends and family. 9 are back and my cousins are trying to get back but cant sell there house.

 

[grknyer]

Wingo stop complaining and buy a jacket !!! Florida does suck!!! Only thing Florida is good for is maybe Disney and you can catch a cruise ship out of there. Come to think about it there is always Disneyland in Cali and you can fly to other ports of call in other states to cruise so Florida still sucks. :lol2:
Everybody I knew that ever went there either came back or went to another state. The ones that stayed fell so far into debt they cant leave.

 

[ducati335i]

Florida is only cool if you have a 1 million dollar home in a exclusive area.. Used to be a bit nicer.. It's turned to crap in the last 15 yrs IMO

 

[ducati335i]

I guess it's all relative

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I am still going to be in New York-just much less.

Real Estate is definitely a Son of The Beach, I don't think it will ever go up to their prior glory in the next 10(may be 20) years.

I feel that jobs are hard to find even though I am self-employed since college. I know I am hired to be my KTV's janitor and so is the position of CEO, CFO and COO(Chief Operation Officer-that is janitor again) LOL

may be I end up working part time in Sea World to talk to my friend dolphins, I used to hang out with dolphins when I was in Hong Kong Ocean Park.

 

[E.intheC]

they can fire you on the spot for no reason because its aa "right to work " state! Screw Florida!

That's how it is in NY too! :lol2: many states have these "laws".

 

[nanoreefer22]

That's how it is in NY too! :lol2: many states have these "laws".

:lol2: Stop being all HR-like on MR

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

I hate freaking Florida! Sure its warm but there is no work! If you are lucky enough to find work, they can fire you on the spot for no reason because its aa "right to work " state! Screw Florida!

I'm with you brotha!!! Florida is a haven for retired people who don't need jobs!! I went to Disney and I almost freaking died of a heat stroke!!! All cause of a rat!!!! And they don't even sell Poland spring water in Florida!!!! Screw Florida and the Everglades !!

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

And they don't even sell Poland spring water in Florida!!!!

because it's Nestle's water.

They sell Pepsi and Coke waters down there. The reps of the two companies are fighting to have their water in the appropriate fridge in my KTV :tongue1:

 

[CoralMeister]

I have a few houses in Florida.
NY sucks. One day its 10 and then next day its 55. Seriously the weather is outrageous.

Overall quality of life in Florida so much better

 

[fishman1069]

I have a few houses in Florida.
NY sucks. One day its 10 and then next day its 55. Seriously the weather is outrageous.

Overall quality of life in Florida so much better

I guess if you have it like that, then its not bad. Florida is not a.place.to go and make a living

 

[redseamax130d]

I was born and raised in Miami let me tell you I got out of there as fast as I could. You move to Florida when your 65 and sold your house. just to pay rent to a kid how's dad left him the house after he died. Last word DON'T MOVE TO FLORIDA

 

[House of Laughter]

I am still going to be in New York-just much less.

Real Estate is definitely a Son of The Beach, I don't think it will ever go up to their prior glory in the next 10(may be 20) years.

I feel that jobs are hard to find even though I am self-employed since college. I know I am hired to be my KTV's janitor and so is the position of CEO, CFO and COO(Chief Operation Officer-that is janitor again) LOL

may be I end up working part time in Sea World to talk to my friend dolphins, I used to hang out with dolphins when I was in Hong Kong Ocean Park.

and all this time I thought you were speaking Wingo - it's actually dolphin?

Hmmmm ... .

House

 

[DrCooper]

Moved to Miami and live on the beach! enjoy the winter boyz

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

If you have it already good then go , but don't go there and try to get it there!! That's all I'm saying and kids are more bored down in Florida so they tend to get into all types of trouble , ( a lot of people have told me this) and education is behind by at least a year in Florida compared to New York ( also know this from teachers I know that have lived in Florida) let em keep the oranges , I sip apple juice !!

 

[JimmyR1rider]

It's funny. On the most part its people that have never left this state for a good length of time- meaning years - say how bad Florida is. EVERY state has their downsides, some way more than others.

I've been to my fair share of states for months at a time and was in Texas for 3 1/2 years and when I got back in to town it felt nothing like it did when I left- not because I had changed but because the area did. More traffic, more headaches, higher costs and nothing more that you got for the higher costs that you got for less money and hassles back then. Those changes were all in 4 years not to mention the changes and price hikes in the 14 years since.

Remember when the midtown tunnel and the throgs neck and Whitestone were $2.50 to cross not $6.50? What about when the GWB was $6 not $12. I don't see any significant improvements to any of them to substantiate the costs. I don't see anything done to try to ease the trips. I still sit on the Cross Bronx for an hour and a half almost any time of the day to get to the George. Ive waited that long at 2am on a Sunday to cross that bridge. I've also seen the structures of those bridges and believe me they do the absolute minimum to keep those bridges standing. It's a lot of smoke and mirrors with the use of paint with SOME repairs.

I have friends that have been out of work for years and my one buddy just moved out- I let him stay with me for free until he got back on his feet after losing his job. It took him forever(a year and 8 months) to find new work and to save up enough to get back into an apartment of his own. Now if he had owned and not rented he would have been foreclosed on. So NY has all the same downfalls that people talk that Florida has except with higher costs. You can keep NY. I can't wait to relocate anywhere but here.(will be moving my mom to PA and taking are of her).

Most states have the same issues as Florida with the economy, housing markets(foreclosures) and the job markets. Only difference is that at least in Florida you can live on the beach and be separated from the hillbillies that live in land, here your stuck with the a-holes with no escape. Not to mention the wonderful NY attitudes. Gotta love it -fughettaboutit!!

Also anyone that defends NY to the hilt I guess likes to be ripped off, treated harshly by people working in establishments where they spend their money and deal with just absolute disregard for everything by people because in this state everyone is always right and will even after being proven by facts that they're wrong will still argue blindly grasping at straws to feel enough like they proved you wrong and them right and call the other person a moron- what other state has the cost of living we do here? MAYBE California, other than that- no where and we don't get nearly what we should for the taxes we pay and we can get the same stuff we get here for 1/3 the price anywhere else. I know it all goes together and balances out where the cost of living and pay you earn from state to state but if you have a pension on a NY rate which by the way you don't need to be 65 to have. I retired early but even if I retired normally with my job I could have retired anytime from the age of 44 on you can live happily without having to rely on the state at all. I can't say that for here. Everyone I know that retired normally still work because they have to to keep their life financially intact and to compensate for the increases of cost of living. My pension is kind of substantial for now- 5 years from now? Will be pretty damn good- 10 years from now? Will be good- 15 years from now? Will be moderate- 20 years from now? Ill be pinching pennies to survive and working somewhere that would hire a retired fireman that had t had any other training since the FD and has no schooling for a specilized skill other than fighting fires. In other words I'd be the one making you your plain bagel toasted with cream cheese in the mornings. In Florida or PA or many other states the house I'm going to buy will be paid off in 10-15 years and my pension will still support me easily going by the rate of cost hikes the states have experienced.

Also what other city has a mayor that has tried to outlaw sizes of the soft drinks your allowed to purchase at a restaurant? If someone's overweight(I fall into that category) you limiting me to what size Mountain Dew I can buy will do nothing to slim me down or to teach me good eating habits.

If you don't NEED to rely on the economy and job market AND don't mind relocating that far away there's very few states I'd 100% rather go to than Florida. Yes the heat is horrible in July and August but right now we'd all be wearing t shirts, not trying not to slip on ice and wearing heavy jackets. The thought of never owning a snow shovel or snow blower again is also a pretty nice one.

Sorry about the novel.

Just my .05

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

and all this time I thought you were speaking Wingo - it's actually dolphin?

Hmmmm ... .

House

Now you know. LOL