What's the appeal of Florida?
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Anonymous
| Between the governor, the sticky heat, and the volatile weather, what's the appeal? Enlighten me. |
Anonymous
| I know what news channel you watch. Try actually going there and enlighten yourself. |
Anonymous
| The amusement parks, the beaches, the warmer weather, the tourist attractions, the ocean lifestyle, boating, ocean sports, tropical foliage, year round swimming, … |
Anonymous
| No car tax and no income tax. |
Anonymous
| Subtropical climate has appeal to many, like it or not. So does the ocean, beaches, and some of the most popular amusement parks on Earth. |
Anonymous
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If you go to the Florida forum you will find all the many answers to this question.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/legacy/forums/show/87.page |
Anonymous
Within a 10 minute drive, we have beautiful beaches, great kayaking and fishing, hiking and mountain biking trails, and 25 public clay tennis courts. We have a pool and glorious gardens in our backyard if I don’t feel like driving anywhere. We spend huge amounts of time outside and in/on the water. Far more than when we lived in DC. I can’t remember the last time I wore long pants or closed toe shoes. The biggest problem: which Gulfside restaurant should we choose for fish tacos tomorrow night? DeSantis can f*ck right off, but I enjoy this place. |
Anonymous
| Beaches, tropical foliage, beautiful architecture and warmer weather. |
Anonymous
| I like the vibe. Not sure else how to explain it. It is relaxed everywhere even though there are different cultural areas. |
Anonymous
| All of the things people above said pus low taxes. There’s no state income tax plus other taxes (such as property) are much lower than other states. I especially love the Keys. |
Anonymous
| If you or your home aren’t destroyed in a hurricane, there are beaches and Disney World. |
Anonymous
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I could never live in Florida.
I visited there a few years back & it was only in March yet you could cut the humidity in the air w/a knife! I visited Disneyworld + a week after I left, it was in the news that a little boy had been killed by an alligator 🐊 at the same hotel resort I had visited. So now I am deathly afraid of alligators and would never ever approach any body of water there. Plus the political climate in that state is so far removed from my own state (CA.) I could never exist in a state run by someone so stupid whose thinking is so far backward. |
Anonymous
| It was a place I had a bunch of relatives, and was allowed to move there to get out of My parents house. That was the entire appeal. I never went to Disney the entire four years I lived there, went to the beach twice, spent almost zero time outdoors because of the heat and humidity, but grew a lot closer with my grandfather, which is priceless. I otherwise hated it. |
Anonymous
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I think that many of the people moving to Florida probably grew up taking family beach vacations and Disney trips and are chasing the fantasy of a certain perceived lifestyle based on their fond memories of youth.
Unfortunately they will have to learn the hard way that Florida only offers a flimsy plaster stucco version of a good life and is actually a human cesspool built upon the rotting carcass of what was once a magnificent and uniquely beautiful jewel of nature. Florida is a shrine to human greed and soullessness. |
Anonymous
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I try not to go during hurricane season but I like the warmer weather there and it's drivable or a 2-2.5 hour flight which is the closest I can get that weather from the DMV.
To each his / her own - if you think it's too sticky of heat for you - go somewhere else. |