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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Between the governor, the sticky heat, and the volatile weather, what's the appeal? Enlighten me.[/quote] 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. [/quote] I mean almost any coastal area has those same amenities, though only the wealthiest have clay tennis courts. You can pretend you can swim year round, but from May-Oct, the heat, humidity is relentless and afternoon thunderstorms every day. The ocean in Miami is 100F! There is no outdoor relief. There are really two Floridas — walkable to the beach and the scrub. Most of Florida is the scrub, but if you can isolate yourself from it and it’s residents, you can build a nice life. That means gated community (25 clay courts, that’s a giveaway), private school, probably having someone do your shopping and errands [/quote] PP here. Not a gated community. The tennis courts are public! One kid in private, the other in a diverse public magnet. July-August heat is unpleasant, but still play tennis and swim almost every night. While I believe that one can make a good life anywhere, FL makes it easier than most places.[/quote] Public clay courts are far from the norm. Are you in Naples near Ashe? Clay courts are crazy expensive to maintain. In general public facilities and services in Florida are terrible. That’s part why you are in private id you don’t make a magnet. You just be part lizard to think July- August is only unpleasant heat. That just doesn’t make any sense — I grew up there and last months of school were torture. The bugs, the snakes, the humidity, there’s a reason it was empty until AC was invented. Don’t fool people. With humidity it doesn’t really cool off at night, so your night tennis is still in the 80s with 90% humidity. [/quote] I live in St Pete and it really does cool off at night. Our public parks and facilities are wonderful here, too. The politics of the state is infuriating - our local politics much less so. Summers are rough. Hurricanes are rough. Nov-May are wonderful. Basically we trade terrible winters for terrible (long) summers - but you guys get awful summers in DC, too. It's part of why I decided I could live with summer in Florida - it's honestly not much worse than what we lived through in DC, and it generally does cool off more here at night, at least where we live. I'd never try to convince someone to give Florida a shot if they don't want to. Plenty of reason not to come here, that's for sure. But we've found a place where we really feel at home, have lots to do, great access to a lot of natural beauty, the whole thing. It's gotten very expensive since we moved here - secret's out, I guess - but when we got here, housing was very affordable, still, and so we were able to buy a house in a neighborhood we love, for a very manageable amount of money. Like I said, it's gotten a lot more expensive since, so I suppose that reason for coming here is off the table. [/quote] I agree that DC weather is miserable- humid summer with no beach nearby; fall time is decent and spring time. I don't like cold and am dreaming of warmer climate like Florida. I couldn't live anywhere more north of Washington DC. But Florida has gotten so expensive. I'm dreaming to have a small house somewhere in Florida to escape winter months when I retire.[/quote]
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