Why do people like Florida?

[Anonymous]

Not a huge Florida fan, but the beaches along the Gulf are some of the most beautiful in the world. So there's that.

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“Two “crazy” dads have been charged with attempted murder after allegedly opening fire and hitting each other’s daughters in a terrifying road-rage gun battle in Florida, authorities said.

Strangers William Hale, 35, and Frank Allison, 43, shot at each other’s vehicles with semi-automatic handguns during a high-speed “cat and mouse” chase late Saturday — and were finally busted when they got out and started brawling on the highway, according to cops.”

One of the dads was shirtless when they pulled him over. Savages.

https://nypost.com/2022/10/12/dads-shoot-young-girls-in-florida-road-rage-gun-battle/

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Anonymous wrote:“Two “crazy” dads have been charged with attempted murder after allegedly opening fire and hitting each other’s daughters in a terrifying road-rage gun battle in Florida, authorities said.

Strangers William Hale, 35, and Frank Allison, 43, shot at each other’s vehicles with semi-automatic handguns during a high-speed “cat and mouse” chase late Saturday — and were finally busted when they got out and started brawling on the highway, according to cops.”

One of the dads was shirtless when they pulled him over. Savages.

https://nypost.com/2022/10/12/dads-shoot-young-girls-in-florida-road-rage-gun-battle/

Florida's violent crime rate sits a little bit below the national average. It's slightly safer than Maryland, more dangerous than Virginia, and a lot safer than DC.

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Anonymous wrote:If Florida had an income tax maybe they’d have more hurricane-proof infrastructure and hurricane responsiveness. Instead of begging for FEMA after voting against it for other states.

Structures built after hurricane Andrew did much better during hurricane Ian. We have some of the strongest building codes to protect new structures against wind damage during hurricanes.

We also lead in laws protecting senior citizens in nursing homes.

[Anonymous]

Why are all these floridians on a DC based board? So weird. Shouldn't you be collecting shells or something?

[Anonymous]

NP, also agree with OP.

Florida is a swampy hellhole. I have absolutely no idea why anyone would choose to live their of their own volition.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are all these floridians on a DC based board? So weird. Shouldn't you be collecting shells or something?

Lots of people have friends and family all over the country. Plenty of other people (like me) have lived in several different places (like Florida).

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Anonymous wrote:NP, also agree with OP.

Florida is a swampy hellhole. I have absolutely no idea why anyone would choose to live their of their own volition.

Your parochialism is kind of a you problem.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to say the unpopular thing that I know many have privately thought.
We were miserable in DC during the pandemic. Schools closed, rec space and playgrounds shuttered, challenges of winter, businesses and people closing and leaving.
Many Floridians had the CHOICE of getting kids back to in person school quickly, living relatively normal lives, not being cooped up inside during cold weather.

My best friend in Ft Lauderdale had her kids back in person school by Fall 2020, was able to live pretty normally, and was vaccinated 2 months before we were able to get appts in DC. We lived on different planets. I was jealous. We all ended up in the same place- vaxxed and boosted. Yet the road to get there was so vastly different.


There is no prize for being more miserable...

This. DC is ground zero for political identity liberals. They're livid that people want to move to a state even though DeSantis is Governor. The fact is he got it right and DC and other blue states got it wrong. Now the DMV has an entire generation of public school kids with trauma and burnt out parents (mostly moms), but the progressives refuse to admit it. So they start stupid threads like this and scream at everyone who said eff it I'm moving to Florida.

[Anonymous]

Nice people and close to the ocean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are all these floridians on a DC based board? So weird. Shouldn't you be collecting shells or something?

Because some of us like to know what’s happening in the rest of the country and how other people think.

Unlike you, obviously.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to say the unpopular thing that I know many have privately thought.
We were miserable in DC during the pandemic. Schools closed, rec space and playgrounds shuttered, challenges of winter, businesses and people closing and leaving.
Many Floridians had the CHOICE of getting kids back to in person school quickly, living relatively normal lives, not being cooped up inside during cold weather.

My best friend in Ft Lauderdale had her kids back in person school by Fall 2020, was able to live pretty normally, and was vaccinated 2 months before we were able to get appts in DC. We lived on different planets. I was jealous. We all ended up in the same place- vaxxed and boosted. Yet the road to get there was so vastly different.


There is no prize for being more miserable...

This. DC is ground zero for political identity liberals. They're livid that people want to move to a state even though DeSantis is Governor. The fact is he got it right and DC and other blue states got it wrong. Now the DMV has an entire generation of public school kids with trauma and burnt out parents (mostly moms), but the progressives refuse to admit it. So they start stupid threads like this and scream at everyone who said eff it I'm moving to Florida.

I remember taking my kids down to see my folks for Christmas of 2020. We got off the plane, and didn't see more than a handful of masks the week we were down there. Everything was open, kids had been in school all fall, with few, if any, restrictions. Everyone was basically living like it was 2019. It was like a different world compared to our NW neighborhood where people where other people (not us) were still wearing masks outdoors.

When we flew back, it was like coming back to some dystopian hellscape full of beaten down, scared, people.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine living in a place with no seasons.

I can't imagine ever wanting to live in a place again with winter. Nice to visit for a few days. But never having to deal with ice, snow, coats, gloves, etc. Heaven

To each their own.

I'll take a glistening coat of snow and getting cozy by the fire and hot cocoa, and appreciating the spring and summer warmth when it arrives, then getting out in the fall colored leaves and pumpkin patches.
You can have the hurricanes.

... that's what you're getting in DC? A "glistening coat of snow" then "summer warmth" that you'd write odes to?

I just laughed out loud. replace glistening with "black oily tire slush"

"black oily tire slush" is a million steps up from FL.

Just as all of the DMV is not covered in rats and homeless tent cities, Florida is not 1 single place. Watercolor, Sarasota, Gainesville, Miami, Anna Maria Island. Logan Circle, Annandale, Pimmit Hills, Burke. All very different places.

And yet, so many of the very people bashing continue to vacation and escape to various parts of Florida for holiday breaks year after year....

Still a cesspool of humanity.

The STD of America.

And yet, people continue to move there in flocks while many of the states you likely consider acceptable are the ones that are losing population. So...maybe it's just you

dp.

People flock to FL for various reasons:
1. it's cheaper, and that usually means that not as many people want to live there. In certain parts of FL, it's expensive. Why? Because people want to live there. But, it's still cheaper than places like DC or SF area. People who are priced out of SF or DC or LA move to cheaper areas, like FL or TX. But, you might want to check out which parts of FL or TX people are moving to. It's not the deep red areas. So, it's not really about politics as much as it is about cost.

2. Lots of retirees want warmer climate year round. I've been to FL in the summer, and holy h3ll, it felt like h3ll. I could not live there year round. But, I am seeing with my ILs that as people get really old, like 70s+, they feel cold all the time, and they can tolerate the heat and humidity more. So, retirees move to FL for the weather.

3. some move because the job is there, though, I know several people who have moved out of FL because they either hated it and got a job elsewhere or they could go remote, so they left FL because of the schools. I don't know exactly what school in FL their kids went to, but I know where they moved to around here, and that school district is considered very good.


For me, I'm self employed so I need access to good private insurance. I priced out what it would cost in FL vs where I live now, and it's waaay more expensive in FL. Almost double.

Some people don't mind paying higher taxes if they can get better quality services, like better schools, roads, parks and recs and whatnot. So, it's now always about lower taxes.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to say the unpopular thing that I know many have privately thought.
We were miserable in DC during the pandemic. Schools closed, rec space and playgrounds shuttered, challenges of winter, businesses and people closing and leaving.
Many Floridians had the CHOICE of getting kids back to in person school quickly, living relatively normal lives, not being cooped up inside during cold weather.

My best friend in Ft Lauderdale had her kids back in person school by Fall 2020, was able to live pretty normally, and was vaccinated 2 months before we were able to get appts in DC. We lived on different planets. I was jealous. We all ended up in the same place- vaxxed and boosted. Yet the road to get there was so vastly different.


There is no prize for being more miserable...

This. DC is ground zero for political identity liberals. They're livid that people want to move to a state even though DeSantis is Governor. The fact is he got it right and DC and other blue states got it wrong. Now the DMV has an entire generation of public school kids with trauma and burnt out parents (mostly moms), but the progressives refuse to admit it. So they start stupid threads like this and scream at everyone who said eff it I'm moving to Florida.

I remember taking my kids down to see my folks for Christmas of 2020. We got off the plane, and didn't see more than a handful of masks the week we were down there. Everything was open, kids had been in school all fall, with few, if any, restrictions. Everyone was basically living like it was 2019. It was like a different world compared to our NW neighborhood where people where other people (not us) were still wearing masks outdoors.

When we flew back, it was like coming back to some dystopian hellscape full of beaten down, scared, people.

I despise the mask mandate but please. You need therapy if that's what you felt like.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to say the unpopular thing that I know many have privately thought.
We were miserable in DC during the pandemic. Schools closed, rec space and playgrounds shuttered, challenges of winter, businesses and people closing and leaving.
Many Floridians had the CHOICE of getting kids back to in person school quickly, living relatively normal lives, not being cooped up inside during cold weather.

My best friend in Ft Lauderdale had her kids back in person school by Fall 2020, was able to live pretty normally, and was vaccinated 2 months before we were able to get appts in DC. We lived on different planets. I was jealous. We all ended up in the same place- vaxxed and boosted. Yet the road to get there was so vastly different.


There is no prize for being more miserable...

This. DC is ground zero for political identity liberals. They're livid that people want to move to a state even though DeSantis is Governor. The fact is he got it right and DC and other blue states got it wrong. Now the DMV has an entire generation of public school kids with trauma and burnt out parents (mostly moms), but the progressives refuse to admit it. So they start stupid threads like this and scream at everyone who said eff it I'm moving to Florida.

I remember taking my kids down to see my folks for Christmas of 2020. We got off the plane, and didn't see more than a handful of masks the week we were down there. Everything was open, kids had been in school all fall, with few, if any, restrictions. Everyone was basically living like it was 2019. It was like a different world compared to our NW neighborhood where people where other people (not us) were still wearing masks outdoors.

When we flew back, it was like coming back to some dystopian hellscape full of beaten down, scared, people.

I despise the mask mandate but please. You need therapy if that's what you felt like.

People in this area, especially in places like NW DC and the close-in Maryland suburbs, went really deep into pandemic paranoia. By brother-in-law didn't let his family interact with anyone outside of their household for 18 months. Weirdos would scream at you for not wearing a mask at the park (well, they'd scream at my wife, not me. I'm a big guy). People around here got really, really weird.