I'm Moving Back to DC from Florida

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In mid 2016 I was forced to job hunt as my job was being eliminated 12-31-2017. I have a wife and three kids and was 54 and wife 52.
I worked in NYC and wife and I life long NY people who never thought we would move.

My two job offers was DMV area or Florida. Both place were paying a relocation package and both paid for wife and kids to come visit and an afternoon with realtor.

Florida was August in a heat wave and a flight, it really empties out in summer. But we saw some nice houses. My wife saw a 850k house she liked. But Florida the heat and fact of laid off how would I find another job.

We visited DC, much shorter trip, company paid for Acela and we stayed in Foggy Bottom. Wife picked out an area around Bethesda/Potomac. She could not stomach VA as too much traffic and too Southern.

Now she is a bit used to it and VA or more south she would be ok.

Guess what after three years and two months did get laid off in DC and guess what did manage to find a new job. In Florida no way.

Your wife sounds like an idiot if she thinks there really is a huge difference between Potomac/McLean and Bethesda/Arlington,

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In mid 2016 I was forced to job hunt as my job was being eliminated 12-31-2017. I have a wife and three kids and was 54 and wife 52.
I worked in NYC and wife and I life long NY people who never thought we would move.

My two job offers was DMV area or Florida. Both place were paying a relocation package and both paid for wife and kids to come visit and an afternoon with realtor.

Florida was August in a heat wave and a flight, it really empties out in summer. But we saw some nice houses. My wife saw a 850k house she liked. But Florida the heat and fact of laid off how would I find another job.

We visited DC, much shorter trip, company paid for Acela and we stayed in Foggy Bottom. Wife picked out an area around Bethesda/Potomac. She could not stomach VA as too much traffic and too Southern.

Now she is a bit used to it and VA or more south she would be ok.

Guess what after three years and two months did get laid off in DC and guess what did manage to find a new job. In Florida no way.

Your wife sounds like an idiot if she thinks there really is a huge difference between Potomac/McLean and Bethesda/Arlington,

I must be an idiot too as I agree with his wife.

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Anonymous wrote:Odd post. My husband and I moved to DC from NYC and I was unhappy for 8 years. We moved to Florida in November, both work from home and are extremely happy. Maybe don't make blanket statements about a whole state when you lived in one area. Or work on getting a guy.

You have only lived in Florida since November. Check back after missing all four seasons.

Different poster. I've lived in Florida for five years. We also both work from home. Summer is terrible here - but it was awful in DC, too, and at least it cools down at night in Florida unlike in DC. Would MUCH rather be here than DC - and I liked DC well enough.

Though COVID is challenging my love for this state....

How afraid do you feel in your daily life? Grocery shopping and all right now?

We can do an s/o if you want. Basically, it is pretty scary right now! My husband and I both work from home, and don't have kids, so we are able to navigate this more easily than many other people (knock wood a million times). But we don't go shopping at the big grocery stores. We don't go to Target. I usually shop at a small, uncrowded gourmet market once a week to pick up some bread and vegetabies, but most food we get from Instacart. We do takeout, we don't eat at restaurants. A couple of times, we had friends in our backyard for open-air dinner - but now that the numbers are back up again, we aren't doing that.

I got out for about two hours of walks a day, even in the heat of summer. That helps keep me feeling sane. But life is very limited right now. Luckily we have a comfortable home and like each other, and have Netflix. I won't get to come up north anytime soon, and won't be seeing my elderly parents or (soon to be) newborn niece or beloved nephew this year, I imagine. That is very hard. But like everyone, I am trying to keep my head steady and remind myself this (hopefully) isn't forever.

I live in a very blue city so there are Biden signs all over the place, which probably makes me feel more reassured that at least we could have political change soon.

Thank you for answering! I suppose even if you wear a mask, people close that do not wear masks indoors would be scary right now.

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Anonymous wrote:Odd post. My husband and I moved to DC from NYC and I was unhappy for 8 years. We moved to Florida in November, both work from home and are extremely happy. Maybe don't make blanket statements about a whole state when you lived in one area. Or work on getting a guy.

You have only lived in Florida since November. Check back after missing all four seasons.

Different poster. I've lived in Florida for five years. We also both work from home. Summer is terrible here - but it was awful in DC, too, and at least it cools down at night in Florida unlike in DC. Would MUCH rather be here than DC - and I liked DC well enough.

Though COVID is challenging my love for this state....

How afraid do you feel in your daily life? Grocery shopping and all right now?

We can do an s/o if you want. Basically, it is pretty scary right now! My husband and I both work from home, and don't have kids, so we are able to navigate this more easily than many other people (knock wood a million times). But we don't go shopping at the big grocery stores. We don't go to Target. I usually shop at a small, uncrowded gourmet market once a week to pick up some bread and vegetabies, but most food we get from Instacart. We do takeout, we don't eat at restaurants. A couple of times, we had friends in our backyard for open-air dinner - but now that the numbers are back up again, we aren't doing that.

I got out for about two hours of walks a day, even in the heat of summer. That helps keep me feeling sane. But life is very limited right now. Luckily we have a comfortable home and like each other, and have Netflix. I won't get to come up north anytime soon, and won't be seeing my elderly parents or (soon to be) newborn niece or beloved nephew this year, I imagine. That is very hard. But like everyone, I am trying to keep my head steady and remind myself this (hopefully) isn't forever.

I live in a very blue city so there are Biden signs all over the place, which probably makes me feel more reassured that at least we could have political change soon.

Thank you for answering! I suppose even if you wear a mask, people close that do not wear masks indoors would be scary right now.

Honestly, given how much this virus is raging through the state, I don't feel comfortable inside even when people are wearing masks now. My city has a mask ordinance and people are pretty compliant, at least.

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Anonymous wrote:Odd post. My husband and I moved to DC from NYC and I was unhappy for 8 years. We moved to Florida in November, both work from home and are extremely happy. Maybe don't make blanket statements about a whole state when you lived in one area. Or work on getting a guy.

You have only lived in Florida since November. Check back after missing all four seasons.

Different poster. I've lived in Florida for five years. We also both work from home. Summer is terrible here - but it was awful in DC, too, and at least it cools down at night in Florida unlike in DC. Would MUCH rather be here than DC - and I liked DC well enough.

Though COVID is challenging my love for this state....

How afraid do you feel in your daily life? Grocery shopping and all right now?

We can do an s/o if you want. Basically, it is pretty scary right now! My husband and I both work from home, and don't have kids, so we are able to navigate this more easily than many other people (knock wood a million times). But we don't go shopping at the big grocery stores. We don't go to Target. I usually shop at a small, uncrowded gourmet market once a week to pick up some bread and vegetabies, but most food we get from Instacart. We do takeout, we don't eat at restaurants. A couple of times, we had friends in our backyard for open-air dinner - but now that the numbers are back up again, we aren't doing that.

I got out for about two hours of walks a day, even in the heat of summer. That helps keep me feeling sane. But life is very limited right now. Luckily we have a comfortable home and like each other, and have Netflix. I won't get to come up north anytime soon, and won't be seeing my elderly parents or (soon to be) newborn niece or beloved nephew this year, I imagine. That is very hard. But like everyone, I am trying to keep my head steady and remind myself this (hopefully) isn't forever.

I live in a very blue city so there are Biden signs all over the place, which probably makes me feel more reassured that at least we could have political change soon.

Thank you for answering! I suppose even if you wear a mask, people close that do not wear masks indoors would be scary right now.

Honestly, given how much this virus is raging through the state, I don't feel comfortable inside even when people are wearing masks now. My city has a mask ordinance and people are pretty compliant, at least.

I just had to add that I live in Florida and many people do not care and don't wear masks. Crowded beaches, sports games, tourist spots filled to the brim with people rubbing shoulders everywhere down here. It really is another world in parts of Florida.

[Anonymous]

Palm beach is such a weird area. I had a job offer there years ago. The clear distinction between extreme wealth and lower class was very distinct. I also couldn’t find any place to live reasonably priced, as many places are age restricted to 55+. Plus my car insurance was quoted as 4x as much as Maryland. It ended up not being worth the move.

[Anonymous]

We moved a year and half ago from DC area (Lived in Arlington then Falls church for 5 years). Didn’t really like DC. Moved back to Florida. I am from st Pete but we moved to Orlando. We love it. Feel that our quality of life is way higher here. I work in healthcare so I have job security no matter where I live. The trump crowd are annoying, but overall feel like it’s great! Cases of Covid are crazy because some people don’t want to wear a mask or take precautions. We don’t spend time with those people and are responsible with our precautions. You people are hysterical and act like it’s a war zone! Just follow the mandates and you’ll be fine.

[Anonymous]

Goin' back to DC, to DC, to DC...

[Anonymous]

We plan to retire to Florida. Love the lifestyle there. Yes, summers are HOT. So we will be snowbirds.

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Anonymous wrote:Coming back to MD is a dumb idea. You’ll be going from a state with NO income taxes, to a state with some of the highest.

Believe it or not, some people don’t live their lives according to tax burden

Yes. They are the adults who understand that public services aren't free. And most of us aren’t amoral greedhead sociopaths

FIFY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I should add that I don't think Florida is a great place for retirees, either. Even with a lot of money, you're dealing with traffic and more and more rude people.

They’re rude because they migrated from New York!

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I should add that I don't think Florida is a great place for retirees, either. Even with a lot of money, you're dealing with traffic and more and more rude people.

They’re rude because they migrated from New York!

OP here. I am from the midwest. I had a neighbor from NYC. She was a retired nurse. She was awesome. I had another neighbor who was retired from Boston. He was great, too. The key is they are retired.

I don't like Orlando because of the people.

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Anonymous wrote:Odd post. My husband and I moved to DC from NYC and I was unhappy for 8 years. We moved to Florida in November, both work from home and are extremely happy. Maybe don't make blanket statements about a whole state when you lived in one area. Or work on getting a guy.

You have only lived in Florida since November. Check back after missing all four seasons.

Different poster. I've lived in Florida for five years. We also both work from home. Summer is terrible here - but it was awful in DC, too, and at least it cools down at night in Florida unlike in DC. Would MUCH rather be here than DC - and I liked DC well enough.

Though COVID is challenging my love for this state....

How afraid do you feel in your daily life? Grocery shopping and all right now?

I'm a different poster. I live in the Tampa Bay area. I work with the public in an essential job. I'm not afraid. That's not what I feel. I'm VERY cautious.

I go to the grocery store once a week, no drop ins to here or there. Takeout or drivethrough only. No parties, games, theme parks, zoos, kid play places, ect. I mask in public. So I pretty much go to work, stay home and occasionally venture to my inlaws pool with dh and kids while they sit several feet away on the patio. My church is online.

I'm upset that I can't go up north for vacation-but we'll stay in FL and do a socially distant vacation.