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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've lived in Sarasota since 2020 and absolutely love it.  I do not find any of these anecdotal comments to be true for me.  I cannot even imagine why anyone would prefer living in central Florida vs the gulf coast.  I left during Ian for a few days because it was supposedly heading right for us.  When I came back I found out the power never even when out in my community.  There was some tree damage and landscaping debris to clean up.  [b]It was nothing especially compared to Ft. Myers 100 miles south.[/b]

Like the OP I came from NoVa and I do not miss that scene at all.  It's a nice place to visit, that's all.  The people I've met here are great, my life here is great, there is a lot of traffic during snowbird season but it's a lot better than DC area traffic.  Traffic in central Florida, especially I-4, is pretty much awful all year round.[/quote]

Hurricane Ian just missed you by 100 miles. Next year, there will be another hurricane. I wouldn't be so smug that it didn't affect you.

When I lived in Sarasota, I loved driving to Ft. Myers. I loved going to Englewood to Manasota Keys.

Traffic on I4 isn't horrendous except around WDW. I never drove when I lived in the DMV so I didn't spend that much time in traffic there by comparison. I'm sure it's worse in the DMV. That's not the point. When people from the DMV and NYC and Philly move to Florida, they bring they're driving and honking habits with them.

Sarasota used to be a place where mostly Midwesterners lived. It's changed in the last few years. [/quote]

I'm not being smug, I'm being grateful.  Also, people on DCUM seem to think hurricanes smash into every community in FL yearly while that is obviously not the case.  I lived on the east coast of FL for 6 years and now the SW coast for 3 and the worst hurricane I have ever experienced myself was when I lived in NoVa, a tree fell on my house and the streets were flooded.  
Sarasota has not suffered a direct hit from a hurricane in 63 years and has never even experienced sustained hurricane force winds according to The Weather Channel.

I go between Sarasota and Orlando regularly and traffic on I4 is horrendous most of the time, sometimes near Lakeland, sometimes near downtown Orlando, always near the parks, unless you drive late at night which I often do.

In my Sarasota community there are people from many areas of the country including the midwest but also north east and and other parts of the country.  I find most people I meet here are delightful whether they are transplants, locals or snowbirds.[/quote]

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