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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In a word:  don't.  Retiring in Florida is so cliche.  And Florida sucks.[/quote]

But sun, sand and most importantly no state taxes.[/quote]

I know it's popular to hate on Florida, but it's actually pretty nice living here. We live in Orlando, making it pretty close to both sides for beaches, and I was just so pleasantly surprised by how friendly people are here. Yeah, our governor sucks, but a lot of places can say that.[/quote]

Fellow Floridian! I’m from Winter Springs. My childhood was so totally normal and suburban,[b] I never really got where all of these “Florida sucks” people are coming from[/b]. Yes, there are places that are pretty republican but there’s also a lot of liberals here too. Pretty boring but nothing too crazy. I remember a great science museum and lots of cool art museums. [/quote]

We go to Winter Springs a decent amount for our daughter's softball games! 
For the bolded - They vacation here but never really get to know the place is my guess. 
I can joke about it, but I find I defend it more because there are some really amazing people here. I have never lived anywhere with the sense of community I have here. I have commented before that it surprised me as much as anybody, so on some level I get the sentiments - if I only had our trip to Disney when my daughter was 5 to go on about whether I'd live here, I'd pass, too. But thankfully we didn't make a major life decision based on our visit to a theme park. [/quote]

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