Originally Posted by
Forward lav
the A holes in Florida are not from Florida. The good news is they are east to spot. Just look for the Mets/Giants gear. There is a Ton of open space. Plus, central South Florida north of the glades is full of farms and country stuff to do. Not to mention incredible beaches and rivers; this is water sports country. If you can’t square the temps, then that’s a non starter. just like living in the northeast where it’s freezing most of the year with minimal daylight, you get used to it. Very used to it. I get cold below 75 degrees now. It is getting crowded and the cost of living has risen tremendously. I’m not sure where to go to isolate yourself from the last one, but at least we are free people.
As someone that has lived on or near the water in FL my entire life I cannot recommend the tri county area to anyone. We moved down here about 13 years ago from another part of the state and it has progressively gotten worse. We live in one of the couple great school districts but anywhere else get ready to pay up big for your children’s education.
It was always the most populous region of Florida but it has grown so much since Covid. I have no idea where the larger population is finding a place to live bc there is no more land. Ocean to the east and glades to the west. The constant cramped quarters has everyone on a short temper. It’s not just NYers. People are from everywhere and everyone has a bad attitude.
You used to be able to escape to the keys for some R and R but all the insurance money from Irma had all the small boater friendly inns remodeling and charging obscene prices with many no longer catering to boaters bc we don’t stay onsite during the day spending money. The northern keys have turned into an extension of Miami with loud music, bad attitudes, drunks, jet skis, and people throwing trash everywhere.
Boating north of Miami and south of palm beach is mostly nonexistent inshore and the ditch once again is filled with drunks that have no idea how to operate a vessel. Offshore the water is beautiful but aside from the extremely hot months the wind blows a lot down here making going offshore with kids somewhere between pretty uncomfortable to very unsafe much of the year. If you have a boat that costs as much as the median America home with more mx costs then yes the Bahamas past Bimini are in reach but it won’t be cheap. Bimini just like the northern keys is now Miami east. Let’s not even talk about how bad bad the fishing has become bc of the overfishing, population growth, and criminal pollution runoff from sugar country.
Non of this is hyperbole. Come see for yourself. A few of the nice folks that moved into my neighborhood from their commi states during Covid are having major buyers remorse. They moved in for the great schools and paid up for a small house. Without a boat, which may not be worth it anyway for reasons above, and golf being miserably hot much of the year, they are wondering if the juice is worth the squeeze and I can’t argue with them honestly.
Right now FLL is our “fortress” base at spirit and does offer the most in scheduling options and flexibility because of its size. That and buying in a very low price in a good school district are the only things keeping us here but we are seriously considering and looking at options upstate or out of state.