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Adventurous-Aide664 t1_j6vbigr wrote

Wife and I moved to Florida in 2015. We enjoyed our time there but decided to come back for several reasons. The biggest thing was family, we have two kids now and everyone we know lives in CT. Aside from that though, the allure of Florida eventually wears away and you start seeing all the negatives. Terrible infrastructure with no real public transit anywhere in the state, underfunded schools with horribly unqualified teachers that seemingly get worse every year, and the low cost of living we enjoyed is no more since Florida is now one of the most expensive places to live.

Also, while I prefer warm weather generally, years of it always being hot wears on you. I am thankful for cool weather now. Finally, it's so darn flat and there are no real trails to enjoy.

There are some aspects that I'll miss about Florida but I'm happy to be home.

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SamuraiPanda19 t1_j6vuobc wrote

Route 19 in some parts of Florida makes 95 in Stamford look like kindergarten

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samuraisammich t1_j6wxcrb wrote

My wife and I have come to the exact same conclusions after a 5 year hiatus to the panhandle. Move back this year and have not looked back. All these CT snowbirds get there feathers all rustled when the topic comes up. It’s always the “really?!” In disbelief that we didn’t like it there.

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Welcome2FightClub t1_j6xftpg wrote

The CT bashers that have lived here their whole lives and never left are the most annoying people. They are always astonished that I didn't like it down there and take it as some personal offense on behalf of a place they've only vacationed. People who have never lived in Florida base they opinion on it from going to Miami Beach or Disney. I mean if I didn't have to wake up and go to work every day in some specific place I bet I would love it too.

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Adventurous-Aide664 t1_j6wxtwx wrote

It's funny they would get all up in arms when they're snowbirds and run away from Florida in the spring, summer and fall lol

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[deleted] OP t1_j6vceqh wrote

Where in FL did you live?

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Adventurous-Aide664 t1_j6vcptu wrote

Cape Coral

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carcadoodledo t1_j7fru6s wrote

Where? We were on SW 1st Place

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Adventurous-Aide664 t1_j7fsf0x wrote

Ha! That's too funny. Our house is near the intersection of Santa Barbara and Trafalgar.

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carcadoodledo t1_j7fsxo1 wrote

Up 40th, take a left and onto Santa Barbara. Be about a mile plus to you. Might go down and visit or Sox Spring Training but not even sure.

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Adventurous-Aide664 t1_j7ftxxv wrote

We kept our house to rent out so we'll be back fairly often but yeah, no chance we'll move back permanently

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carcadoodledo t1_j7g25xh wrote

Wish we could have kept the house but couldn’t afford 2 houses

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Adventurous-Aide664 t1_j7g3dhh wrote

We're renting ours out as a vacation rental so it's thankfully more than paid for.

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carcadoodledo t1_j7frrj8 wrote

Wife and I spent 15 years in that shithole state. Agreed with all your points. We have 3 kids who all live up here, family all in New England.

I’d add all the fake christians and terrible politics.

Lucky for us, we sold in May and made good money.

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Adventurous-Aide664 t1_j7fs9cx wrote

I had a neighbor that flew a flag on this ridiculously tall flagpole that said, "Fuck Biden and Fuck you too for voting for him" with a middle finger picture. For Christmas they had a baby Jesus nativity scene.

The dumbest most hateful people live in Florida.

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carcadoodledo t1_j7fttpu wrote

I’d just laugh at a neighbor. A “Christian” who loved Trump. The man grabbing women by the pu**y and who cheated on Wife #1 with #2, cheated on #2 with #3, etc…

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