Why am I not in Florida?
I just got back from a week long business trip in Miami. We are preparing to do business with the International Speedway Corp, and they were running the Toyota Indy 300 in Miami, along with some other races last week.
The ride back from the airport is way too depressing at this time of year - Hell, driving through Philly and Trenton sucks any time of the year. In 3 quick hours I went from blue and green to gray and brown. It's a real shocker.
It looks as though I'll be moving to Tampa or Melbourne (FL) in the next few months though. . . awesome.
The ride back from the airport is way too depressing at this time of year - Hell, driving through Philly and Trenton sucks any time of the year. In 3 quick hours I went from blue and green to gray and brown. It's a real shocker.
It looks as though I'll be moving to Tampa or Melbourne (FL) in the next few months though. . . awesome.
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- I want to try something different. I've lived in the Kansas City area my ENTIRE LIFE, and I kind of want to know what it's like living elsewhere in the country.
- There's a saying around here: If you don't like the weather, wait around a little while. It's bound to change. Well, I'm sick of cold. I dread winter every year as it approaches, and I can't wait for it to end once we're in it. I want warmth, baby!
- I love being near the water. Whenever I've visited places that are on a large body of water I've loved it. Kansas City has very few even remotely large bodies of water, and that sucks. In Florida, it'd be everywhere!
- I want to live away from my parents for a while. My parents are here in the area, and I want to not live near them for a while. I've found that the longer I'm away from them the more I love and miss them. I know that's sad, but I think I'd appreciate my parents if I didn't see them nearly as much.
- Now is the PERFECT time to venture out and try new things. I'm single, just starting my career, and don't have many deep roots where I am. If I want to try something different this is the best time to do it.
So we'll have to see what happens. I want to finish my second year at this job (coming up in August) and then I might seriously start looking south.I love the ocean, I love raging rivers, I love lakes.
I frickin' *HATE* humidity, and stagnant standing water - both of which outnumber the rest in NC.
I wanna go back to the NW. Wah.
Originally posted by CosmoNut
I honestly have considered moving to southern Florida. I have a few reasons for this:[list][*]I want to try something different. I've lived in the Kansas City area my ENTIRE LIFE, and I kind of want to know what it's like living elsewhere in the country.
Well, if you're thinking about moving to Miami then its not so much about living elsewhere in the country as it is about living in another country.
Edit: it's a balmy 73 degrees right now.
But I certainly won't mind the move. I'm one of those guys that can take heat much better than cold. I grew up in DC and I spent a few summers working on roofs. I can take the heat and humidity of a Florida summer. . . and the mosquitos. DC is a swamp too.
Originally posted by Kickaha
I frickin' *HATE* humidity, and stagnant standing water -
I was kinda wondering... do you think that France would buy back the state of Louisiana? Not the whole Louisiana Purchase, this is just a partial return of the resulting state. Terra Firma is at a major premium all the way from Houston to the Mississippi border.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
Actually, I'll be moving to Melbourne or Tampa, not Miami. That's where the 'ol job is taking me, so it's not actually by choice.
Oh...that side of the state.
1. It's hot as a mother f***er.
2. Everybody speaks Spanish.
3. It is going to sink into the ocean.
5. Termite capital of the World.
6. You have to spend huge money just to get an average sized home, stacked right on top of other average sized homes. Especially near the coastal areas.
7. Relatively high crime rates, even in "wealthy" areas.
8. Lots of elderly drivers waiting to run your ass over as you stroll down the sidewalk.
9. Large percentage of residents incapable of operating a punchcard ballot.
In short, Florida sucks. No offense to current residents, of course.
Originally posted by Ganondorf
Reasons not to live in Florida:
1. It's hot as a mother f***er.
2. Everybody speaks Spanish.
3. It is going to sink into the ocean.
4. STD capital of the World.
5. Termite capital of the World.
6. You have to spend huge money just to get an average sized home, stacked right on top of other average sized homes. Especially near the coastal areas.
7. Relatively high crime rates, even in "wealthy" areas.
8. Lots of elderly drivers waiting to run your ass over as you stroll down the sidewalk.
9. Large percentage of residents incapable of operating a punchcard ballot.
1: I like the heat. secondly, nine months out of twelve are awesome. In DC, 4 months out of the year DON'T SUCK. In Boston it's about the same. In the Midwest, all months out of the year suck.
5: Termites can't eat concrete and steel. Besides, New Orleans has this credit.
6: Cost of living is much less than it is in Jersey.
7: I'm from DC, the crime capital of the world.
The rest of your list is petty. I don't think you realize that I HATE COLD WEATHER. That really sums it up.
Here are some pluses:
- Carpet bagging northerners make it non-southern, but the southern residents make it non-northern.
- You can pass damn near anything through smog & inspection.
- Excellent array of sports teams
And the most important:
Among other venues, we do business with resort hotels, race tracks, and water parks.