Been to FL for extended times, central and gulf coast (Sarasota/Englewood), small time in Miami Dade. Not my particular cup of tea, but it could grow on a person.
Most best place I found to live was Guatemala City. Constant spring temperatures at that altitude. 18-24c all day, every day for 50 weeks of the year. Green plants, no violent bugs or beasts, the locals are nice people. The politics are less than perfect with the occasional crazy banana republic antics. Probably not as nice as I remember now that it has gotten all grown up and modern, but just might be paradise with the low cost of living and fresh food. Seattle is becoming more and more like Venezuela. Political idiocy and anti social populace, but a blessed natural beauty. Moderate climate with no evil beasties. Except for the influx of rabid cotton tails. Makes you think you need the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch just to take a walk clay > On Sep 4, 2019, at 3:53 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Heh. > > I’ll be the first to admin that we’ve got out share of nutcases down here, > that’s for sure, but otherwise it’s not a bad place to live. What a lot of > people don’t understand is that Florida consists of a number of different > climates and areas, so making a blanket statement about the place is pretty > far off base. > > South Florida (east coast from about Ft. Pierce to the Keys) might as well be > another country. Tropical climate, very, very unique place. > > Central Florida, such as Orlando or Tampa, has a much more temperate climate > and if I dropped you into my neighborhood, short of seeing the flora and > fauna as a giveaway, you might as well be in the middle of a Midwestern > housing development. > > Northern Florida is sparsely populated and has a much, much milder climate - > they even have freezes and occasional snow in some places. > > We also have snakes and cool bugs. Lots of little lizards and geckos, too. > > Stay safe, you two! > > -D _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
