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2type2
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 Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 7:29 am Post subject: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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Sometime back I had posted about using 1 or 2 realtors and searching in 2 adjacent but separate states locales. Now I've pulled the trigger and left the swamp of FL for the Great Southwest. Moved to FL many years ago from Durango for financial gain, raising family. Overall I can say I never found Florida weather to be pleasurable, except for when it was below 75 degrees IF the humidity wasn't at 90 percent. I lived on the Gulf, later in S. FL., and mostly near St. Augustine up NE FL. So good riddance to the swamp and bugs and incapacitating heat and humidity!!! I can honestly say I won't miss any of it. Also, my property went up about 75 percent in 2 years!
I got fortunate enough to find a transport that could haul all my toys at once (bus,bug, p-up and camper)! Now I can start to really enjoy my retirement without hiding out from that intolerable mlldewy climate. So good to be back in CO! Looking forward to meeting other airheads nearby!
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Manfred58sc
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:53 am Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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Welcome back home. "The west is the best" as Mr. Jim Morrison said.
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Jon Schmid
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:30 am Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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| Manfred58sc wrote: |
| Welcome back home. "The west is the best" as Mr. Jim Morrison said. |
Yeah, but that was from "The End." I still think leaving the glorified swamp known as Florida is a good call. Where out west are you landing? |
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OB Bus
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:44 am Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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Where is Colorado? My sister has been in Ouray for 40 years and our son and wife moved to Steamboat Springs 3 years ago.
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babysnakes
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 10:24 am Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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| Finally someone is leaving. Do you think you can convince more people to follow you? |
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djkeev
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photogdave
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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John D MacDonald had some astute observations about Florida development throughout the decades in his novels, particularly the Travis McGee series.
I spent a lot of time there in the late 90s/early 2000s and did enjoy the Miami area for the Cuban culture and bar/restaurant scene but it got old after a while and I missed the forests and climate of the PNW.
As a reformed Parrot Head I was glad to explore Florida when I did.
Colorado is a beautiful state.
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jspbtown
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 1:11 pm Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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| I get tired of seeing strip mall after strip mall when I visit Florida. |
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2type2
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 3:23 pm Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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St. Johns County (St.Augustine,Ponte Vedra, Nocatee) has seen 43 percent pop increase in last 10 yrs. Expecting to need 10 new school buildings in next 10 years. People are flocking to it. So much for a nice quaint historic town.I had to GTFO.My rural property sold for 200k more than it would have in Feb.2020. Now I am looking out my front windows at the snowy La Plata peaks.Went to the grocery and 3 cashiers we're waiting open,no lines. Life is good, probably the second best decision of my life... and me on my 3rd marriage,lol!
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Manfred58sc
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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Sounds like Bayfield. That part of the state is really the best place to watch our civilization grind to a halt. Hit up Rich and Bubba for your VW connection. Used to vacation on Estero Island many years ago, it got over run in like 2 years time and everything was bulldozed, replaced with corporate hell.
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gt1953
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| Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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South West Colorado sounds more like Durango. The La Plata peaks are located mid central Colorado. Five hours drive and wham I am Durango. A smartmove to get out of Florida for sure. Sorta like the town I live in, late comers have discovered here. They move in and then complain about not having this or that. I just them move back.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:10 am Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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| I get tired of seeing strip mall after strip mall when I visit Florida. |
That's everywhere these days. The whole country has turned into one of those Hanna-Barbera cartoons where the background repeats every few seconds. Anywhere you go it's Home Depot, followed by a Petsmart, followed by an Applebee's, and if you see a Walgreens you know there's a CVS coming up in the next block. |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:33 am Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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All in know is any place that sucks, you find people from NY. Just sayin'
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:41 am Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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| coad wrote: |
| jspbtown wrote: |
| I get tired of seeing strip mall after strip mall when I visit Florida. |
That's everywhere these days. The whole country has turned into one of those Hanna-Barbera cartoons where the background repeats every few seconds. Anywhere you go it's Home Depot, followed by a Petsmart, followed by an Applebee's, and if you see a Walgreens you know there's a CVS coming up in the next block. |
I’d give the people back east some credit for not letting the chains take over. Ask any long haul truck driver they have witnessed the decline of Mom and Pops, family businesses. Concerning Florida I lived nearby for 20 plus years and know of some nice places to go that are unspoiled by tourists. Without being specific I’ll say Mark Tucker is in one of the better areas. |
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djkeev
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Jon Schmid
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:37 am Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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| Abscate wrote: |
| All in know is any place that sucks, you find people from NY. Just sayin' |
On the West Coast it is Californians ruining the World. |
We have New Yorkers ruining California... |
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Chickensoup
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:46 am Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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Florida Rocks! If your too brain dead to handle the heat. MOVE OUT and fly far far away.
The only sucky part about florda... Are the snow birds. And "Florida Man" 
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| Finally someone is leaving. Do you think you can convince more people to follow you? |
Yes, Please do that Id move back in a heart beat if yall became successful at that.
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mark tucker
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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we have 1 tittie bar, but strip mall??dam that would be somethen.....  |
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Zundfolge1432
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| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:42 am Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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| mark tucker wrote: |
| we have 1 tittie bar, but strip mall??dam that would be somethen..... |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrCppWWmIGQ |
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Steve M.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 9:28 am Post subject: Re: Leaving Florida.... Go West Old Man,Go West! |
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You know you're going to miss the speed bumps!
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