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Originally Posted by jerseyjoy
We lived between 466A and Brownwood for two years. Anxiety about the crowds runs from November until April. Left turning out of our street was almost impossible in the winter. Going to the mail station had to be planned because of the volume of cars and golf carts with their “unusual” driving moves. Salon appointments need to be booked three months in advance. Same with doctors. I tried to change my dental cleaning appointment and had to wait 6 more months. Restaurant seating was always a wait, and take out food could take two to three hours. Trips to the car wash have to be “timed”, too. Need to put your pets in a kennel during the holidays? Book that a year in advance. If you’re willing to jockey for position five or six months a year, it’s a beautiful place to live.
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Sorry, but I have to call BS on this post. A grain of truth and a ton of exaggeration. I've lived between 466A and Brownwood for the last 7 years. On a few occasions I've had to wait a minute to make a left turn off Warnock onto Hillsborough, and that is one of the busiest turns you're likely to see in the area. (Caroline Pl onto Pinellas would be the other). You can pick up your mail anytime, obviously some times are busier than others but no time is unmanageable. Besides, unless you're in a hurry to get your electric bill, what's the rush? Everyplace has a wait to see a doctor, dentist, hairdresser----but it is NOT 6 months. Never waited more than 40 minutes for takeout, so I arrive to pick it up at the time they stated. There are too few "good" carwashes, so there can be a wait at Atlantis, but there are small single car bay automatic car washes that you can get at a discount when you but 10 gallons of gas. And I've had a dog all the time I've lived here, the most popular kennel, Villages Pet Spa, starts taking Christmas reservations in July and is full by mid August, but has cancellations.
Basically, life here in the winter months is no different than Long Island all year round, with MUCH less traffic and MUCH less cold weather