I lived in R.I. for 59 years. Do I miss it? NO. I do miss the good restaurants, which I don't think any around here could compare to them. I don't miss the traffic on 95 every day, the traffic (Bald Hill Rd. or Mineral Spring Ave.), traffic lights, the innumerable pot holes, high taxes, and ridiculous politics. By now, the highest point geographically in Rhode Island is the state landfill.
I retired from R.I. and moved to Vermont. ..... Absolutely a beautiful state!! The seasons are refreshing. I miss playing with the ATV, motorcycle riding, snowmobiling, using the Kubota tractor, backhoe, bucket and snowblower on it. But more than half of their state budget is welfare. And in the eleven years that I lived there, my taxes quadrupled. I couldn't stay there because the taxes cut into my travel budget and their politics are too liberal for me.
Florida is far from perfect. Weather too humid most of the year, but taxes are much more favorable. Traffic sucks around the villages ..... but not all the time. Politics make me smile more than frown. There may be better places to live, but I haven't found them yet.
