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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
Driving during high 'bird season can be annoying, sometimes even infuriating, around here. During those times I remind myself that I am RETIRED and really don't need to get many places very fast. If so, I just leave a little earlier. It has done wonders for my composure. My wife says I don't swear nearly as much as I used to when driving.
It is to be expected though. Infrastructure always lags behind a growing city, state, whatever. I doubt the residents of a state would be tolerant of spending their taxpayer's money on the possibility of growth. Let the growth happen and then let the tax contributions of the influx help to expand the infrastructure.
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Exactly right, it happens all over. Nashville TN is a perfect example of that. The city is booming but the infrastructure can't keep up. Traffic is a nightmare most of the time.
As I said in an earlier post, TV is not perfect. But I have yet to see or hear about any plus 55 community that comes close to what we have, especially if your very active like we are. As far as traffic in the winter goes, we didn't think it was all that bad. Yes it's busier for sure, but we never had a problem getting to our destination in a reasonable amount of time. And you always have your golf cart as another option.
Our friends spend winter in Bonita Springs and they say the traffic there and around Ft Myers is pretty much bumper to bumper all day long. They live 7 miles from the beach and say some days it takes them 30 minutes to get there. And when they do get there, many times there's no place to park.
Spending last winter there, then moving back to Indiana for a few months in early May really showed us how boring retirement is here. We were bored in 3 weeks. Thats why our home here is for sale. We don't want to waste the days we have left sitting around.
We may move back to Indiana some day if our health gets to the point where we need help. But until then, we'll continue to stay in TV full time and have a blast.