[Geewiz]

Up north I spent 3 months indoors due to cold and ice....OK - for a few months you move from air conditioner to pool and back to air conditioner, What you might miss is culture...big cities offer everyday high culture...here you have to look for it (this includes fine dining). Also, big cities with teaching hospitals, provide surgical options that you have to drive to around here (St. Pete, Gainesville, and Mayo in Jacksonville). But folks here are very friendly and generous and hell - you are an hour from the mouse....be a kid again. Also, MCO has cheap flights all over the US, the islands and Europe (as they all come to Orlando due to the mouse). Also - no state income tax - no small deal when retired. Come on down - everyday housing prices are going up...catch the wave before it makes swimming impossible.