After moving to Florida did it meet your expectations ?
 

A tough decision for most - after moving to Florida did it meet your expectations ?

PLEASE ONLY POSITIVE RESPONSES ALLOWED.

Moving to Florida or moving to TV?

It's posted in the non villages discussion !

I expected more of a South Florida Miami Vice vibe. Miami Vice - Wikipedia

But I found Central Florida to be vastly different.

Our son and daughter-in-law moved to Florida from Charolette N.C about the time my wife and I both retired in Wisconsin.
We spent the first 6 months renting, put a bid on a house in the same area, returned back home and came back to Florida
two months later.
We never even thought about moving here until then.

Yes It did.

Did expect warmer temps though

If I said no, would that be a negative response? Or, what is your definition of a positive response? Or……….

We have been if Florida almost 7 years. Our previous trips before moving were to the “tourist destination”. Since relocating here, we have ventured out to other areas. Have enjoyed 90% of it.

yes

what is the purpose of asking, if you only want positive responses?

Living in The Villages is much better than I had ever expected. I investigated the weather, as far as Hurricanes were involved. However, the one thing I did miss was that it gets cold here in winter. Colder than I expected. When we go to visit family down around Miami I literally get on the driveway and kiss the Tarmac when we get back home safely. I love it here. For us, there is no other place to be in Florida. If we ever had to leave it would be back to N.J. God Forbid!!!!

Unless of course you really meant to say no or vice versa.

A long time friend in her 70s who has lived in Miami and The Keys all her life told me that not only is it colder in the winter in Central Florida than in South Florida it is hotter in the summer. That surprised me. She told me they get cooling breezes off the Atlantic which help in the summer.

Florida was my second choice but that's in the past. 12 years now.

Regrets, I've had a few, but too few to mention.

Yes. Living in California all my life fall, winter, spring always tended to be chilly off and on so don't miss it at all. Florida has a minimum of really chilly days. If Baja California was in the USA, I would maybe move down outside of Cabo.