[Karmanng]

Originally Posted by Karmanng

I responded to your post about Scottsdale but it ended up being seperate.......you would be disappointed if you were here in Scottsdale thou..........

Its furthur down the feed

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Karmanng

YOU would never know Scottsdale NOW! Over built and huge apartments all crammed in! Lots more traffic too........restaurants are not that great anymore either.......Its jammed in by The quarter and Kierland if you remember that area.....AND north of it too on Scottsdale Rd..........OLD town is a disaster

And as always, expensive. But the art galleries, the beautiful red hills, the Fairmont Princess spa, they are the same. I love Scottsdale, but not as much as our Villages.

[Karmanng]

Originally Posted by Pairadocs

What "northern state", LOL ! Left Florida once for college, twice more to grad school, was really tough me. I definitely understand your fleeting yearning from time to time. When I did leave Florida for school, I really REALLY missed Florida, the smell of fresh cut hay at our cousin's farm in Weirsdale, the sweet smell of the orange blossoms, the beautiful trees turning in fall in the national forest, just the sound of the waves lapping the shore and smell of the fresh ocean air. I'm sure we all pine for the sights, sounds, and even smells of our "home states". Oh, maybe most of all I missed HONEYBELLS, they seldom are available outside Florida unless you order from a specialty grove, never saw a single one in a regular super market in Champaign, IL (University of Illinois) or anywhere outside Florida ! I've visited Alaska a few times, I can even understand how you could miss it that far north if that was where you a person grew up. I'm sure mountain state people would miss that if they moved to Florida... Arizona might be a better choice for their retirement; mountains AND warmth, LOL !

ARIZONA is NOT a better choice at all.....over building crowded too extreme heat and this winter we got snow! LOTS of it incluiding Scottsdale !!!! Forget it here rents are way too high and homes are way overpriced.........I am planning to come to TV and take advantage of high home prices......I bought in linden

[Karmanng]

Originally Posted by Velvet

And as always, expensive. But the art galleries, the beautiful red hills, the Fairmont Princess spa, they are the same. I love Scottsdale, but not as much as our Villages.

NOPE the Princess has changed for events they charge like $50 if not more just for parking! The spa changed also.......Retirement home on its gorunds with some offices........Art galleries are slowly gettin pushed out for apratments Don and Charlies is long gone Hotel on it now I think......What red hills? We barely see mountians anymore with all the high rises they are doing its becoming another LA with too many californians coming here

[FloridaLady]

I have been here for 2 1/2 years and I miss the shopping. I lived in NJ, MA and NH. There were so many stores and malls within 20 minutes. I now shop for clothes in the many thrift stores which I never did up north. Best place to go for a dress for a special occasion are the thrift stores. I also miss my supermarkets up north. I don’t miss the cold.
I work and do not own 2 houses so my life is here year round

[chicksinger]

Originally Posted by Blackbird45

I've lived here in the TV for 10 years and it does have its advantages. Safety, people of the same age, convinces to doctors and overall cleanliness. I'm a native of N.Y.C. where there were a lot of disadvantages especially for people my age. Now that I said that I do miss the diversity and the quality of food, the theatre, the museums, the ability to disappear into the crowed without following some preplanned activity. When they say N.Y.C. is a city that never sleeps, it's actually true.

I'm also a former native New Yorker and I miss everything you said as well as being able to walk everywhere, not need a car to worry about with all those expenses and of course, all the department stores....I don't like having to go to Ocala or Orlando/Clermont to get to a Macy's.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Karmanng

ARIZONA is NOT a better choice at all.....over building crowded too extreme heat and this winter we got snow! LOTS of it incluiding Scottsdale !!!! Forget it here rents are way too high and homes are way overpriced.........I am planning to come to TV and take advantage of high home prices......I bought in linden

Below picture taken earlier today from my buddy’s condo in Tucson, AZ. Screw that, snow doesn’t belong on cactuses?

[toeser]

Originally Posted by RiderOnTheStorm

As snowbirds we enjoy the best of both worlds. While in the north this includes the following:
1. Mild summers and the absence of Florida's "jungle heat"
2. Gorgeous change of seasons with spring and fall
3. Beautiful mountains and vistas
4. Better food (choice of restaurants and a very wide array of inexpensive locally grown produce)
5. Better healthcare (we schedule appts to coincide with trips north)
6. Off-leash hikes with my dogs (i.e. no alligators to kill them)
7. Swimming and boating in many fresh water lakes
8. Absence of annoying insects
9. A two-story home with a basement and large (4 acre) very private yard
10. Enjoying a wine region (NYs Finger Lakes) rated #1 in the country in 2019

"8. Absence of annoying insects"

That's interesting. We have lived in The Villages for eight years and I have yet to have a mosquito bite, although we are not here summers. The mosquito is the state bird in my northern home.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by toeser

"8. Absence of annoying insects"

That's interesting. We have lived in The Villages for eight years and I have yet to have a mosquito bite, although we are not here summers. The mosquito is the state bird in my northern home.

Couldn’t agree more, no deer ticks

[Escape Artist]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Couldn’t agree more, no deer ticks

Yeah, I was going to mention that to those who enthuse about nature hikes and walks in the woods. Watch out for the ticks! They’re everywhere now, not just confined to a few states on the eastern seaboard. I know so many people who have had their lives ruined by Lyme Disease.

[Old Bob]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

What do you miss about your northern home state compared to living in Florida?
I think living in Florida is great at my age, but there are times I reminisce after 7 years down here.
We travel back, but it just isn't the same.

For me it has to be the 4 seasons, not the snow and cold, but the change in weather, the fall colors that never seem to last long enough.
The farm fields in summer watching the crops progress from month to month, or the smell of freshly cut hay and miles of corn fields.

I never look back, only move forward. I have never been back to the town where I was born. I have never been back to the town where i went to high school. I have never been back to the town where I graduated from college. I moved here from Texas 21 years ago, and have never been back there. I love it here!

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Escape Artist

Yeah, I was going to mention that to those who enthuse about nature hikes and walks in the woods. Watch out for the ticks! They’re everywhere now, not just confined to a few states on the eastern seaboard. I know so many people who have had their lives ruined by Lyme Disease.

Your lucky if you only get Lyme disease, try getting co-infected with Babesiosis

[RiderOnTheStorm]

Originally Posted by toeser

"8. Absence of annoying insects"

That's interesting. We have lived in The Villages for eight years and I have yet to have a mosquito bite, although we are not here summers. The mosquito is the state bird in my northern home.

Love bugs, fire ants, termites and mud dauber wasps top my list. Mosquitos, gnats and ticks when you step off the beaten path.

Since you only picked on #8 can I assume that you are in agreement with the rest?

[NavyVet]

I don't miss a single thing about upstate NY where I grew up in the boonies. Joined the Navy to get away from crappy home town and dysfunctional family. Lived in many places over the years and haven't been back up North since moving to Florida in 1995. The only thing I miss from South Florida is I had 3 big malls within 10-15 minutes of my house. Nothing could make me go back up North for even a visit. I will never leave Florida, if for no other reason than the Veterans benefits are better than all the neighboring Southern states. Plus, we are sick of moving so much. Spouse says next move will be to an urn! LOL

[Shimpy]

Originally Posted by Marmaduke

I sometimes miss the "era" of things we loved back then, but they are only heartfelt memories now.
Gone, but not forgotten. Sadly, no generation will experience anything as wonderful as we had.

Many of the Depression and Post-War Institutions that made the City of Pittsburgh great are no longer.

Of the bygone days, those of us who enjoyed them KNEW they we're really special. We didn't take them for granted.
It was a big city, small town atmosphere where everyone was friendly, quite like TV.
(Of course, there's always Some!)

Tailgaiting before the Steeler games at Three Rivers Stadium, the Boys of Summer Pirate Games on a warm Spring nights and the Penguins at The Civic Arena.

The Pgh. MARATHON and the Great Race.
The 3 Rivers at Point State Park, visited as often, as North and South Parks.

HOT Mancini's Bread, Sunseri and Primanti Brothers in the Strip, Donahues on 5th Avenue. The Original Oyster House in Market Square (est. 1933) FOR THE BEST Chowder and Fish Sandwiches.

Shopping in Downtown Pittsburgh during Christmas Season and marveling at their mechanical window displays.

Carnegie Libraries, Museums and the Duquesne Incline all visited at least once a year, as a tradition.

The Original HotDog Shoppe near Pitt.
The Pittsburgh Press. (My Dad set Page One as a Printer and brought home a Free Paper every single day for 30 years.)

My Testimony-
It was the Best Of Times....
And
You Can't go home again, but if you were from there, may your Pittsburgese stays with yens forever!

Go Bucs.
Go Steelers.
MARIO, Franco, and Willie.

You didn't mention chipped ham sandwichses. My favorite on a Balsomeo bun in McKeesport