[gettingby]

Moved here from Orlando, don’t miss it at all. When I have to go back I get PTSD. Traffic, crime, crappy place to retire. We got to “port” over our property tax rate. In other words our property tax is 1/2 what overs are because we’re Florida residents for 50 years. Question, what is this snow people talk about?

[HoosierPa]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

So many of us have found our way to Florida in our retirement years. The majority of us came from "up north", up north is where we made our living, went to school, made lifelong friends, met our spouse, married and bought a home. We then sold up everything and moved to TV in Florida to live out our retirement years.

I see no reason to diss your home state just because you moved here. Yes, northern winters can be brutal, but many of us continue to go back to family for holidays and have a great time.

We seem to forget that if we had been born in Florida sixty plus years ago we would never have had the quality careers we had "up north", we would never have made the money we made, never have had the opportunity to go to great schools or have great health care. Because sixty plus years ago Florida was known as the honeymoon state or for the nearly dead.

So before you start dissing your home state why don't you stop and think about how fortunate you were to be raised in a state with opportunities available to you and then been able to sell up and move to Florida.

I made my living “down south of The Villages” in SE Florida. Boca Raton to be exact where the people are very rude and pretentious. Love this part of Florida but not that area.

[TeresaE]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

So many of us have found our way to Florida in our retirement years. The majority of us came from "up north", up north is where we made our living, went to school, made lifelong friends, met our spouse, married and bought a home. We then sold up everything and moved to TV in Florida to live out our retirement years.

I see no reason to diss your home state just because you moved here. Yes, northern winters can be brutal, but many of us continue to go back to family for holidays and have a great time.

We seem to forget that if we had been born in Florida sixty plus years ago we would never have had the quality careers we had "up north", we would never have made the money we made, never have had the opportunity to go to great schools or have great health care. Because sixty plus years ago Florida was known as the honeymoon state or for the nearly dead.

So before you start dissing your home state why don't you stop and think about how fortunate you were to be raised in a state with opportunities available to you and then been able to sell up and move to Florida.

I don’t disparage my home state for what it was. California was a great place to grow up. I disparage my home state for what it has become.

[Bridget Staunton]

I lived & worked in IL all my life and I was happy, love Chicago & suburbs. However times have changed and the city now is dangerous, not the city my father in-law worked as a policeman. I was born & schooled in Ireland & I love my hometown growing up with lots of love from my parents to 9 children. I am thankful to God for my wonderful life yet I am sorry for the mistakes I made

[oldtimes]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

So many of us have found our way to Florida in our retirement years. The majority of us came from "up north", up north is where we made our living, went to school, made lifelong friends, met our spouse, married and bought a home. We then sold up everything and moved to TV in Florida to live out our retirement years.

I see no reason to diss your home state just because you moved here. Yes, northern winters can be brutal, but many of us continue to go back to family for holidays and have a great time.

We seem to forget that if we had been born in Florida sixty plus years ago we would never have had the quality careers we had "up north", we would never have made the money we made, never have had the opportunity to go to great schools or have great health care. Because sixty plus years ago Florida was known as the honeymoon state or for the nearly dead.

So before you start dissing your home state why don't you stop and think about how fortunate you were to be raised in a state with opportunities available to you and then been able to sell up and move to Florida.

How is this any of your business? I hated living up north and couldn't wait to move to Florida. I don't miss it at all and have no desire to go back. This said it all

and then been able to sell up and move to Florida.

[NotGolfer]

Born/raised in a small MN town that thrived til the 80's when much of the industry was outsourced or absorbed by other industry. That said, we moved from MN to WI where we stayed til retirement. Again, another small town that I didn't appreciate til we moved here. Don't get me wrong---it was a great move on our part. Many factors were involved with the move and relocation. Weather being one, our links were being dispersed there, kids involved with their own lives and also dispersed. People moving, retiring, passing away---LIFE changes. We didn't have much of anything holding us anymore truth be told. I do miss elements of the upper midwest. Spring is my most favorite memory but even that seems to be disappearing as they still had cold and lots of snow up into this month (May). Summers are sweet---some of them not much different than here with heat/humidity BUT they get repreaves from that from time to time. Fall can be lovely too but the last Fall we were there was very wet and chilly. So one never can call it. There are other elements that aren't great---ie. taxes are becoming prohibitive and other cost of living too. BUT that seems to be all over anymore. Real estate is crazy----but the same here! Young couples struggle to make a living never mind being able to purchase a home that's affordable. "IF" we could do a re-wind....I think I'd do everything the same as we've done it. Being here is a blessing!!
ALL that aside----the social media sites from both places, here vs there are the same. People complaining about dogs, driving, health-care---nothing changes with that stuff.

[Joe C.]

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.

[toeser]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

So many of us have found our way to Florida in our retirement years. The majority of us came from "up north", up north is where we made our living, went to school, made lifelong friends, met our spouse, married and bought a home. We then sold up everything and moved to TV in Florida to live out our retirement years.

I see no reason to diss your home state just because you moved here. Yes, northern winters can be brutal, but many of us continue to go back to family for holidays and have a great time.

We seem to forget that if we had been born in Florida sixty plus years ago we would never have had the quality careers we had "up north", we would never have made the money we made, never have had the opportunity to go to great schools or have great health care. Because sixty plus years ago Florida was known as the honeymoon state or for the nearly dead.

So before you start dissing your home state why don't you stop and think about how fortunate you were to be raised in a state with opportunities available to you and then been able to sell up and move to Florida.

I don't diss the state that was, I diss the state that is.

I came from a state and city that used to be one of the best in the U.S. Extremely high educational standards, relative safety, a thriving downtown, etc. etc.

That is all gone. I don't even recognize it anymore. High crime, boarded up businesses, horrible school results, etc. The change in the last 20 years has been stunning.

[Bilyclub]

Originally Posted by CPD050

Unfortunately not anymore. Robberies, car jackings, thefts and some shootings. Park Ridge, Norridge, Rosemont have all now been hit with quite a few. The only way to have a chance at lower crime is to move out of Crook County.

Must have been rough working at ORD.

[mikeycereal]

Diss 'em, don't miss 'em.

Lived in Vegas and the hot summer night air was stifling. Can't roll car windows down while driving because it's like a hot blow dryer on you. Here at least you get a breeze and some rain which is 10x better. I'll gladly take a little humidity. Good for the skin.

[airstreamingypsy]

In a venue full of weird posts, this one takes the cake. I only grew up in one place, Manhattan.. NYC. I feel sorry for everyone who didn't grow up in NYC, because it was a magical place. Theater, museums, zoos, ballet...the best pizza, bagels and cheesecake.. it has everything. I see many NY Yankees hats in TV, and smile, New Yorkers have a camaraderie that I don't see from other places except maybe Chicago. I can't speak for everyone, but I see people who didn't grow up in NY being ugly about NY, but not people from there. We know what a magical place it was to grow up.

[mikeycereal]

Growing up in Hawaii in the 60's - 90s, that was a magical place. Kinda lost some of it's luster over the last 15 years with all the construction. But I do enjoy older movies showing some classic New York like The Warriors; that all looks magical in it's own way but I don't feel sorry for myself for not living there in comparison to the 50th state.

[Wondering]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

So many of us have found our way to Florida in our retirement years. The majority of us came from "up north", up north is where we made our living, went to school, made lifelong friends, met our spouse, married and bought a home. We then sold up everything and moved to TV in Florida to live out our retirement years.

I see no reason to diss your home state just because you moved here. Yes, northern winters can be brutal, but many of us continue to go back to family for holidays and have a great time.

We seem to forget that if we had been born in Florida sixty plus years ago we would never have had the quality careers we had "up north", we would never have made the money we made, never have had the opportunity to go to great schools or have great health care. Because sixty plus years ago Florida was known as the honeymoon state or for the nearly dead.

So before you start dissing your home state why don't you stop and think about how fortunate you were to be raised in a state with opportunities available to you and then been able to sell up and move to Florida.

Thanks for the reminder! I'm from upstate NY and miss it, even seeing snow and especially the change of seasons. I'm only in Florida because financially it is better in retirement.

[Richpetty42]

I agree with you, I miss my Rochester, NY weather round’ this time of year when it’s still in 50s and you can do yard work, go for walks or hang out on the porch without sweating your pants off. I always thought it was much easier to layer up and turn the thermostat up to get warm but living in a place where it’s so humid and hot where I find it’s harder to cool off. Plus the season changes you know what to expect when the temperature than living in a semi tropical environment.
Go ROC !

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I miss Connecticut, Boston, and New York. All three were my stomping grounds to one extent or another. I don't think I'll ever stop missing up north. I'm not a summer person, never was. I'm not a heat+humidity kinda gal, never was. I am not fond of palm trees, I think they're silly looking.

On the other hand, I'm also not a February in Connecticut kinda gal either. Extremes bother me in all things, from weather to politics. But given only two choices: a couple of months with a couple feet of snow and a nor'easter OR 6 months of heat and humidity - I'd rather crank up the heat and shovel my way to the snow plow in the garage.

[Villages Kahuna]

But it’s so easy to criticize and leave Illinois. Unfortunately, even with continuous increases in taxes, Illinois is headed for bankruptcy. Their pension obligations are so great and growing, that there’s no way Illinois can continue to meet its obligations.