[Whitley]

Originally Posted by mickey100

We lived in NY and when we go back to visit, I feel proud, not embarrassed like I do in Florida. But no place is perfect. I like to think the lifestyle choices in The Villages offset the negative aspects of the State of Florida.

If you are embarrassed to live in Florida, why do you?

[Whitley]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

I get tired of the people who constantly say FL doesn't have as good (insert subject here) as (insert home town/state here)...

Yes that is annoying. I wonder why so many from Northern States are so, less than pleasant. Not that I am speaking of anyone specifically. I mean, just read some of the posts. All warm and fuzzy people for sure. Salt of the Earth. I read somewhere that a couple residents would not want to be in Florida, except yada yada yada (Of course they could be fibbing to us and themselves.). Could it be our Northern States are improving their manners and dispositions by sending their, less than agreeable residents down to us?

[Whitley]

Originally Posted by TommyT

Amen !!!!

Southern born to the bone !!!!

As a native born NY'er, I can definitely say many of us do not like those types either. The ones who say "I would never live in Florida, but my goldfish's vet lives here". Such arrogance and entitlement.

[manaboutown]

For those who do not like Florida but shy away from long, cold, snowy and icy winters there's always Northern CA. "There'''s Poop Everywhere": San Francisco'''s Office District Not Only A Ghost Town, It'''s Also Covered In Sh*t | ZeroHedge

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[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Anyone who has a problem with people saying "they don't have [insert thing here] as good in Florida as they did [insert somewhere else]" should either a) get over it, or b) improve Florida so that they DO have it as good as they do [insert somewhere else].

Florida, in general, just isn't able to "do" pizza like they can do it in New England, New York, or even in Chicago. Florida, in general, isn't able to "do" northern shellfish like they "do" up north. Florida, in general, doesn't "do" poutine like they do in Canada. Florida, in general, doesn't do middle-eastern food like they do in the middle-east. Florida doesn't "do" education as well as they "do" in some other states. It doesn't "do" equitable distribution of tax dollars as well as they "do" it in other states. There are a lot of things Florida doesn't "do" as well as they do in other places. Of course - Missouri doesn't "do" beaches like Florida does. No one does "tacky pink flamingo decor" as well as the the Florida Keys do.

If you have a problem with that, then you need to improve whatever it is that they do better somewhere else. Or, stop complaining that Florida doesn't do things as well as other areas with various subjects.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Anyone who has a problem with people saying "they don't have [insert thing here] as good in Florida as they did [insert somewhere else]" should either a) get over it, or b) improve Florida so that they DO have it as good as they do [insert somewhere else].

Why should they have to "b) improve Florida so that they DO have it as good as they do [insert somewhere else]"?

They are not the one's complaining that FL is lacking those things...

Or did I read your post incorrectly?

[PersonOfInterest]

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 I feel about the place I left to come to the Villages does not matter. What I tell others about the place I left is irrelevant. I am here in the Villages and happy I'm here. That's what matters.

[Pairadocs]

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.

My "former" state was Florida, and I definitely NEVER "diss" it, I did live in Illinois (and several others during my career, and am guilty of "dissing" the others. Illinois never met a tax it didn't like, including state income tax. Same for several of the others. No I never have "dissed" Florida, but when I spent a few years away, I sure did MISS it, that's for sure. One thing that others might find interesting if they are from much colder states and if they happen to be Christian. During my years out of Florida Christmas was never the same. It was really difficult to think of the birth of Christ in a location with snow, giant deciduous trees, freezing temperatures, every possible opposite of the actual event...but, we managed knowing sand and palm trees were not the focus of that night, but the sight of a manager, set in a location that looked more like a ski resort than Bethlehem was just very "different", but obviously folks celebrate around the world regardless of any relationship to the actual climate location of the event !

[Bilyclub]

Originally Posted by Pairadocs

My "former" state was Florida, and I definitely NEVER "diss" it, I did live in Illinois (and several others during my career, and am guilty of "dissing" the others. Illinois never met a tax it didn't like, including state income tax. Same for several of the others. No I never have "dissed" Florida, but when I spent a few years away, I sure did MISS it, that's for sure. One thing that others might find interesting if they are from much colder states and if they happen to be Christian. During my years out of Florida Christmas was never the same. It was really difficult to think of the birth of Christ in a location with snow, giant deciduous trees, freezing temperatures, every possible opposite of the actual event...but, we managed knowing sand and palm trees were not the focus of that night, but the sight of a manager, set in a location that looked more like a ski resort than Bethlehem was just very "different", but obviously folks celebrate around the world regardless of any relationship to the actual climate location of the event !

Snow and cold goes perfectly with the whole Santa North Pole thing.

[manaboutown]

This is happening right on Union Square, in San Francisco, not ever my home town which was in the OC, but I used to stay in the St. Francis. What a tragedy!

The owner of two major San Francisco hotels STOPS making payments on its $725 million loan | Daily Mail Online

[Flyers999]

Because of the proliferation of AirBnbs, the hotel industry in general is having a setback.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Flyers999

Because of the proliferation of AirBnbs, the hotel industry in general is having a setback.

I don't think that's the reason S.F. hotels are failing...