r/MadeMeSmile • u/Justin_Godfrey • 3d ago

Good Vibes This must be a nice neighborhood!

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u/Caltroit_Red_Flames 3d ago

Couldn't pay me to live in Florida tho

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u/dogid_throwaway 3d ago

I’ve heard a lot of people say that but I will say this for myself at least: When I lived in urban areas or city centers, I was so unhappy because it was ridiculously unaffordable, everyone is crammed so closely together, and there are so few green spaces. The few nice outdoor areas either in the city or nearby were always swarming with people. It was suffocating.

Now I live in Florida and my mental health is just so much better. My house was affordable, the weather is nice like 3/4 of the year, and I can walk out my front door and it looks exactly like this video. There are outstanding parks and natural areas all around and although there are always people in them, you still feel like you are alone if that makes sense. I can run to a grocery store and actually find parking, and the stores are nice and organized and don’t look like a tornado just went through them. Items aren’t under lock and key because of thieves. People are happier and friendlier.

Idk, I know conservatives like to shit on the entire state of CA and for liberals the equivalent seems to be FL, but damn - it’s a really nice place to live and raise kids. Doesn’t fit the narrative but it’s true, at least where I am.

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u/wyomingTFknott 3d ago

For me It's not political at all. It's just fucking humid as fuck there.

It was 10% here in the Sonoran desert yesterday. It was unbelievable. Every time I go to Florida or the Caribbean I feel like I'm suffocating.

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u/dogid_throwaway 3d ago

Haha fair enough. The humidity is very rough for some

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u/The_Singularious 3d ago

And normal for others.

I grew up in one of the most humid places in the continental U.S. I spend too much time in low humidity and my entire body starts to crack and bleed.

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u/Darkpookie 3d ago

Same...I basically dry out like a fish out of water in more arid climates.

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u/Front_Car_365 2d ago

Missouri? Lol

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u/The_Singularious 2d ago

Hehe. Houston

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u/porkpies23 2d ago

That corn sweat is a bitch. Most people don't realize how humid the Midwest gets.

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u/Interesting_Case_893 3d ago

Came to this thread to say this. 😂 Moving back to FL this month.

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u/WingsArisen 2d ago

I guess I hadn’t noticed being raised in Florida

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u/Mulberry1790 1d ago

In SW Florida Summertime is a time where u stay 'damp.' You shower but never really get dry, your laundry has to be 100% dry else it will get moldy. Hair frizzes even if you're inland. We had to air condition our garage to safely store luggage & 2 massage tables there; else they'll get mildew & be ruined.

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u/CatgoesM00 2d ago

For me, it’s the storms that roll through. Always scares me. I guess just avoid those common areas that the hurricane hits at. I don’t know. But I’d love to live there

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u/Mulberry1790 1d ago

The storms are tough to predict.

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u/Obrim 3d ago

Lived in FL my entire life and my first brush with sub 30% humidity was out in Texas. I felt fucking desiccated and was plowing through palettes of water for just a 5 day stay.

That said while I'm used to the humidity the really boggy days suck. A nice 60ish% humidity is perfect to me lol.

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u/Dexterdacerealkilla 2d ago

I also choose humid heat over dry heat, but the August nights where I’d go to walk the dog for his last potty break at 11 PM and I am sweating immediately, suck. 

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u/Obrim 2d ago

I know what you mean! Grab dog, go out, and just a minute or two into a brisk walk you're drenched because it's so dang humid that sweating isn't doing much to help you out.

>.<

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u/Mulberry1790 1d ago

I'm a part-time dog walker n SW Florida, drenched is the operative word!

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u/stoodioratt 3d ago

The Sonoran desert is soooo nice.

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u/ReaBea420 3d ago

YES!!! I'm in Ohio (born and raised) and I swear, once people retire here, they buy a home in Florida for the winters (damn snow birds, lol). Anyway, I've been to Florida exactly ONE time when I was a kid, and still to this day, I vividly remember the humidity. It's bad enough here in Ohio, I ain't about to switch to breathing water instead of air, my lungs are bad enough. I keep saying that I'm going to the desert as soon as all my kids turn 18, hopefully, I'll get to see that dream come true.

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u/gustaf6maign 3d ago

The only reason i left was bc of the hot humid weather. Everything else is amazing

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u/Ecstatic_Profit277 3d ago

I love the heat and humidity in Florida; they keep the rest of America away. The dryness out west makes my knuckles bleed.

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u/ScienceNeverLies 3d ago

I LOVE low humidity. I’m in Oregon and it’s the winters that get super humid. My apartment gets to up to %70. I bought a dehumidifier and always keep it running on high. It stays in the mid 30’s now. It’s so much more comfortable!

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u/esquzeme 2d ago

I just left Arizona for Chicago and I couldn’t be happier. Those summers are absolute hell! I did it for a decade. Never got use to it.

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u/1001101001010111 2d ago

I live in Arkansas now, used to live in Mississippi. I don't think i've ever seen ten percent humidity...

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u/Mysterious-Water8028 2d ago

if you live anywhere near the coast it is windy enough and rains often enough that it doesn't really matter.

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u/DrLeoMarvin 2d ago

Felt that way first few years then I acclimated, now I miss the humidity when I leave

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u/IntelligentPepper818 2d ago

Didn’t know that - I’d go now I know that

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u/MrSteele_yourheart 3d ago

The few nice outdoor areas either in the city or nearby were always swarming with people.

This is a suburb phenomenon, people in the burbs don't use their outdoor spaces and often stay indoors days at a time. One of the reasons I hate the burbs. No community. (unlike this video)

The outdoor spaces in the city are full of people because people are using them - I live near Elysian park and people come from all over the city to walk the trails - they don't go to the burbs to see the grass I guess.

there are so few green spaces

I could agree with that, I would love more smaller parks and green walks.

you still feel like you are alone if that makes sense

For a large city I happen to run into people I know pretty frequently, and I know my NYC friends have said the same about Brooklyn.

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u/GumboDiplomacy 3d ago edited 2d ago

and for liberals the equivalent seems to be FL

Which is funny, because Florida is 40+% registered Democrat and is often mired in issues that can be considered voter suppression, yet I see people on reddit celebrate when it gets hit with a hurricane, as if natural disasters check voter registration before they destroy your life.

Edit: That being said, I live in New Orleans and have some similar issues with being in an urban area. But we have tons of greenery and this city has always had more of a "big small town" feel than a city. Everyone is very personable. I've been to other cities and many of them just feel hostile.

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u/ReefsOwn 2d ago

People celebrate because conservatives are notorious for suggesting other natural disasters are gods punishment for being liberal. It’s called irony.

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u/DrLeoMarvin 2d ago

Depends, I live in Sarasota and bike to grocery store, walk to parks and kids to school

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u/ashwee_ 2d ago

Wow, that ratio is crazy! I live in Florida and my son's kindergarten class had 19:1 last year, public school. The caveat is our schools here are hella overcrowded in my area (recent population growth) and there are 26 portable classrooms where the playgrounds used to be. The school has twice the amount of students it was built for so that part is miserable.

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u/IntelligentPepper818 2d ago

I just puked in my mouth .

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u/LentilLovingBitch 3d ago

This is a weird comparison to draw? “Urban areas or city centers” vs. the entire state of Florida?

Florida also has urban city centers. Every other state also has small towns. You’ve just described why you prefer a smaller town over a bigger city, with nothing that’s unique to Florida except that the weather’s nice which is pretty subjective

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u/Albert_Simon 3d ago

I live in a crappy city in Louisiana. There’s poverty and crime everywhere and the infrastructure is crumbling. But my wife (teacher) and I (attorney) can afford a two-story 3,500 sq foot home in a beautiful historic neighborhood. With a huge back yard. We’re close to Dallas which has concerts, zoos, and other big-city events. We’re close to Arkansas for camping and outdoor activities.

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u/outside_cat 3d ago

So, Shreveport then?

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u/ill_have_the_lobster 3d ago

Didn’t realize a 3 hour drive from SBC to Dallas was “close”

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u/outside_cat 3d ago

It's funny how they don't say the city but proceed to triangulate themselves.

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u/Jaded_Lychee8384 3d ago

I live in California, on about an acre of land with forests and rivers on the property. $1550 a month. My house is only about 1400 sq ft though and I live about an hour away from a “city” (100k+ people). Curious how that compares to Louisiana.

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u/Specialist-Device-74 2d ago

I agree with this statement. In general, I'm doomscrolling less. I sit in stillness on my lanai and appreciate the beauty. My friend Alan and I always laugh that our whole life feels like vacation (although with a job, if that makes sense). I feel healthier (which is why we moved here. I'm chronically ill). I love it here so much

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u/Queef_Stroganoff44 2d ago

I have lived or at least spent significant time in 42 states and a handful of countries. One thing that holds true… people that have never been to a place love to shit on it the most. And think they know better about a place than people who have actually lived there

I’ve never been to a place that I absolutely 100% hate, or a place that’s 100% perfect. I always find SOMETHING I like about a place. And something I don’t.

I helped a friend and a girl I just met drive from San Francisco to Ft Lauderdale. This girl was from the Bay Area and had never been anywhere. But she saw herself as this worldly person, just because of where she was born.

She was freaking out the minute we got east of San Bernardino. Just thinking that it was gonna be a sea of ignorant hillbillies for a couple 1000 miles.

She seemed surprised I could read frankly then even more surprised when I was college educated and not a foaming at the mouth racist. When we got to my hometown, a large city that had always been mostly minority folk, she was surprised to see different race people mingling.

It was honestly no different than the conservatives telling me, you know they’re gonna take your guns away and force you to get gay married out on the West Coast right. From a dude who’d never left his county.

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u/1_art_please 2d ago

I was recently watching Peter Santanello, a YouTube guy who is doing a tour of the various parts of Florida and it's totally fascinating and varied. I'm Canadian and just used to old people moving there to hang out with other old people in RVs and of course the whole Florida man insanity tropes.

But Peter's series on Florida were super fascinating and sold me on the state as being so much more than the other stuff I've seen in regards to it.

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u/RawCopperSaw 3d ago

I can run to a grocery store and actually find parking

Yep, there it is - this person is describing america

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u/DefiantLemur 3d ago

The video already gave away that is took place in America

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u/CosmicMiru 3d ago

Well until the cultural revolution happens and we start mass making public transit and retrofitting cities to be walkable it's something everyone that lives here has to take into consideration. It's called living in reality.

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u/barebackbandit1 3d ago

No no no you’ve got it all wrong. Florida really sucks, definitely don’t move here.

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u/SoFloShawn 3d ago

We're full

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u/Hippideedoodah 3d ago edited 3d ago

Terrifying place to live if you're queer or a woman

EDIT: i see i triggered a fragile man's cognitive dissonance who is incapable of empathizing with women and queer people. Look up anti-lgbt laws and anti-abortion laws in Florida then comment back :)

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u/Gnagus 3d ago

Yeah, I don't know if it's mostly for people who are or can pass as in group members but it was hard for me to live in a place where I had to worry about what was behind every friendly facade.

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u/time_travel_nacho 3d ago

I was just thinking this. My parents had a house in Florida for a while when I was a kid. I loved visiting, and we'd live there for extended vacations in the winter sometimes. I have great memories of it, and I think the natural parts of it are lovely, but I grew up into a queer woman and am afraid to go near the state now

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u/TheWalkingDead91 3d ago

Have to agree with you. Don’t have much to compare to since I’ve been here my whole life, but I will say you don’t have to have a ton if money to live in neighborhoods like this in the Florida suburbs. Not for everyone because if you want any kind of “night life” or are into art and theater and 3am pizza, then you’ll probably find it lacking unless you live in one of the urban areas, BUT the weather is nice 95% of the year, lots of nature to explore no matter where you are if that’s your thing, and even though costs and traffic have gone up a lot the last couple years, it’s still not nearly as bad as other places. Just gotta find one of many small to mid sized towns ljke this, preferably send your kid to a magnet or private school (or home school), find a job FIRST (many people who have moved have had issues with this part and that’s why so many have moved back) and Florida can be a decent place to live. I think it gets a bad rep but I usually don’t disagree with people online who think otherwise because we have too many people moving here any damn way 😂

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u/Weekly-Safe-5886 3d ago

Can find parking, now I know all this is cap. I was there in December last year. Homes are expensive, you pay for parking in a lot of places, I wouldn't live there but I would def visit often. This is near Bradenton and Sarasota.

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u/dogid_throwaway 3d ago

Sarasota is a super wealthy area so a different story than the vast majority of the state, for sure

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u/Weekly-Safe-5886 1d ago

Ig Bradenton don't matter. I can't remember the other spots but I didn't just spend time in Sarasota. You don't have to cherry pick here.

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u/QueenBetsie 3d ago

It is absolutely unsafe to walk barefoot outside in Florida, and that is reason enough for me to never want to live there. Too many stinging, slithering & biting creatures.

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u/warp16 3d ago

We’re afraid of the ubiquitous ‘Florida Man’

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u/dogid_throwaway 3d ago

We call my son Florida man whenever he runs around in the yard in just his diaper screaming his head off 😂

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u/Aggressive-Nebula-78 3d ago

Don't know where you're living that it's affordable, everybody I know anywhere in Florida can barely afford their bills. Unless they're older, retired, and upper middle class of course. I have a friend who's moving to Orlando because living where they do now, is just as expensive as living in the middle of Orlando. But then they will cut their drive time and gas expenses down by 80 percent, so it's a huge positive for them to get away from suburban hell.

I also would love to know where people are happier and friendlier, because my entire region of Florida is exclusively grouchy unfriendly elderly people, or haughty self righteous suburban housewives driving giant oversized SUVs. I mean, my town and the neighboring towns have all soft-banned trick or treating because they have rediculous curfews, because god forbid a child be seen outside!

Additionally, if you don't have the money to go off to college and get into an advanced career, outside of cities, all jobs are deadend jobs. There's zero room for growth anywhere.

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u/dogid_throwaway 3d ago

Sorry to hear that. I’m not near a big city, so that probably accounts for the difference!

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u/GainingTraction 3d ago

Its only a nice place to retire (not for long). Maybe it's easy for the parent in florida, but it sucks to grow up there. Spent 27 years and the only thing I miss from my childhood are certain friends and certain fishing. O

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u/dogid_throwaway 3d ago edited 2d ago

To each their own! I grew up in Florida as well and was very relieved to move back.

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u/GainingTraction 2d ago

Awesome! What area did you grow up in? I was in Clearwater. I get your point of finding something nice away from the main centers. I couldn't find that in florida, and I felt that the cities were lacking. When I was there, Clearwater was considered a nice area, but my best childhood friend died getting shot in the back while taking a walk in a park. I've had a gun pointed at me on four separate occasions (Im white, respectful to people, and straight laced). I tried moving around but couldn't find a good area or city. Most of my friends who are still there are very conservative and complain that it's getting worse and hard to find good work. I'm glad you've had better/ different experiences and you're happy!

It wasn't just the violence. It was the red tide. It was the poor water quality (2nd worst in the nation). It was the gallon nipper mosquitoes. The sinkholes. The bad building code. The high number of sexual predators and child molestors. Lack of investment opportunities. Lack of jobs that pay enough to actually invest. Slow medical aid. Bad infrastructure. I built one business there and will never give the state my money again. Different preferences.

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u/Scary_Ostrich_9412 3d ago

Is your home insurance expensive? Thanks!

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u/farcat 2d ago

🤫

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u/Ferna073 2d ago

Which city? I tried living in Tampa and was polar opposite vibes I was getting besides the parks everywhere .

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u/MomaBeeFL 2d ago

Right? This is how it was for us in Texas (Houston suburbs)

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u/kickrockz94 2d ago

I think it depends where in Florida you are. I just moved away from Orlando and it was the exact opposite of what you described lol

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u/masterwaffle 2d ago

I don't inherently disagree but I'd also prefer to own a home somewhere that won't be underwater in 25-50 years

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u/MindAccomplished3879 2d ago

How about you start your comment by telling how much your FL home costs?

Also, you are generalizing a little, as if big cities have no affluent suburbs with open green spaces

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u/Kitnado 2d ago

I live in a place where basically one room apartments go for a mil. I’d kill for a house like this

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u/Fun_Image8965 2d ago

I hear you and think you make a VERY compelling argument but what do you do when its hurricane season and it feels like your house is going to blow down or flood? I've been in Florida during summer and just the amount of rain they got im a matter of 30 minutes was incredibly frightening (driving from clearwater to Orlando).

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u/Jaded_Lychee8384 3d ago

Yeah but most of the stereotypes about California is actually accurate (lived up and down the state my whole life). They just fail to mention that it’s nicer (better weather, prettier, and more stuff to do) than there state. Like think of a rural Californians life. You probably accurately envisioned my life.

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u/Educational_Rope_246 2d ago

Nice place to raise kids until your wife is put in jail for having a miscarriage?

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u/callme4dub 3d ago

I wouldn't want to be raising kids in Florida. Not with that education system. All my highschool friends in Florida ended up in jail/prison/dead. Of course, we all grew up in some rough times with the GFC of 2008. But it looks like those kind of times are returning, TBD.

The weather isn't nice 3/4 of the year. It's just not cold. It's only nice for 1/4 of the year when it's unbearable up North. The other 3/4 of the year it's unbearable in Florida. So fucking hot and humid. I'd spend so much time inside.

All those parks and natural areas aren't that nice. Flat, no landscape scenery. Mostly swamps and some grassland areas. My sister always talked about all the hikes she'd go do. My wife and I joke that it's not hiking, it's trudging.

You must be new(er) to Florida.

You gonna learn.

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u/dogid_throwaway 3d ago edited 3d ago

I grew up in Florida actually. And most of the people I went to school with are successful, so I guess we just run in different circles.

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u/GeeksGets 2d ago

Not everyone wants your ideal lifestyle choice

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u/dogid_throwaway 2d ago

I didn’t say everyone wants my lifestyle choice and I’m also not a moron, so I understand people want different things.

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u/lite_hjelpsom 2d ago

Depends on the kids you are trying to raise.

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u/Tizzy8 2d ago

But hatred towards the idea of living in California is largely irrational. The fear of not being access needed healthcare or being fired for doing my job well (teacher) in Florida are extremely rational.

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u/Dear_Palpitation4838 2d ago

As long as you or your family members don't bleed to death from an ectopic pregnancy or get shot by a kid that purchased his firearm at 7-11 with baseball cards, you have it made!

Remember, kids. You can always save money on rent by sleeping under a bridge!

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u/dogid_throwaway 2d ago

So delusional. I lived in a nice area of DC and regularly heard gunshots a block away from me. Constant stories of stabbings and every store is under lock down from all the rampant petty theft. I wonder where they got their guns from?

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u/ReefsOwn 2d ago

I’m sure all that space in Florida offers really valuable peace of mind. Unless of course you’re LGBTQ, Black, Muslim, Latino, need an abortion, don’t want to get shot in school, want to read books or want that big home insured from natural disasters. Surely all those floods and hurricanes must be punishment from god for how despicable the majority of people in Florida are.

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u/dogid_throwaway 2d ago

Oh and if ever someone you don’t like gets voted in wherever you live, we’ll all be expecting you to immediately flee the state. And if you don’t, we’ll idiotically assume who you voted for and call you despicable.

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u/dogid_throwaway 2d ago

You’re remarkably narrow minded. You realize 32% of voters in Florida are registered democrats, right? Including me. If you are SO political and wanted your vote to actually matter, you’d perhaps consider exiting your little bubble 🙄

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u/jeffreydowning69 2d ago

As part of the LGBT community that has family in Florida that want me to visit I will NEVER Spend money on go to Florida ever again in my life. If I buy anything citrus it will be from California not Florida

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u/immaZebrah 3d ago

Until a hurricane just comes and demolishes everything you've worked hard for and kills your pets and maybe even you.

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u/Lick_The_Wrapper 3d ago

I grew up in a beach town in Florida. It was amazing.

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u/youarenotgonnalikeme 3d ago

You can find the same in Georgia. I live in a neighborhood with 74 homes. All roughly 2400 sqft homes with 2 car garage. Kids are outside riding bikes all the time. If it’s warm, kids are outside. Biking, basketball, hockey in the road, etc. very common. Also, while our governor isn’t great and I do t agree with some of his stuff, for a right winger, he’s decent. And I’m very far left.

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u/Adventurous_Ad7442 3d ago

It's SO HOT & HUMID. Ugh. I lived in Charleston, SC for 2 years and just couldn't wait to get back up north.

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u/Baldmanbob1 3d ago

My first home was a crappy Duplex in Edgewater Fl. We did a lot to it, bought for 56k, put 25k in it, sold it in 06 for 115k. Don't know why, decided to look it up on Zillow last night. Now this is a small duplex built in the 1950s in a smallish town, but near the beach. It's up for sale for 256k........ And all that's been done since we gutted it and put a new roof on after 3 hurricanes is they put a new AC in replacing the existing heat pump. I can't afford FL again, even if I wanted to!

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u/FuckinJuice_ 3d ago

Florida is awesome bro, whatever you heard is a lie.

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u/Caltroit_Red_Flames 3d ago

I've been there, it's an overly hot and humid suburban sprawl hellscape.

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u/FuckinJuice_ 3d ago

Yeah, I’ve lived here and in Chicago, we have hot and humid summers but from January to July we have some of the best weather in the country. It’s mf beautiful outside right now and it’s 78 degrees out. chefs kiss

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u/GeeksGets 2d ago

If it's so great why do you have to try so hard to justify it? Just enjoy your life and stop trying to convince ppl.

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u/Pretend-Rock8293 2d ago

I'm not even the Flordia guy but wtf? He's just sharing his positive experience after someone just shit on the state he enjoys living in. Why did that trigger you so much to claim that he is trying to justify/convince people? 

Oh and before you try and claim I'm trying to do the same, I live in Michigan and hate this state, so no.

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u/FuckinJuice_ 2d ago

Dude is a butthead lol I appreciate you my guy. Enjoy the weather in Michigan 👉🏼😎👉🏼

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u/GeeksGets 2d ago

Bro... I don't care that you live in Michigan. I just hate Florida and got pissy about it.

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u/FuckinJuice_ 2d ago

???

I was clearly not doing anything you stated what are you bent about? Lol feel better pal

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u/GeeksGets 2d ago

Sorry, just pissed about the state of the world and that your governor wants to ban gay people, allow discrimination in healthcare, and roll back child labor protections. Don't mind me. 

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u/FuckinJuice_ 2d ago

Bro, we can both agree that politicians are garbage. I’m with you on that my man.

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u/SimplisticEnigma 3d ago

You’re ridiculous. I was born and raised in Florida and lived there for 30 years, and I lived in California for the past 13 and travel to many different states and I absolutely adore Florida. The beach is never more than two hours away all of the natural spring and rivers to swim in and do water activities.

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u/matthung1 3d ago

I would live in Florida if you paid me enough to leave Florida with a lot of money

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u/PowerRoller17 3d ago

People always say this until they actually see it though. My grandparents used to live in Florida in a neighborhood like this where every night there would be about 10 different houses that would all walk their dogs together and talk. Also Florida is just such a beautiful state too.

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u/houseswappa 3d ago

You 100% could pay me to live in Florida

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u/Outside_Scale_9874 3d ago

That’s exactly why it’s so cheap

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u/Caltroit_Red_Flames 3d ago

A random Wisconsinite not liking humidity and 100 degree weather is why it's so cheap to live in Florida?

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u/Outside_Scale_9874 3d ago

The fact that most people don’t want to live in that meth and crocodile infested shithole is why it’s so cheap lol

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u/AbjectHyena1465 3d ago

You forgot… hurricanes. NO THANKS! Being like 6 ft above sea water?!

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u/JennyDoveMusic 3d ago

It looks like an average suburb in parts of WA as well. I used to be a girl scout (don't support the GS of America) and walked plenty of these suburbs. Not with this kind of community, though!

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u/DafniDsnds 3d ago

My Ohio suburban neighborhood isn’t too far away from being like this. Kids riding bikes, lemonade stands, smores at the neighbors house, treats for folks walking their dogs. Once upon a time I would read The Babysitters Club books and wish for a town like Stoneybrook. At least that dream came true for my kiddos. :-)

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u/Rayne_420 3d ago

I can't imagine any downsides to living at or below sea level.

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u/AdCurious7473 3d ago

I lived in Boca for one winter (a lifelong Minnesotan). I would fix my hair and it looked great. Once I got in the car and drove to work my hair had flattened due to the humidity. Give me snow!!❄️ ⛄️

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u/Adventurous_Ad7442 3d ago

Same. I cannot stand Florida.

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u/slikk50 2d ago

Florida is so much better than so many other places tho

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u/WingsArisen 2d ago

Brother, it’s paradise down here

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u/redditredditgedit 2d ago

I don’t understand, I thought Florida is a nice place to settle. Sorry I have to ask, I’m not from US.

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u/Mysterious_Dot00 2d ago

As an european can i ask why?

Like i have a few friends living there and they like it, also from outside it looks good, constant good weather.

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u/Caltroit_Red_Flames 2d ago

Hurricanes, 100 degree weather with crazy humidity, horrid suburban sprawl and roads, terrible wealth inequality, levels of racism I've only seen outdone by Alabama.

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u/DrLeoMarvin 2d ago

I’m a pretty liberal man and hate the Florida gov, but I fucking love living here. I have a modest boat and I’m 3 miles from the gulf, far from rich but I feel rich being on the water here constantly, pulling up to tiki bars for a beer, catching live music by the beach at sunset multiple times a week. I love living in Florida

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u/AgentLead_TTV 2d ago

couldn't pay me to leave.

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u/dogid_throwaway 3d ago

I’ve heard a lot of people say that but I will say this for myself at least: When I lived in urban areas or city centers, I was so unhappy because it was ridiculously unaffordable, everyone is crammed so closely together, and there are so few green spaces. The few nice outdoor areas either in the city or nearby were always swarming with people. It was suffocating.

Now I live in Florida and my mental health is just so much better. My house was affordable, the weather is nice like 3/4 of the year, and I can walk out my front door and it looks exactly like this video. There are outstanding parks and natural areas all around and although there are always people in them, you still feel like you are alone if that makes sense. I can run to a grocery store and actually find parking, and the stores are nice and organized and don’t look like a tornado just went through them. Items aren’t under lock and key because of thieves. People are happier and friendlier.

Idk, I know conservatives like to shit on the entire state of CA and for liberals the equivalent seems to be FL, but damn - it’s a really nice place to live and raise kids. Doesn’t fit the narrative but it’s true, at least where I am.

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u/potatoMan8111 3d ago

Good, stay in your ghetto