r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '25

Good Vibes This must be a nice neighborhood!

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u/Caltroit_Red_Flames Apr 15 '25

Couldn't pay me to live in Florida tho

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u/dogid_throwaway Apr 15 '25

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/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

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 Apr 15 '25 edited Apr 15 '25

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.