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Re:Americans are rethinking where they want to live by throwaway984393 on Monday December 13, 2021 @10:11PM (#29547739)
Florida is pretty terrible. Even if you are totally cool with never doing anything outside, never engaging in culture, and never talking to other people, there is literally no positive side to living in Florida other than the combined lack of winter and access to a beach. Sure, people are more right-wing, but I'd much rather live in Texas than Florida. Even a desert is more interesting than endless strip-malls, and big Texas cities are more cultured, and even more commercially diverse, than any part of Florida. Practically speaking, Florida is also always overpriced, and insurance and hurricanes are annoying (and going to get worse).
Re:Americans are rethinking where they want to live by Sebguer on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:09PM (#29548130)
What parts of Florida have you lived in?
Re:Americans are rethinking where they want to live by throwaway984393 on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @10:08AM (#29552323)
South Florida, Central Florida, East & West Coast. For about 15 years
Re:Americans are rethinking where they want to live by Sebguer on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @01:51PM (#29555653)
This wasn't intended as a gotcha, or anything, I was just honestly curious what informed your experience. I lived in Tampa for ~10 years, and found it to be a pretty decent city in general, though with the usual southern caveats of public transit being non-existent and the sprawl being excessive.
Re:Americans are rethinking where they want to live by throwaway984393 on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @10:23PM (#29561695)
Once you get past the angry drivers, random chickens, Ybor, rush hour, crime, etc, the main problem with cities like Tampa is they are just soulless. It's like someone paved over the entire world and installed palm trees and Jamba Juices and nothing else. Everyone is angry, everything is boring and expensive. But if all you want to do is sit inside and look at a screen, you'll almost never notice.