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Originally posted by BK911
Heat
I do not mind heat at all, I actually prefer it to cold, so heat, no matter how hot is a non issue for me.

Humidity

See above, another non issue for me.

Draught

Temporary, we call this time of year, the dry season. It happens every year, some worse than others but it happens like clock work, its called weather patterns. 6 Months from now they will be dumping water out of Lake Okeechobee screaming it overflowing. I never get concerned over it. The bonus? P-Car rarely gets dirty from being rained on.

Thunder storms

Your kidding right? Please, everyone gets thunderstorms. Again, another non-issue.

Tornados

I can honestly say, in the 22 years I have lived in Florida, I have never even been remotely near a tornado.


Hurricanes

3 Hurricanes in 23 years, the first and second were 15 days apart, by the time we got our 3rd a year later I had learned so much about how to cope with them it is a no brainer. When you have not had any in 20 years you tend not to know how to deal with them. The folks in Japan have it all figured out. They go home for the storm and back to work the next day. We are heading in the same direction here. My home and office both are ready now and I can go back to work the next day like nothing happened.

Fires

You must be confusing us with California the kings of out of control brush fires.

Crime rate

Non where I live, 23 years and never been robbed once. The little town I live in is really nice and there is rarely a crime here. A homicide in this area is a huge shocker as it just does not happen here but once in a blue moon.

Traffic cops

Maybe 1 town north of me, but the worst in the nation in my opinion is Georgia. Right here where I live I never see speed traps, ever. Cops patrol around, I mean drive their cars and make themselves visible here, might be why there is no crime, because our cops do not hide in bushes looking for speeders, they actually patrol the area.

Judges

I think Judge Ito is the king in this category. You want to tell me the Anna Nichole and Terry Schivo cases did not turn out the correct way? In the end both worked out the way they should have in my opinion.

Spanglish

Its more spanish speaking in Miami, the rest of the state seems to refure to give in to the spanish only crap happening in Miami. Hows L.A. and San Diego doing?

Swamps
Way out west of town and actually really neat places to see by airboat, kind of like seeing a rain forest, pristine land untouched by man full of natural life. You should see one some time.

Mosquitos

I live close to the ocean and they are barely an issue here. During the daytime they are non-existant at night, sometimes but not bad at all honestly. I cannot remember the last time I even had to spray some Off on. I also cannot remember the last time I even got a mosquito bite.


Love bugs

You got me there, a real PITA once a year for a month or so. We had them near my house for the first time in 10 years, they are mostly out in the middle fo the state though, so if you do not cross the state they really are not a huge deal. I crossed 2 weeks prior and not one bug, then I corss again and you see what I got.

Flat, straight roads

Agreed!! But, we have Homestead Miami Raceway, Daytona Raceway, Moroso Raceway, the legendary Sebring Racetrack, and Reobling is not far away either. I like all the killer road courses we have here and the fact that we run them 12 months a year.

I'm sure I left something out.

You did, your geriatric parents and grandparents that come down every winter and are more annyoing than love bugs. They cannot drive and you need to take their license and cars away from them. They pull out of parking lots onto roads without looking, drive through red lights, seemingly unaware they are in theur car driving it. Then they proced to drive 20 under the speed limit clogging up all the road. They also seem to shop at the local super market from the time it opens to the time it closes. I look forward to summer here when they leave and my little town gets quiet again.


Every place in this nation has its problems. Its what you choose to live with because of what you like about that area that makes it unique.

I like the weather here, I like hot, I hate cold, I prefer to be able to drive my P-car 12 months a year and do an Autocross or DE in January or July because we are always having good weather.

I'll take all the problems you list because Its a great place to raise a family here and I like the consistant weather.

Why would anybody live in FL? I have one more class at UCF and I am outty.

Sorry your experiance here has been so bad. Some people are just not cut out for the tropics. Others love it. You obviously are not a tropics person.

Oh, and Orlando is not really Florida. Its a tourist trap.