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Old 03-05-2017, 01:30 PM
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A co-worker's son is attending Stetson U in Florida and really likes a town nearby that is by the beach. I started looking at it via the net then think of sending a PM to Baz asking what he knows about it since we have seen how cool the pictures he posts are. Then I discovered its Baz's home stomping grounds. So, Baz if your reading this....any pointers?
Hey Bugs.....

We first came to the area in 1970 and needless to say a lot has changed in all the years since.

That said, it's still a great place to live compared to many other beach towns. But not nearly as nice as before the real estate people went bonkers and developed so much of it. Here's just one example...in the photo below....which two POS structures stick out like a sore thumb compared to the existing native architecture. That's right...the POS Hampton Inn that was allowed to be built right on our island's main street and that other huge POS at the top of the photo 1 block away from the main ramp to the beach for that main street. The 7-11 is right across the road and gets enough traffic as it is. This place gets gridlocked traffic-wise with the least little event they have and let me tell you the past 5 years it seems like we have events every other week. Every Tom Dick and Harry is trying to get in on the action.....sheesh....you have to really know your back roads around here to navigate during those times.

They've also gone crazy with traffic lights and cross walks...most of which have those lights that light up and it's illegal to go through them while the lights are on even though the pedestrian has already reached the other side.

We're on a barrier island with only 2 bridges across the Intercoastal waterway and one of those is a draw bridge so that gets a little tricky.

All that said.....I live 2 blocks from the ocean so screw the traffic if I want to go surfing I just go. It's a 15 minute walk to our Inlet where we usually have the most consistent surf.

There's a ton of places you could live in Florida other than here that are nice. Savannah is also a cool place. It just depends on what you want in a lifestyle.



This is the Ponce De Leon Inlet, where the surf is the most consistent. We're on the south side, where you see all the cars parked. The one good thing the county did was turn the whole area into a park. You can see the boardwalks in the second pic. It backs right up to our Coast Guard station too.


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Hmm, if his insurance has seen that, how much payout do you think he'll get? I suppose that's assuming that he has ins.
I was reading something a few days ago how insurance companies are mining facebook - and other social medai - for this specific reason. Several years ago, a guy I know wrecked a very expensive car at a DE @ Sears; he didn't post pix anywhere; I got to see them, but only on his phone.
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In Hilton Head?? lol
He has a choice of "the early bird special" or grazing at whatever wake is happening that week.

Ok... it's probably not as bad as central Florida, but it is covered up with geezers and golfers. And geezer golfers. Or is that golfer geezers?


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In Hilton Head?? lol
He has a choice of "the early bird special" or grazing at whatever wake is happening that week.

Ok... it's probably not as bad as central Florida, but it is covered up with geezers and golfers. And geezer golfers. Or is that golfer geezers?
"Geezer Golfer"??? Hey, I resemble that remark.





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