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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
by throwaway984393 5y ago
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).
- Sebguer 5y agoWhat parts of Florida have you lived in?
- throwaway984393 5y agoSouth Florida, Central Florida, East & West Coast. For about 15 years
- Sebguer 5y agoThis 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.
- throwaway984393 5y agoOnce 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.