I'm happy we're planning to move some place warm

justam

I know people say Florida is incredibly hot. I'm sure that's true, but...

Compared to 9 months of snow and gray skies, one month of hellishly hot weather and beaches with blue skies seems like a good trade!!

Who here lives in Florida?! Tell me what you like about it and what you don't... :geek: :ugeek:

yoke

I don't live in FL but I want to move there... My wife and I have been discussing it for sometime now and I am really looking forward to leaving NJ. I honeslty can't take the weather up here anymore, I can deal with the heat. What area are you looking to move?

justam

We're moving to Tampa at the end of the summer. I'm excited about the change!!

yoke

awesome good luck.. i was looking towards Melbourne Beach area myself but I am not sure yet.

Thorns2010

1 month of hellish heat? I'd think at least 2 months if not 3.

But what do I know, I live in Minnesota. In a given year are temperature can range by 120 degrees!

justam

Thorns2010 wrote:

1 month of hellish heat? I'd think at least 2 months if not 3.

But what do I know, I live in Minnesota. In a given year are temperature can range by 120 degrees!

I guess I'll see how many hot months there are. It can't be longer than the winter here though.

mookeywrench

I moved from MN to Seattle about 7 years ago and oculdn't be happier about it. Its never too hot never too cold. Personally though, I would never move to a place that has a season dedicated to natural disasters.

in_hiding79

justam wrote:

I know people say Florida is incredibly hot. I'm sure that's true, but...

Compared to 9 months of snow and gray skies, one month of hellishly hot weather and beaches with blue skies seems like a good trade!!

Who here lives in Florida?! Tell me what you like about it and what you don't... :geek: :ugeek:

Florida is beautiful! Texas is very HOT, at least in Florida you have a ocean Breeze...

adam42381

If our condo here in NC sells, the wife and I plan to move to SW Florida this summer. We know people in Naples and are looking at places in Estero which is between Fort Myers and Naples. I just hope that our condo sells!!!

arq

You're welcome to the sunshine state! I'll see you next summer at the parks! Now we'll see sunnier pictures!

justam

arq wrote:

You're welcome to the sunshine state! I'll see you next summer at the parks! Now we'll see sunnier pictures!

Yes. Sunshine!

justam

in_hiding79 wrote:

Florida is beautiful! Texas is very HOT, at least in Florida you have a ocean Breeze...

Yes, I am looking forward to being near the Ocean. :geek:

g under p

I live here in Palm Beach Florida for 6 months and Maryland for the other 6 and I'm moving here next year permanently. The winters are the best and they say the summers are hot here but NOTHING I can't handle. Hell I was born in tropical climate in Jamaica so Here in Florida is a piece of cake.

BTW growing up in Boston made me love winter and the snow and cold my favorite tiume of the year.

Peace to ALL
E

Steve Dunne

g under p wrote:

I live here in Palm Beach Florida for 6 months and Maryland for the other 6 and I'm moving here next year permanently. The winters are the best and they say the summers are hot here but NOTHING I can't handle. Hell I was born in tropical climate in Jamaica so Here in Florida is a piece of cake.

BTW growing up in Boston made me love winter and the snow and cold my favorite tiume of the year.

Peace to ALL
E

hey happy bday!

kenny olav

g under p wrote:

I live here in Palm Beach Florida for 6 months and Maryland for the other 6 and I'm moving here next year permanently. The winters are the best and they say the summers are hot here but NOTHING I can't handle. Hell I was born in tropical climate in Jamaica so Here in Florida is a piece of cake.

BTW growing up in Boston made me love winter and the snow and cold my favorite tiume of the year.

Peace to ALL
E

if you were here in Boston this winter, you might be like me where all of my fond childhood memories of snow days have been replaced with contempt and bitterness. :evil:

I don't think I could handle the heat though. not that we don't get nasty heat waves, but a whole summer of 90+ degree heat... no WAY could I handle that. I only like the beach at dawn or at dusk anyway.

soulsinging

justam wrote:

I know people say Florida is incredibly hot. I'm sure that's true, but...

Compared to 9 months of snow and gray skies, one month of hellishly hot weather and beaches with blue skies seems like a good trade!!

Who here lives in Florida?! Tell me what you like about it and what you don't... :geek: :ugeek:

I know what you mean... I'm moving from Chicago to Cleveland. Both have shit weather, but at least there's stuff to do here in Chicago :( Once I pay off my loans, I might look into moving to Carolina or the northwest something. I can't stand winter.

Lizard

Congratulations on your new move Justam.

Have never been to FL myself but I love warm weather. I lived in Michigan for about 2 years when a teenager and had my full fill of snow!!!

JonnyPistachio

I live in Palm Beach as well, and have some relatives in Melborne. I love it here, but the heat does get to me once in a blue moon. I ride my bike everywhere from november until march, but if you wanna ride your bike in summer, you better bring a gallon of water and a change of clothes.

But the heat also gets me motivated to fish, surf, hike, kayak, do-it, and just keep near the beach.
Oh, the music scene sucks here and is almost nonexistent in Melborne. you'll have to drive to an hour or so to Orlando to see anytihng decent.

And many people I know who moved here after living up north do complain that there arent really seasons here -- it's really only cold like a week or two, then mild for a bit. After awhile people actually miss that I guess. I never experienced it myself. I did see frost on the grass once when I was in the 5th grade though.

soulsinging

JonnyPistachio wrote:

I live in Palm Beach as well, and have some relatives in Melborne. I love it here, but the heat does get to me once in a blue moon. I ride my bike everywhere from november until march, but if you wanna ride your bike in summer, you better bring a gallon of water and a change of clothes.

But the heat also gets me motivated to fish, surf, hike, kayak, do-it, and just keep near the beach.
Oh, the music scene sucks here and is almost nonexistent in Melborne. you'll have to drive to an hour or so to Orlando to see anytihng decent.

And many people I know who moved here after living up north do complain that there arent really seasons here -- it's really only cold like a week or two, then mild for a bit. After awhile people actually miss that I guess. I never experienced it myself. I did see frost on the grass once when I was in the 5th grade though.

I think that's a crock of shit. I always hear people that move away from the midwest say "I miss the seasons." But you know what? Not ONE of them has ever missed them enough to even consider moving back. They "miss" them in the sense that they like to go home once per year to see some snow at x-mas.

Every single person I've spoken to that has lived in both climates said they'd take the heat of the south over midwestern/northern winter any day of the week. And I've found that people from the south don't understand the cold up here... they say "it gets cold here too. For a month or two in winter it can get down to the 30s! Once it's below freezing, it's not like you can feel the difference." Fuck that. Come up here and live where it doesn't get out of the teens for 3 straight months, and you usually have several weeks where it's 10 below several for a few straight days. Add to that the fact that you won't see the sun for about 6 straight months, and then tell me that we need to stop bemoaning the winters up here because they get bad weather too. The south is a fucking weather paradise compared to this and you all can't begin to comprehend it.

Sorry, not directing this at you personally... just had to get the winter bitterness rant off my chest.

JonnyPistachio

soulsinging wrote:

JonnyPistachio wrote:

I live in Palm Beach as well, and have some relatives in Melborne. I love it here, but the heat does get to me once in a blue moon. I ride my bike everywhere from november until march, but if you wanna ride your bike in summer, you better bring a gallon of water and a change of clothes.

But the heat also gets me motivated to fish, surf, hike, kayak, do-it, and just keep near the beach.
Oh, the music scene sucks here and is almost nonexistent in Melborne. you'll have to drive to an hour or so to Orlando to see anytihng decent.

And many people I know who moved here after living up north do complain that there arent really seasons here -- it's really only cold like a week or two, then mild for a bit. After awhile people actually miss that I guess. I never experienced it myself. I did see frost on the grass once when I was in the 5th grade though.

I think that's a crock of shit. I always hear people that move away from the midwest say "I miss the seasons." But you know what? Not ONE of them has ever missed them enough to even consider moving back. They "miss" them in the sense that they like to go home once per year to see some snow at x-mas.

Every single person I've spoken to that has lived in both climates said they'd take the heat of the south over midwestern/northern winter any day of the week. And I've found that people from the south don't understand the cold up here... they say "it gets cold here too. For a month or two in winter it can get down to the 30s! Once it's below freezing, it's not like you can feel the difference." Fuck that. Come up here and live where it doesn't get out of the teens for 3 straight months, and you usually have several weeks where it's 10 below several for a few straight days. Add to that the fact that you won't see the sun for about 6 straight months, and then tell me that we need to stop bemoaning the winters up here because they get bad weather too. The south is a fucking weather paradise compared to this and you all can't begin to comprehend it.

Sorry, not directing this at you personally... just had to get the winter bitterness rant off my chest.

No worries, I agree with you. I'm just saying what i've heard, but i'm sure you're right.
On a personal note, I wouldnt mind it a tad more seasonal, maybe like St. Augustine or Savannah, Ga.

Who Princess

I live in Texas where the summers are very hot (100+ degrees is not unusual). People who move here from the North and Midwest sometimes say they miss the seasons. I'm not near the coast so we have seasons here but our winters are pretty mild relatively speaking. We can have severe storms in the spring but our extreme weather is July-September.

People who aren't from Texas ask me how I can like the hot weather. I would never say that I like but it's normal to me because I've lived here all my life. I know how to adapt to it. I also really HATE winter so I could never live somewhere colder. I meet plenty of people who have relocated here who tell me they have gladly traded the heat for never having to drive through snow again.

pjsteelerfan

My father used to live in south Florida, and I would live with him in the summer, and I hated Florida in June, July, and August. That is more of the humidity than the heat alone though. Walking outside everyday felt like walking into a wet blanket. But it was nice when I would stay for a month in January.

JonnyPistachio

pjsteelerfan wrote:

My father used to live in south Florida, and I would live with him in the summer, and I hated Florida in June, July, and August. That is more of the humidity than the heat alone though. Walking outside everyday felt like walking into a wet blanket. But it was nice when I would stay for a month in January.

Yeah, the humidity is the devil. Sometimes in the summer I get out of the shower and wander over to work, and i'm like, "why the heck am i sweating when all i've done is walk to my car?" then I realize my hair is still wet from the shower an hour later. Fuck humidity, it's not my friend. In fact, I remember a PJ show here (i think it was '98) when Ed said something like, this humidity is messing up my hair! that was fgunny.

justam

soulsinging wrote:

I know what you mean... I'm moving from Chicago to Cleveland. Both have shit weather, but at least there's stuff to do here in Chicago :( Once I pay off my loans, I might look into moving to Carolina or the northwest something. I can't stand winter.

The long winter here is the thing that bothers me. It's too long, cold, and gray. Besides, unlike Chicago, this little town I live in is dull.

justam

Lizard wrote:

Congratulations on your new move Justam.

Have never been to FL myself but I love warm weather. I lived in Michigan for about 2 years when a teenager and had my full fill of snow!!!

Thanks Lizard.

justam

JonnyPistachio wrote:

pjsteelerfan wrote:

My father used to live in south Florida, and I would live with him in the summer, and I hated Florida in June, July, and August. That is more of the humidity than the heat alone though. Walking outside everyday felt like walking into a wet blanket. But it was nice when I would stay for a month in January.

Yeah, the humidity is the devil. Sometimes in the summer I get out of the shower and wander over to work, and i'm like, "why the heck am i sweating when all i've done is walk to my car?" then I realize my hair is still wet from the shower an hour later. Fuck humidity, it's not my friend. In fact, I remember a PJ show here (i think it was '98) when Ed said something like, this humidity is messing up my hair! that was fgunny.

Does it help to drink a lot of water when it's humid? :geek:

iluvcats

I hope you like it in Florida.

That sounds really nice. I'll envy you next time it is icy here!

When my dad first moved to the middle part of Georgia, it was nice year round. Seems like the weather changed since he moved there in 1983.

dangeringravity

Okay, I'll be honest with you. I am originally from NY, then moved to VA, then back north to NH. I spent most of my life in the north and have now been living in FL for almost 2 years. I'm down near Fort Lauderdale (south FL) and I've already had enough of it. The summer is too much for me, I cannot get used to it and start getting ridiculously uncomfortable outside within seconds. I don't want to tell you that it's horrible, because that's not true, it's just not the place for everyone. Lifestyle has a lot to do with it also. The music scene down here is more fit for someone favoring hip hop/rap/club music, so if I go out in search of a good band on a Saturday, the most I usually find is a mediocre cover band. I am also a runner and prefer doing it outdoors, which doesn't work out for me because I get TOO hot. After spending years bundling up for a run, the humidity and heat is paralyzing. Not to mention, there are no mountains so there are no fun trails to explore for runner, nor day hikes. Also, make sure you don't have a job in the service industry. I am a hairstylist and seeing as there are a lot of snowbirds here, I am busy for half of the year with a decent income, then for the other half, I'm screwed. Same goes for most others who work off of commission.

If your lifestyle and career allow you to live comfortably here, then go for it. I, personally, don't like it and cannot wait to get out, but I have friends here who would NEVER leave FL because they love it so much. There's only one way to find out if you'll like it here, so check it out! Good luck to you!

inmytree

I moved from PA to Coastal NC in 2000...best thing I've ever done...while the heat takes some time to get used to, you'll eventually adapt....

for me, when I lived in PA, at 70 Degrees, I'd run around in a t-shirt and shorts...here in NC, after a couple of years of being here, at 70 degrees, I'm pulling out the sweatshirt and jeans...

good luck with the move...

WaveCameCrashin

I live in Charleston SC and I hate it here I have lived in the south all my life, The summers here are
atrocious .it was 80 degrees yesterday WTF :shock: IT'S ONLY MARCH. it really starts getting hot around may. June to Sept you can forget doing anything outside unless you like 90 to 100 deg.heat +100% humidity. There are a lot of days too hot to even go outside IMO .I would love to move up north some where. There isn't spring or fall here,if there is it sure as hell doesn't last very long

iamsam_pj

justam wrote:

Does it help to drink a lot of water when it's humid? :geek:

if you're going to be outside for an extended period of time...then you should always have water on hand! but...i don't feel that it makes the humidity any more bearable. it's awful no matter what you do!! just spend your time outside during the summer months in either the early morning or late afternoon...it's a little more tolerable.

the tampa bay area is pretty...and i'm sure you'll love it here i'm sure i say that as i look out my window to clear blue skies, palm trees, and the water!!