bagging it and moving to FL?

How about for the sake of ME!?!?! The plants are secondary, but it's definitely in the thought process come retirement.

Unknown,

Awwww sorry, Florida is closed now since last Wednesday.

Mick

You and my husband, both pulling up the ladder, Mick. Are we closed for Lent?

Diana

Eric,

Yes! You are right! Hurricanes... we have ton's of them. All you people thinking about moving here should go somewhere else where there is no hurricanes... or cocka-roaches, or snakes, or killer mosquitoes... or Canadian tourists jamming our roads up into a tangled mess because they have no idea where they are at.

And all you other people in Florida... you should get out while the gettin' is good. There is a hurricane a coming!!!... y'all.

Kenni and Diana (and Diana's hubby)... you can stay.

Mick

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God's waiting rooms, for sure. There are gated communities that cater to the retired. To me, they are so contrived and structured that it would feel like a prison. They are full, so I guess it's just us. But I think any gated community would be wrong for us. Frank wonders if they have a community wake up call. We're probably the people they put up the gates for, LOL!

Diana

What the bank did.

Diana

I have some older, retired friends who moved from the frozen wastelands of Ohio into one of those gated communities. When I visited the first time, I was shocked how HUGE it was; we went for miles after the gate before reaching their home. It is a beautiful place, a lovely home and they are very happy there. Caveat: they've never been untra social, so it doesn't bother them they make no new friends from their neighbors. They like the quiet and the security. They are both pursuing second careers in their hobbies and seem quite pleased with their situation. But their is another side for some people --

And that's it. There's a lot to be said for many folks about being in the midst of life and the hustle and bustle of the daily grind. Keeps them active and interested, younger in a sense. While I can't say that when I'm at that stage I'll want to be annoyed by screaming children and loud neighbors, I've always found the vitality of younger people infectious, and can't imagine being surrounded only by a bunch of sedate quiet traditional elderly. I'll still want folks to go dancing and canoeing and skating and hiking with. I'll find a nice compromise somewhere there's no winter...and don't worry, Mick, not FL. My friends' experiences there in Ft.Ladida, Naples, and Titusville the last few years have soured me on that idea. Now southern CA or the AZ desert, on the other hand, sound very inviting...

If only there were some way to shield Key West from the hurricanes...it's so lovely there I could see living there forever - except for that one tiny problem!

Damn! That's exactly where I wanted to go.

On Feb 26, 11:48 pm, tennis maynard

absolutley-! i love KW.

and speaking of port st lucie:

ah:

--j_a

Unfortunately, there are still way too many people moving to FL. The state is rapidly becoming a wasteland of housing developments and shopping malls, New Jersey with palm trees.

The Empire of the Rat and its clones have all but destroyed Orlando.

Read Carl Hiassen's book -Paradise Screwed-- for a good account of what's become of the Sunshine State. His novels are funny, too, loaded with stereotypes, but very funny.

J. Del Col

Read them all, my favorite author.

Bob

I hear Panama is the next Costa Rica. Supposedly Costa Rica is having problems with increased crime and kidnappings making Panama safe by comparison. Anyone else buying that? *G*

K Barrett

Moving to Montana soon ... Gonna be a Dental Floss Tycoon! Bob Campoli - Philadelphia!