OT: what to do and where to go
gammanu95
My casual drinking is your alcohol poisoning.
From Chicago, to New Orleans, to Florida. Out the frying pan and into the fire, and then to the sewer pipe. Apart from two world class strip club destinations - Miami and Tampa, there is nothing in Florida that cannot be found elsewhere in the US. If not for my wife's medical practice, I would seriously leave this fucking state. What's keeping other Florida residents here, and where would you go if you left?
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We have excellent pro football, baseball, and basketball teams.
I'm talking about non-strip club aspects. I have been to a few of the Tampa/St. Pete clubs (actually, more like those on the drive up and down the nature coast from Tampa) and they are definitely ace! I need to try more the next time I am there!
May I suggest someplace uninhabited like Pluto.
I have a friend that lives in Pensacola. He was born and raised near Toronto and now refuses to live north of I-10.
As far as the Canuckleheads... at least they're better drivers than those worthless fucking New Englanders.
I'll visit for a week every couple of years in mid winter but even then I'm ready to come home at the end of the week.
Time travel videos are funny. Trump gets elected to second term. NK shoots a nuke at Honolulu in 2020 but it gets shot down. We return fire with 2 nukes and Kim is no more. Then one year later we go to war with China and Russia and battlefield nukes are used in a brutal war. LA has a 10.2 earthquake dropping the west coast down 10 ft. Amazing details on a video I saw last night. Should be amusing to watch in a few years. The guy can claim he changed time of anything deviates.
Kind of like the time traveler who claimed there was going to be a civil war in the US before the US government changed it by doing 911 covertly. I never heard that one until last night. Another time traveler said Hillary and later on Chelsey would become president and things were horrible. He was trying to change it. Looks like he succeeded so far.
The one video said trump would try for a third term but still get impeached during his second term. Weird.
I def enjoy the lack of cold weather - the Miami heat/humidity can drive one mad in the summer months but I still take that over the northern winters.
Miami in particular is pretty-much as if it was a different country - the massive immigration does not make it feel like America - I like the fact Miami is somewhat similar to New York City in that's there's often something going-on; kinda has a vibe/beat fairly fast-pace to it - def not a sleep town/city.
But the quality of life in Miami is not that good down here - if it wasn't for my 88 y/o mom who's only known Miami and Cuba and doesn't speak English; not sure I'd still be down here (also have an 80 y/o aunt whom did not have any kids and I kinda take care of most things for her also).
I like Texas - Dallas has a lot to offer but a bit too-slow for a single-guy - but Houston is nice in my limited experience (big city to have everything but not have as many of the big-city problems as other big-cities; at least seemingly not to the same extent).
And again, I want to point to the yankee shitheads that move here when they get tired making New York and New Jersey bad places to live, they come to Florida and ruin it for everyone. Nasty attitudes, self-righteous entitlement, and socialist values. People think FL is great because there are no state income taxes, but they make up for it in everything else - sales taxes, property taxes, court costs, fines, fees, et cetera, etc., the list is endless. Now, with still more Chicago and new england assholes moving south, and still more Canadians, it will not be long before they vote in democrat politicians who will increase taxes, reduce freedoms, and make this a miserably hot and humid version of Camden, NJ.
And the Cuban girls are overrated. Most of them are pudgy if not true porkers, and the lack of English skills make casual dating nearly impossible.
Then there is the weather. Then there are no state income taxes. Then there is the much cheaper cost of living (even utilities are a fraction of what they cost in the northeast). Then there is a much better cultural attitudes regarding rights and freedoms, including a noticeable lack of the Nanny state bullshit that seems to be getting worse by the year in places like NY and CT. Then there are...
Anyway, I've said enough. Maybe someone who grew up in Florida sees it changing in ways that he/she does not like, but for a refugee from the northeast with libertarian leanings, Florida is a little piece of heaven.
I couldn't agree more with this. I have spent a lot of time all over FL and I wouldn't want to live in Miami either, or Tampa for that matter. Also, while I like having easy access to Orlando because my kids enjoy the Disney parks, I wouldn't want to spend more than a few days at a time there either.
But what many people who spend most of their time in the heavy tourist cities don't realize, there is a large stretch of eastern coastline in FL that is still lightly developed - pretty much from Cocoa Beach all the way up to the GA border. Even the JAX beach area is pretty easy to navigate compared to southern population centers. Where I now live, I buy a cheap beach pass for my SUV that is good for a whole year and drive right onto the beach whenever I want. There are also endless opportunities to participate in outdoor activities year-round. It is a wonderful place to raise children and all of the opportunities for adult side diversions is just a bonus.
And, of course, all of this is just in addition to everything I posted before. :)