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In reply to the discussion: This will get lost in the GD thread. I just have a hard time and need to rant over this Ian bullshit [View all]llmart
(15,536 posts)I live amongst Michiganders in a neighborhood with mostly retired people. In the winter there are quite a few of them that own condos or trailers in Florida and they go there in November/December and don't come back until May. These people aren't what I would consider wealthy. They were mostly white collar professionals but so was I. My son lives in Orlando and he has lived in several states and in Europe and he absolutely hates the weather most of the year except for around November until March. He said most of the out of state license plates are from Ohio and Michigan. I know he'd leave in a heartbeat except for he has a terrific job that he loves and that's what moved him there.
A few of my neighbors tried the part time Florida experience and then once the novelty wore off they decided to sell their Florida place. One couple told me they hate it that it can start getting hot in April. I've been to Florida many times but I always said I would never live there and I still feel that way. In one of my jobs I was offered a transfer to the Tampa area with a wonderful move package and bennies and I turned it down.