Originally Posted by
4BET
Florida is a top 5 state to live.
According to what exactly??? You???
I've never said anything to you about this, but you are the biggest FL homer I have ever seen, and it's beyond ridiculous.
I have lived in both states. I have been going to FL since the early 70's. I have a shitload of family that lives all over the state, and I lived in FL for 3 years in the late 80's and early 90's. The only state that I have ever traveled through that is more boring than Florida is Kansas. I have been all over the country and I would say FL would probably be one of the last places I would choose to move to.
I also lived in So Cal for a spell in the early 90's, and have traveled all over California. Simply put, there is no fucking comparison. Florida is a nice place to visit for a week, but living there blows. Just the bugs and the humidity are enough for me to say never again. Throw in the scumbags and over abundance of old people in the southern FL, and the rednecks of the north and you have a clusterfuck of shit. Add in the highly conservative nature of FL and it is a no brainer, it is definitely not a top 5 place to live. And I can back that up with data.
Florida doesn't even crack the top 35 places to live, while California has 3 of the top 10 on this list...
http://livability.com/best-places/to...s-to-live/2015
Top 10 here maybe? Nope. Ca? Yes!
http://www.moving.com/articles/ameri...est-places.asp
How about this list? No again...
http://time.com/money/3312309/mckinn...laces-to-live/
I challenge you to find one legit source that says FL is a top 5 place to live. I just searched high and low and came up empty. The only thing I found saying FL was in the top 5 of was this...
http://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...ancake/284348/
Congrats, you live in the flattest state in the country. Like I said, boring as fuck to drive through.
And yes, California has earthquakes and drought. But in FL you have the chance of hurricanes, and an abundance of sink holes.
You also have cold winters that wipe out all the orange crops. It's kind of a wash IMO.
California has so much more to offer it's truly not even close. Skiing in the winter, beaches in the summer, wine country, travel destinations like nowhere else. FL has South Beach and the Everglades, and that's pretty much it.
Yes, FL has more affordable housing, but that only matters if you are living on a budget. Let's say money is no object, where do you think most people would choose? FL or CA? LOL... Only a true homer would pick FL.