Florida Friends

check out St Augustine

I live in the Florida Keys and it's a perfect get-away trip.

Sarasota. Siesta Key beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. It's made the top 10 list several times. Stay somewhere in the village and rent bikes so you can ride to the beach, awesome restaurants, fun night life. The Ringling Museum, Selby Gardens...we have a lot of circus history here and lots of great things to do.

Hit me up if you decide to come here and I can let you know what's going on when you're planning your vacation.

me and my wife from uk and visted florida a few times clearwater beach down by tampa is the muts nuts we love it hoping to get back soon . would move to us in a second if you's would let anyone in haha we've just started on fitness pal first weigh in tomorrow.. fingers crossed but a long way to go..

I'm from Pensacola.

Just moved to Sarasota from HOT and HUMID Illinois and we LOVE It. There are so many beautiful places up and down the Gulf coast, from Manasota Key in the south, up to Anna Maria Island in the north. We could spend weeks just checking out all the beautiful white sand and turquoise water beaches.

Inland Sarasota county has some beautiful parks that look like fairy tale forests. There is a thriving arts community in Sarasota and we also love Venice Island, that has a small town feel.

And everyone I have met in the few months we've been here, are HAPPY. Not grumbling, complaining, sour puss faced people. Genuine happy, joyful people. We love it, it's paradise

And if you're young, the older people will treat you like you don't belong in "their" state.

This is absolutely true. I am 5th generation Floridian and I just wish everyone ELSE would quit moving to MY damn state so I can move back home. That being said, it's mostly been ruined and the new place I live is completely different but gives me the same feeling of "natural beauty" Florida USED to have....before everyone else moved there.

And for the record....I'm 43. Most of the state has been essentially ruined in that short period of time.......

Oh, and since it's now officially football season...GO GATORS!!!!!

Northerm Florida isn't so bad, in that sense. There's nothing to DO here, but we still have trees and springs and lots of natural beauty. I love The Forgotten Coast, but if you need a job and a place to live at the same time and don't want to commute an hour a day ...

Tallahassee is very pretty. Just lacking in everything else!

You couldn't pay me to live in south Florida, though. Even Jacksonville is too overdone. No trees, all pavement. At least the beach is close, though.

I'm in Palm Coast (Flagler County) and I love it here. It's not too big but not too small. It's a pretty place to live and it's kept up nicely. If you're looking for work though, you'll most likely have to commute...

We have a very different kind of heat than California.

This. I went to visit Cali and dry heat is much easier to deal with than the wet heat we have over here in my opinion. Our humidity is pretty much always in the 90%+ range and it can make hot days torture, especially if you sweat easily. Be prepared before you move here! My friend in California came to visit and she says I must be a tropical fish because I've lived here all my life. :laugh:

I live in Orlando, and it's a nice place to visit for vacation, but be prepared for how hokey and touristy it is. We have Disney characters plastered pretty much everywhere, the traffic is extreme, and we're not super close to any beaches. Daytona, Jacksonville, and Tallahassee are pretty, but Daytona is tiny and Jax and Tallahassee are super sparse and spread out (I used to live in Jax and we had to take the flippin' highway everywhere). People are right that Florida is mostly scrub and wilderness if you aren't in any big cities. I've never been down in Miami, but I hear it's a decent place for fun. I personally enjoy living here, but I can sympathize with my fellow natives who hate it.