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Here are some things to consider and do before you make FL your retirement place.
1. Spend a month or two in July and August (the hottest months).
2. Realize it is way more humid than NC. Any time of year! (I about fell over laughing when a lady complained about how humid it was here last summer! I told her, “You have never been to FL have you?”) In the summer expect for your clothes to stick to you even, if you are outside for 15 minutes or less! It’s almost inevitable. (Being a Floridian I can wear jeans or pants in the summer and be okay, that’s not normal though even for most Floridians, lol)
3. Realize 4 seasons are very rare to have and the leaves always just turn brown except evergreens of course. The fall season is rarely fall anymore, so those cool relaxing Autumn breezes you can kiss them good bye because they are rare.
4. Realize when it is actually cold, it feels a LOT colder than the same temp in North Carolina. Because it is so humid, the cold chills down to your bones. (I never knew why my northern friends thought FL cold was more chilling than places where it snowed, until I had my first winter up here back in 2004 when I was up here for 5 months. Then I got it, it really is a different kind of cold, I will take NC cold any day!)
5. For the last several years in December it is usually hot maybe a week of cold, it doesn’t get really cold till January and the cold has for the past several years extended into spring with hot and then cold weeks alternating. Which for many seems to weaken their immune system and cause an out break of getting colds and sick in general off and on.
6. Depending on what area of Florida you can almost guarantee several months in the summer where there is a nasty thunder and lightening storms with heavy rain every afternoon almost like clock work at the same time of day. (The Tampa Bay area is really known for that).
7. There are way more not so desired insects in FL.
8. If you lived over near the mountains of NC or even central North Carolina, then there would be a HUGE difference in the quality of air, etc. You live in Spring Lake, which actually reminds me of some of the places in FL as far as scenery (lots of Pine trees and sand). I call from Benson down to the South Carolina border the ugly part of NC. LOL (Which seems to be the consensus with many of the Floridians I have met around those areas which is a lot!)
9. You can almost guarantee every year a major hurricane or two or sometimes 3+.
Now there are plenty of great things about Florida, however just about everything that is great about FL can be found here in North Carolina as well! (Except for almost every place in Florida is at the maximum 2.5 hours from a beach!)
I just wanted to point out some things that most people do not realize!
I believe we all have places we are meant to be in tune and harmony with. All I am saying is get to know FL before you decide to call it home (if you haven’t all ready) and make sure it truly resonates with you.
I will probably have a vacation home there one day after doing some thorough research and experience, but I do not foresee me ever going back on a full time basis.
Here are some things to consider and do before you make FL your retirement place.
1. Spend a month or two in July and August (the hottest months).
2. Realize it is way more humid than NC. Any time of year! (I about fell over laughing when a lady complained about how humid it was here last summer! I told her, "You have never been to FL have you?") In the summer expect for your clothes to stick to you even, if you are outside for 15 minutes or less! It's almost inevitable. (Being a Floridian I can wear jeans or pants in the summer and be okay, that's not normal though even for most Floridians, lol)
3. Realize 4 seasons are very rare to have and the leaves always just turn brown except evergreens of course. The fall season is rarely fall anymore, so those cool relaxing Autumn breezes you can kiss them good bye because they are rare.
4. Realize when it is actually cold, it feels a LOT colder than the same temp in North Carolina. Because it is so humid, the cold chills down to your bones. (I never knew why my northern friends thought FL cold was more chilling than places where it snowed, until I had my first winter up here back in 2004 when I was up here for 5 months. Then I got it, it really is a different kind of cold, I will take NC cold any day!)
5. For the last several years in December it is usually hot maybe a week of cold, it doesn't get really cold till January and the cold has for the past several years extended into spring with hot and then cold weeks alternating. Which for many seems to weaken their immune system and cause an out break of getting colds and sick in general off and on.
6. Depending on what area of Florida you can almost guarantee several months in the summer where there is a nasty thunder and lightening storms with heavy rain every afternoon almost like clock work at the same time of day. (The Tampa Bay area is really known for that).
7. There are way more not so desired insects in FL.
8. If you lived over near the mountains of NC or even central North Carolina, then there would be a HUGE difference in the quality of air, etc. You live in Spring Lake, which actually reminds me of some of the places in FL as far as scenery (lots of Pine trees and sand). I call from Benson down to the South Carolina border the ugly part of NC. LOL (Which seems to be the consensus with many of the Floridians I have met around those areas which is a lot!)
9. You can almost guarantee every year a major hurricane or two or sometimes 3+.
Now there are plenty of great things about FL, but everything that is great about FL can be found here as well. (Except for just about any place in FL is at the maximum 2.5 hours from a beach)
I just wanted to point out some things that most people do not realize!
I believe we all have places we are meant to be in tune and harmony with. All I am saying is get to know FL before you decide to call it home (if you haven't all ready) and make sure it truly resonates with you.
I will have a vacation home there one day, but I do not foresee me ever going back on a full time basis.
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