We're thinking about moving to Florida to enjoy less COVID restrictions, but don't know which cities are best? Suggestions from my GLP fami

Fuck St. Petersburg. They should've burned the whole city during the riots after Jimmy Knight shot that guy in the 90s.

Jimmy's a good dude though.

St Pete isn't a good option for you if you're looking for minimal homeless. Pinellas County has the highest population density in the state as well as the largest homeless population.

Lived there for way too many years. You're better off in the counties north or south of Pinellas by far. Pasco or Sarasota respectively.

Generally speaking, anywhere outside of the metropolitan areas of jacksonville, tallahassee, the tampa bay area, orlando and miami is rural and much better areas to live.

Generally though if i was to suggest somewhere, i'd say anything north of the tampa area up until jacksonville/tallahasee is very good areas to live, and if you pick the right areas, your not too far from a large town either, though even most small towns here have a good size store nearby (i live in a town of less than 10k people, and it has almost everything here from clinics to grocers and big box stores within a 10-20 min drive).

Just a warning, all of this is rural florida, and rural florida is as southern and gun loving as much of texas, and we get bears and something known as coywolfs here, coywolfs are coyotes mixed with wolves, and are dangerous, though they avoid humans usually, but you gotta watch out for pets.Gators are only a problem if you go to the tampa bay area or further south, they can't survive much further north.

Oh and last but not least, if your near a coastal area and love seafood, florida is probably one of the kings of seafood in the us (though alot of beef and poultry come from florida as well) and of course, florida, if your in the right areas, is arguably the vacation capital of the us, there's always somewhere you can go in this state to find something to do, usually even in small towns.

Good to know thanks.

Excellent, thought out info. I will consider your points for sure. Thanks much.

Moving from where?

Also career field can be important in picking a location

However, Sarasota is very crowded. If you are moving from the Northeast, be prepared for much lower paying jobs than up North. Also, because everyone else is moving down here, real estate is getting very expensive and so is the rent.

Hence, it's getting more expensive if wages are stagnant.

I will check it out thanks.

Any other Floridians want to weigh in?

That’s my recommendation as well - Punta Gorda would be my first choice.

I live in St Pete, I like it, make sure to live on the North side though. Lots of jobs, not too big, not too small. Nice downtown. Seminole is nice, its more richy, more expensive, less ethnic. I homeschooled my son, no problem. What is your occupation btw? If nursing-plenty of jobs

Thanks for helping. We homeschool up here in WA ST, but we can't take the COVIDIOCY up here any more. I work in the fire dept. currently. Looks like I will need to accept much less pay down there for something related, but I do have a 4 yr college degree.

DON'T DO IT

Florida is getting overcrowded.

Freaks from all over are moving in and driving up prices of everything..

The infrastructure is under heavy pressure.

The water is bad.

One Cat 5 away from apocalypse.

DON'T DO IT

Florida is getting overcrowded.

Freaks from all over are moving in and driving up prices of everything..

The infrastructure is under heavy pressure.

The water is bad.

One Cat 5 away from ap
You know this from the Netherlands?

Last Edited by UseLessRepEATER on 02/04/2021 04:15 AM

Please exit this thread. I was on a serious quest for answers.

It's humid April trough November so watch for the dark mold. Oh, be wary of pythons.
Apartments sea side are nice but have an exit plan for hurricanes. Everything else is paradise
Except when it gets cold like tonight.

Thank you, what's your general location if you don't mind?

Seminole, FL Pinellas County or Indian Rocks Beach FL

Are you living around there? Mosquitos?

I like Melbourne over Palm Bay.

Thanks, R U in FL?

Florida is a diverse state, depends on what you're looking for, fast paced city life, country life, laid back beach community, retirement community, tourist towns, etc

You should really just take a road trip around the state first and see what feels like home.

Housing is cheap, barely need a down payment, 2 minimum wage couple can afford to buy homes! Utilities are brutal, will cut services a day late or penny short and cable TV services way antiquated compared to up North, I would call Comcast cable and find out where they service. My folks have to use Spectrum which sucks. Water department will shut off your water if day late, yeah utility companies are brutal

Are there any stores there that have a good organic selection where they don’t enforce any kind of mask wearing?

And can you get grass-fed A2 raw milk anywhere around there?

Last Edited by Asuralikeproduction on 02/04/2021 02:20 PM

None try Texas

Do you like rain?

What’s the most overall conservative bigger or mid-size city in Texas?