I've never understood the flight to FL when retired. It's hot all the time, terribly humid all the time, AC is a necessity and gators (yikes, the gators!). It has never ever been on my To Do list and I frankly don't get it. I've only visited FL a few times and it doesn't really have any huge appeal for me."When we retire we will move to Florida"
This is what I heard and witnessed in the 70's, 80's, 90's, and 2000's.
Have many friends and relatives that transplanted to FL over the years. With Andrew in 92, the hurricanes of 2005, now IRMA... What would you think? What would you do?
Florida's population now rivals that of NY. Traffic, heat, humidity.... Don't get me wrong. I love Florida. But when I am 75, 80 yrs of age do I want to put up with the fear of these monster storms?
There are many Floridians here on Tug and my heart goes out to all of the FL residents that have endured this latest storm.
At this moment in time I have told DW that I will not permanently move to FL when we retire. Yes vacation there, but I could not permanently reside there.
What would you do?
Nothing to do with hurricanes, as we get tornadoes here with much less notice and usually no notice. I'm staying where I am in retirement and will visit the world. I might even visit FL.