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chunkichik
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Status: offline |  Posted - 01 Feb 2005 : 09:26:58  
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Poll Question:
I am interested to know how many people would 'reastically' move to Florida if given the chance.
I wouldn't right now, maybe when my children are grown up, I like the excitement and build up to a fantastic holiday!!!!!!!
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Nostromo
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Status: offline | Posted - 01 Feb 2005 : 09:44:10
| | I voted that I would never actually want to live there. A major contributor to that vote is our line of work, since I would never even consider practicing medicine in America....or anywhere else outside the UK for that matter. So, I might have voted differently if I was doing something else. |
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Sally D
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Status: offline | Posted - 01 Feb 2005 : 10:02:07
| | I don't know about this one. Yes thinking about it I would love to live there but don't think I ever would. My husband has spent so much time away from this country, sometimes 8 months at a time due to work that he is happy just to stay here. Also with 3 children it is never a good time to up root them from school. Eldest is just about to take her GCSE's. As long as I have my husband and children with me friends and family would not be a problem. The only one I would miss is my sister and she lives in North Yorkshire so don't get to see her that often anyway. My eldest does have some lovely friends and I know that she would miss them and would probably end up being miserable. | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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julieanne
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Status: offline | Posted - 01 Feb 2005 : 10:13:31
| Love the idea of being there permanently but have to be realistic and know it is not going to happen for me.
Not enough money to buy a business and no skills that they are likely to be desperate for over there 
Hope to be in a position to spend a lot more time there in the future tho just by being able to take lots of long holidays
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julieanne
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Status: offline | Posted - 01 Feb 2005 : 11:29:52
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Originally posted by Cruella DeVilla
I have gone for the currently moving over there option, although it is 30 months or so down the line, we have started the process now.
Ohhhhh!!
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ctgirlscout
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Status: offline | Posted - 01 Feb 2005 : 12:35:26
| | I would never want to live in FL. Way too hot there. Right now I'm at the opposite end, way too cold, but if I had a choice I would go somewhere in-between. |
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Nostromo
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Status: offline | Posted - 01 Feb 2005 : 13:16:52
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Originally posted by wilfy
Maybe retire if it was possible 
We have considered this, retiring to either Florida or California, the latter being easier because of relatives there. It is still an option, but most likely we will retire 'home' to India. |
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chrizzy100
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Status: offline | Posted - 01 Feb 2005 : 13:35:49
| | We maybe moving to FL in around 18 months....I would not of liked to have moved to FL straight from England......I'm sure with all the troubles we've had since moving over ....we would of left the USA by now.....I miss the England I left behind.....but after my daughter spent a few months back there last year.....I know I would not be going back to the same life......I don't think you notice how much a country changes until you move away.... | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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Nostromo
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Status: offline | Posted - 01 Feb 2005 : 14:27:58
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Originally posted by lal
the TV would drive me insane (no offence) but US TV only reports on US news most of the time its as if the rest of the world does not exist!!!
I think that is an important point Lal. I seldom watch TV in the US because the commercials are so frequent and annoying, the news is mostly about the US alone and the sports.. . Funnily enough, many of the US made TV programs that I like are easier to find in the UK than in the US. |
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Chloe
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Status: offline | Posted - 01 Feb 2005 : 14:31:48
| | We would never actually live there. But hope to get to the point where we can perhaps go three times a year, and make the Winter trip a longish one, perhaps 8 weeks or so. Chloe | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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chrizzy100
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Status: offline | Posted - 01 Feb 2005 : 14:36:49
| I don't think I would put TV high on the list for not moving.......you're coming over to start a new life.....not to plant yourself infront of the box.....I find I use the TV because I'm stuck in my home some of the winter time......where it can be too dangerous to go out.......wind chill......ice....etc.........but in FL I never see the TV.....sometime I don't see the point to having the cable put on when we visit.......I get most of my news online......same as I did in the UK.....
The big thing to think about is....would you have a better life in the USA......not the same one but with a lot more sun......I have to answer yes...even with all the troubles we have had here......we have done well.....
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Snapper
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Status: offline | Posted - 01 Feb 2005 : 14:54:01
| I went for the Other option. I would love to live in the US, at least for a few years, but if I had the choice I wouldn't choose Florida. I find it far too hot and humid through the summer. California would probably be top of the list, although I do like Phoenix as well; OK OK I know it's hotter in Phoenix, but I perfer that climate. I also have quite a soft spot for Chicago having worked there for a few months in the past.
I think the perfect lifestyle would be to spend a couple of months in Florida in October/November/December, Christmas in the UK, do a bit of skiing in January/February, March and April in Florida, May-August in the UK and then maybe a month on the Costa Blanca.
Further afield the whole coastline down from Cairns is just absolutely gorgeous. The cost of property in Oz isn't expensive, the lifestyle is great and the cost of living is still pretty reasonable. They do retirement visas also!! That might be a nice option to spend January/February over there (lovely and sunny) and ski the Rockies instead of skiing Europe.
Well ... we can all dream, can't we!!! |
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julieanne
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Status: offline | Posted - 01 Feb 2005 : 15:12:23
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Originally posted by chrizzy100
We maybe moving to FL in around 18 months....I would not of liked to have moved to FL straight from England......I'm sure with all the troubles we've had since moving over ....we would of left the USA by now.....I miss the England I left behind.....but after my daughter spent a few months back there last year.....I know I would not be going back to the same life......I don't think you notice how much a country changes until you move away....
Stay where you are Chrizzy (in the States that is), I would if I were you 
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Would you move to Florida?
. I think thats another good reason for going