Moving to Florida

[Rocco]

Yeah but you live in Celebration Julie. Celebration is just one of those completely one off places where anyone would live given half the chance. I'd jump at it. However, anywhere else off 192...you can keep it. We spent an hour on I4 on Friday by the junction of 27 only to move one mile or so. We then had to go back on ourselves and take the 417 from Celebration back to Lake Mary. All in all that trip took us hours. And I4 is like that on a daily occurence up that end. I for one won't miss there or the unsightly road works and delays which have been on 192 as long as I can remember.

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Rocco
Yeah but you live in Celebration Julie. Celebration is just one of those completely one off places where anyone would live given half the chance. I'd jump at it. However, anywhere else off 192...you can keep it. We spent an hour on I4 on Friday by the junction of 27 only to move one mile or so. We then had to go back on ourselves and take the 417 from Celebration back to Lake Mary. All in all that trip took us hours. And I4 is like that on a daily occurence up that end. I for one won't miss there or the unsightly road works and delays which have been on 192 as long as I can remember.
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Thats what I like about the Orlando area.....less traffic......moving a mile in an hour would be heaven......LOL
Joking apart the traffic is the biggest thing in an holiday area...we just can't leave the Cape in summmer....you're talking hours to do a mile if you're lucky...it took us 7 hours to get back on Cape one day.....after taking 3 to get off.......I was told the day after July 4th was grid lock on the highway from Hyannis to the bridges....some of the people in the towns near the bridge can't leave their homes in summer.....its grid lock everyday all summer long.....I know 192 and 27 are no way near as bad as here....and that you soon learn the back ways to town......and when to go where...I can now do most of the summer on Cape hitting very little traffic....I know a lot of new people leave the Cape because of our summers....its one of the reasons top on our list.....but now I'm a local and know the ropes....its a lot easier....a lot of thought should go into time traveling to work and home again....but everyday living you just get used to the odd problem.....I've become a lot happier here on Cape in the last year....and we have had 2 very busy longer seasons......

[Rocco]

That's just part of it and I agree with your comments. But me and the husband took the kids to Interntional Drive a couple of weeks ago to see the Titanic Exhibition and we were discussing the difference between I Drive and 192, we can see the attraction for being on I Drive. It's jazzy and fun looking. It's also attractive. But 192 is downright ugly. Problem is if you don't venture out much (like I never used to admittedly) you don't see that.

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Rocco
That's just part of it and I agree with your comments. But me and the husband took the kids to Interntional Drive a couple of weeks ago to see the Titanic Exhibition and we were discussing the difference between I Drive and 192, we can see the attraction for being on I Drive. It's jazzy and fun looking. It's also attractive. But 192 is downright ugly. Problem is if you don't venture out much (like I never used to admittedly) you don't see that.
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The first time I went to 192 was just after buying our house a few years ago......I'd never been there before.......it could do with a good clear up....and a more updated look......we go to I Drive for a late evening icecream......if we are in FL high summer we go out more in the warm evenings.......on the Cape......it always cools in the evenings because of the sea......the warm evenings are the best part of FL......and the thing I miss most when I get home....

[Badger]

I have had a good time reading this thread, so full of sound and experienced advice. My wife and I have been to Fla for so many times we have lost count.
Since 1990 it has been our dream to retire there but it is clear that we will never be considered for a visa. We have been there for funerals, weddings, graduations and lots of other personal events with our friends so far from the 192. We have made many good friends in Fla and have both been guests and been priveleged to host them here in the UK. It would be fair to say that all of our close friends are American.
We have sampled all aspects of life over there, from sadness and the loss of friends to the joy of seeing their children grow up and getting married. We are always invited and thankfully we can always go.
What really galls me is that we are both retired from law enforcement, impeccable records, we have money and a good pension but we are not allowed into the USA to live.
Reading the comments about life in general around the Disney area I would concede that you are right, I think that it's important to get out and into the community before making any decisions. We have done this, been all over the USA but we love rural Fla and what it has to offer. Do any of you good USA forum users have any influence over the immigration authorities? [msnsmile2]

[esprit]

NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! They tried to bring a retirement visa in a few years back and it failed abysmally to get through Senate.

[Rocco]

Amazing isn't it, the Hispanics get away with blue murder yet the British here don't get a break do they? I really feel for the people who want to live here but can't. I cannot understand why anyone wouldn't allow people of retirement age with sufficient funds in place. It makes me laugh sometimes how this works, like the other day I took my daughter to McDonalds and the happy meal gift instructions was written in Spanish. Goes to show how much influence they have here. Like I said before it's a shame there isn't someone lobby for our rights as much because I've always said if the British pulled their investment and holiday money out of Florida they'd notice it alright.

[flyrr100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by esprit
Theres a lot of truth in what you say. The gas prices are higher too around here. If I moved out of the tourist area, I would miss the Brit food sections in the local supermarkets however. But living in a place where everyone else is on holiday and you arnt isnt the best, I live in the one place in this area that I would live. Lake Mary is really nice from what I have seen.
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We live in Winter Springs and still have Brit stuff at Publix and Albertsons.
Winter Springs is in a great location. I'm five minutes from 417. Five minutes from 436. And around ten minutes from I-4.
Great schools, and low crime.

[Badger]

Hey Rocco,

Thanks for your response, the rules certainly make no sense to me. It seems that the USA has a strange immigration policy. I have tried to reply to your post on several occasions but end up deleting my posts because it may be inflammatory. You can't even say what you think these days!