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Forest · 03-15-2008

that is the exact reason i moved to florida

If i want to see snow I take a plane so when im sick of it i can come home

softball · 03-15-2008

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Originally Posted by Forest

that is the exact reason i moved to florida

If i want to see snow I take a plane so when im sick of it i can come home

If I wanna see a snowflake, I drive up a hill. If I wanna see a Hurricane and destruction, white shoes, pink shirts and matching belt and listen to redneck radio, I visit Florida.

Hell Puppy · 03-16-2008

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Originally Posted by rhetorical

If I wanna see a snowflake, I drive up a hill. If I wanna see a Hurricane and destruction, white shoes, pink shirts and matching belt and listen to redneck radio, I visit Florida.

what's wrong with pink shirts?

EmporerEJ · 03-17-2008

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Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

what's wrong with pink shirts?

I'm told it's not "pink," it's "Rose."

Hell Puppy · 03-18-2008

I could stand tampa, dont know that i would want to go further south than that. Only thing is though from a business standpoint, that's saturation in terms of competition for resources. Hard to find a hot girl willing to shoot hardcore who hasn't already been tagged by at least a half dozen different shooters.

I love the pacific northwest as well, but cost of living up there is outrageous. But there are tons of techie resources. I've threatened to open an office there for at least a couple of years. Instead so far, I just work closely with a couple of companies in the area and fly up there a few times a year.

Forest · 03-16-2008

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Originally Posted by rhetorical

If I wanna see a snowflake, I drive up a hill. If I wanna see a Hurricane and destruction, white shoes, pink shirts and matching belt and listen to redneck radio, I visit Florida.

Thats the OLD florida. Thats the florida I remember as a kid. It is sooo different today.

Lots of culture, great food, concerts special events, street fairs (cayo ocho is this weekend)

Hell Puppy · 03-16-2008

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Originally Posted by Forest

Thats the OLD florida. Thats the florida I remember as a kid. It is sooo different today.

Lots of culture, great food, concerts special events, street fairs (cayo ocho is this weekend)

I was in Ft. Lauderdale a few weeks ago and felt like I was in Cuba. I had to speak spanish to order lunch and the airport smelled like feet and ass.

softball · 03-16-2008

Also when I travel, I like to get away from canadians, so avoid Florida.

Forest · 03-16-2008

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Originally Posted by rhetorical

Also when I travel, I like to get away from canadians, so avoid Florida.

from dec to april this is fucking mini canada

But thanks to the canadians ( and the rest of the tourists) we have no state income tax

and HP Ft lauderdale isnt that cuban. Go to Miami and thats all cuban. Thats why I live in Broward county. Much more like a southern NY here.

I love it. Would be hard pressed to live anywhere else and I have lived all over the country

EmporerEJ · 03-17-2008

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Originally Posted by Forest

from dec to april this is fucking mini canada

But thanks to the canadians ( and the rest of the tourists) we have no state income tax

and HP Ft lauderdale isnt that cuban. Go to Miami and thats all cuban. Thats why I live in Broward county. Much more like a southern NY here.

I love it. Would be hard pressed to live anywhere else and I have lived all over the country

You know, I was wondering why so many adult businesses were in Florida.
But then, you start thinking about the Homestead act, Taxes, and the nice weather, and it all clicks.

Southern Cal is nice, but massively expensive. Flordia is more like a transplanted Northeastern "state." Cheap bastards, (Like me) and retirees on a "fixed income," (I'm SOOOOO tired of hearing my parents say that.)

And of course.....Golf.
Personally, I'd like a nice place somewhere around the cape. Seemed like a reasonable area.
Thoughts?

Sexyteaser · 03-16-2008

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Originally Posted by Forest

Thats the OLD florida. Thats the florida I remember as a kid. It is sooo different today.

Lots of culture, great food, concerts special events, street fairs (cayo ocho is this weekend)

Speaking of Florida did anyone catch the sping break msnbc article - now that the economy is bad there are businesses complaining about running off the spring break college kids... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23565992/ The same thing happened in the 1980's in Palm Springs.

Forest · 03-16-2008

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Originally Posted by Shelleehale

Speaking of Florida did anyone catch the sping break msnbc article - now that the economy is bad there are businesses complaining about running off the spring break college kids... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23565992/ The same thing happened in the 1980's in Palm Springs.

that article also goes on to say that since running off the spring breakers in 1985 ( where annual tourism was around 2.2m visitors) ft Lauderdale has increased year round tourism to almost 5x that number

good riddance to the kids. Now that Im old and mellow i have no interest in that crowd

softball · 03-16-2008

Here we stick em on a Mountain....Whistler...

Hell Puppy · 03-16-2008

Ahhh, i remember Daytona fondly from my college years. Guaranteed to snap a dry streak....hehe.

Spring Break is ever changing. Any place with an 18 year old drinking age instead of 21 is going to draw. And it's still so big in places like South Padre that if you have a big business with a lot of low end labor (call centers, dept stores, etc), you lose as much as 20-30% of your work force for 4-6 weeks while spring breakers are in town. They cast aside their sub-$10 an hour jobs for a few weeks and go soak in some of those dollars pumped in by the college kids.

The kids may pile 8 people into the cheapest hotels in town, but they do spend their money. They just prefer to spend it on booze over accomodations. But the locals HATE it, traffic snarls, no one gets any sleep, infrastructure is stressed to the limits.

Now Atlanta ran off Freaknik, which as essentially THE spot for black college spring break. It was the worst of both worlds. Not only did you have the problems with traffic, noise, etc. But crime went thru the roof to boot....the behavior glorified by the hip hop generation gets ramped to a whole new level when you have tens of thousands of young black men all drinking and trying to get laid in one place.

However, these guys also didn't spend anything. After the first year or so, many restaurants in the party areas would just close down for the week Freaknik was in town. Lots of dine-n-dash without paying. If they did pay it was the cheapest thing on the menu and no tip for the servers.

Forest · 03-16-2008

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Here we stick em on a Mountain....Whistler...

im planing a trip to whistler next season

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Hell Puppy Fat Fucking Nobody Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6,523	Re: for rhetorical I could stand tampa, dont know that i would want to go further south than that. Only thing is though from a business standpoint, that's saturation in terms of competition for resources. Hard to find a hot girl willing to shoot hardcore who hasn't already been tagged by at least a half dozen different shooters. I love the pacific northwest as well, but cost of living up there is outrageous. But there are tons of techie resources. I've threatened to open an office there for at least a couple of years. Instead so far, I just work closely with a couple of companies in the area and fly up there a few times a year.

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softball Members Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,165	Re: for rhetorical Also when I travel, I like to get away from canadians, so avoid Florida.

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softball Members Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,165	Re: for rhetorical Here we stick em on a Mountain....Whistler...

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Hell Puppy Fat Fucking Nobody Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6,523	Re: for rhetorical Ahhh, i remember Daytona fondly from my college years. Guaranteed to snap a dry streak....hehe. Spring Break is ever changing. Any place with an 18 year old drinking age instead of 21 is going to draw. And it's still so big in places like South Padre that if you have a big business with a lot of low end labor (call centers, dept stores, etc), you lose as much as 20-30% of your work force for 4-6 weeks while spring breakers are in town. They cast aside their sub-$10 an hour jobs for a few weeks and go soak in some of those dollars pumped in by the college kids. The kids may pile 8 people into the cheapest hotels in town, but they do spend their money. They just prefer to spend it on booze over accomodations. But the locals HATE it, traffic snarls, no one gets any sleep, infrastructure is stressed to the limits. Now Atlanta ran off Freaknik, which as essentially THE spot for black college spring break. It was the worst of both worlds. Not only did you have the problems with traffic, noise, etc. But crime went thru the roof to boot....the behavior glorified by the hip hop generation gets ramped to a whole new level when you have tens of thousands of young black men all drinking and trying to get laid in one place. However, these guys also didn't spend anything. After the first year or so, many restaurants in the party areas would just close down for the week Freaknik was in town. Lots of dine-n-dash without paying. If they did pay it was the cheapest thing on the menu and no tip for the servers.

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