Hotscot

Oh jeez...SG1...it's Swiss Toni Mark 2
And that's a fact!

Flabound oneday

nope I live and love Florida....my points were pro Fl
I think you may have mis read

Sportychico

holy smoke we are still debating this?.....its matter of personal choice and depends what wealth you have...I would like to live in Santa Monica and have a house over looking the ocean...unfortunately I don't have millions.

Many contributors make comments on here who 1) defend UK yet don't live here (laughable) and 2) live in awful US states and will unlikely ever have this choice.

For me and my wealth Florida would be best option. If money was no option then I would choose above and have a home in each place.

The SUNSHINE state is known for poor weather!!...The most ridiculous and ignorant statement on here....apart from 2/3 mths of afternoon tropical rain and humidity Florida's climate is one of the best in the world...Hurricanes generally only cause damage to trailer parks so not an issue...our wind and rain in UK has caused more damage

Speedwell

Hurricanes only cause damage to trailer parks... really? Do you really live in Florida? Honestly? Have you ever heard of Frances? Cleo? Jeanne? FFS, Andrew, the most expensive natural disaster in US history? I wasn't going to answer but this was just too wrong.

Sportychico

Yes have home in Naples / Bonita springs....no issues there with Hurricanes...

Speedwell

http://www.naples.net/govern/county/emrgmgt/never.htm Oh really. Notice it took me only eight minutes to respond to your post, seven of which were used typing a response in another thread and one of which was spent finding that link.

Sportychico

As mentioned unless you have a cheap old house or live in a Trailer park all Florida homes are NOW built to withstand Hurricanes...Naples (due to where it is) rarely gets hit and when it does its minor.....so even in the very unlikely event a cat 5 hits there your home will be fine...I was there when the cat 3 hit ..FOX news and many US citizens (very usual) sensationalised things.....it was fine..a few palm trees needed clearing which were done within 24 hours.....so in conclusion Florida weather is excellent hence all the wealthy & snowbirds have second homes there.....a non argument really x

Flabound oneday

technically speaking Bonita isn't Naples....if you have a home in BS and are trying to make out you are one of the Naples 'set' its kind of like saying you are from Kensington when really you live in wormwood scrubs.


have you seen the Jones' lately ??

SultanOfSwing

What the clucking bell is so special about Florida? What is it about old people and Disneyland that makes every single electrician and hairdresser in the UK want to move there?

I live in the North, where all the hard people live of course, so I can be objective. If I was to choose one of the two - California would win every time. The Sierra Nevadas, Yosemite, Sequoia National Park beats the Everglades, those godawful ravers from Miami and land yacht traffic jams hands down

I'd also consider Arizona or New Mexico. OK, I'm biased towards the southwest but I'd miss the cold ...

Speedwell

Folks, this is an example of not only misinformation but lethal misinformation. Homes in the path of a category 5 hurricane that is still a cat 5 when it passes over them don't survive intact, if they survive at all. It doesn't matter if they're built badly or well. They sustain damage and undergo flooding in a storm surge.

Sportychico

nonsense...modern buildings withstand Cat 5 thats why you never see them fall down

Sportychico

California very nice as well.(as mentioned) ..you need more $$$ to move there hence Florida you an have more for your buck ...I would go to santa monica

Sportychico

ignorant comment...Bonita Springs is stunning and many properties are more valubale than in Naples...some of Naples is run down as is some of Kensington.

Naples is mainly old people...though very nice. Bonita Springs and Estero are more for the under 45s....as is fort myers........if you don't own a home there please don't comment on things you have little experience of x

Speedwell

All it takes is one hurricane-spawned tornado. FFS, please go read about hurricanes before hurricane season starts, OK? I don't know how many people live in your Florida home, but I hope they are more informed than you are.

SultanOfSwing

Oh, I've no illusions about cost. My buck goes much further in the midwest. I'm far enough from Chicago and Milwaukee to avoid the 'city tax' but close enough for all conveniences.

Works for me.