Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

In some parts of Florida seeing an 8 foot tall mouse would not be considered strange. That scares me.

Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

They keep the natives away from Orlando. What the tourists don't know is that Orlando is a huge compound that is surrounded by troops to keep the natives away from harming the tourists.

Outside of Orlando, it is like Terminator 3.

Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

Jokes aside is Florida worth going to?:unsure:

Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

Go to for what ??????????

Do you own a flak jacket ......

Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

If you're planning a move then I hope your research would consist of more than watching a T.V. show! I personally would not move to Florida but that is more because I prefer cooler weather, not because of an inordinate amount of crime as it depends on the area you move into. Parts of Florida are as backwoods as you can get outside of Appalachia and parts are very cosmopolitan. Lots of people live there and I'm sure many of them enjoy it.

Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

Where would u recommend? Property as an investment as well seems good at tampia, Englewood, and Fort Lauderdale-what is that like?:eek:

Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

With the bottom falling out of the property market in Florida
Certainly a good time to buy...

An an investment ..not so sure
The house insurance will kill any profit ..

Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

Oh dear how much is house insurance there!:mad:

Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

To be fair, they did go to a really crappy part of Miami that I wouldn't go to without a gun.

The producers obviously found what they were looking for.

Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

Depend on location. value, and distance from the coast ...
Hurricanes and sinkholes are the problems

Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

I cannot recommend anything, I've only been to FL once for a three day training class. It was in Tampa and it seemed like a fair enough city but you can't really tell in three days.

Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

I've only seen clips of it on the internet but I thought Top Gear was the British show that did reviews of sports cars and such? What are they doing in Miami anyway? Am I thinking of the same program? I wish the vid sites weren't blocked here, I'd look for a clip.

Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

It was actually in Alabama. Original BE thread is here http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=426096

Link to the vid is here http://youtube.com/watch?v=G6MJVzXbqRU

Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

Flroida is about the size of the UK, you can't sum it up any more than you could sum up the UK.

It's great. It's horrible.

It's commercialized. It's a third world country.

It's hot. It's cold.

It's densely populated. There's no-one for miles.

It's very expensive. It's very cheap.

It's crime-riddled. It's safe as houses.

It's flat as a pancake. OK, it is flat as a pancake.

Whic part of FL are you looking at (PLEASE don't say Orlando)? What are you looking for? Why Florida, of all places?

(Before you go any further, do a search for "Florida" on this forum and you might get an idea why you're not getting a lot of detailed answers).

Re: Top Gear Show about Florida scarry!!!!!!!!
 

It's the same show, but now and again they do things like this - a Top Gear Special; this time they bought a car each for $1000 in Miami and drove up through Florida on their way to New Orleans (passing through Alabama).

Some of it was funny, but they've blatantly gone to the areas where they knew they'd get people who fit the American stereotypes.