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I lived in LA for 16 years and FL for 11.
South Florida is so much better.
I don't know why people keep saying the weather is better in So Cal. Baloney. It gets insanely hot in the summer and you feel like your being baked with that dry heat. The air quality is atrocious.
Florida does get humid in the summer but you get really used to it quickly. I also like the tropical rains. They refresh everything nicely. And it adds variety vs. waking up to always sunny days like in LA. That got so monotonous after a while.
I agree the people in LA are a different kind. Not knocking them. Just saying thay have an arrogance that is different than the way people are here in the South. I've made more genuine long term friends here than anywhere I've ever lived in the US. People are friendly and relaxed. Things are casual and you don't have that competitive keep up with the jones thing going on.
The cost of living here is dramatically less also. Just the state taxes alone saves you a fortune if you have a large income. Property is expensive here but not anywhere as bad as LA was.
Shopping is just as nice. Restaurants just as nice. Lifestyle choices just as nice. Clubs are nicer here. The water is way cleaner here and that bahamas green blue which I love. The ocean is always warm.
The only thing you do have to get used to in FLorida are the older folks. You get a lot people that love this so much for their later years. So there are a lot of elderly. But the plus side to that is you have more medical and health facilities here than anywhere else in the US. And its all cutting edge health technology which is probably why older folks live so long here.
Also we have lots of bugs down here because of the tropical. But you get used to them too after a while.
I've been in a major earthquake and a major hurricane. I'll take the hurricanes over the quakes any day. They really aren't all that bad once you experience one.
Floridas population is growing dramatically because its such a great place to live. My 2030 it will be close to 30 Million people here, bumping NY to 4th place, and placing it as the #3 state behind Texas and Cali. Cali will have 46 Million people then.
Calif is also a great place to live, but FL is greater and I'm speaking from having lived in both places and seeing the pros and cons of each.
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