Florida vs Texas?

5-Shot said:
Just an observation: I live in East Tennessee and it seems like half the people here moved in from Florida. Have not run into a single Texan yet. That tells me a lot.

Ed
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Ed, don't take that as an indicator. Several people I know who got conned into moving from Florida to Tennessee a couple years ago have all moved back down here this year after your "wonderful winter storms" last year. Several who did the same to Ohio and Indiana have moved back again too. You simply can't beat the weather differences.
 
johngalt said:
So which is the place to live? Near as I can tell, both have decent gun laws, no income tax, and nice places to live . . .
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I guess the answer is dependent on why you are asking? If I were looking for a retirement location, both states would be the low on the list.

First, whoever told you that Texas is not humid, has never been there! Traffic around most populated areas in both states is horrible and nothing that I need in my old age. Florida traffic on all roads in the winter makes you not want to leave the house. Retirement is all about removing the stress in your life and unless you are going to live away from the coast in Florida or rural Texas, stress abounds daily.

From traveling to most states in the country over my working career, I enjoyed both states, but it became quickly apparent that I would never want to live there after retirement. Too hot, too humid, horrible storms & hurricane dangers. Way too many people are in a hurry. I could not imagine having to drive those highways as I get older.

Besides, there are lots of great states with climates far nicer than Indiana or Michigan if that is your choosing. How about looking at the states from South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, or the Southwest? If you are near the coast there are maybe a couple weeks below freezing weather in the winter, instead of a few months of winter in the north.
 
I, personally, love the heat and humidity of Houston.
South Texas ahs no big drug problem---they are going way to fast to stop when moving it North.
I have always thought that Corpus Christi was just about perfect. You have the Gulf and GOOD fishing. not far at all from the Hill country and West Texas or South Padre--better fishing.
East Texas Forrest are equal to any in any state.
I encourage you to try the Gulf Coast--if you can make it a year you will never leave.
The first year for most, is a killer.
Blessings
 
The winner? Virginia! We can open carry & Texans can't! Less yankees in VA than in Florida! And no damn Bush's either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Born in Florida, raised in Chicago, now lives in Texas.... why would anyone want to move to Florida?? Texas is beautiful! The hill country is perfect for a motorcycle cruise, Texas is home to SH-130, the only hwy in the nation that has a legal speed limit of 85mph. I live off the gulf coast of Texas and once you get a fly rod in your hand and go after tailing redfish, you'll never want to leave...
 
glowe said:
I guess the answer is dependent on why you are asking? If I were looking for a retirement location, both states would be the low on the list.

First, whoever told you that Texas is not humid, has never been there! Traffic around most populated areas in both states is horrible and nothing that I need in my old age. Florida traffic on all roads in the winter makes you not want to leave the house. Retirement is all about removing the stress in your life and unless you are going to live away from the coast in Florida or rural Texas, stress abounds daily.

From traveling to most states in the country over my working career, I enjoyed both states, but it became quickly apparent that I would never want to live there after retirement. Too hot, too humid, horrible storms & hurricane dangers. Way too many people are in a hurry. I could not imagine having to drive those highways as I get older.

Besides, there are lots of great states with climates far nicer than Indiana or Michigan if that is your choosing. How about looking at the states from South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, or the Southwest? If you are near the coast there are maybe a couple weeks below freezing weather in the winter, instead of a few months of winter in the north.
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I'm tired of the long winters here and being cooped up inside because it is too nasty to ride my bike or shoot. My health has suffered (lots of weight gain) because of the inactivity.

I'm a retired software engineer, but would like someplace that has options in case I want to get back into it, as I find I am getting bored. Being cooped up during the long winters has not helped the boredom.
 
Texas isn't just a place. It's a state of mind. It's a way of life. Little children in Texas grow up knowing they're heirs to a tradition that goes back almost two hundred years.
 
diamonback68 said:
You are so right. You can't just pick in general State vs State. Somehow some people think that living in Brownsville TX instead of Ft Myers FL in the summer is somehow cooler and less humid because it on a different side of the same Gulf at roughly the same Latitude.
Florida in the winter can be very warm and comfortable in say Miami while people in Tallahassee can be freezing their buns off on the same day...............................Same is true in Texas! As the real estate people say it's "location, location, location". :D
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That's for sure. Just here where I live we have low population, good farm land, and nice wooded areas with large hardwoods and pines, but I can drive 30 or 40 minutes south, and I start getting into sugar sand with scrub oaks and pines.

There are still a lot open or lightly populated places all the way down the state, if you stay away from the coast. Most of the high population areas are at the beach.

Texas is a much bigger state in area, so there is even more open space, and a greater range in topography and climate than Florida.

I like this area of Florida, but I wouldn't be opposed to living in Texas. I'd just want to be away from the coast and not too far north. Can't take too much freezing weather and snow. :p
 
1. Compare Texas insurance rates to Florida rates.
2. Compare Texas taxes to Florida Taxes.
3. Compare Texas housing prices to Florida housing prices.
4. Compare Texas wages and employment rates to Florida wages and employment rates.
5. On the other hand only the southernmost Texas beaches compare to Florida beaches.
6. Compare Texas firearm laws to Florida firearm laws.
It is all in what you want.
 
dave b said:
I live in both places. I would not want Fla to be my permanent residence. No offense intended, but people here in S W Fla are not near as friendly as N Tex . Boating is way better in Fla , and that's why I'm here.
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That is because the people in SW Florida are not from Florida. People from Florida don't live in South Florida any more. In a few years we will all be in Georgia and NC where many Floridians are already moving, fleeing the retirees from the NE and the Spanish from the South and West. :)
 
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If you are healthy and handy Glades County Fl is one of the best kept secrets in the USA. Two stop lights in the county and two Subways and a BurgerKing are all the fast food joints. Lake Okeechobee is world class fresh water fishing and the Caloosahatchee River is brackish water good for snook and part of the Intercoastal Waterway. Boat ramps all over and several unofficial gun ranges.

I've had a fish camp in Moore Haven since the mid 80s and real estate is comparatively cheap. Ft Myers is the nearest airport at 50 miles, West Palm is about 75 miles and Miami is 100 miles south, Orlando is 200 miles north. Easy drive to either coast and be in the Keys in a few hours. Rednecks rule and the well equipped pickup has a hound dog riding on the tool box. It's not for everybody but if you want a taste of Florida like it used to be Glades County is worth a look.
 
doublesharp said:
If you are healthy and handy Glades County Fl is one of the best kept secrets in the USA. Two stop lights in the county and two Subways and a BurgerKing are all the fast food joints. Lake Okeechobee is world class fresh water fishing and the Caloosahatchee River is brackish water good for snook and part of the Intercoastal Waterway. Boat ramps all over and several unofficial gun ranges.

I've had a fish camp in Moore Haven since the mid 80s and real estate is comparatively cheap. Ft Myers is the nearest airport at 50 miles, West Palm is about 75 miles and Miami is 100 miles south, Orlando is 200 miles north. Easy drive to either coast and be in the Keys in a few hours. Rednecks rule and the well equipped pickup has a hound dog riding on the tool box. It's not for everybody but if you want a taste of Florida like it used to be Glades County is worth a look.
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I love Glades County and I've lived just a stone's throw up Rte 27 from there for 17 years now. And, from north of Moore Haven especially Fisheating Creek and all the way down to Clewiston is some the best Crappie fishing I've ever found in the USA.
 
diamonback68 said:
I love Glades County and I've lived just a stone's throw up Rte 27 from there for 17 years now. And, from north of Moore Haven especially Fisheating Creek and all the way down to Clewiston is some the best Crappie fishing I've ever found in the USA.
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And it's "fish on" now. Dang I wish I could come up that way and enjoy some crappie fishing and eating. It's been a long time.
 
DeathGrip said:
And it's "fish on" now. Dang I wish I could come up that way and enjoy some crappie fishing and eating. It's been a long time.
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I love it DG and my fishing buddy loves to clean 'em too on the tailgate of his pick-up and throw the filets on ice so all we have to do is cook them and eat them when we get in. Freeze the surplus.
DG and doublesharp also any of the other big feeder rivers and canals like the Kissimmee and others on the west side along Rte 78 of Lake Okeechobee is also great Crappie fishing.
 
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da gimp said:
We'll all say a prayer for you tonight sir.
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I've lived in MA all my life. So far. My wife and I will move when we can. That move will be away from the cold and politics of MA and the northeast in general.

I don't know where, but it won't be Florida. Likely the Austin area, but not Austin. We have family and friends there. I like Ft Worth, but I think it gets too cold there.

To paraphrase Zell Miller "I didn't leave Massachusetts, Massachusetts left me."
 
diamonback68 said:
I love Glades County and I've lived just a stone's throw up Rte 27 from there for 17 years now. And, from north of Moore Haven especially Fisheating Creek and all the way down to Clewiston is some the best Crappie fishing I've ever found in the USA.
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Yep, it is. I put in at Harney Pond, just a couple miles past the hwy 78 Fisheating creek ramp, when specks are hitting on the north shore and then use Moore Haven's Alvin Ward ramp when the Hayfield or Cochran's Pass is hot.

The main drawback to the area is lack of close by healthcare. You've got to go to the coast for most anything major. And women don't get too enthused when the major shopping is the local Goodwill or splurge and drive 15 miles to the Clewiston WalMart. Things are changing pretty fast though and Ft Myers is growing almost to LaBelle by now.
 
Lots to see and do from Indiantown to Arcadia, South Bay to Sebring. Mom's in Lake Placid (ample old farts) and I get in such a hurry to get there or back I skip the detours. Bad habit I need to change.
 
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