Leaving SD for Orlando

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[quote=jameswenn]I agree with Brian, weather and topology are great, but little else.

My family moved down to SD 3 years ago, because housing was cheaper, but found that everything else costs more, private schools, orthodontists, even cars and bicycles. We also miss good restaurants, theater, and shopping.

The makeup of the place is strange too. It’s supposedly republican, but so many people have government jobs, which i feel is just a step above welfare, but still a handout as far as i’m concerned. Sounds like southern democrats to me.

It’s close to the border, but it’s hard to find decent mexican food here, WTF is French Fries on Mexican menus?[/quote]

Where did you come from? Have you sought out media covering theater and dining?

Nice comment about gov’t jobs.

Edit: Oh, L.A. Well, never mind. I can’t believe, though, that it’s that bad.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

LA does have good Mexican food.

better it seems than SD I will agree with the few Mex restaurants I have visited in SD.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

LA does have good Mexican food.

better it seems than SD I will agree with the few Mex restaurants I have visited in SD.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

LA does have good Mexican food.

better it seems than SD I will agree with the few Mex restaurants I have visited in SD.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

LA does have good Mexican food.

better it seems than SD I will agree with the few Mex restaurants I have visited in SD.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

LA does have good Mexican food.

better it seems than SD I will agree with the few Mex restaurants I have visited in SD.

[briansd1]

[quote=jameswenn]

We have Americanized Thai food in SD, only places i’ve found good Thai are in pockets of LA and OC.[/quote]

Thai Town in LA is fun. I love it.

The food in LA is better, period. It’s all relative. SD is better than Florida for food. I’m sure FL had better Cuban though.

[quote=CardiffBaseball]
Brian my wife just got back from a 10-day missions trip to Thailand. First thing she wanted to eat was a chicken fried steak. Something as american as you can get. She enjoyed it but got tired of no cheese, and mystery meat. Everything was pretty much soup-based. [/quote]

You should take your wife back on a vacation to Thailand. Stay at a nice hotel in Bangkok then to go a beach resort.

There’s everything including western food such as Pizza Hut, Outback Steakhouse, Haggen Das ice cream, Cheesecake Factory (only bakery), fine French dining, etc..

In my opinion, Bangkok and Hong Kong are the two best food cities in the world (Asian, Western or whatever you desire).

[briansd1]

[quote=jameswenn]

We have Americanized Thai food in SD, only places i’ve found good Thai are in pockets of LA and OC.[/quote]

Thai Town in LA is fun. I love it.

The food in LA is better, period. It’s all relative. SD is better than Florida for food. I’m sure FL had better Cuban though.

[quote=CardiffBaseball]
Brian my wife just got back from a 10-day missions trip to Thailand. First thing she wanted to eat was a chicken fried steak. Something as american as you can get. She enjoyed it but got tired of no cheese, and mystery meat. Everything was pretty much soup-based. [/quote]

You should take your wife back on a vacation to Thailand. Stay at a nice hotel in Bangkok then to go a beach resort.

There’s everything including western food such as Pizza Hut, Outback Steakhouse, Haggen Das ice cream, Cheesecake Factory (only bakery), fine French dining, etc..

In my opinion, Bangkok and Hong Kong are the two best food cities in the world (Asian, Western or whatever you desire).

[briansd1]

[quote=jameswenn]

We have Americanized Thai food in SD, only places i’ve found good Thai are in pockets of LA and OC.[/quote]

Thai Town in LA is fun. I love it.

The food in LA is better, period. It’s all relative. SD is better than Florida for food. I’m sure FL had better Cuban though.

[quote=CardiffBaseball]
Brian my wife just got back from a 10-day missions trip to Thailand. First thing she wanted to eat was a chicken fried steak. Something as american as you can get. She enjoyed it but got tired of no cheese, and mystery meat. Everything was pretty much soup-based. [/quote]

You should take your wife back on a vacation to Thailand. Stay at a nice hotel in Bangkok then to go a beach resort.

There’s everything including western food such as Pizza Hut, Outback Steakhouse, Haggen Das ice cream, Cheesecake Factory (only bakery), fine French dining, etc..

In my opinion, Bangkok and Hong Kong are the two best food cities in the world (Asian, Western or whatever you desire).

[briansd1]

[quote=jameswenn]

We have Americanized Thai food in SD, only places i’ve found good Thai are in pockets of LA and OC.[/quote]

Thai Town in LA is fun. I love it.

The food in LA is better, period. It’s all relative. SD is better than Florida for food. I’m sure FL had better Cuban though.

[quote=CardiffBaseball]
Brian my wife just got back from a 10-day missions trip to Thailand. First thing she wanted to eat was a chicken fried steak. Something as american as you can get. She enjoyed it but got tired of no cheese, and mystery meat. Everything was pretty much soup-based. [/quote]

You should take your wife back on a vacation to Thailand. Stay at a nice hotel in Bangkok then to go a beach resort.

There’s everything including western food such as Pizza Hut, Outback Steakhouse, Haggen Das ice cream, Cheesecake Factory (only bakery), fine French dining, etc..

In my opinion, Bangkok and Hong Kong are the two best food cities in the world (Asian, Western or whatever you desire).

[briansd1]

[quote=jameswenn]

We have Americanized Thai food in SD, only places i’ve found good Thai are in pockets of LA and OC.[/quote]

Thai Town in LA is fun. I love it.

The food in LA is better, period. It’s all relative. SD is better than Florida for food. I’m sure FL had better Cuban though.

[quote=CardiffBaseball]
Brian my wife just got back from a 10-day missions trip to Thailand. First thing she wanted to eat was a chicken fried steak. Something as american as you can get. She enjoyed it but got tired of no cheese, and mystery meat. Everything was pretty much soup-based. [/quote]

You should take your wife back on a vacation to Thailand. Stay at a nice hotel in Bangkok then to go a beach resort.

There’s everything including western food such as Pizza Hut, Outback Steakhouse, Haggen Das ice cream, Cheesecake Factory (only bakery), fine French dining, etc..

In my opinion, Bangkok and Hong Kong are the two best food cities in the world (Asian, Western or whatever you desire).

[Anonymous]

I wish you the best of luck CBaseball.

I’ve lived in SoFla for most of my life, 5 years at UF in Gainesville (Go Gators!) so I have some thoughts for you and others reading the thread.

House prices are WAY cheaper in Florida of course. Unless you are ON the beach or bay, you will be paying WAY, WAY less than SD.
Keep in mind though that Prop taxes are 2.25% (nearly double here) and insurance is crazy. My parents just got a bill for over $6k for a 1800sq ft house 30 miles inland in Ft Lauderdale AND in most cases salaries in Fla are way lower. (It all depends of course.)

People in Fla are way less “pleasant” but more “friendly.” Let me explain, people here tend to be very easy going at say Von’s or at school, BUT they also tend to be more cliquish and stand-offish (is that a word?). In Fla going to Publix can be a lesson in rudeness, but most people find making good friends pretty easy.

FOR ME, the reason to live in Florida is the ocean, that’s why I never really liked Orlando. We were in SoFla visiting last week and my kids were collecting crabs, shrimp, sea slugs and a fish in the seaweed just offshore (in 2′ of water). The water was gorgeous, the girls topless (South Beach) and it was perfectly warm. The fishing – bays, freshwater, offshore, etc, is amazing. (Waves of course are VERY different.)
BUT, getting there was crazy & parking nuts on Easter Sunday.

B4 we moved out here, we were advised that Cali was the weekend trip capital of the US. Think of where you could be in 2 hours, 4 hours or 7 hours drive from SD. In Orlando it’s all kind of the same.
KIND OF … check out the springs you can raft down. Visit St Augustine, the Keys, go to Miami for Art Basel, check out the Everglades, the beaches in the panhandle and find your favorite “close” beach.

All in all, I agree SD is great if you can afford it. There are a few other negatives to living here, it’s a bit provincial, but Cali is magical.

If I could live 3 months in the winter in Miami and the rest of the year in SD, I’d take it in a flash.

Best of luck again.

[Anonymous]

I wish you the best of luck CBaseball.

I’ve lived in SoFla for most of my life, 5 years at UF in Gainesville (Go Gators!) so I have some thoughts for you and others reading the thread.

House prices are WAY cheaper in Florida of course. Unless you are ON the beach or bay, you will be paying WAY, WAY less than SD.
Keep in mind though that Prop taxes are 2.25% (nearly double here) and insurance is crazy. My parents just got a bill for over $6k for a 1800sq ft house 30 miles inland in Ft Lauderdale AND in most cases salaries in Fla are way lower. (It all depends of course.)

People in Fla are way less “pleasant” but more “friendly.” Let me explain, people here tend to be very easy going at say Von’s or at school, BUT they also tend to be more cliquish and stand-offish (is that a word?). In Fla going to Publix can be a lesson in rudeness, but most people find making good friends pretty easy.

FOR ME, the reason to live in Florida is the ocean, that’s why I never really liked Orlando. We were in SoFla visiting last week and my kids were collecting crabs, shrimp, sea slugs and a fish in the seaweed just offshore (in 2′ of water). The water was gorgeous, the girls topless (South Beach) and it was perfectly warm. The fishing – bays, freshwater, offshore, etc, is amazing. (Waves of course are VERY different.)
BUT, getting there was crazy & parking nuts on Easter Sunday.

B4 we moved out here, we were advised that Cali was the weekend trip capital of the US. Think of where you could be in 2 hours, 4 hours or 7 hours drive from SD. In Orlando it’s all kind of the same.
KIND OF … check out the springs you can raft down. Visit St Augustine, the Keys, go to Miami for Art Basel, check out the Everglades, the beaches in the panhandle and find your favorite “close” beach.

All in all, I agree SD is great if you can afford it. There are a few other negatives to living here, it’s a bit provincial, but Cali is magical.

If I could live 3 months in the winter in Miami and the rest of the year in SD, I’d take it in a flash.

Best of luck again.

[Anonymous]

I wish you the best of luck CBaseball.

I’ve lived in SoFla for most of my life, 5 years at UF in Gainesville (Go Gators!) so I have some thoughts for you and others reading the thread.

House prices are WAY cheaper in Florida of course. Unless you are ON the beach or bay, you will be paying WAY, WAY less than SD.
Keep in mind though that Prop taxes are 2.25% (nearly double here) and insurance is crazy. My parents just got a bill for over $6k for a 1800sq ft house 30 miles inland in Ft Lauderdale AND in most cases salaries in Fla are way lower. (It all depends of course.)

People in Fla are way less “pleasant” but more “friendly.” Let me explain, people here tend to be very easy going at say Von’s or at school, BUT they also tend to be more cliquish and stand-offish (is that a word?). In Fla going to Publix can be a lesson in rudeness, but most people find making good friends pretty easy.

FOR ME, the reason to live in Florida is the ocean, that’s why I never really liked Orlando. We were in SoFla visiting last week and my kids were collecting crabs, shrimp, sea slugs and a fish in the seaweed just offshore (in 2′ of water). The water was gorgeous, the girls topless (South Beach) and it was perfectly warm. The fishing – bays, freshwater, offshore, etc, is amazing. (Waves of course are VERY different.)
BUT, getting there was crazy & parking nuts on Easter Sunday.

B4 we moved out here, we were advised that Cali was the weekend trip capital of the US. Think of where you could be in 2 hours, 4 hours or 7 hours drive from SD. In Orlando it’s all kind of the same.
KIND OF … check out the springs you can raft down. Visit St Augustine, the Keys, go to Miami for Art Basel, check out the Everglades, the beaches in the panhandle and find your favorite “close” beach.

All in all, I agree SD is great if you can afford it. There are a few other negatives to living here, it’s a bit provincial, but Cali is magical.

If I could live 3 months in the winter in Miami and the rest of the year in SD, I’d take it in a flash.

Best of luck again.

[Anonymous]

I wish you the best of luck CBaseball.

I’ve lived in SoFla for most of my life, 5 years at UF in Gainesville (Go Gators!) so I have some thoughts for you and others reading the thread.

House prices are WAY cheaper in Florida of course. Unless you are ON the beach or bay, you will be paying WAY, WAY less than SD.
Keep in mind though that Prop taxes are 2.25% (nearly double here) and insurance is crazy. My parents just got a bill for over $6k for a 1800sq ft house 30 miles inland in Ft Lauderdale AND in most cases salaries in Fla are way lower. (It all depends of course.)

People in Fla are way less “pleasant” but more “friendly.” Let me explain, people here tend to be very easy going at say Von’s or at school, BUT they also tend to be more cliquish and stand-offish (is that a word?). In Fla going to Publix can be a lesson in rudeness, but most people find making good friends pretty easy.

FOR ME, the reason to live in Florida is the ocean, that’s why I never really liked Orlando. We were in SoFla visiting last week and my kids were collecting crabs, shrimp, sea slugs and a fish in the seaweed just offshore (in 2′ of water). The water was gorgeous, the girls topless (South Beach) and it was perfectly warm. The fishing – bays, freshwater, offshore, etc, is amazing. (Waves of course are VERY different.)
BUT, getting there was crazy & parking nuts on Easter Sunday.

B4 we moved out here, we were advised that Cali was the weekend trip capital of the US. Think of where you could be in 2 hours, 4 hours or 7 hours drive from SD. In Orlando it’s all kind of the same.
KIND OF … check out the springs you can raft down. Visit St Augustine, the Keys, go to Miami for Art Basel, check out the Everglades, the beaches in the panhandle and find your favorite “close” beach.

All in all, I agree SD is great if you can afford it. There are a few other negatives to living here, it’s a bit provincial, but Cali is magical.

If I could live 3 months in the winter in Miami and the rest of the year in SD, I’d take it in a flash.

Best of luck again.

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