my company wants to move me to Orlando..

[JulesMaximus]

I could say the same about San Diego

Yeah but the difference is you'd be wrong.

 

[paulney]

Just came back from visiting Orlando for a week. I had to stay at the Bonnet Creek resort due to working at the convention, but visited downtown as well.

Yes, it is hot and humid, but not too bad. Being able to smoke a cigar while drinking whiskey on an outside balcony, looking at the sunset is very nice. You can't get any of that in Cali (damn healthnuts).

Once thing that I did notice is the strange flair of trash from white folks that I've seen downtown. Usually you get this ghetto feeling from minorities in Bay Area, when you venture into lower-income areas. Here, the caucasians were representing it as well. I have not traveled much around South in US, so I did not have many encounters with rednecks and white trash. I wouldn't call the folks I met downtown quite that, but something was definitely amiss.

 

[invidia]

Just came back from visiting Orlando for a week. I had to stay at the Bonnet Creek resort due to working at the convention, but visited downtown as well.

Yes, it is hot and humid, but not too bad. Being able to smoke a cigar while drinking whiskey on an outside balcony, looking at the sunset is very nice. You can't get any of that in Cali (damn healthnuts).

Once thing that I did notice is the strange flair of trash from white folks that I've seen downtown. Usually you get this ghetto feeling from minorities in Bay Area, when you venture into lower-income areas. Here, the caucasians were representing it as well. I have not traveled much around South in US, so I did not have many encounters with rednecks and white trash. I wouldn't call the folks I met downtown quite that, but something was definitely amiss.

The real South begins in north Florida. Anything under it is typically considered North Cuba. You won't see the rednecks/hicks/white trash of the South you hear about in Orlando and the areas under it.

Wait until June - August before you feel the peak of the humidity and heat. I've been to the Bay area a couple times during Summer and it has much nicer weather than So. FL.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Just came back from visiting Orlando for a week. I had to stay at the Bonnet Creek resort due to working at the convention, but visited downtown as well.

Yes, it is hot and humid, but not too bad. Being able to smoke a cigar while drinking whiskey on an outside balcony, looking at the sunset is very nice. You can't get any of that in Cali (damn healthnuts).

Once thing that I did notice is the strange flair of trash from white folks that I've seen downtown. Usually you get this ghetto feeling from minorities in Bay Area, when you venture into lower-income areas. Here, the caucasians were representing it as well. I have not traveled much around South in US, so I did not have many encounters with rednecks and white trash. I wouldn't call the folks I met downtown quite that, but something was definitely amiss.

Where in California can you not sit out on your balcony and smoke a cigar? I do that every now and then here...never been a problem.

Oh, and go visit Orlando in August and then get back to me about that heat and humidity.

 

[paulney]

Where in California can you not sit out on your balcony and smoke a cigar? I do that every now and then here...never been a problem.

Oh, and go visit Orlando in August and then get back to me about that heat and humidity.

In your own house - sure. On a hotel balcony, in a cigar bar or on a cigar bar patio/street walk? Good luck.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Just came back from visiting Orlando for a week. I had to stay at the Bonnet Creek resort due to working at the convention, but visited downtown as well.

Yes, it is hot and humid, but not too bad. Being able to smoke a cigar while drinking whiskey on an outside balcony, looking at the sunset is very nice. You can't get any of that in Cali (damn healthnuts).

Once thing that I did notice is the strange flair of trash from white folks that I've seen downtown. Usually you get this ghetto feeling from minorities in Bay Area, when you venture into lower-income areas. Here, the caucasians were representing it as well. I have not traveled much around South in US, so I did not have many encounters with rednecks and white trash. I wouldn't call the folks I met downtown quite that, but something was definitely amiss.

Downtown Orlando tends to attract alot of the riff-raff and thugs these days. It wasn't always that way. Back when Church Street Station was in its heyday downtown was the place to be. For the most part it's become a low-rent neighborhood now. Hopefully, once the new Orlando Magic arena is finished it will regain some of its former glory.

Orlando isn't for everyone. For those who don't mind the heat/humidity (personally, I love it) and enjoy outdoor activities like - biking, golf (there's a reason half the PGA tour lives here), watersports, the beach, and fishing - Orlando is a great place to live.

I've been in Orlando off and on, mostly on, for 37 years. Sure, the growth sucks and it's not the same place it was 10/20/30 years ago. I'd wager that few places are though.

 

[bobdole369]

Anything under it is typically considered North Cuba.

Or New York 2.

 

[Gibson486]

Or New York 2.

new york 2? how?

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

new york 2? how?

Northern transplants. Most of the people that live in Florida weren't born here, they moved here from "up nawth."

 

[Gibson486]

Northern transplants. Most of the people that live in Florida weren't born here, they moved here from "up nawth."

well...when you say New York 2, you are imlying that it is like a big city like New York City. I do not even think Florida has a city that is even close to the magnitude of the city of Atlanta, let alone New York.

 

[jemcam]

well...when you say New York 2, you are imlying that it is like a big city like New York City. I do not even think Florida has a city that is even close to the magnitude of the city of Atlanta, let alone New York.

He wasn't saying it was like New York, just all the people from the northeast have moved and are living there. Just listen to the accents of the residents some time. You'll see.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

well...when you say New York 2, you are imlying that it is like a big city like New York City. I do not even think Florida has a city that is even close to the magnitude of the city of Atlanta, let alone New York.

Actually, when considering total area, Jacksonville, Fl is the largest city in the continental US.

As far as "big city," I guess that's a relative term. New York has limited land availability so they are forced to build up. In Florida much more land is available so cities are further spread out. That also makes land prohibitively expensive in New York whereas in Florida is far more affordable.

Anyway, New York 2 was a reference to the number of New Yorkers that live here in Florida. I doubt even the transplanted New Yorkers would waant something of the magnitude of New York City in Florida anyway. Many move down here to get away from that sort of thing and enjoy the slower-paced, more kicked-back lifestyle that Florida offers. For those that don't, as the bumper sticker says:

"If you <3 New York, take I-95 north."