Why don't more people move to Florida?

You also have humidity in the summer and alligators and hurricanes. You do not have changing seasons. I would love to visit, but I need to be in Kansas or Oklahoma.

Some people, like myself, like the cold. I enjoy the many things that I can do in the winter months. I like to snowshoe, ice fish, make snowmen and things like that. Also I like to sit and watch the logs in the fireplace burn sending out many shapes with their flames. It is so cozy. I am not big on the heat but do enjoy visiting different places that has warmer weather. I have been to Florida and liked it. But it is not a place that I want to live.

I hope a lot of people move to Florida, especially from Colorado. That would mean that I'd have more of Colorado for myself! You might crow about 76 degrees in the winter, but I can crow about it in the summer, when you're stuck inside breathing air conditioning fumes. And who says cold is miserable? We had the most beautiful snow fall right after Christmas. Most of the Christmas lights were still up and in the evening it was like a fairy wonderland. You can't sled in the beach sand and you can't ice skate except maybe in a fake ice rink. Life is much too short to spend with no variety of temperature and seasons. :)

My thoughts exactly!! I went down from Oklahoma for vacation in Orlando last September. It was beautiful, fun, and warm!! I loved it and considered moving there very briefly...then winter came. Frozen roads, heaps of snow...nope. Im moving!! I will be moving to Orlando with my best friend (who has never been) in late July/early August...specific date hasn't been chosen yet. I can't wait to be there and to enjoy life every day, because Im tired of being snowed in and having nothing to do even on warm days. Yay for living life the way it was meant to be lived!!

I'd love move to Florida, but it's not possible :( I have job and family and friends here... I just can't leave them.

I wouldn't want to live in Florida because I wouldn't want to be that close to the ocean. All of those crazy storms that blow in.. no thanks

i am in canada and we have a lot of 'snowbirds' which are defined as such. they are older, retired folks that head down to florida for maybe January til March and then come back home.

I was born and raised in New England. We moan about the winter when it's here wishing it was summer and when it's summer and too hot we are wishing for winter. I have no problem with winter. I love bringing my kids sleding and making snowmen with them. It's a great experience that every child deserves (In my own opinion). I want to move to Florida and have wanted to since I was 16. We just cant afford to do so with 4 young children. I have visited twice and loved it there. The storms there are unbelievable. You couldnt get me inside away from the storm, I had to stay outside and watch it.

Hi, my name is Gomer Magtibay, I lived in the Philippines, and reading your thread here got me interested in moving to Florida. Can you educate me how can I move to Florida?

I agree that Florida is a great place to stay in the US, in fact one of my Macedonian friends is staying there and she is considering of becoming a citizen. She told me Florida is a great place to stay. Last December she went to New York and got stranded because of the snow storm. That made her want to go back to sunny Florida! I wish to visit Florida someday but I'm considering Australia as the place where i would settle.

I love Florida. My family lives in Florida and I visit often. I've heard a lot of people don't like the hurricane season,but it doesn't bother me. Some people enjoy very cold weather, but not I.