Well, depends. I lived in Gainesville for 3 years. It is the site of the main
campus of the Florida state university system, and is therefore a very pleasant
college town with relatively progressive politics and much more cultural
offerings than many big cities. I then moved to Tampa for my first full-time
job out of graduate school, and found that my quality of life had plummetted.
Tampa had all the disadvantages of a big city: congestion, crime, etc., but
none of the advantages (culture, Latin spirit like in Miami etc.). The road on
which I commuted to work, Dale Mabry Highway, was elected among America’s 10
ugliest roads in some travel magazine during the time I lived there, and I
cannot really disagree. So when I got a job offer in New Jersey, I was happy to
accept it for a variety of reasons, and getting out of Tampa was one of them,
albeit not the main one.
Cheers,
Nathan
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On 30 Oct 2014, at 17:51, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Reminds me a bit of my 3 years living in Tampa in the late 80s, a place I
>> was only happy to leave when the opportunity arose.
>
> There really is only two reasons for me to even contemplate Florida:
> January and February.
>
> AG
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