Tampa/Sarasota area.
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Pat Flood (@rebarcock) passed away 9/21/25. Pat played a huge role in encouraging the devolopmemt of this site and donated the very first dollar to get it started. Check the thread at the top of the board for the obituary and please feel free to pay your respects there. I am going to get all the content from that thread over to his family so they can see how many people really cared for Pat outside of what they ever knew. Pat loved to tell stories and always wanted everyone else to tell stories. I think a great way we can honor Pat is to tell a story in his thread (also pinned at the top of the board).
Master Thread Dance Your Cares Away/Fraggle/Law Abiding Citizens
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Babyshoe
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Crestview/Destin/Ft. Walton Beach
Interesting bit of news from my city (likely at most other cities too). My town got $7.3 million from the taxpayers as part of the American Rescue Plan Act - the Covid payoff. The purpose was to mitigate the lost revenue from the Wuhan Scare. The purpose was 1) for responding to Wuhan's economic impact, 2) providing premium pay to essential workers (why?), 3) replacing lost revenue (since they shut down businesses, etc.) and 4) investing in water, sewer and broadband infrastructure.
What are they using it for? Paying $3,000 bonus to essential workers. $3 million to build a pump station. $1 million to upgrade sewer systems. And...wait for it...$300,000 to purchase gunshot detection technology.
What is that? That's a device used by police, the FBI, Secret Service and other LEOs to locate gunshots when they occur...it also captures voices of people talking.
https://www.eff.org/pages/gunshot-detection
What are they using it for? Paying $3,000 bonus to essential workers. $3 million to build a pump station. $1 million to upgrade sewer systems. And...wait for it...$300,000 to purchase gunshot detection technology.
What is that? That's a device used by police, the FBI, Secret Service and other LEOs to locate gunshots when they occur...it also captures voices of people talking.
https://www.eff.org/pages/gunshot-detection
The last part of that stinks like a major breach of some constitutional rights.
The device has been in operation for years. It's my understanding that the Secret Service has a portable ones they take everywhere the POTUS and others go as well as having permanent ones installed on the WH.
CurtOFD78
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Seminole County, in the middle of the state is one of the best areas to live. I would stay away from big/medium sized cities (Miami, Jax, Tampa, Orlando) but there are some great areas in Seminole County.
being from NYC, you will probably be more comfortable on the East Coast. I grew up in Jersey and like the east coast(South Florida) my parents were midwesterners and they love the west coast. Delray is fantastic town. Napels is great but expensive AF. Jupiter is also very nice. If you want seasons and a smaller town St. Augustine is great as well. Honestly you can't really go wrong here, reason why we are the GOAT.
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ShaolinNole
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Thanks! I will check all of these out. Actually from small town GA and lived in Tallahassee for 10 years.
Absolutely not.....it sucks here.
My vote is for St. Johns County. Conservative, great schools and plenty of things to do in JAX and St. Augustine nearby. RE market is getting overheated a bit, but still somewhat affordable.
RollyInRaleigh
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This feels like a "Fight Club" type of thing.
ShaolinNole
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That’s where I usually vacation. I like it there. Not many job opportunities in tech companies though. Then again remote work is happening everywhere.
IDMAS - Just Get There Brother - The Biggest Shithole in FL > Any Place in NY
What? How About 30A - Water Color/Seaside Etc - I Love That Area!
Just guessing but I think Gator just wants to protect his territory.
Wesley Chapel is blowing up but you will have to commute for any good work.
We need good solid Americans that will vote properly to combat the evil fucktard lefties that are moving in and trying to turn Pasco Blue.
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Since you have kids, I recommend northern Saint Johns County, which is where we are. Between Jacksonville and St. Augustine. Best public schools in the state. We moved from Palm Beach County 12 years ago because we didn’t want to continue to raise our daughter there. Turned out to be a great move.
PleasureMoose
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Monday Trigger
All sucks, don't move here.......
Don't move here, but there are a ton of small engineering houses here that support Eglin AFB.
Last year we were one of the fastest growing counties in the US.
What % are left wing dolts?
CurtOFD78
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Greatness just comes with the name Seminole my friend!Not Biased Coming From a FSU Fan?
