I hate winter.
Hopefully, we will be able to move south next year.
I am thinking it’ll either be Texas or Florida.
ANyone from either of these two places, please give me some info on the communities there.
Thank y’all.
Florida has cockroaches. And Mosquitos. And any other insect you can think of.
Texas has Texans 
I live in the Jacksonville, FL area, as I have for most of the years since 1983. A lot of businesses have located or expanded hereabouts in recent years. The insurance industry has always been big here, but I think financial and communications industries are growing. There’s also a fair amount of manufacturing, and, of course, two Navy bases.
In all those years, it’s snowed twice, and melted by noon each time. It can get hot and humid in the summers, spring and fall are both wonderful, and winter is short. This area was just hit by one hurricane in recent memory - Donna in '64 (I think - before I moved here)
If you like water-related activities, this is a great place - lots of rivers, creeks, plus the ocean. There’s historical stuff, two universities, a GREAT zoo, lots to do and see. We live in Clay County, which has better schools than Jax itself (IMHO)
I like it here, and I expect to stay till we retire, at which point we board our boat and cruise away our golden years… but that’s not what you asked. Anyway, if you want to e-mail any specific questions, I’ll be glad to help.
Depends on what kind of person you are… unfortunately, Dallas can be very superficial but it gladly welcomes commercialism, but Austin revels in its “non-Dallas” state that it comes off as a pretentious college town pretending to be a hippie.
Houston’s too damned humid.
try San Antonio.
What’s the matter with winter? Winter builds character. You move to the south, next thing you know you’ll have lost your Edge and gotten all squishy-soft.
Now get out there and shovel the walk. And while you’re at it, shovel mine.
I’m in Central Florida. What do you want to know?
Or Fort Worth.
Houston’s great, if you don’t mind humidity, mosquitoes & roaches. Seriously, it’s a fine city.
Dallas is definitely superficial. Amazingly so, for someone who grew up elsewhere. It is nice in its own weird way though.
My great-grandmother has lived in Fort Worth for years and years, I think she has lived there her entire life, and she’s 99. She gets VERY offended if people think she lives in Dallas. She HATES Dallas. Therefore, so do we, because if we didn’t…well, who’s going to argue with her? Not me!
I am in South Florida, Miami-Dade. If you cannot speak Spanish fluently or are not prepared to learn, you will be at a disadvantage here. Please don’t take that as a sign of prejudice. I love the Miami area. I say that even though we will be relocating to the St. Petersburg area in two weeks. That, too, is a wonderful area.
I was born in Texas and lived there for many years. Florida is much better.
Don’t let FairyChatMom’s talk of hurricane Donna frighten you. It was before her time ;), and besides, Donna had already raked the gulf coast and crossed the state. By the time it got to Jacksonville, it wasn’t any worse than a winter storm.
Now if you want to get scared, I’ll tell you about the time my ex-wife blew into town. 
100 miles wide, and three inches deep :D. I’m in Longview, 60 miles or so from Shreveport/Bossier LA on the interstate. Nice place to live, but I wouldn’t want to visit here :). Longview/Tyler area’s a good place, though. Far enough north to get cool enough to kill the bugs in winter, but still 110 in the shade in September…
My sister lives in Gulfport, Mississippi. It’s beautiful there, if a touch hot in the summer (but then, I LIKE hot). The only problems are the hurricane threats and the people. It’s not exactly a boomtown.
hmmm - maybe I meant Dora instead of Donna…
I was just 10 in '64 and living in Baltimore… what do I know?!?