# Yet another reason not to move to Florida **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 9, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736 "2012-07-09T22:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/1 "2012-07-09T22:14:02Z")
As if I needed one. The Sarasota GOP [has selected](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/donald-trump-statesman-of-the-year_n_1660109.html?1341867534&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009) Donald Trump as “Statesman of the Year”. Last year it was Haley Barbour. Couldn’t decide if this should go here or in MPSIMS, or possibly in a new forum called “News to Shake Your Head in Disbelief Over”. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/2 "2012-07-09T22:31:29Z")
I thought this would be about the [Tuberculosis outbreak](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/07/09/deadly-tuberculosis-outbreak-in-florida-covered-up-by-gop-governor-rick-scott/) that [Governor Rick Scott is accused of covering up](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/08/florida-accused-of-concealing-worst-tuberculosis-outbreak-in-20-years/). Love this place. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/3 "2012-07-09T23:10:34Z")
And yet another reason for me to move out. [h_u_r\*k] ---
**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/4 "2012-07-09T23:16:45Z")
We are a deeply shameful people. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/5 "2012-07-09T23:20:22Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > I thought this would be about the [Tuberculosis outbreak](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/07/09/deadly-tuberculosis-outbreak-in-florida-covered-up-by-gop-governor-rick-scott/) that [Governor Rick Scott is accused of covering up](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/08/florida-accused-of-concealing-worst-tuberculosis-outbreak-in-20-years/). > > Love this place. And **that’s** only a cover story for the zombie plague! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/6 "2012-07-09T23:46:55Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > As if I needed one. The Sarasota GOP [has selected](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/donald-trump-statesman-of-the-year_n_1660109.html?1341867534&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009) Donald Trump as “Statesman of the Year”. Last year it was Haley Barbour. > > Couldn’t decide if this should go here or in MPSIMS, or possibly in a new forum called “News to Shake Your Head in Disbelief Over”. Stupid Republic Idea of the Day maybe over in the BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/7 "2012-07-10T03:11:50Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Stupid Republic Idea of the Day maybe over in the BBQ Pit. Oh yeah, forgot about that mega-thread. What’s it up to now, 300 pages? ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/8 "2012-07-10T11:34:44Z")
Sorry, you left a word out of your title: Yet another reason not to move to **South** \* Florida. \*South is defined as anything south of Ocala. It’s really too bad we never finished the canal, we could have pushed the Southies off into the Caribbean by now… ---
**Author:** ![Rubixcube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rubixcube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubixcube)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/9 "2012-07-10T13:05:28Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Sorry, you left a word out of your title: > > Yet another reason not to move to **South** \* Florida. Sorry you left another word out. Yet another reason not to move to **South-East** Florida. I mean yeah it’s basically the same over here, but at least we don’t have TB…yet. I personally propose that all Florida dopers migrate to the Conch Republic immediately so we can all bitch about Republicans from the comfort of hammocks while sipping drinks with tiny umbrellas in them. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/10 "2012-07-10T14:47:37Z")
> [@Rubixcube](#): > > Sorry you left another word out. > > Yet another reason not to move to **South-East** Florida. Something that happened in Sarasota is a reason not to move to South East FL? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/11 "2012-07-10T15:17:36Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Sorry, you left a word out of your title: > > Yet another reason not to move to **South** \* Florida. > \*South is defined as anything south of Ocala. It’s really too bad we never finished the canal, we could have pushed the Southies off into the Caribbean by now… 😕 What canal? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/12 "2012-07-10T16:48:50Z")
On the other hand, Sarasota County also gave the world Randy “Macho Man” Savage. That’s got to be worth some forgiveness. > [@](#): > > South is defined as anything south of Ocala. It’s really too bad we never finished the canal, we could have pushed the Southies off into the Caribbean by now… _ahem_ Tallahassee is about as far “South” as you can get in this state. ETA: [this canal.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Florida_Barge_Canal) ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/13 "2012-07-10T16:49:20Z")
Stop trying to divide the damn state into “good” parts and “bad” parts. It’s Florida for god’s sake. It sucks everywhere here. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/14 "2012-07-10T16:51:30Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > Stop trying to divide the damn state into “good” parts and “bad” parts. It’s Florida for god’s sake. It sucks everywhere here. Well, go away then. 😃 I like it here, hillbillies, zombies, old people, embarrassing news stories, almost-craziest Republicans, and all. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/15 "2012-07-10T17:35:06Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > I thought this would be about the [Tuberculosis outbreak](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/07/09/deadly-tuberculosis-outbreak-in-florida-covered-up-by-gop-governor-rick-scott/) that [Governor Rick Scott is accused of covering up](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/08/florida-accused-of-concealing-worst-tuberculosis-outbreak-in-20-years/). > > Love this place. Let’s be fair, he only covered it up so that he could close down the state’s only TB hospital. Penny wise… something something. Let’s go save those pennies! ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/16 "2012-07-10T17:53:21Z")
I think [this](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/10/teen-uses-swamp-men-move-to-save-self-from-alligator/)trumps Trump as a reason not to live in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/17 "2012-07-10T19:16:16Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > \*South is defined as anything south of Ocala. It’s really too bad we never finished the canal, we could have pushed the Southies off into the Caribbean by now… Keep your damn garbage out of our sea! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/18 "2012-07-10T19:23:09Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Well, go away then. 😃 I like it here, hillbillies, zombies, old people, embarrassing news stories, almost-craziest Republicans, and all. I hear FL is really nice. If you’ve never been to CA, that is! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/19 "2012-07-10T19:25:52Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I hear FL is really nice. If you’ve never been to CA, that is! I hear CA is nice if… actually, I haven’t heard that. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/20 "2012-07-10T19:48:23Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I hear CA is nice if… actually, I haven’t heard that. Good. We have too many people already! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736.md?page=2)