# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/21 "2012-07-10T20:27:59Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > 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! [Pennywise?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel)) Rick Scott is way scarier. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/22 "2012-07-10T23:04:05Z")
I expect that in the near future, all law enforcement officers will be required to say, “Your papers please.” If you are not a registered republican, you will be executed on the spot. ---
**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, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/23 "2012-07-10T23:05:41Z")
> [@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. Yeah, it really is (at least) two states jammed together. North of Gainesville is South Georgia/Alabama, anything south of that\* is varying flavors of Northern states\*\*. And honestly, very little of it actually sucks except for a distressing tendency to vote against it’s own self-interest, but I blame term limits for a lot of that. When the Pork-Chop Gang ran things, we were better. **RNATB** , Thanks for the assist! \*This is a massive over-simplification. There are areas (Bristol, etc) that are as Southern as anything Georgia has to offer. \*\*Until you get south of Miami which is something else altogether. ---
**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, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/24 "2012-07-10T23:07:56Z")
> [@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. Never!!! (I like it here too, unfortunately) ---
**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, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/25 "2012-07-10T23:14:49Z")
Okay, spell check really? Bartow becomes Bristol? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/26 "2012-07-10T23:26:35Z")
What you get when you elect Skeletor to be Governor. ---
**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, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/27 "2012-07-10T23:45:58Z")
Well, he promised to steal the power of Grayskull and use it to reinvigorate the economy. As planks in a campaign platform go, it was a good one. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/28 "2012-07-11T00:42:18Z")
> [@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/). This. ---
**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 11, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/29 "2012-07-11T01:05:40Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > What you get when you elect Skeletor to be Governor. We had Skeletor’s husband. Then he knocked up the maid. But he had us all saying kah-lee-FOR-nia and feeling manly and ready to squish the girly-men out there. But only after a glass of wine. Chardonnay being preferred. ---
**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 11, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/30 "2012-07-11T02:20:52Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Well, he promised to steal the power of Grayskull and use it to reinvigorate the economy. As planks in a campaign platform go, it was a good one. Heh. I have to say though, I’ve had one meeting with Gov. Skeletor and, in person, he’s a heck of nice guy. Very personable, bothered to get briefed on the topic at hand (and _remembered_ it), asked intelligent questions and seemed to understand the answers. Overall, a bit above average for Governors\*. Still agree with less than half his politics, just saying… \*For those interested, my personal sample set is 5 - 3-2 Republican/Democrat. I’ve met several others, but on a personal not professional level. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/31 "2012-07-11T02:42:52Z")
You realize, of course, that that is what they do? Birds gotta swim, fish gotta sing, politicians make you think they like you. Bill Clinton was the absolute master of it, people would meet him for the first time and five minutes later offer to blow him. And those were the _guys_! ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/32 "2012-07-11T18:34:46Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Yeah, it really is (at least) two states jammed together. North of Gainesville is South Georgia/Alabama, anything south of that\* is varying flavors of Northern states\*\*. > > And honestly, very little of it actually sucks except for a distressing tendency to vote against it’s own self-interest, but I blame term limits for a lot of that. When the Pork-Chop Gang ran things, we were better. > > **RNATB** , Thanks for the assist! > > \*This is a massive over-simplification. There are areas (Bristol, etc) that are as Southern as anything Georgia has to offer. > \*\*Until you get south of Miami which is something else altogether. And then there’s [The Villages](http://www.salon.com/2012/07/11/the_villages_where_republicans_rule/), which is like a different planet altogether. I’m gettin the heck outta Dodge. I’ll be moving to Seattle in September. But I’ll still be here for the circus… ahem, the RNC. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/33 "2012-07-12T21:46:02Z")
I hear Cali is pretty good for medical marijuana. Also has the third highest life expectancy in the US. ---
**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 13, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/34 "2012-07-13T17:16:29Z")
> [@gamerunknown](#): > > I hear Cali is pretty good for medical marijuana. Also has the third highest life expectancy in the US. So does Oregon. Every election has a voter initiative to legalize it. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736/35 "2012-07-14T03:07:17Z")
I have family that lives in the Daytona area, and my wifes parents moved down to the same area about a decade ago. I’ve been visiting the state quite regularly my whole life, and that whole time the same thing has always happened to me… I can’t wait to get there, and then I can’t wait to leave. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-move-to-florida/627736.md?page=1)