florida - YorkieTalk.com Forums

tinav · 12-01-2007, 08:46 AM

hey ya'll......anyone here from Orlando , Fla area. I am thinking (pretty seriously) about moving us to the Orlando Fla area. We are currently in NJ.
Any info on pros and cons....would love to hear.

Tina

chachi · 12-01-2007, 08:51 AM

Lucky you! I love Orlando! I visit there once or twice a year when we go to Disney World

Nikki+2 · 12-01-2007, 08:54 AM

I live one hour east of Orlando in Melbourne.

xnatalie · 12-01-2007, 08:59 AM

i live in nj too

lucky you, if you do decide to move there

Yorkiekids · 12-01-2007, 09:08 AM

I'm on the West Coast about 4 hours from Orlando. Except for missing the seasons, and the really hot summers I like it. I came here from New Jersey too. I'd say get a home with a pool if you can. Atleast you can escape from the heat.

donnarod · 12-01-2007, 11:33 AM

I am 60 miles west of Orlando. Just have to get used to the humidity.
Have you visited here in the summer?
I lived in MN. in the summers and FL in the winters for 15 years. When we got in for the winters in late Sept. or early Oct., the humidity was hard to get adjusted too. Five years ago we settled in FL. I still can't take the heat in the summer time, but maybe because I am older.

tinav · 12-01-2007, 12:21 PM

I have lived in Jersy all my life but anything under 70degrees is too cold for me......forget the winter. I can understand that the heat down there can be bothersome but with AC how much do you really feel of it. I just think it is better in Fla for the furkids than the cold up here. Yes we will get a pool unless I see a REAL good reason not to. It will be fun teaching the furkids to swim.

I have been in Fla in the summer...not often but been there. Also been in the Carrib in the summer....not my ideal time to go as I love to get away from the cold not the heat but been there. So I kinda am a warm weather person.

Tina

tinav · 12-01-2007, 12:26 PM

Please click one of the Quick Reply icons in the posts above to activate Quick Reply.

tinav · 12-01-2007, 12:37 PM

I am glad we will have lots of furkids and their humans to talk to in Fla. Currently in touch with a realtor and in the spring we will be going to look at the houses and the area....I won't know too much till then.

But I really can't waite

Thanks for the pics of your beautiful furbaby

Tina

Yorkieluv · 12-01-2007, 12:55 PM

How exciting!! Good luck!

daisy mae06 · 12-01-2007, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tinav

hey ya'll......anyone here from Orlando , Fla area. I am thinking (pretty seriously) about moving us to the Orlando Fla area. We are currently in NJ.
Any info on pros and cons....would love to hear.

Tina

My sis lives there and I am from Florida.
I hate the heat and the humidity and the Traffic
.

mypreciouspups · 12-01-2007, 01:16 PM

We are north east of Tampa,

nice area, not so busy, yet close enough to go to Orlando which is about an hour, then to Tampa 20 minutes..we are about 45 minutes to Clearwater....so we get all the pluses without the traffic....summer is terrible with the heat in the 90's and 100 % humity...BUT people live here in the summer, going from air conditioner to car with air..Just as up north lives in the winter, going from a heated house to a heated car...
so really it is which ever way you look at it..hope this made sense...lol

tinav · 12-01-2007, 03:51 PM

up here we have either very cold or oppressive heat.....very few in between weather days. i am sure you prob get more in between days in fla...such as in the 60-to-75 than we do.

tina

Baby Madeleine · 12-01-2007, 04:01 PM

I live 2 hours south of Orlando. I agree with everyone else, the humidity is something you have to get used to. I like Florida but I will say that it has gotten pretty busy with a lot of people moving here in the last couple of years so traffic can be annoying. Also, be prepared to deal with hurricanes, although we had not one scare this year.

It is awful nice not to shovel snow! I hate the cold! Anything under 70 is cold to me.

Good luck!

flgurl69 · 12-01-2007, 04:10 PM

I live about 2.5 hours south of Orlando on the Gulf side. Originally from Virginia, lived there all my life and decided to move and been here 5 years. I don't miss the winters except during the Christmas holidays. I love the heat way more than the cold so I don't mind the Florida summers.

Hurricanes are scary though but that is the price you pay for living in sunny Florida.

12-01-2007, 08:46 AM	#1
tinav Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,453	florida hey ya'll......anyone here from Orlando , Fla area. I am thinking (pretty seriously) about moving us to the Orlando Fla area. We are currently in NJ. Any info on pros and cons....would love to hear. Tina __________________ I LOVE PUCCI & GIGI Rest in peace my baby guy Pucci Love Mom

12-01-2007, 08:51 AM	#2
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 37,147	Lucky you! I love Orlando! I visit there once or twice a year when we go to Disney World __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

12-01-2007, 08:54 AM	#3
Nikki+2 I heart Sugar Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,373	I live one hour east of Orlando in Melbourne. __________________ "If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." — St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226

12-01-2007, 08:59 AM	#4
xnatalie Lovin' My Mika-Monster Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,462	i live in nj too lucky you, if you do decide to move there __________________ Mika & Ollie

12-01-2007, 09:08 AM	#5
Yorkiekids Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida Posts: 14,495	I'm on the West Coast about 4 hours from Orlando. Except for missing the seasons, and the really hot summers I like it. I came here from New Jersey too. I'd say get a home with a pool if you can. Atleast you can escape from the heat. __________________ Susan, Piper ,Harley & Suiki

12-01-2007, 11:33 AM	#6
donnarod "Owned" by Miss Tricksie Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Riverview, FL Posts: 3,737	Florida I am 60 miles west of Orlando. Just have to get used to the humidity. Have you visited here in the summer? I lived in MN. in the summers and FL in the winters for 15 years. When we got in for the winters in late Sept. or early Oct., the humidity was hard to get adjusted too. Five years ago we settled in FL. I still can't take the heat in the summer time, but maybe because I am older. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Donna, Tricksie and Peanut

12-01-2007, 12:21 PM	#7
tinav Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,453	I have lived in Jersy all my life but anything under 70degrees is too cold for me......forget the winter. I can understand that the heat down there can be bothersome but with AC how much do you really feel of it. I just think it is better in Fla for the furkids than the cold up here. Yes we will get a pool unless I see a REAL good reason not to. It will be fun teaching the furkids to swim. I have been in Fla in the summer...not often but been there. Also been in the Carrib in the summer....not my ideal time to go as I love to get away from the cold not the heat but been there. So I kinda am a warm weather person. Tina __________________ I LOVE PUCCI & GIGI Rest in peace my baby guy Pucci Love Mom

12-01-2007, 12:26 PM	#8
tinav Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,453	Please click one of the Quick Reply icons in the posts above to activate Quick Reply. __________________ I LOVE PUCCI & GIGI Rest in peace my baby guy Pucci Love Mom

12-01-2007, 12:37 PM	#9
tinav Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,453	I am glad we will have lots of furkids and their humans to talk to in Fla. Currently in touch with a realtor and in the spring we will be going to look at the houses and the area....I won't know too much till then. But I really can't waite Thanks for the pics of your beautiful furbaby Tina __________________ I LOVE PUCCI & GIGI Rest in peace my baby guy Pucci Love Mom

12-01-2007, 12:55 PM	#10
Yorkieluv Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 7,178	How exciting!! Good luck! __________________ Miko 's his Mommy

12-01-2007, 01:16 PM	#12
mypreciouspups Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Florida/Canada Posts: 5,514	We are north east of Tampa, nice area, not so busy, yet close enough to go to Orlando which is about an hour, then to Tampa 20 minutes..we are about 45 minutes to Clearwater....so we get all the pluses without the traffic....summer is terrible with the heat in the 90's and 100 % humity...BUT people live here in the summer, going from air conditioner to car with air..Just as up north lives in the winter, going from a heated house to a heated car... so really it is which ever way you look at it..hope this made sense...lol

12-01-2007, 03:51 PM	#13
tinav Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,453	up here we have either very cold or oppressive heat.....very few in between weather days. i am sure you prob get more in between days in fla...such as in the 60-to-75 than we do. tina __________________ I LOVE PUCCI & GIGI Rest in peace my baby guy Pucci Love Mom

12-01-2007, 04:01 PM	#14
Baby Madeleine Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stuart, Florida Posts: 1,094	I live 2 hours south of Orlando. I agree with everyone else, the humidity is something you have to get used to. I like Florida but I will say that it has gotten pretty busy with a lot of people moving here in the last couple of years so traffic can be annoying. Also, be prepared to deal with hurricanes, although we had not one scare this year. It is awful nice not to shovel snow! I hate the cold! Anything under 70 is cold to me. Good luck! __________________ Monica and Madeleine Member of the Spoiled Rotten Club

12-01-2007, 04:10 PM	#15
flgurl69 <3 My Little Bella Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cape Coral, Florida Posts: 2,143	I live about 2.5 hours south of Orlando on the Gulf side. Originally from Virginia, lived there all my life and decided to move and been here 5 years. I don't miss the winters except during the Christmas holidays. I love the heat way more than the cold so I don't mind the Florida summers. Hurricanes are scary though but that is the price you pay for living in sunny Florida. __________________ Official Member of The cRaZy Club Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none. William Shakespeare