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Your experience of Florida will depend almost entirely on which part of it you go to. In some ways, it's like four different states. South, East, West, and North (and maybe divide the north by straight north versus the Panhandle for five) all have different cultures, mindsets, and even weather patterns.

If you've never been and are considering moving you should absolutely visit there a few times to see how you feel about it. Go, ask random people how they feel about living there, get a feel for various areas. Don't jump blind.



Sashanan posted...

I have once been there, not all that far south, over New Year's. It was very warm and humid on the morning of the 1st of January. Usually if I go, it's in the fall. Over the years I have concluded that traveling to Florida is a matter of avoiding the hurricane season, not "going when it is cooler", because it never seems to be.

Muscles posted...

I really enjoyed it when I went in January, but I can't imagine it's great outside of winter

The irony is, southern Florida (ie, around Miami) is often cooler in summer than it is in the actual Northeast US. There've been plenty of times when it's mid-70s there while it's mid-90s in New York.

Though speaking of humidity, that's going to be the biggest shock to someone from Arizona. It might be easy to think "Ehh, I'm used to heat, I'll be fine", but it's difficult to understand just how hellish humidity can be if you've never really experienced it. As much as "it's not the heat, it's the humidity" is a trite phrase, it's very much true - humidity is often way worse than just plain heat.