finally figured out why people live in the north and retire to Florida but don't live in Florida
there is a flight from FLL ( Fort Lauderdale ) to LIR ( Liberia, Costa Rica ) so 3 hours to basically the most beautiful place on earth - a garden of Eden IRL.
only problem is ... i am already not far off from there where i am, and the difference isn't worth getting on a plane for.
to somebody who lives in Mid-West like
@Prince Aleph going to Costa Rica in winter would be like going to another planet but to me it would be like okay you guys have a mountain - cool - everything else is the same ...
it is depressing realizing once you're here in Florida you will never leave - not because you can't - but because there is no reason to ...
this is why Florida is where Boomers go to die. because when you're young you can look forward to things in the future - you can look forward to vacations, to travel, maybe to cruises when you're a bit older. but when you finally get to the age where you're done with life and don't look forward to anything anymore you move to Florida.
THAT is why everybody retires here but very few live here. It is also why people vacation in Costa Rica but don't live there.
variety is the spice of life.
if you are too old to travel and just need a place to die Florida is perfect because you're already where you would have traveled anyway plus it has the perk of being relatively safe and civilized relative to most international travel destinations.
but if you're a young hot shot you want to live in NYC and when the shit weather starts getting on your nerves you simply take a 1st class flight to Costa Rica and take your favorite escort with you.
i miss traveling. there is no place objectively better than Orlando on the planet but being in one place till you die is depressing as fuck whereas flying all over the world is fun.
i would rather live in a shithole like Mid-West and fly somewhere new every 2 months than live here in Orlando and never travel.