I love the FL summers. I have been here my whole life and the warm weather is nothing a cold beer can't fix.

Summer of '11 and '12 in LOTO were brutal!

Yes, I know, we were still there, this past Summer was our first in Florida and like I said it was no different than LOTO, if anything it was cooler here than '11 and '12 at LOTO , I guess it's the ocean breeze.

And I agree about the beer thing too.

But I'm sure they'll be this one clown who always twist my words, geez, I dislike mean people.

I'm looking forward to HOPEFULLY getting some serious snow here SOON in Mi, I like winter even better than summer, I actually ride snowmobiles more than I get out boating these days, the 2 seasons are about the same length. I have lived in California, Virginia and Ill, this is my favorite of the four, to me Fla is a nice place to visit but too crowded and warm for me, Smitty

I'm a winter guy too. I will retire in the upper

When you get my age nothing feels better than WARM .

Amen Brother,

nothing worse than to wake up in the morning with all your joints aching because it is cold. I used to go into the bathroom in the mornings up north, run the hot water over my hands until they stopped hurting during the winter months. It.is.hell.getting.old.

Im with you but only in Mn. Now if the weather could just go from 80+ degree boating days, then the next day of 15 degrees and 4 feet of snow it would be perfect. Spring and fall just get in the way for power sports ;)

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With you 100%........................but, I get where some guys love the snow, I like to play in it, so I would go vacation somewhere cold so we could snow ski, but the shoveling and driving in it is out for me, have fun in the snow, I appreciate where you're coming from.

I was in Wyoming last week, and it was 22 Deg's the 1st morning, and I was so thankful for the heated seats in the Rental Car, BRRRRRRR!

I love snow skiing. Fun to visit but don't wanna live in it anymore. Lol

What's the best and worst places for pigs? I've had bad experiences in IL and Florida. The Bahamas? I saw they were trying to pass a boaters rights act in Ohio, which is encouraging, but I'm not holding my breath for the police state to roll back, ever.

Land, water or both.

Worst place I lived for cops was Virginia, they taxed your car every year and cops were like Nazis, Smitty

I live in the mountains of western NC in a small town called Cashiers, at about 3500'. The area is filled with high end 2nd homes for FL and GA residence, in the summer the climate is typically 10 degrees cooler here than it is off the mountain. I can be on the SC lakes in 40 mins...we typically boat in SC May, June, Sept and Oct and boat on Lake Glenville here in the mountains in July and August when its too hot in SC.

We are just 10 hrs from the FL Gulf. We try to get down 3 or 4 times a year when its too cold to boat here...absolutely love it down there(usually go to Bradenton/Sarasota). And we are 11 hours from Western NY where we go snowmobiling. If any of you southern guys have never been snowmobiling you have to try it. Absolutely amazing....I live in NC and own 4 of them...so much fun!!! We usually get about 4-5 snowfalls here in Cashiers that yield enough snow to bust out the sleds here...and the TN/NC line gets hammered with snow all winter long, so we load the sleds and go up there too.

I love FL and think about moving there all the time, but I don't know if I could handle being 20 hours away from the sled trails....

Missouri has personnel property tax on cars and trucks too.................plus as a nice add on they even charge your boat, isn't that nice.....................none of the crap down here thank god.

After 35 years of Pennsylvania winters, I've had enough. Although I LOVE boating on Chesapeake Bay, we have decided to build in coastal NC near New Bern/Oriental. Summers are not much warmer (perhaps a bit more humid), but the winters are 20 degrees milder. To me, there's a huge difference between 20 degrees and 40 degrees.

Boating-wise, the Neuse River connects to the Intracoastal Waterway, which means we can escape north in the summer or south in the winter if we wish. From our (freshwater) dock, it's only 35 miles to the ocean in Morehead City. The area is growing pretty rapidly, so there are more and more waterfront places to visit.

Hope we made the right call; the new house is halfway built!

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FYI..dont know if you have a problem with radon gas's where you are building you may want to look into it before you put the cap on the crawl areas.a sheet of moisture barrier and 3'' of concrete is all it takes so you wont get sick from it.. looks like a nice area..good luck on your move..
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Most states have either a Personal Property Tax on vehicles; or an Excise Tax on license plates/vehicle registration to include boats in some cases..
Certain counties in Virginia have no Personal Property Taxes on boats, and for some silly reason, an exponential amount of boats are "garaged" on paper in those counties.

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Spring ,summer and fall there is no better place then Boyne City area. Some day I will winter in Marco Fl area or Clearwater area. Gave up on snowmobiles after loosing some friends. Enjoy snow shoeing with wife and dog. The dead of winter is very pretty. Someday own a houseboat in north and south and pay no property tax.

No crawlspaces. The front area will be a garage slab, the others will be basement slabs. Radon was an issue in PA, but not here in NC. Thanks for the heads-up.