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Florida Bad, NY Good

KM on 2003-07-29T17:17:01

I think 98% of anyone I meet.. from neighbors to barbers.. after asking me where I moved from say "Why would you move from Florida to here??" in a tone of "what are you nuts?" Sort of tired of saying over and over "It's too hot and flat there for me, I just don't like it", I decided to start posing the question back to them. I started with the lady cutting my hair. She asked, and I replied "Well, why don't you move to Florida?" She paused, then replied "Florida is nice to visit, but I like it up here." EXACTLY!

I think I'll just started saying I moved here from Buffalo when people ask where I moved from.

When In Rome

chaoticset on 2003-07-29T17:27:57

Well, you could do what 98% of people do when you ask them why they preferred one thing over another: "It sucks."
Them: Why did you move from Florida to here?!

You: Florida sucks.

That'll quiet the meager curiosity of most people.

Re:When In Rome

KM on 2003-07-29T17:39:46

Well, I'll maybe use that with some people, and be slightly more tactful with others (like new neighbors). I'll see what reactions I get.

KM -- Human Trolling Expert

To or from?

jplindstrom on 2003-07-29T19:05:16

Well, did you move from Florida or to wherever-you-live-now?

Re:To or from?

KM on 2003-07-29T19:31:52

I moved from FL after I hosted YAPC, to upstate NY.

the same old question

gav on 2003-07-30T18:16:34

Everybody always asks that becasue they're shocked that you would move to the area. I think it's a case of the grass-is-greener syndrome where everyone thinks where they live sucks (after a few years when the I've-just-moved-here-it's-great feeling wears off). Of course this means that if you plotted this trend as a curve it would prove that everywhere sucks. Or something.

Re:the same old question

KM on 2003-07-30T20:20:04

Yup, I agree. The grass in FL is just as green, but much sharper and more crunchy :-) I know when I lived in CT I always liked it. I never took any of it for granted... maybe because I had lived in FL before (CT -> FL -> CT -> FL -> NY). I learned what I would miss when it was gone.

On another note, I got to do a little hiking today. Felt GREAT to be out in the woods, and not sweating like a swine.