Post #81879 by Rattiki on Sat, Mar 20, 2004 6:28 AM

On 2004-03-20 05:25, FLOUNDERart wrote:

And oh yeah, far too many Parrotheads are drunken haggerd 'stuck in the 70's' types who dream of sailing away in a boat to some unknown tropo paradise, but will always remain in Ohio.

I'm from Ohio but have lived in Florida for the past 14 years. I love Jimmy Buffet, his music reminds me of why I moved to FL.
It brings back the romanticized fellings I had of FL as a kid before I realized once I moved here as an adult I would have to work and be responsible. That sucks.

Do I suck?

When I moved to Key West at 15 years of age with my family back in the 70's it may have not been paradise, but it was a quiet, interesting, eccentric, albeit real city. No one knew where it was and when I was up in the (non-Florida) mainland I would have to draw them a map to explain to them where I lived. Then over the years we got up graded from just plain ol' Key West to 'FABULOUS KEY WEST' or just 'PARADISE'. Now a house that once cost $50K is a MILLION DOLLARS and we all have to work two jobs to pay all of the bills. Caroline St. where the woman had gone mad, and that had been a hang out for drunken shimpers in their rubber boots drinkin -n- fightin in crusty old bars, gave way to over priced boutiques full of tropo pastel colored clothes for the Martha Stewart types to buy. It’s Disneyland for adults with 10+ cruise ships arriving each week, over priced custom electric rental cars buzzing about, and Duval St. is the third highest per capita retails sales venue in America! :roll: It is no longer a real town, not at least one that anyone can afford or would want to live in, so me and my family are looking to move on. My Step Father as just purchased property in Nicaragua and I will probably end up in the Philippines. Yes we will do well from the real estate we own (our family compound/home) but it means we will lose our home, give up our friends etc. So Ohio can dream on about Margaritaville, ‘cus it never was, and Florida is done IMO. :cry: :P

[ Edited by: Rattiki on 2004-03-20 06:32 ]