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Florida residents? if you're out there

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TechnoPotamus
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I posted this in regionals, but yeah who checks them.


I am considering moving somewhere new and I'd like that place to be Florida. Yes, I realize I can't ski in Florida. I am 23 years old, a finance/business major, and I desperately need a change and to get out of the funk i'm in at this odd stage of my life and I've been considering this for awhile now.

I need help with recommendations of places that are good for a recent college grad to live and find work. Obviously corporate work is fine with me, so cities like tampa or wherever are good if they have a good job scene. It would be nice to not be surrounded with old retirees as well.


If any of you guys live in FL or can give me some insight, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks a bunch
Apr 11 2011 1:33PM
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DUKES
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i live in brooksville which is about 30 min north of Tampa. There are so many places to find rent and shit. there are great business schools like UT and USF. im just not sure why someone would come to this state. im tryin to do the exact opposite of what you are by gettin the fuck out here and goin to where there is skiing. but definitely tampa/st.pete is business central.
Apr 11 2011 1:52PM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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Only advice I could give is live somewhere where it is not a long drive to the keys, it's frickin gorgeous down there.
Apr 11 2011 1:55PM
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Ski_the_east01
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my buddy was a finance major and went down to florida to get out of the cold weather, it took him a longggg time (over a year) to get a job down there because there is soo little jobs...he finally got a good entry level job in the budget department of a hospital but that was only because his g/f knew someone that worked there

the plus side of moving to florida is that the real estate market is complete shit and you can rent/buy for almost nothing..he just bought a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath with in ground pool for 165,000 in gated community..money goes sooo far down there

good luck
Apr 11 2011 1:59PM
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RubberSoul
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..tell chicks you're there cause you're an astronaut. bitches love astronauts, and have dreamed of marrying one ever since they were little girls
Apr 11 2011 1:59PM
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DUKES
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as long as you have your education and have business experience you wont really have too much trouble finding a job in the business district
Apr 11 2011 2:08PM
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0123456789
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im at school in fort myers/naples, its a super nice area, i have a ton of fun down here, and i went from skiing 60+ days a year to 5 in the last two, and i am cool with it.  as long as you can handle no snow and hot summers south fl is tighttt!
Apr 11 2011 2:11PM
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DUKES
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i dont understand how people can enjoy this shitty state.
Apr 11 2011 2:15PM
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DiqueCheeze
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xr.com/iworks5

this is where ilive

Apr 11 2011 2:18PM
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bromigo
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dont go to marco island or naples alot of retires, my gma and gpa live there.
Apr 11 2011 2:26PM
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0123456789
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yeah but fort myers beach is poppin, by my school in north naples/south fort its alright a few clubs n shit if youre into that lots of places to go out n drink and have a good time.

and to dukes, i didnt like it at first, but i have kinda moved on from skiing n onto other things which are more important in my life at this point, and the area im in isnt a hick place like the rest of fl, its a nice area with a ton of fun shit to do, miami is 2 hours, disney 3.5 or less, tampa 2, ft laud 2, everywhere is pretty close within fl.
Apr 11 2011 2:35PM
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Brenone
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Miami!
You dont have to live on Ocean Drive but Miami is great. I have a friend who lives down there and he loves it. The Coconut Grove area is a good place to live.
Apr 11 2011 2:38PM
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bromigo
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yeah true only some spots in naples has retires
Apr 11 2011 2:46PM
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TechnoPotamus
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we're in opposite climates though. I live in New Jersey (hate if you must) right now and winter lasts forever and it gets cold as shit and snows a lot. Which is great and all, but i'm just not into that anymore at all and I don't want to deal with it. A lot of things in my life have changed and I'd like to refresh things and move somewhere in FL. I feel like i'd be happier there and i'm pretty unhappy here so I want to give it a shot since i'm still young.


Thanks for the advice guys, I'll have to check out the job opportunities in the places you've alll listed and go from there
Apr 11 2011 3:02PM
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TechnoPotamus
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i'm at work bro, go fuck yourself.
Apr 11 2011 3:13PM
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DUKES
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after 19 years here its unbearable. disney and universal are cool but it gets old. and not only that all the guidos and "my new haircut" people all come down here and make it 1000000000000000000Xs worse. the only thing that is good is the college education. high school and below can be completed by a kid with down syndrome
Apr 11 2011 3:48PM
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TechnoPotamus
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i hear you dude, that's exactly how it is for me here. get out and go where you wanna be! and if that place is Colorado - i lived there for 6 years so hit me up and i'll give you info.

go where you think you'll be happy
Apr 11 2011 4:18PM
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DUKES
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yeah definitely colorado. its just troubles me cause if i move out there and i have no job  then ill be fucked. i just wanna do work, school, ski

Apr 11 2011 4:21PM
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TechnoPotamus
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PM me about anything you need info or advice on whenever it comes up. I lived in boulder and worked in longmont, but i knew thornton, westminster, louisville and longmont decently well too
Apr 11 2011 4:31PM
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