5. Having your own swimming pool is not ideal
With all this heat and humidity having a pool sounds like the best idea.
I know what most of you are thinking: ”If I move to Florida I can finally have my own private pool, right?”. Well, of course, you can, but it’s pretty expensive. To keep a pool running, it will cost you around $170/week.
Don’t forget about the repairs worth thousands of dollars that you will have to make from time to time. Per year, the total amount of money would range between $3,000 to $5,000.
An inflatable pool should be enough, don’t you think?
7 thoughts on “9 Reasons You Shouldn’t Retire In Florida”
No thank you. I have problems where I live now in Tennessee, but those sound much worse.
I have another reason not to move there and his name is Ron De Santis
I love it.
Been to FL three times in Motorhome in the Winter. Bugs were terrible. Very expensive.
I lived in Florida for 60 years & finally escaped to North Carolina after retirement. Everything mentioned in article is absolutely true. The primary reason for my departure was the unbearable heat & humidity which seemed to bother me more as I aged.
So very glad I don’t live there anymore.
This article is so biased I can’t believe a word. My pool costs me about $20 a month and is a bargain. No bugs, fewer wierdos than any other state, cleaner, spacier, and hot; yes, but certainly bearable. Better value, better governance, and I carry no house insurance. I self insure, and after 10 years, am far ahead. I may get caught, but can afford it. Tennis, golf year round. What’s not to like. Leo Pfeiffer leopfeiffer@aol.com
I’ve lived in Florida for the last thirty years , and I wouldn’t live anywhere else . I’m originally from Buffalo NY and would never go back to live there .