Is Florida the best state?
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Yup, Florida is the best!
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No state can be the best state. All have their strengths and weaknesses. One of my favorites is Maryland. As far as Florida, I only like the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area. The Orlando and Tampa areas aren't bad either. Northern Florida is too southern/backwater/dixieland for me.
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True, Our schools need help as do schools around the country. Maybe if the congress was as enthusiastic about funding education as they are about funding the military we would have great schools.TheJim said:
I wouldn't recommend Florida at all for you then. Miami has the highest humidity of the major areas of FL on average. Miami lies in a tropical, almost subtropical climate. It is right on the boarder. While the rest of FL is in somewhat of a temperate climate, like the rest of the lower 48. The inland areas of the state are the worst for heat and humidity. I took a climate class in college, so I learned all about this stuffBigDan35 said:
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The weather here has been perfect all week.BigDan35 said:
SUNNY, LOW 80s, Very low humidity and ocean breezes.
It got fairly hot and humid today for the first time in a while.
Usually by mid-May it is HOT (85F+) and there is a mix of sun and thunderstorms everyday.
We have two seasons....DRY and WET or Warm and HOT, respectively.
May-October is WET & HOT (highs85F-90F, lows 75F-80F) and very humid. This time of year is the rainy season. We have scattered thunderstorms almost everyday. It never rains for too long (30mins-2hrs) before the sun comes back out an makes the city a sauna. Some people will tell you it rains at the same time everyday in their neighborhood and it can seem that way. Hurricane season also occurs between June and October sometimes until November.
November-April is the dry and warm season
HIs in the 70s and lows in the 60s with some colder days mixed in.
It is sunny virtually everyday all day this time of year and humidity is very low.
It's warm with cool breezes.
This time of year reminds you why it's great to live in South Florida.
I have only worn a coat ONCE since I moved to South Florida in 1997!
IF YOU DON'T LIKE HEAT AND HUMIDITY YOU WILL HATE MIAMI FROM MAY-OCTOBER!!!
what r u talking about? the schools may suck in southern florida but in the panhandle r the #1 schools in Florida. it's even top 10 or 20 in the country. northern florida schools have: good funding, smart + educated teachers, and smart students (cuz of the smart teachers).lauderdalegator said:
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No, Florida is absolutely NOT the best state. I guess it is one of the more desired states to live in, because of its natural features, but the built environment and government are among the worst in the nation IMO.
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Florida is not the best state. To visit perhaps but living here.... no
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New York compares -- unlike California, ther eisn't rampant smog and over-zealous liberals (and I am a liberal, mind you ).
New York has mass tranist in place -- LA has been strugglign the last two decades to get peoople to switch from cars to commuter efforts. Some of which are succesfful, all of which are costly.
California is grand -- and both states are better than Florida by a sight -- but to say California and New York can't even compare? Please....
New York has mass tranist in place -- LA has been strugglign the last two decades to get peoople to switch from cars to commuter efforts. Some of which are succesfful, all of which are costly.
California is grand -- and both states are better than Florida by a sight -- but to say California and New York can't even compare? Please....
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NCvegas you do realize that our schools are not the best only in some categories. Navarre schools sucks,poor funding, horrible teachers at least most of them, and too much testing. I was watching a thing on CNN where they said the state of Florida is pushing kids to hard by overtesting them.ncvegas said:
The best state is California, due to its diversity in climate. Florida is ok just the beaches, but the humidity is a bitch. 2 Words describe florida hot n humid, hundreds of words describe california.
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First, I don't care if the schools in N. Florida are better than the schools in S. Florida. It isn't surprising though because very large school systems like those in S. Florida are usually not as good as schools in backwater towns, like those in N. Florida. Schools in large cities are usually overcrowded as is the case in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
Florida as a state is ranked among the worst for their schools. The ranking is done by state not by school system. There are very good, nationally ranked individual schools in South Florida also.
What's your point?
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Florida is tops in athletics --- but they are the pits for Education. I'm in Pinellas where not only are the schools mediocre but they are an excuse to kill kids in traffic The bussing system sucks, school sizes and management sucks, even the school zones are done wrong. My sub-division has THREE schools within 8 miles but they send the kids to a school 10+ miles away because of overcrowding at the other three schools.
I graduated from a HS with a Senior class of 700+... I woudl imagine the "Great" schools of Norht Florida don't have to deal with a student body like that in most HS's -- let alone one single grade of High School.
The bussing system sucks, school sizes and management sucks, even the school zones are done wrong. My sub-division has THREE schools within 8 miles but they send the kids to a school 10+ miles away because of overcrowding at the other three schools.I graduated from a HS with a Senior class of 700+... I woudl imagine the "Great" schools of Norht Florida don't have to deal with a student body like that in most HS's -- let alone one single grade of High School.
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