Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:00:27 -0400, HK wrote:

The rest of the
state, south of Daytona, is so damned hot and so plagued with natural
and manmade disasters, I don't know why anyone owns real estate there.

All those millions of people living in south Florida must have found
something they like. Maybe the great winter weather, fine boating,
world class beaches and fishing might have something to do with it?
North of Daytona you still get freezing winter weather on a fairly
regular basis.


Oh, I don't mind visiting south Florida during the winter for a vacation
or a business trip. In fact, I almost always do. But it's too hot south
of Daytona for my living comfort.

I lived a bit north of Daytona for more than five years. "Freezing
weather" was not that common, but it did happen. We had three seasons:
spring from February through mid-April, summer from mid-April through
October, and fall from November to sometime in February, but even winter
had many bright sunny 70+F days. Also, in northern Florida, we had
reasonable looking trees and forests.

As for beaches, north Florida has miles and miles of beautiful,
unspoiled, practically unwalked upon beaches. Our favorites were at Big
Talbot Island State Park and of course just across the St. Augustine
Inlet and a bit south.