Don White wrote:
"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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On Feb 11, 8:55 am, wrote:
On Feb 10, 10:06 pm, Wayne.B wrote:

On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:33:08 -0500, D K
wrote:
There aren't a lot of waterfront homes in SW FL unless you include
those
with canal/river access.
Canal property is the most desirable for boating - much better
protection from storms.
Exactly, until all of the northerners came to Florida, you didn't see
a house anywhere near the shoreline.
As a FL native, I welcome the real estate crash. Too many fools
building on the beaches anyway reducing access to MY beaches and
driving up inusrance for those of us wise enough to live inland.

Yeah but,,,think of it from a Northerners point of view...
Why would you want to move all the way to Florida and see nothng but swamp,
insects and alligators? (and the occasional LoonyTune)
I'd want my own little island...or at least a portion of one.




We lived in Florida for six years, including several along the ICW,
which was more or less a "river." It had all the views you might want,
including, unfortunately, the sights and sounds of passing pleasure
barges traveling at high speeds and tossing off substantial wakes. But
the downsides were minimal.

Beachfront single family housing in southern Florida is problematical
because of hurricanes. If I were going to live along the shore there,
I'd want it to be in a solidly constructed concrete frame mid or high
rise designed to allow a reasonable surge to pass underneath.

I'm not a big fan of those houses on the manmade canals. In fact, I'm
not a big fan of having waterfront property with a boat dock. Looking
out the den window and seeing a big boat or my neighbor's house across
the canal is not to my taste. I'd rather park the boat at a nearby
marina. That should be much easier these days in Florida because of the
financial collapse there.

I don't think I could ever get used to living in south Florida because
of the heat from April through October. But obviously lots of folks like it.