Southernmiss
I am hazed everyday
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- Aug 27, 2011
This thread is awesome!
Me and the GF have been having thoughts of moving from Vegas as we don't really like it here anymore. The summers are burning hot (we actually love the humidity and miss seeing greenery), rent is skyrocketing, it's VERY hard to make friends here, and we don't party or gamble so we have lost interest. We've been talking about it more and more often, and central Florida keeps popping up. Not only because we both love theme parks, but I love being by the water and hate cold weather.
The only thing that's keeping us away from actually moving is the consensus that jobs are hard to find and pay is low. I don't have the opportunity to transfer since I work for a casino/resort here that's independently owned and the GF is a dental assistant in a local office. Our resort was just acquired by a big brand, so I plan on staying for a bit just to see what changes take place and if there would be any opportunities I could take from there.
We're both in our late 20's, and would rent if we were going to move as we live really simple. We plan on taking a trip over there and NOT going to Disney (although that's hard to resist) to drive around and sight-see.
Thanks again for all the great replies on here!
You might be interested in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Your company may have a property here that you could transfer to.
Our climate is similar to central Florida. The casino industry is big and our casinos are on the beach.
We are a day's drive to Orlando and there are flights out of Gulfport to Orlando.
Cost of living relative to where you've been is cheaper.
The coast has a population of about 250,000 with our communities running together (you won't know that you've left one town and arrived in another-they are that close to each other), yet each has diversity and some maintain a small town feel.
Only an hour from Mobile, AL and New Orleans and 2 hours from Pensacola/Destin's beautiful beaches.
Lots of Military in our area with people moving in and out, so it's not cliquey.
https://www.gulfcoast.org/about/
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