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Moving my family to Florida USA

33 replies

Spinningheads2024 · 21/03/2024 22:08

I need help.
We would all be legal and able to work/live in America.
I'm so concerned with the state of the world.
Prices are going up everywhere including where I live in Ireland.
But it's all how we view it as well.
I'm just dreading the process of a fresh start. And I'd be organizing all on my own my husband is very lax.
We have my inlaws here. And we wouldn't be moving next to my family in the US we'd be a plane ride away.
But the weather is so much better. There's more to do. I'm so bored here. The landscape actually changes in the US and there's a certain flavour of multicultural I'm missing as well. My oldest is just so we are able to still make it appealing.

I'm just so distraught at possibility of not working out.
The summers are humid. Very.
We don't own here and we won't own there. Maybe get land in the future.
I just hate how my husband is number 1 to want to move and he's just leaving this all on me. I bring it up as we genuinely are Best friends and he says he'll do research but he'll just leave it until last minute. We wouldn't leave until January 2025 but you can imagine how much planing on neighborhoods and housing and travel time to things. Another thing is Tampa Florida where we want to go, can have such bad traffic.
How do I do this and stay sane?
We haven't been on holiday in 3 years and we can't go this year at all bc we are moving. We would have been able to go and do lots more if we weren't moving. So the thoughts of the year ahead is driving me mad on top of me making all the decisions. I'm sick to my stomach.
Is it all worth it? Saying goodbye and breaking hearts. I know we won't be happy here but it'll be sacrifice for the kids. But we know they can sense how we feel and it'll effect them.
It's the whole transition.
I feel like I'm doing it alone.

OP posts:
CheeseSandwichRiskAssessment · 16/04/2024 14:28

Why not just move to Spain ?

LamonicBibber1 · 16/04/2024 14:33

Guns, jesus, meth, a terrible education system, racism, guns and the stupidity epidemic of Florida Man in the news... I'm always advocating for moving away, but Florida ain't it.

3rdtimeinflorida · 16/04/2024 15:19

We found America so expensive and what about healthcare??? I wouldn’t move for these reasons.

shenandoahvalley · 16/04/2024 15:42

You don't sound like you'll have the mental fortitude, financial standing or family support to make a successful move from Ireland to Tampa, FL. Sorry.

I think you should spend whatever money you have going on holiday there, or anywhere cheaper where the weather and landscape is to your liking.

CloudywMeatballs · 17/04/2024 14:32

LamonicBibber1 · 16/04/2024 14:33

Guns, jesus, meth, a terrible education system, racism, guns and the stupidity epidemic of Florida Man in the news... I'm always advocating for moving away, but Florida ain't it.

You really have no idea what you're talking about.

pikkumyy77 · 17/04/2024 14:44

Ugh: I would never move to florida. Not for the weather—which is going to get worse and worse—nor for the political climate which is toxic in Florida.

If you do move to the US plan to rent first until understand the nature of the beast. Is your state low tax? That means low services/poor public resources. You can afford more housing but the amenities and public spaces will be starved. Is your state a blue state? Taxes will be higher, housing will be more expensive , but more services snd (slightly) better government will be on offer.

pikkumyy77 · 17/04/2024 14:46

LamonicBibber1 · 16/04/2024 14:33

Guns, jesus, meth, a terrible education system, racism, guns and the stupidity epidemic of Florida Man in the news... I'm always advocating for moving away, but Florida ain't it.

This is, in fact, quite correct. Florida Man is legendary not because, like Sasquatch, he isn’t real but because he is so damned ubiquitous.

TheFTrain · 17/04/2024 15:05

Did you say you've got kids? The one thing that would stop me from moving to America whilst I have school aged children is the school shootings.

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