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2019-2023.

both good and bad. new home sale prices and condo/apt rents in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach county are now literally insane.

It's good to live in a place where others want to live.

Glad we got down here when we did! Coming up on 7 years soon.

I sometimes get annoyed with the HOA board here.

My wife is on it.

It's not prudent at all for me to purchase flood insurance, just as it wouldn't be prudent for you to buy hurricane insurance.

Just admit you know nothing about this topic, and move on.

It's not prudent at all for me to purchase flood insurance, just as it wouldn't be prudent for you to buy hurricane insurance.

Just admit you know nothing about this topic, and move on.

I admit that Florida is a relatively flat state, has 1700 rivers, half of its counties are "coastal", it's as likely to experience heavy rainfall before a hurricane as not, protrudes out in the middle of hurricane territory, and I lived in FL for 24 years.

I hope your gamble pays off.  It probably will, and that's good. But you've shown where you live on a map, and a flood there isn't an 'if' thing, it's a 'when.'

I admit that Florida is a relatively flat state, has 1700 rivers, half of its counties are "coastal", it's as likely to experience heavy rainfall before a hurricane as not, protrudes out in the middle of hurricane territory, and I lived in FL for 24 years.

I hope your gamble pays off.  It probably will, and that's good. But you've shown where you live on a map, and a flood there isn't an 'if' thing, it's a 'when.'

It's never going to happen. If there was any chance of it, I wouldn't be here.

The highest storm surge around here occurred in 2022, during Hurricane Ian, which caused 15 feet on Fort Myers Beach - a barrier island with no protection.

We have not one, but two barrier islands between the Gulf and the Marina entrance here. That alone reduces the energy of the surge in Pine Island Sound by a significant margin. We are 1.5 miles inland from the Sound, with a lot of tall buildings, houses, golf course holes and other obstructions along the way.

A surge would never have enough energy to make its way this far. I've made the calculations on the energy losses, and I come up with around 35 feet in order to make it to my house - I think that is being conservative.

Not happening. No chance.