04-11-2008, 07:35 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Location: Central Central Florida
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Melbourne but not Australia
Some shots of Melbourne, Florida.
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04-11-2008, 04:00 PM | #2 (permalink) |
Eat your vegetables
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Location: Arabidopsis-ville
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Striking dunes! Now that's someplace that would be fun to visit. Was this a recent vacation, or is it closer to home?
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04-11-2008, 04:08 PM | #3 (permalink) |
has all her shots.
Location: Florida
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Nice, jewels!
Are you in or around Melbourne?
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04-11-2008, 05:18 PM | #4 (permalink) |
Eponymous
Location: Central Central Florida
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That was part of our spring break vacation, gg. We spent some time in Brevard to buy a house and were in Orlando for a day at Sea World and am now well versed in both the Florida Mall and the Millenia Mall
I'll be less than an hour from Orlando in a couple of months, mm. We'll definitely have to get together after the girls and I settle!
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04-11-2008, 06:46 PM | #5 (permalink) |
has all her shots.
Location: Florida
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Awesome. I'd like that.
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How did you know how much to pay....and when home prices will stop falling? Quote:
I had first hand experience in '87, in Cocoa Beach. It was a year after the shuttle exploded, and the space coast emptied out due to suspension of the shuttle program. A family member bought a 14th floor two brm two bath unit on the beach in one of the then newest and impressive condominiums, furnished, for less than $140,000. What made you do it, if you don't mind me asking? I don't think the level of short sales, auctions, and foreclosures is going to diminish, this year or next. Last edited by host; 04-11-2008 at 07:18 PM.. |
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04-12-2008, 03:50 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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Location: reykjavík, iceland
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those photos could have just as easily come from my hometown of melbourne australia. it´s all in the name
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04-12-2008, 05:41 AM | #8 (permalink) | |
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Location: Central Central Florida
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What made me do it? Lots of things I may get into another time. The short story? Fort Lauderdale is turning to shit. I know there's crime everywhere but the mass mindset here has been eating at me for the past 5 - 10 years. It's not like this anywhere else I've been. The school system is run by a bunch of flunkies and my daughter's Magnet school received an "F" this year. City planning is a joke, the roads are built ten years after (great band, BTW) the growth's occurred. The population is transient, too many ambulances, it's filthy dirty. Spanish speakers now give me a headache (although I've been married to two Latino men and can get along fairly well in conversation) and the sense of entitlement, driver mentality ... and that's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. But I've been planning this for over two years (finding the area that I wanted to live, searching and watching and studying home prices and the length of time on market, etc) and the timing was right for my kids, for me, the interest rate was getting comfortable and I found a house at a price I felt I couldn't refuse. It was time to go. The chips fell into place and it felt right. Just so you know, the beach pictures were taken around 8 a.m. I won't be living on or across the street from the beach. When we drive up ther, we leave home around 4 or 5 a.m. to avoid traffic in Palm Beach on weekdays so end up with time to kill and enjoy. Don't know if I mentioned, they're pushing for a 4/30 closing but I still won't physically move until the girls are out of school, and still trying to figure out a way to get paid for lots of accumulated sick time, so I may possibly stay here as late as early July. I'll keep TFP posted.
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04-12-2008, 06:25 AM | #9 (permalink) |
has all her shots.
Location: Florida
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Melbourne is very nice. I think you'll like it.
Cocoa, just up the road, is great, too. I go to that area quite often on photo excursions.
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04-12-2008, 08:23 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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Location: Queens
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Wonderful photos Jewels, reminds me of my trip to Florida last december - beautiful water with incredible sunrises and sunsets.
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