Update
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12/28/2013
This is an update to my "I prefer it" submission of 2/15/2011.
After four and half years I am moving but not because there is anything particularly wrong with Sebastian, FL. Indeed, for retired people who want a relatively seasonless climate, which creates a kind of timelessness so as to forget about their own mortality, it is a great place to live. I, on the other hand, need a three-dimensional landscape with four seasons.
Two other factors are driving my decision to leave. The distressed neighborhood I bought into has completely turned around. This is good financially but now I am surrounded by homes fifteen feet away. Gone are the many creatures that made this area their home and made it feel as though I lived in a nature preserve. This was to be expected. I just did not expect it to occur so soon. Also, the seasonlessness means having a twelve-month pollen season, unacceptable for this severe hay fever sufferer.
So I hesitate to praise or condemn Sebastian. What is it that you are looking for? A very long hot and humid summer? Then come on down because there really is no such thing as "winter". Again, while I have no desire to shovel lots of snow, not having seasons can be surprisingly depressing.
I would return on occasion to escape the cold weather but I would never make this my permanent home. In fact, the people who think we're nuts for fleeing this "paradise" do not actually live here year round.
NKBC | Sebastian, FL