FLORIDA - 6/25/2006

WAY TOO HOT AND HUMID FOR ME EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 22 YEARS

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Great place to live ! - 6/5/2006

Once you live here for awhile , it's a great Place. Robust economy , lots of Jobs. Clean , low crime and great Housing. Lots of Friendly Folks , Good Roads and Great Schools . It's like Paradise !

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Growing tooo fast - 5/30/2006

Melbourne use to be a nice small town with all the amenities close by. Now it is growing too fast and it is too crowded. There are soo many people moving in and there is not enough room in the schools. The streets were also not planned for as much traffic as there is now. Wickham is a nightmare to drive down. At certain times of the day you may sit thru at least 3 lights just to get across an intersection.The drivers are extremely rude and do not pay attention to driving. If you take I-95 you are putting your life at risk. There are numerous crashes on a daily basis. The crime has incresed here so much that you cannot even feel safe leaving your windows open on a nice day or even your door unlocked because someone will break in, in the broad daylight. We also seem to have a lot of child predators in Melbourne and the surrounding cities. Even in the schools we have issues with inapproiate behavior amongst the teachers and children.It is just not very desirable anymore like it was 5 years ago. It is changing for the worst and I do not see any relief in site. The school system is ranked one of the best in the state but that is by the numbers from test scores and not by the quality of teachers we have in the Brevard county system.The better part of all the teachers I have come into contact with really need to chose another profession because they are not very good teachers and do not treat children well at all. But this is just my observation of the area in the last 5 yrs. If you do move here be patient and be careful.

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Pretty Nice Weather - 2/24/2006

Pretty Nice Weather

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Too crowded , terrible traffic , increasing crime - 2/10/2006

I found all of the above to be true and the other peoples comments too are true, I was there not too long ago and couldn't believe what was happening to what was once a Very Nice Smaller Town , with reasonable real estate prices , low taxes and very nice people . BUT thats all changed ...for the worst . It's just the opposite now . Too Bad !

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Weather and Other Fun Stuff - 10/28/2005

The weather is Hot, Humid...and Hot. The summers are dismal, I have had my air conditioning on since February this year due to the humidity and heat. Winters are mild, but still humid much of the time, and way too short. Also, if you dislike snakes, lizards, palmetto bugs, mosquito's and other critters, Florida is NOT for you. I have literally thousands of baby lizards in my yard right now, and that is great, because they eat the mosquitos! Also, it is FLAT. No hills, nothing but perfectly flat ground covered by palmetto bushes, pine trees, scrub and houses. Lots of houses. Beware, lots of folks buy homes from the great white north, move down here and lose their homes. Why? The wages here stink. Take our local hospitals. Most people working at most of our hospitals who are not executives, MDs or RNs make less than $10.00 per hour to start. And they pay better than most other places. There are very few unions, and the few that are here are totally ineffectual. Florida is a right to work state, which means an employer can fire you for any reason except a discriminatory one. Which means they can fire you because they dont like you, or because it is Tuesday. Or they have decided to rethink your position. Whatever they want to do is legal in that regard.

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Commuting and entertainment - 10/20/2005

Most businesses close by 9-10 pm. Only 3 roads heading north and south through 3 town. Doesn't sound bad until you realize that it takes 25 minutes to drive 7 miles. No options for interconnecting cross roads. City is still building more residential without adding roads to accomadate the increased traffic demands.

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The new Melbourne - 7/15/2005

What once used to be a very cool little town, is now struggling with over-development and greed. Before the housing boom of 2004, one could live on the low wages, because housing costs were very low. Not now- housing has tripled and wages have remained the same or gone down. Therefore only out-of-towners can now afford to buy homes here. And this leads to the lack of community spirit. Natural resources are being wiped out as neighbourhood after neighborhood gets quickly built by low skilled day labor types. And your really lucky if they leave a tree standing as they cement everything. The beaches are crowded out by Condos, and visited by non-respectful litterers. Traffic is horrendous as our city planners, build housing first- and then they come back later and add roads. Traffic laws are ignored and Melbourne's drivers are very close to being as aggressive and offensive as in Jacksinville and Miami. There are some small groups working hard to save some endangered lands, but "big money" wins most of the battles. On a Positve note; check out the Brevard Zoo, the US's only community built animal park and funded through donations. If you enjoy paddling, Turkey Creek and Sebastian River rank very highly. Beware though, Melbourne has lost it's charm, beauty and affordability.

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