City is ok
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9/5/2006
As a resident of "The City Beautiful" I feel the need to voice my opinion. Orlando is not a bad place to live weather wise. The sunshine here for a majority of the year is quite nice. The warm temperatures in the "winter" time are also a nice plus to anyone from the north like me.
However, with this comes a lot of negatives. Orlando is quite the urban sprawl effect. There is not a real sense of community anywhere in Orlando. You have "planned developments" like Baldwin Park, Avalon Park, and Celebration with their nauseating, cookie cutter image of what a neighborhood should look like. They might be nice to some people, but this type of zero lot living does not appeal to all, especially at that price tag.
Traffic is the major thorn in any Central Floridians side. The roads here are completely inadequate for the amount of people living here. The main "arteries" of the city are a joke. Any given point in the day or sometimes night, I-4 is a varitable parking lot. This brings frustrations to any driver. Not only that, but a majority of the people on the roads, need to have their license revoked. Add the heat and humidity to this equation and you have the percfect recipe for road rage.
Orlando was recently voted the angriest city in America to live in. I back this almost 100%. I know there are more crowded places and by far worse places to live, but it does seem to be ridiculous here. Real Estate is out of control, traffic is a mess, and the pay here sucks!! Unless you are interested in living in the tourist arm pit of America, I would suggest not even considering moving here.
Jace | Orlando, FL