Should I move to Florida?

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4. Florida is simply not the same as Massachusetts

I have been temporarily here in Florida and the hate-filled Trumpists are significantly more in your face - and there are overwhelming numbers of them compared to home, where I can go days - even weeks - without being uninvitingly confronted. Here, every trip to the grocery store has somebody saying something that just reinforces how awful it is to live in America right now. Mass has ahole drivers in BMWs - here they really are in stereotypical massive pollution-spewing trucks with trump flags and bumper stickers that show 5-6 guns stating THIS is my family. Almost at every traffic light. Of which there are many / taking 5 minutes of your life while staring at these things. It is really hard not to be sad and/or angry.

Yes, you can find like-minded folks, but it is like I imagine it was like being gay in the 60s - even with a good “gaydar” as they used to say, one must be very careful broaching the subject - like sitting at a brewery, one must almost whisper a leading comment to see where they stand on issues, because here in Florida MAGATS seem to have no qualms about jumping in with comments if they overhear something.

And don’t get me started on how segregated everything is. Not like Cambridge where walking a block or two exposes you to every shade known to exist.

Nonetheless, I’m struggling with the same decision as you.