Comments on: Would You Rather Live In Florida’s New Gay Luxury Resort? Or at Disney World?

By: DEREK WASHINGTON

DEREK WASHINGTON — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:13:54 +0000

Move to Vegas. It’s 24hrs and house are CHEAP! Weather is decent and there’s always a pool nearby. Best part? No Gayborhood to ghettoize yourself! C’mon down y’all!

By: PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS

PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:20:51 +0000

Am sure the bylaws will be set up like the town of Celebration. You can’t sneeze there without permission. Imagine if they discovered Gays in their midst…………

By: ewe

ewe — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:46:31 +0000

@Steve: I love Wilton Manors. I heard one can buy a 3 bedroom house for 200,000 right now.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:12:58 +0000

@stevenelliot: There is some truth to your statement. The state government in Florida has been controlled by up-state small-town Republicans for quite a while. They gerrymandered the the house and senate districts so the could keep control, even though the majority of the population lives in three counties in the south.

This year, we have two initiatives on the ballot in Florida, numbers 5 and 6. If either of them passes, and 7 does not pass, they will not be able to gerrymander the districts again next year. One can hope.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:04:49 +0000

I live in Fort Lauderdale, and I have friends who live in Wilton Manors. The new complex is to be in Wilton Manors, not Fort Lauderdale. Wilton Manors is much more gay than Fort Lauderdale, already, because W.M. is much smaller, so it is easier. The Wilton Drive area is already, basically, a large gay mixed-use neighborhood, with food, entertainment, residential, and even some actual shopping.

There are serious amounts of vacant space around Wilton drive, now. That is a result of the real-estate bust. A lot of development happened in that area during several years immediately before the bust, so a lot of people are underwater on their property, or being foreclosed. This announcement says that some serious people think the area will recover quickly. Their $114/sq.ft. price point is quite a bit below what we used to call “luxury” around here, so they should do ok, after the market recovers even a little.

By: stevenelliot

stevenelliot — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:19:38 +0000

@ewe: I know. I live in Cali. and youre right about santa barbara. its a nice cozy place

By: ewe

ewe — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:50:44 +0000

@stevenelliot: I like Santa Barbara myself but make no mistake. There are some of the worst backward religious nutbags in Southern California and they are no friend to any gay people.

By: ewe

ewe — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:49:15 +0000

I do not care for Orlando Florida at all.

By: stevenelliot

stevenelliot — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:37:21 +0000

Id rather live in california. sorry. no amount of posturing can make florida anything but a quasi-southern, good ole boy state.
At least in Cali Im not eaten alive by mosquitos and beaten over the head by the state government for political gain……

Ill take palm springs over palm beach any day!

By: Love Hangover

Love Hangover — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:55:14 +0000

There’s one big problem with that Golden Oak development: It would require that one actually LIVE in (shudder) ORLANDO.

A fate worse than death.

You couldn’t pay me enough money to live with those nouveaux-riches rednecks…!!