Thread: Car friendly retirement area (warm)

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While I admit Ft Myers isn't exactly Heaven when it comes to car related stuff, it isn't horrible either. We are getting more and more car events (Billetproof, Garlits shows, etc.) and there are a bunch of local goings on every week somewhere (Merchants Crossing, Main Street Ft Myers Beach, Perkins, Mels Diner, etc) I don't personally go to many of the local events because I got burned out on sitting on a lawn chair for 8 hours a long time ago, but I do make the long distance shows pretty often.

If your other reason for wanting to move is the code enforcement thing, I do understand that. We owned a home in Cape Coral for years and the Code Enforcement Nazis were unbelievable. All you could legally do in your own garage was to change spark plugs and oil. But I even see the reasoning for that now that I am older. No one wants to live next to someone who is building a car in their driveway, it just isn't considerate.

There are enough empty shops in commercial areas here now reasonably priced so that you can legally work on your cars to your hearts content. We have done exactly that for the past 12 years and can be grinding and hammering away at 4 am with no one to complain. It isn't cheap, but it sure would be cheaper than uprooting your entire life and moving across country.

We have lived in Pennsylvania, California, North Carolina, and now Florida, and I can attest than no place is perfect.........they all have their pluses and minuses. You just have to adjust your life and make the best of the good.

Don

I'm one county north of Fort Myers and we have a ton of car shows and cruises year round here. I manage the local junkyard so I have storage for the ugly stuff. Like Don says it's kinda hard to build a car in your driveway if you want to live somewhere nice. I'd never go back up north though. 90 days of nice weather is not enough for me in a year..lol