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Summary: Beware of this book
Review: ...The information is so basic you could pick up the same data in a newspaper or magazine. For instance, one paragraph tells you to beware of electronic gates because sometimes they don't work. What! Sometimes your garage door doesn't work, does that mean you manually open it. This has provided me the inspiration I needed to finish my "How To" book. Only I will make sure the reader is provided with options, not just a fleeting passage of common knowledge.
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Summary: Florida: Be Aware (Or Beware)
Review: ...The information is so basic you could pick up the same data in a newspaper or magazine. For instance, one paragraph tells you to beware of electronic gates because sometimes they don't work. What! Sometimes your garage door doesn't work, does that mean you manually open it. This has provided me the inspiration I needed to finish my "How To" book. Only I will make sure the reader is provided with options, not just a fleeting passage of common knowledge.
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Summary: BUYER BEWARE!
Review: As other customers expressed in their reviews, this book lacks any depth. I was looking for detail information to help my parents in their move to Florida. Instead, I felt they could have wrote this book. Save your money, please. This book is not worth [the money]. It's not even worth the cost of a magazine. It's full of vague or general information that any average American already knows.
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Summary: BUYER BEWARE!
Review: As other customers expressed in their reviews, this book lacks any depth. I was looking for detail information to help my parents in their move to Florida. Instead, I felt they could have wrote this book. Save your money, please. This book is not worth [the money]. It's not even worth the cost of a magazine. It's full of vague or general information that any average American already knows.
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Summary: Plenty of Information
Review: Despite the mixed reviews, I decided to purchase this book. I felt the substantive positive reviews outweighed the negative quips and I took a chance. It has been years since I moved and my knowledge of Florida was pretty much limited to the fact that "Florida is warm in the winter." I found the book to be an excellent starting place to get a fundamental understanding of Florida, its diversity, its problems and its options, etc. I especially like that it is written in layman's language and that it gave me a "heads up" on many things. I never realized that parts of Florida do get quite cold in the winter, or that wildlife can become a problem depending on which piece of property you choose in a subdivision. The book is filled with many helpful hints. If you are looking for opinions, ratings and statistics, you will need to go further than this book. For me, this book was sufficient. I am presently following one of the many bits of advice in the book and began my Florida relocation as a renter while searching for my piece of Paradise!
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Summary: An Amazingly Useless Book
Review: Filled with generalities and common sense statements, this book had NO specific information about any Florida community. It tells you things like the further north you go, the cooler the temperatures might be, or suggests to you that you consider whether you would rather live inland or along the shore. But there are no comparisons between cities or specific information provided about any Florida location in the book. After buying and reading this book, I am absolutely no closer to determining what Florida community would be best for me to relocate to, nor, due to the lack of references in the book, am I any closer to locating the type of specific information I was looking for.
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Summary: My Sincere Thanks to the Authors
Review: I initially thought when I saw the title of this book that it would be negative about the state of Florida. Actually, it's a very positive book about Florida, but it does warn you about problems you could incur if you are not aware of many of the unique differences involved in choosing a location in Florida. What I especially liked about this book is that it didn't attempt to tell me what to buy or where to live. I will be moving almost three thousand miles to Florida, so I originally asked some friends and relatives what they thought was a good location and life style. Need I say that they all had me choosing a location near them. It's not easy making a long distance move and having to make critical choices and decisions in terms of location and building. This book left me with a lot of questions to ask builders and real estate people. Yes, it did make me "aware." In fact, it made me think about things I would never have thought of on my own. I will be moving very shortly to my new home, in a community that I chose because it matches my interests. Had I listened to my friends and relatives, I may not have looked in the areas and directions that I finally pursued. This book says that you can find paradise in Florida. I think I have! My sincere thanks to the authors of this provacative and informative book.
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Summary: need to know
Review: I liked this book because it was easy to read and understand. I don't have the time or the inclination to do a lot of research about Florida. This book showed me some of the possibilities that are open to me and helped me to think about what I really want. There was a lot of good, common sense advice about moving (in general) as well as specifically about Florida, As someone who is contemplating a move to Florida in the near future, I found this book to be an excellent starting place for anyone seriously interested in a move to Florida.
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Summary: need to know
Review: I liked this book because it was easy to read and understand. I don't have the time or the inclination to do a lot of research about Florida. This book showed me some to the possibilities that are open to me and helped me to think about what I really want. There was a lot of good, common sense advice about moving (in general) as well as specifically about Florida. As someone who is contemplating a move to Florida in the near future, I found this book to be an excellent starting place for anyone seriously interested in a move to Florida.
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Summary: Beware!
Review: I purchased this as a gift after seeing the previous reviews. Mistake. The print is so big and the book is so elementary, I was too embarrassed to give this to my parents. The content in this book could apply to any state, it is just too general. Look elsewhere.
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