Living and Working in Florida: The Floridian Lifestyle

You will have to adjust to the Floridian way of life if you are considering to stay in Florida for at least a few months. It is not enough to know that it is going to be warm and sunny and that most likely there will either be beaches or theme parks near to your property. According to Peter Stanhop of Florida Brits Realty “The greatest obstacles will be getting used to driving on the wrong side of the road, handling the curious names and words for certain things and telling a US$1 bill from a US$10 one – they look identical. It’s only when you start to spend longer periods over there that you feel the need for acclimatisation”. He further says “This can be something of a chore and a challenge.

Their banking systems are so far behind the UK model that you can get really frustrated with money movement in and out of the country. “Their bureaucracy is so deadly slow, that for us ‘non-resident aliens’ it is almost impossible to get a US credit card and now quite impossible to get a drivers licence for any longer duration than that of your stay in the country, meaning you have to renew it each time you return. But Stanhope concludes by saying “the key is to relax: don’t try and fight the ‘culture shock’ because you won’t win. Never say ‘it’s not like this back home, because nobody cares and nothing is more calculated to annoy a ‘yank’ more than a moaning Brit”.

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