How did you get to SoWal?

[yetiyutish]

A question for those that are not native: How did you get to SoWal?

Did you vacation there regularly and then decide to move there? Did you retire there? What's your story?

 

[Allifunn]

visited here 5 years ago, loved it, came back to visit 13 times, finally moved here 2 years ago.

 

[momof2kids]

Visited here on our honeymoon 14 yrs ago during a rainy yucky weather weekend. Thought the place was amazingly beautiful so we moved here 5 months later & never looked back.

 

[Andy A]

I first saw the pristine white sand beaches of the Emerald Coast in 1950 as a Naval Aviation Cadet. It was my first liberty and we went to Pensacola beach. It didn't take me long to decide if I could ever afford to live here, I would do so. Betty and I started looking in 1991 and on our last day of searching, found the condo we now live in. We wouldn't trade it for the world.

 

[Douglas the Intrepid]

I moved to FWB about 8 years ago from NY and slowly drifted east until I found this paradise. I have been here for 3 years now and my love affair with the area continues to grow. There is truly something special about the forests and beaches here and its a wonderful place to be alive and raise kids!

 

[sunspotbaby]

We visited here in the summer of 2003, and by Halloween we had moved here permanently from Texas. We visited because we had a relative here. We stayed because he sold us a lot dirt cheap.

 

[Diane4145]

Reason i moved, here!

I moved her Dec., '04, to be near my 6month old, grandson. I moved away latter '05 and my heart was ALWAYS sad, being away! I moved back late last summer permanently and have LOVED IT! I just pray that things turn around with this oil spill, cause I don't want to move, again!

A question for those that are not native: How did you get to SoWal?

Did you vacation there regularly and then decide to move there? Did you retire there? What's your story?

 

[scooterbug44]

I came down for a job interview .................... and am still here several job changes later!

 

[ShallowsNole]

You wanted non-native opinions only, right?

Well...my great-great grandfather moved here with his two oldest sons in 1888 or so...liked it so much they stayed. I'm very glad they did!

 

[beachmouse]

We'd never been down here before the perfesser got a job interview in the area in 1998. I tagged along, and this place seemed like the promised land compared to Tennessee. Thankfully, he got the job and the rest is history.