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In reply to the discussion: I want to leave Florida. It ain't that easy [View all]NowISeetheLight
(3,943 posts)I left SC a couple years ago and moved to CA. I hate the taxes and prices here but I am so much happier mentally. I got married finally to a lifelong friend and I even fly a rainbow flag on my house sometimes. Our new 55+ community has 700+ homes and a ton of other LGBT people. BBQs and other events and everyone is so friendly. I have neighbors who are Jewish, African-American, Sikh, you name it, and we all stop and talk to each other and are friends. It's so liberating. We've got a few nutcases here and there but it seems most of them are "invisible". Just like they expected me to be "invisible" being gay in SC.
I compare it to SC where I remember how segregated everything was. All the rednecks with their pickup trucks with giant confederate flags flying in the back. Moving there from AZ was a real eye-opener and I couldn't wait to get back to the desert. Of course AZ is totally crazy now too.