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This. 1,000% this. When did Biden or Kamala attempt to champion this cause? They didn't bc they wanted to continue spending more. I feel like this country is a like vehicle hurtling towards a cliff and people are bickering about how smooth the ride is or who's hand grabbed the steering wheel to swerve away. There was plenty of time in the past to dot our i's and cross our t's, but nobody thought it was important enough to take meaningful steps. Drastic times calls for drastic measures and that's where Trump comes in. Our children, grandchildren and young citizens are either going to feel the consequences or reap the benefits depending on what choices we make now. We can't afford more of the same anymore. Dems should form committees or seek ways to offer solutions bc bureaucracy has hamstrung any meaningful changes.

I don't know... this time around Trump seems more genuine in seeking what's best for the country/middle class vs lining his own pockets. I'm not sure if the assassination attempts have anything to do with it, but he does seem different. The national deficit, out of control gov spending and rampant illegal immigration are some my concerns. Kamala represented more of the same to me... I don't think she would have meaningfully addressed any of those. On a separate note... I'm pretty liberal, but when you weaken laws, choose lack of enforcement and constantly enable people you wind up doing more damage than good by eroding public safety and quality of life... the fkery occuring Los Angeles, Seattle, NYC for example. I'd rather live under a Republican Gov like DeSantis than live under a Gavin Newsom . It's a shame people can't find a way to reach a happy medium to avoid extreme political pendulum swings.

I'm sorry, but I will never forget how you switched from being a Trump supporter and denying election results in 2020 to becoming a Biden and Kamala supporter like nothing happened. Sometimes reading your posts make me wonder if someone else has been using your account or if your other personality has taken over. No, you don't have to pick a side but the change from you is a bit jarring. That said, I now feel more secure with Trump leading the country than if Kamala had won the election. Trump is a monkey wrench thrown into the gears of the system and after the attempts on his life I think that has subdued some of his rhetoric. I don't agree with everything Trump does, but I do hope that it gives the Left some time to pause, regroup and rethink about who they put forth during the next election. I guess I'm more of a Centrist with liberal tendancies, but some of the policies from the Extreme Left need to be reeled in a bit.

Orlando Health plans to build a regional weight loss and bariatric surgery institute: https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2025/02/06/orlando-health-weight-loss-institute-downtown.html Construction scheduled to start Summer 2025 @ 55 W. Gore St Orlando, FL 32806.

So... Is this good or bad? I rarely step foot in a Winn Dixie, however, whenever I do I am always shocked at some of their high prices especially on healthy items that I want to purchase.

For some reason, I read that as the Rosalind Club There was a decent food hall in the Solaire called Market on Magnolia on the corner of Church and Magnolia, but they closed (due to covid & lack of office workers). There was a pizza stall in there that used cupped pepperonis . Makes me wonder how this one will work out... who knows, maybe having a more visible location on Rosalind will help.

You skipped over several parts where Trump tried to throw out 200k legitimate votes, used fake electors in several states AND pressured Vice President Pence not to certify election results. So it's clear Republicans have become comfortable with lying and overlooking all kinds of illegality. Remember, every dog has its day. One day a D President might try to do the same thing and you better pray there are enough decent people to speak out against it. As far as the riots destroying cities and defunding police - I do not condone that. The same way some of you can be disgusted by people actively destroying/ravaging cities, but downplay Jan 6th when Trump actively tried to subvert America is beyond me. BOTH forms of destruction (whether tangible or not) are just as disgusting.

Why does downtown Orlando always have such bad art installations... The only art I liked is the flock of birds in Lake Eola. And the Muse, but more on that later. I could let the Asparagus slide if it were maintained properly and all the lights are working properly. Everything else is trash... The All Seeing Eye in front of Waverly, the polio virus sculpture near Post Parkside, the spinning silver rods on the corner of Eola/Rosalind in front of the old panera building, the Dandelion on Orange Ave, the temporary multicolored obelisks at Lake Lucerne, etc. The Muse sculpture is interactive and probably gets the most use, but it's basically a ripoff of the giant sleeping moss lady in the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Not quite original.

Just when I think I have the market figured out... I really don't know anything! That $$457 price per sq ft is kinda crazy though. Otherwise yeah, it's a cute house. One man's starter home is someone else's permanent home - I could easily live in something like this and not need to move (just add on a 2nd bathroom and I'd be set). I'd rather live small and have my house paid off while I'm still youngish than carry a mortgage right up until retirement. I think David Weekly has another home in that neighborhood under contract - the listing price was $1.2M. That said, if I had a $1M+ dollars to blow on a house I would prefer to be insulated/surrounded by wealth (Winter Park). I don't understand people who buy luxury homes surrounded by a bunch of bungalows/regular homes worth half its value. What's going on with the H2O church site? Seems like they've made little progress over the past 4 years.

Better than a Dollar Tree, but less exciting than a Trader Joe's (one can dream). I think Planet Fitness will serve downtown and Sodo areas nicely and give the area more of a big city feel since they are typically open late/24 hours. But isn't there already another gym in that complex called Eat the Frog?

I don't know enough about steel cities, just hypothesizing... Probably because not everyone wants to be a pioneer (with little promise of change). If city governments had plans to revitalize certain areas I'm sure that would help draw more investment. And if stable, in-demand neighborhoods already exist nearby then it makes sense for certain areas to gentrify. But who would want to invest blood, sweat and tears with no government investment/revitalization in sight? On the flip side in Orlando, Audobon Park got a nice turnover because it's within close proximity to Winter Park ($$$$)... and then Baldwin Park came along. Win-win. I like what I'm seeing in Hourglass, but I'd consider what's happening there more similar to the Milk Disctrict. A decent turnover and a good buffer, but the high-dollar draw is not there. Yep, I agree. Never said I fully believed in the silver tsunami theory because people who believe in that act like future generations coming up to be fixed/static numbers. I can see stagnation happening in less desirable neighborhoods with few amenities, limited future plans in sight and no investment from gov, but that's to be expected. And since Millennials aren't fully established yet, they will be competing with Gen Z and others for housing so they're already creating demand.

Time will tell. I did some reading up on the "silver tsunami" as it's called and it seems like housing supply could go either way and will not be as predictable as we might assume. https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/silver-tsunami/ If you think about it, people make it seem like the elderly will all die at once thus unlocking a bountiful supply of housing stock to choose from, but the generations following them are not set at a fixed/static number and many within the Millennial cohort are already behind on homeownership and now competing with some Gen Zers for housing. I spent half of my childhood growing up in College Park in the 90's and many of my neighbors were elderly/empty nesters. But I don't recall seeing a glut of supply coming on the market as they passed away. Yes there was a change towards younger demographics over time, but it was more of a phased turnover. Instead, CP gentrified even further as some of the older/dated homes were demolished to build bigger. People won't line up to buy in a blighted neighborhood unless it has potential. IMO, the monkey wrench in all of this is to be determined as more people are allowed to work from home. Lifestyle and proximity to desirable amenities like parks, entertainment, shops, grocery stores, schools, etc. should help indicate which areas/neighborhoods will succeed vs stagnate. I would hate to settle down and eventually become the lone elderly stalwart in a declining neighborhood.

Except Elon always railed against censorship and called himself a free speech absolutist... then he started suspending twitter accounts of people who critique him.

I just think it's interesting. Yes, the Rosalind Club is a historic building, but what makes it worth saving more than the other 2 buildings?

Now homeowners who bought at lower prices & better interest rates face a dilemma: should I stay or should I go? The lower purchase price and interest rate serves as a Golden Handcuffs keeping us locked in place. Even if you come out on top with a nice chunk of change after selling your home, will buying a new place make financial sense? The new mortgage interest rate will be higher, the new assessed tax rate of the new property will surely increase (homestead + portability will help offset some of that), and the unpredictability of homeowner's insurance makes some of us throw the thought of buying a new home out the window. Some builders are able to (either temporarily or permanently) offer interest rates at 5% or lower by eating costs on the back end. Some sellers can offer assumable mortgages to the buyer (few and far between). Nothing wrong with going the FHA route either IMO... a lower down payment allows buyers to keep more cash in the bank for rainy days. Either way, I don't expect an uptick in sales among commonfolk (excluding cash investors or corporate entities) until interest rates come down again. Once they do, qualified buyers waiting on the sidelines will flood the market again due to FOMO, strategically playing musical chairs or tired of delaying plans. I also predicted this during Covid when people wondered if we would head into a recession -- there was nothing fundamentally wrong with the market except that people were either dying or literally prevented from working. Nowadays, young people are working part-time/full-time jobs WITH a side hustle and if buyers come from a dual income household then that will make them even stronger contenders. I would love a magical reset in home prices, but I just don't see it happening and it makes me worry for the future (especially for young people coming up). Homeowners might knock $$$ off the price to sell, but they have too much skin in the game by paying 20% down or all cash for homes at these inflated prices to just walk away. I think condos/multifamily buildings with underfunded reserves and mandatory repairs will have it the hardest due to the new law (unless deadlines are revised to give buildings with no structural issues more breathing room to comply - IMO 10 years to build reserves is more reasonable).