Parker in NYC
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Sure, but to Lake Nona? Eww.
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Lake Nona, Winter Garden, Clermont , Champions Gate etc all have something in common. A number of years ago it was orange groves, and or alligator infested swampland etc and now and eventually Lake Nona area will be new developed cities, towns. That is part of the draw of many from FL and all over to move there. But one thing in common is the quality of food will never be like it was from where they came from.
ToTBellHop
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I was not at all impressed with the food in CA. Just as terrible as FL.
Maybe I’m just spoiled living in the northeast, though.
Great ethnic food in Southern CA and even the Bay Area when we were visiting . The cast relocating to Central FL are in for a rude awakening. Northeast especially ( NJ/NYC ) is king for real Chinese, pizza, bagels and diner food.
Lake Nona is going to be a better version of Celebration. They're doing it right and the toll road upgrades should make travel into WDW a breeze. Getting to the airport is also a breeze.
It really is a smart location, even if it's a dumb move
JoeCamel
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I spent some time living north of the airport, the plane noise is pretty constant I'm not sure I would want to be that close but it is a bougie area growing into it's skin.
Plane noise is surprisingly bad, agreed
Noise and air pollution from the airplanes constantly landing and taking off surely will affect the new Lake Nona residents. MCO airport will only get busier once the new int'l terminal opens up. Trouble sleeping through it all ? - Melatonin 10mg and the drive to catch a flight at MCO will be a non issue. Probably will freak out the animal population too.
ToTBellHop
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I would suggest a noise machine featuring the shrieks of the ikran, or as we call them, the banshee.
JoeCamel
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Maybe a bed that elevates and a fan for breeze?
ToTBellHop
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No. Sleep in the bathtub with the shower on, offering atmosphere.
flynnibus
Premium Member
Not sure why people suddenly thing large mixed use developments are now gonna be some smash hits? Or uniquely desirable?
This kind of stuff is common... usually takes decades to fill out.. IF they get traction.. and when they do they are usually just 'more of the same'. I mean you can find this kind of development around every major urban area. I could name 3-4 of these within my region alone. From the same developer no less...
This one has the stink that it's built on junk land around the airport... and you all are even talking about people not even living there, but wanting to live in communities 30+mins away.
Doesn't sound like a draw to me at all.
Ooo... town centers, office buildings, and planned residential neighborhoods? Sounds like everywhere deverloper-suburbia America. Except this place is on the wrong side of the tracks with the only major road in/out being a toll road.
Not sexy
This kind of stuff is common... usually takes decades to fill out.. IF they get traction.. and when they do they are usually just 'more of the same'. I mean you can find this kind of development around every major urban area. I could name 3-4 of these within my region alone. From the same developer no less...
This one has the stink that it's built on junk land around the airport... and you all are even talking about people not even living there, but wanting to live in communities 30+mins away.
Doesn't sound like a draw to me at all.
Ooo... town centers, office buildings, and planned residential neighborhoods? Sounds like everywhere deverloper-suburbia America. Except this place is on the wrong side of the tracks with the only major road in/out being a toll road.
Not sexy
Yeah, but in Florida, the alligator is to die for!
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
The traffic discrepancy in Florida between toll roads and free roads is no joke. Toll road is preferable.
The part that I find horrifying is the lot sizes. Lake Nona sticks 3,000 square foot homes on 7,000 square foot lots. Hard pass from me. But it's certainly not a differentiating factor compared to California, which puts 1,300 square foot homes on 4,000 square foot lots.
ToTBellHop
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Alligator nuggets are terrible. The things you people try to pass for filet mignon…
flynnibus
Premium Member
The kind of traffic people complain about in Orlando is a joke.
And Toll road maybe preferable when you have an OPTION - but when it becomes your ONLY practical path you get tired burning thousands in tolls a year.
My area has been fighting this for decades - at least now in the last 10+ years the local roads have gotten enough upgrades to be viable. The problem is the state won't build up path #2 when they say "look, path #1 is right there and not full..."
I'm assuming they have different styles across the neighborhoods... but yeah unless you are buying an estate style tract home, all homes built from 2000 onward are gonna be on small lots and you will be nearly touching house to house. That's tract homes... the real kicker is when you pay premium prices and get subpar results as they pump out product.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
Big fan of the mold every house develops on their stucco because the sides of the homes never get a single bit of sunlight.
Driving on the 417 Greenway from the airport to WDW, just look to the left and right of the toll toad and see most if not all of Kissimmee condos and homes primarily roofs and sides of walls a lovely shade of black mold.
lazyboy97o
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That’s more because the stucco isn’t properly installed. It’s just slathered onto concrete block right down to the ground.