Hire a private eye. Most are ex-cops, and have quick access to info civilians don't. For a few hundred bucks, you could find out where he is in short order.
I live on the Emerald Coast of the FL Panhandle, between Destin and PCB. Plenty of work, and the people are the nicest you will find anywhere. Housing prices are booming cuz so many are moving here. No comparison to the rest of FL, which I loathe.
I'm going to give it some more time because I hate drama. Just hoping nothing bad happened if he did go camping. What seems weird is the phone is off for everyone so he's not just silencing me. Anyway, hoping all is OK. Maybe I'm stressing over nothing. I hope.
As far as Florida, I have family there and used to live in Boca Raton years ago. It's not my favorite place. I hate superficial people. However, like you said, some places are probably better than others.
One consideration is homeschool laws. Texas has better homeschool laws than Florida. If we find a place in Texas, if my daughter's dad returns, I'm looking somewhere near the Louisiana border. So, getting to the tip of Florida, the pan handle, won't be that far at least. Maybe when daughter's out of school, we'll go further SE, maybe Florida again. She wants me to move their after visiting my brother there recently. He's not far from St. Augustin.
I lived for a few months in Hollywood/Ft Lauderdale back in 2006, and hated it. Hated South Florida period, swore I'd never go back to FL. But this area is nothing like the rest, it's called 'South Alabama' cuz people are just so nice to each other. After 20 years of Hawaii, where people are not very friendly, it took some getting used to. Great beach/boating/fishing culture here, great roads, no litter or graffiti, etc etc.
--your dude might be camping with some sleazy skank, and have his phone turned to call forwarding, to ANOTHER phone, or a VOIP, and is ducking your caller ID number. There are websites that find people, costs 30-40 bucks. The free ones suck.
-kudos for homeschooling, keep your impressionable child out of government indoctrination centers.
If he's camping, he could be camping with his older kids from another wife. Maybe you're correct. I thought he might have put the phone on call forwarding because of the strange rings or maybe screwed up call forwarding by accidentally punching in the wrong #. And now, after sitting fir avfew days the battery died. These are my most optimistic thoughts. I worry unfortunately.
And as far as S Florida goes, I was there for years starting in the late 80s. It was fun then. But I didn't live in ft. Lauderdale. I used to drive morning and night from Boca to aerobics. The aerobic studio was off Oakland near A1A. I met some nice people back then though.
As far as the pan handle goes, I would consider that area. The cost may be better too. I'm gping to be on a budget if I do a buy out. I'll be paying cash for my new home and need money to live on until I figure out my new life/ career ect... And I love real southerners. And although I have many east coast friends, Miami and ft. Lauderdale seems less southern because of all the easterners and some are less friendly.
Yes, public schools and even some private schools scare me especially now with health restrictions and track and trace.
One thing I like about Florida is the governor. DeSantis seems great!
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