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I live in new york state. unfortnate in itself. i have kept burmese pythons as well as rattlesnakes for years prior too nys new law. successfully bred many of them. this was added bonus to something i allready loved. it was taken away by the govt. so now a couple years later me and my family are in position to make a move. want to do this for a few reasons. weather, lack of freedom given by the state, high taxes, not being able to keep exotics etc etc.
Criteria for moving, wife and kids want to be warm and near the saltwater. my criteria is a state that doesnt have there heads in there buts. seems to be getting harder to find. started with texas. coastal areas are kind of trashy. please dont take offense. just a opinion. anything thats not trashy id have a hard time affording. and texas laws seem to be changing not sure for better or worse.?
looked into florida and now theres the issue with the burmese there. people need to get there heads out there a$$ when it comes to exotics.
the fact is there here and there is many more responsible owners than irresponsible. there not a ton of difference in exotics to cats and dogs. there are good and bad. the govt has seen fit to put orgaanizations in place to handle unwanted and strayed dogs and cats. why? more socially acceptable? i am sure if the statistics are checked there are many more accidents, deaths and injuries caused by "domestic pets" than exotics based on percentages. i dont mean to ramble just fed up, and dont know where to go. btw i have contacted representatives in every state at every time one of these dumb bills is presented. so i dont just sit back.
thanks for listening

I live in Texas now and no the coast here is not the Central California coast on up but its too cold and expensive there anyway. Not all the coast is trashy. Corpus Christy on south is white clean sand and a park. The water is bathtub warm in the summer.

There is a law here that you have to have a Parks and Wildlife licence to keep a burm, retic or any non native to Texas snakes. It costs $20 and is like a fishing license.

No way can Burms get wild here, even with global warming. Every few years a norther comes thats so cold it kills the inshore fish, the mangroves, and the orange trees. Even if they made them illegal, I'll bet most Texans would go on about their snake keeping business. Traditionaly, Texans don't cotton much to stupid laws by the gubment.

I live in Florida where I have a venomous permit, so no sweat there. The python thing is so much bull... Wait until the cubans start making belts and shoes- end of python problem. The wildlife experts have no problem releasing a 240 lb mountain lion a few miles from peoples homes, but better not let people keep a snake that is now basically a native.
My mom is looking in South Carolina to get out of Florida, I have been looking up there on line. There are some very nice coastal areas there, I think that state is pretty good for exotics.
Good luck.