North Buffalo Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 (edited) So my wife and I are both in the medical field and decided to take our first vaca in 2 years down to Naples, Fort Meyers area. We joined a boat club last year that is National and after going out one day for lunch we stopped on the harbor water in Bonita, 2 Tables plus ours were filled with Go Bills Buffalonians plus a waitress ... The guy who put us on the boat today was from Buffalo... Saw a white F150 today with a Bills plate around it... and many other folks wth... Guy at the Boat club says this area has the largest number of Bills fans outside of Buffalo... even my wife was impressed who is a New Yawker... who knew... shout out to SW Fla... Go Bills Edited April 14, 2022 by North Buffalo 9 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, North Buffalo said: So my wife and I are both in the medical field and decided to take our first vaca in 2 years down to Naples, Fort Meyers area. We joined a boat club last year that is National and after going out one day for lunch we stopped on the harbor water in Bonita, 2 Tables plus ours were filled with Go Bills Buffalonians plus a waitress ... The guy who put us on the boat today was from Buffalo... Saw a white F150 today with a Bills plate around it... and many other folks wth... Guy at the Boat club says this area has the largest number of Bills fans outside of Buffalo... even my wife was impressed who is a New Yawker... who knew... shout out to SW Fla... Go Bills I never lived in Buffalo yet a Bills fan for life. I run into Bills fans across the country when traveling. No matter what big city or backwater town I always get a Go Bills when people see my Bills Cap 5 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Buffalo Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 Yes I was wearing mine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 bills fans are everywhere down here from Tampa to Naples. We seem to be the higher percentage of transplants than the east coast of Florida. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeFrommStateFarm Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 (edited) Bills fans tired of freezing their a55es off. That's why they move down south Also taxes are really high. Probably just as high as CA Edited April 14, 2022 by JakeFrommStateFarm 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaninSarasota Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said: bills fans are everywhere down here from Tampa to Naples. We seem to be the higher percentage of transplants than the east coast of Florida. exactly right .....Sarasota representing here 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BontitaBills Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Naples here. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 12 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said: bills fans are everywhere down here from Tampa to Naples. We seem to be the higher percentage of transplants than the east coast of Florida. Cuz Miami is overrated and way overpriced So is Boca and the WPB area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 I was in San Diego last week, saw lots of Bills fans. "Go Bills!". It's a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybrew1 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Bills fans are everywhere! At least that’s my experience…. I was just in Florida (Tampa area) walking with my father-in-law who was wearing a giants T-shirt and this guy goes, “Go Bills” to the giants fan F-I-L and I immediately say, “Go Bills” back but I had no Bills stuff on and we all just stared laughing…. And now I live in Rancho California, a suburb of LA and whenever I wear something that sez Bills on it, someone always sez either, Go Bills! Or recently an even more common reply, “ Josh Allen!” Said in understanding tone… As wild and incredible as Patrick Mahomes is, I think Josh passed him in both amazing plays and play overall….Josh is the six million dollar man….. He’s bigger, stronger, faster….has a better arm, is tougher (even though great passers scare him, you’d have to be crazy to not be wary of the great pass rushers) than any QB may be ever…. I’ve said it before… watching Josh is very much like watching Bruce Smith in his prime…Only it’s better because Josh plays QB. But that awesome greatness, freakish athleticism, they both have it and it is extremely rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Was on Sanibel Island, FL on vaca back in 2011. There was a pontoon boat that someone would sail up onto the beach to sell pop, ice cream and snacks. Was there with a friend that still lived in Buffalo (I lived in CA at the time). He told that guy withe the boat was originally from WNY. When he came on the beach by us, I talked to him and found that he was from Orchard Park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Freddie's Dead said: I was in San Diego last week, saw lots of Bills fans. "Go Bills!". It's a thing. Was out there for the last several months, more Bills fans than Rams or Chargers fans combined, 😁👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 1 hour ago, BontitaBills said: Naples here. Wanna go fishing with me and @flaz on Weds?? Wiggins Pass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsbackto81 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 St. John's Florida here! Which is just a fancy way of saying South Jacksonville😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paup 1995MVP Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 1 hour ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: Cuz Miami is overrated and way overpriced So is Boca and the WPB area. I live part time in Fort Lauderdale. And it certainly isn't overrated. No funner place in America. And it is absolutely beautiful down there. Check out the Nu River and the intercoastal along with Fort Lauderdale Beach. If you like boats and being on or by the water. It can not be beat. Weather is warm all year round. And certainly lots of eye candy. I agree about Boca and WPB. Pretty boring in Palm Beach County. But certainly not in Fort Lauderdale. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Freddie's Dead said: I was in San Diego last week, saw lots of Bills fans. "Go Bills!". It's a thing. Go bills is how you say hello and goodbye in buffalo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 1 hour ago, North Buffalo said: So my wife and I are both in the medical field and decided to take our first vaca in 2 years down to Naples, Fort Meyers area. We joined a boat club last year that is National and after going out one day for lunch we stopped on the harbor water in Bonita, 2 Tables plus ours were filled with Go Bills Buffalonians plus a waitress ... The guy who put us on the boat today was from Buffalo... Saw a white F150 today with a Bills plate around it... and many other folks wth... Guy at the Boat club says this area has the largest number of Bills fans outside of Buffalo... even my wife was impressed who is a New Yawker... who knew... shout out to SW Fla... Go Bills There is a Buffalo themed restaurant "Buffalo Chips" in downtown Bonita Springs on old 41. https://www.buffalochipsrestaurant.tv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagoon Blues Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Sure seems as though half of Floridians are transplant New Yorkers. I don't meet very many people here where I live in Florida that are born in Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, North Buffalo said: So my wife and I are both in the medical field and decided to take our first vaca in 2 years down to Naples, Fort Meyers area. We joined a boat club last year that is National and after going out one day for lunch we stopped on the harbor water in Bonita, 2 Tables plus ours were filled with Go Bills Buffalonians plus a waitress ... The guy who put us on the boat today was from Buffalo... Saw a white F150 today with a Bills plate around it... and many other folks wth... Guy at the Boat club says this area has the largest number of Bills fans outside of Buffalo... even my wife was impressed who is a New Yawker... who knew... shout out to SW Fla... Go Bills We moved to Sarasota in 1993. My parents came to visit a few months later. We went out to dinner Saturday night, and they ran into people they knew from Buffalo. We went to church Sunday morning, and they ran into people they used to work with. I took my dad to the Cabana Inn (a dump along the Trail for those familiar that was then the go-to Bills joint prior to Sunday Ticket at home or nicer Bills bars) for the Bills game. It was mostly big projection TV’s so the windows are all blocked out to see the screen (and NOT see how disgusting the place was/is). My dad gets up to go to the rest room and literally bumps into a guy he went to high school with 50 years earlier, and they had not seen each other since. How they recognized each other, I have NO idea after 50 year! They were there 72 hours and knew more people than we did after months of living and working there. After growing up in Buffalo (which I LOVED!) you deserve something nice! My dream is to get back to Sarasota one day, at least part-time. Maybe a summer place somewhere cooler, like the mountains……..or Buffalo? . Edited April 15, 2022 by Augie 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 I’m here in Ft. Meyers until Monday. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 I'm in Palm Beach County. See Bills clothing and Bills stuff on cars all the time, especially during the winter when the snowbirds come down and the population sky rockets. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein's Dog Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Venice FL here. See plenty of Bills fans. Loving it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Everyone is a Bills fan these days apparently. Amazing how that works when people jump on the bandwagon 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putin Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 4 hours ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: I never lived in Buffalo yet a Bills fan for life. I run into Bills fans across the country when traveling. No matter what big city or backwater town I always get a Go Bills when people see my Bills Cap A die hard Bills fan for 30 years now and never once been to Buffalo , if anyone says anything bad about Buffalo I’ll knock they’re freaking teeth out !!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popcornpam Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Einstein's Dog said: Venice FL here. See plenty of Bills fans. Loving it. My parents used to rent on Manasota Key near Englewood Florida just down from you! Half of Webster, New York down there where I’m from and also Myrtle Beach back in the day. Edited April 15, 2022 by popcornpam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattlinBill Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 I live in swfl and I see more Bill's paraphernalia down here than when I lived in Rochester, NY. Any time me or my kids are wearing our gear out and about someone is shouting "Go Bills!!!". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Boo Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Bills fans are everywhere. I live in Maryland about 10 miles outside of DC. Tons of Bills fans here. Always have been. My brother lives in VA. There's a lovely Bills bar in Herndon, VA with Phins bar directly across the street. (Fun times when they play 😄) I even found a Bills bar in Key West while on vacation. Watched Sammy catch the game-winner vs Minnesota back in 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipster19 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Loud & proud repping the red, white & blue down here in Cape Coral! Go Bills! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 7 hours ago, Putin said: A die hard Bills fan for 30 years now and never once been to Buffalo , if anyone says anything bad about Buffalo I’ll knock they’re freaking teeth out !!! TBH I’m from Rochester. In 40 years living there I hardly went “to” Buffalo through it to Niagara Falls or a Beer 🍺 run. or as a young kid to see distant relatives in Jamestown. And obvs to OP for a half dozen Bills games 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 My fiancé's family is all from the Rochester area of NY. Her grandfather and aunt are two family members who both moved to Florida. Other family members have talked about joining them at some point. Truthfully though, a lot of people have moved to Florida over the last 2 years or so for various reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 My parents, aunts and uncles all did the Snow Bird thing to the FLA Gulf Coast until advanced age put an end to driving down to the Mobile Home Park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, machine gun kelly said: bills fans are everywhere down here from Tampa to Naples. We seem to be the higher percentage of transplants than the east coast of Florida. There’s a boatload of ex-WNYers here on the east coast as well! Ever been to a Bills Dolphins game, playoff or otherwise? Far more Blue & Red than teal & orange. Ever been to a Bills Jags game, playoff or otherwise? Fuggetaboutit! Only time these teams sellout are when Buffalo is in town! Edited April 15, 2022 by Chandler#81 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Been to both Chandman. I used to go with a couple of friends to Bills/Fins game every year. We’d make a weekend of it and had a great time. Been to a couple of Bills/Jags games including the playoff game. For regular season games when it gets hot, that bar in the one end zone where you can watch the game was fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreezeMafia Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Tampa here, dont go one week without crossing paths with BillsMafia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 I went to Miami for the Bills-Fins playoff game in '93. I was amazed at how many Buffalonians traveled to Florida to support their team. A local Dolphins fan disabused me and explained most the fans I saw were actually residents of South Florida. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) There is no Duffs or Bocce Pizza. Big Alligators on the Golf Course, Fire Ants & Hurricanes -Hard Pass Edited April 15, 2022 by HOUSE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, HOUSE said: There is no Duffs or Bocce Pizza. Big Alligators on the Golf Course -Hard Pass Hey, who knows, your wallet might be in a sand trap or an alligator's mouth somewhere around Miami-Dade. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony P Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 For you fans in Bonita/Naples area: do you watch games at home or go to a bar? If a bar, which is your fav? We've been down here for 15 years now and used to go to Ron Dao's in FM but I honestly can't stand the bells and whistles! Plus, we've moved to Bonita now and it's too far to drive. Cheers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Buffalo Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 12 hours ago, BringBackFergy said: Wanna go fishing with me and @flaz on Weds?? Wiggins Pass. Darn we were just there 3 hours ago, Tipster19 said: Loud & proud repping the red, white & blue down here in Cape Coral! Go Bills! Last night weent to Ford's Garage... fun good food 27 minutes ago, HOUSE said: There is no Duffs or Bocce Pizza. Big Alligators on the Golf Course, Fire Ants & Hurricanes -Hard Pass New pair of boots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george c Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) We live in Fredonia, but own a home in Bonita Springs for the winter get-away. LOVE LOVE LOVE the Naples-Bonita-Ft.Myers area.. “Buffalo Chips” is a couple miles from our place on Old 41 in Bonita Springs, and definitely the “go-to” Bills restaurant and sports bar in our SWF area. If the Bills games are not nationally televised, we head to Buffalo Chips where games are on the multiple TVs, and it’s like opening the door and entering Buffalo.. Wings, Shout Song, everything…Bills. Got to get there early to get a spot. https://www.buffalochipsrestaurant.tv/ . Edited April 15, 2022 by george c 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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