Where will be the desirable place to live in Florida?

Well Florida is beautiful most places but from my parents view the taxes are really high there. I'm not to sure about the job situation. Its quite humid though and the flooding, hurricanes that is not to my liking at all. Houses I think are reasonable more so than New York.

The problem with living in these cities are that they are very expensive. I lived in Miami and in Fort Lauderdale for a total of 22 years and I recently moved to Houston Texas. WHAT A DIFFERENCE!! Life is A LOT less expensive here, especially housing. Anyway, I would totally recommend Miami or Fort Lauderdale. If you wish to go further north than maybe Port St. Lucie or Bradenton. Happy hunting!!

Well, we are planning to move to Gainesville. It is pretty much in the center of the state so we can be at either beach in an hour but we won't have to put up with the tourist traffic and prices. A very nice apt in Gainesville can be gotten fairly cheap ($600 - $700/mo). They have very good hospitals there, such as University of FL Shands, as well as lots of great stores and restaurants. It also has the added benefit of being inland enough to take a lesser impact from the hurricanes. We have friends who live there and have been there several times, and we love it there. Kind of a small town environment with all the big city conveniences. I am originally from Daytona but wouldn't go back there - too commercial.