Where is the best place to live in florida; and be specific. I'm 25 and Single looking for a paradise to call home. I was kind of thinking Key West but I think mabe there are too many old people. I have to money to go anywhere but where?>
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west coast or panhandle you cant beat the sunsets
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Somewhere there's a small airport real close. The hurricane seasons will kill you if you don't get out fast enough. As nice as Florida can be, it's a death trap waiting to happen and global warming is not helping the coastline at all !!
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I live on the west coast around Tampa bay. beautiful area. close to everything. beaches, shopping, night life. close to area attractions. 1 1/2 hours from Orlando. 4 hours from the east coast beaches. great place to live.
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Key West is full of older people & the cost-of-living is very high (even compared to the rest of FL). To find twenty-something in FL you have to go to a city. It all depends what you're looking for. Miami is a huge, diverse city with lots of job opportunities & beautiful people. Like anywhere in FL, the good neighborhoods are real good and the bad neighborhoods are real bad. The rich are very rich and the poor very poor. Bonus: you'll be a relatively short drive to the keys. You can even take Greyhound down. Tampa is designed to drive everywhere by car. It's very spread out. I like St. Pete or Sarasota better because it's on the water--but you'll be competing with retirees. Sarasota does have an honor college & an art school so there are some younger people there. Orlando downtown is pretty, but not that close to a beach. Outside of Orlando is sprawling suburbia. Daytona is rightfully known for NASCAR and Bike Week. The boardwalk is equally fun and tragic. Not many jobs, not many singles. St. Augustine is a very pretty small city. It has Flagler College so has a little bit of nightlife to cater to younger people. It is a very short drive to St. Augustine Beach. I think it's a great place to visit, but wouldn't want to live there. Gainesville is where the University of Florida is. It's smack dab in the middle of the state so you can spend your weekends at the Gulf or Atlantic. There is a lot of local music, bars, restaurants, but if you need a job expect to work in the service industry or for UF. Jacksonville land wise is huge. It is a bunch of little towns smashed together to make a city. It's where the south meets Florida. There are some great neighborhoods (Riverside/Avondale) & some backwood neighborhoods (Oceanway). It does have a little bit of everything, but doesn't completely have that beach feel it sounds like you're looking for.
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... I lived in Fort Lauderdale for 26 years. It's a nice place if you can afford it now. The housing prices have skyrocketed, and the cost of living is high by comparison, but it has a lot to offer. Especially if you are young and single. Key West use to be a nice place to live back in the late 70's and the early 80's, but it has changed considerably. It's really not the "Quaint Artsy Community" that it use to be. T-shirt shops and souvenir stops have all but taken over Duval Street, and the artist community that once was there has moved on to other locations that aren't as commercial. It also costs about 3 times as much to live in Key West as living opposed to living on the mainland. Take a look at this website, it has a lot of info. Lake Mary, FL is listed as #4 in the nation, and it is a beautiful place. It is close to Orlando and the major attractions, but still has a lot of small town charm. My sister and brother-in-law live in Sanford, which borders Lake Mary.
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