Hi all, I want to move out of the Midwest to a warmer climate. I'd like an area with good jobs, water, and nice beaches. Thoughts?

I'm in Titusville , FL and I would live ANY place in FL . I lived in NY Long Island for over 30 years, would take a hurricane over a nor'easter any day lol.

I'll say a few things about South Florida. I moved here about a year ago from Kansas City and was raised in St. Louis. My parents live in Boynton Beach, so we wanted to stay in Palm Beach County. Miami-Dade cost of living is very expensive, and you're really stuck with Miami as the metro area for jobs. The commute is horrible. Broward is more reasonable, but older and a little crowded for housing. Ft. Lauderdale would be the big job area with Miami about 40 mins away and Boca Raton 40 mins away. Lots of tech jobs in Boca and Hollywood, FL. Palm Beach County is the most affordable with Western Boynton Beach, Western Lake Worth, Boca Raton and Wellington being the best areas for housing prices and school. Boca is the priciest. Job-wise, PBC contains Boca (big tech) and West Palm Beach. Jupiter is 40mins north where the St. Louis Cards do spring training. Go Cards! Orlando is 2.5 hours away from PBC.

Beaches in PBC are more family friendly and cleaner. Lots of old people and families. Less skanks and drunk dummies.

One big gripe about S. Florida... not one alternative radio station between the three major markets (miami, ft. lauderdale, west palm). Seriously. It's terrible.

Weather.... Today it's cooler here (Lake Worth) than it is in Orlando, KC, St. Louis, NYC, etc. The summers just don't see 100 degree weather. In the evening we actually cool off, where in KC/STL it would feel warmer and muggier at night than the day. During the summer it will rain briefly at around 4pm every day but then the breezes come in and it cools off. Winter, forget about it. Highs in the mid 70s..lows can get in the 50s. It's fabulous.