Florida: Hot. Humid. Rinse and repeat and combine for 6-8 months a year. Neighborhoods are an odd mix of mcmansions, subdivisions, trailer parks, and old homes. On the outskirts of Orlando, there's some nice land and properties. Like in Oviedo or around Sanford, or Winter Park.
Orlando will always keep you busy, if you don't mind the traffic, and constant construction.
Moving east towards Daytona, you get more affordable, but a lot less in the way of things to do, and with far fewer public amenities like sidewalks and road lights. Daytona's biggest draw is the Speedway, NASCAR, Biketoberfest, and Bike Week.
A little south of Daytona begins Brevard county. It's where dreams go to die. There are a few beaches, and NASA, and some good hole in the wall places to eat, but there's nothing worth living here for. Nothing. Don't let the people in Merritt Island fool you.
Along the west coast there's Tampa, Lago, Clearwater, Bradenton, Homosassa, with plenty to do and see around the whole west coast.
There's a lot to do in a lot of areas. Orlando can be nice in the right areas, but it's hotter and more humid since it's in the middle of the state. And with electricity at $0.12/kWh if you have to keep cool a large open high house that isn't insulated very well, you'll spend a fortune doing so.
A lot of grocery categories aren't taxed, and once a year there's a tax free back to school period where a lot of things wind up being tax free. Otherwise taxes hover around 7%.
A lot of people like Florida. Something like 50,000 people move here a year. But then just about as many move away. Crime rates are among some of the highest in the country, in pick just about any random larger city.
