I was thinking about posting a topic very similar to this one last night. My wife and I are in the same boat (literally) as Rick. Our time frame is within a year, once we get our daughter into college and on her own. We want to move someplace warm with great diving and have planned on purchasing a sailboat to live and travel on.
We have taken a couple of trips to south florida this last year and after 4 months of cabin fever/cold weather, we are both wanting to move now, more than ever. I moved to the east coast 2 yrs ago from Northern California but have lived in places like Phoenix, Tucson and Albuquerque where I had nice weather almost year round. I crave heat and hate the cold. Southern Florida is looking more and more favorable each passing day.
Thank you for the indepth information on the area. It's pretty much how we saw it on our trips there.:cool2: