I can’t for the life of me figure out why someone who could afford to live anywhere would want to live in Florida, let alone South Florida.
Even for the 3 or so months of the year when the weather is bearable, the ocean is as warm as bathwater and the sudden influx of snowbird retirees overwhelms every restaurant, bar, etc.
If that’s your sort of thing, there’s nothing you can get in South Florida that you can’t get in Palm Springs, and you can do it year round, and you’ll have mountains to look at, without any of humidity, hurricanes, or the 5 or so 10-minute downpours each day.
It is interesting the high number of ex Floridians we are getting here in North Carolina, in all parts of the State. While many are more typical retirees, we are also getting a substantial amount of millionaires in the State and in South Carolina as well. It is funny that many are ending up in Jasper County, South Carolina, which is just across the State line from Savannah, Georgia. I resided there for about three months in the early 1990’s, when it was a poor and backwards way stop on Interstate 95. It has now turned into a wealthy and white retirement enclave, driven mainly by people priced out of Florida. Hot in the summer, but not so continously overbearingly hot and humid as Florida and fairly mild the rest of the year.
I have property in Cherokee County, up in the mountains. I’ve had it for about 20 years with the intent to one day build on it and retire there. The locals don’t like all of the people from other states moving in at all.