Been living in Florida for 5 years and before that visited in the winter months for 4 years. Took our motorhome to Key West for those 4 winters (now sold it) but there's no way that we could afford to purchase a home there! Settled in Weeki Wachee, above Tampa and it's a pretty neat place, lots of rods. Not too far from Plant City, Dade City, Orlando and a 2 1/2 - 3 hour drive to Daytona for Bike Week and the Turkey Run. About an hour to Garlit's place and not too much longer to Gainesville for the drags. No good beaches here though. Still trying to get used to the hot summers, we came from the Buffalo, NY area.