Non New Yorkers Moving to Florida East Coast

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are middle-aged - younger than retirees but no liner with kids - looking into moving to the Florida east coast year round. We are from the south and would prefer to move somewhere with there are also some southerners and not with people who only come down from the north for the winter or vacation. Any ideas?

There are a lot of upper middle class retirees from DMV in the jacksonville/ St. John’s/ noCatee/ Ponte Vedra area. Super nice there, not very liberal. Has a southern feel. Flagler and Volusia are very diverse but some areas poor and other areas wealthy. Snowbirds stick to specific neighborhoods, local/ rednecks to others - so if you talk to à realtor explain (in so many worlds) you want o avoid those two types of neighborhoods and you can find lots of options.

This is backwards. JAX, St John’s, Nocatee and Ponte Vedra have a strong democratic presence. Jacksonville just put a democrat who is female in as mayor.
Teeth are optional in Flagler and Volusia. Redneck.

Jacksonville proper and St. John's/Nocatee/Ponte Vedra are very different places. Trump won St. John's County by over 25 points in 2020. It is one of the most conservative suburban areas in the entire country.

[Anonymous]

Does it have to be the East Coast? I am from Tampa and the Tampa Bay Area has definitely changed over the years, but it still retains some southernness IMO. Transplants tend to be a mix of southerners, midwestern, and east coast. Definitely fewer east coasters than Broward/Palm Beach/Miami Dade. Honestly those are the only three counties I'd avoid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it have to be the East Coast? I am from Tampa and the Tampa Bay Area has definitely changed over the years, but it still retains some southernness IMO. Transplants tend to be a mix of southerners, midwestern, and east coast. Definitely fewer east coasters than Broward/Palm Beach/Miami Dade. Honestly those are the only three counties I'd avoid

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