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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hyde Park in South Tampa? 
Jupiter?
Delray Beach?[/quote]
Hyde Park or Davis Islands in Tampa have the schools and the vibe and friendly people (even liberals!) and would be great but housing may stretch the budget slightly since that area is popular for everything that it has to offer. It's not that close to the beach, since Tampa is on the bay but otherwise fits the bill pretty well.

Delray Beach doesn't fit the bill.  I live in a beautiful neighborhood near the downtown core area and it's a fun place to be, but there are almost no kids in our neighborhood and definitely not the neighborhood feel that OP is looking for.  The Lake Ida neighborhood has that a bit, but it's still hard since the schools in Delray suck.  It means that everyone is trying to get into the lottery for a better school or going private and that impacts the neighborhood feel somewhat when kids aren't moving through the schools with their neighbors.  Boca has better schools, but even there it's an accepted fact that pretty much anywhere in South Florida that you have to pick to either live east near the beach and put up with barely mediocre schools or move west to the subdivisions and live in suburbia to have good schools.  Traffic is also not great here.

I don't know enough about Jupiter (as opposed to Tampa and Delray where I've lived) but it might be a good fit.  OTOH, I have definitely found people to be friendlier on the Gulf Coast than on the Atlantic Coast.  I'm not sure if it's just less crowded, or the fact that more people on the Gulf Coast have relocated from the midwest while people on the Atlantic Coast have generally moved down here from NY/NJ and the attitudes reflect that.

Orlando is miserable in the summer.  It's as hot as DC is right now, for months without any respite.

One thing we have learned living in SE FL is that if you're within a mile or so of the coast there's often a breeze that helps with the heat.  It's still hot, but in the shade with a breeze it's not unbearable.
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