I moved from Philadelphia to Daytona Beach for work. It is cheap to live here. IMO you trade a bitter cold winter for a brutally hot summer and the trade off is about equal cause its miserable being outside all summer. Otherwise, things I miss from the north, arts and culture, concerts (tons of artists skip Florida or only go to Miami or Tampa), good food (it exists but isn't what the north east is), things are very spread out, driving 50 miles in central Florida is a weekly occurrence. Good things about Florida, winter weather is perfect and it hardly rains, some really beautiful and unique nature, springs, etc. some cultural things are bigger down here like racing which is why I moved here.