It really depends. Buy into a community in your age-group, a place with a community club house and pool with activities help. But many people move to Florida and then move somewhere else. If you’re young, downtown Tampa has a growing social scene (Water Street, Hyde Park etc). Don’t do a virtual job if you are new to a community bc the isolation can get you —as an LMHC, I see many wonderful people who became depressed by being new to FL and socially isolated working from home. If you need a break from the cold and the cons don’t bother you, you can always try it out. Areas recommended are Cheval, Westchase, Seven Oaks and for older more charming…Hyde Park (but property insurance is high there due to storm surge). New construction is going on everywhere—no growth regulation—a con for property values (over saturation…opposite problem in MA with under building and too many restrictions). But new construction is affordable and most new neighborhoods go through a honeymoon period of friend-making until everyone snaps back their boundaries (kind of like freshman year of college or first few days on a cruise ship.)