Wow, wow, and wow. Thanks for that awesome summary! I'll be heading down a single man, so I might be looking to live lavida loca or whatever that song title is - for a little while anyways.
I'll prolly be apt/rental-bound until I figure out what I want out of the area. On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Benjamin Zachary - Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I live in Delray Beach area, about 20 mins north of FTL. Its fine there, the > city is huge you can live just about anywhere around there and still be > 10-15 mins from your office. > > If you want family stuff, areas like Plantation, Weston (way west), Boca > Raton are a good choice, if you are gay you will want to live around Wilton > Manors, if you are a beach goer you live right along the water, if you are > poor you live somewhere 1-2 miles west of the ocean to I95. If you are a > boater you have a condo or TH with deep water access in a canal somewhere > near the water but not on it. If you are wealthy you live off Las Olas and > the Intra coastal, a little strip of area along Pompano Beach (Lighthouse > Point) or in one of three key areas of Boca Raton. > > If you are single then the rest of the land is yours ;). Downtown FTL offers > several high rise condos that have ocean views and you can walk to all the > bars. Deerfield Beach a few miles North is where a lot of younger people > are, you can hit the scene there and find a lot of 'college girl types'. > Also a lot less expensive living with similar amenities. > > Delray Beach has one of the larger concentrations of party goers in one > street (IMO). The only place you will find a guy asking for a handout, the > street lined with benz/bmw's, and a drug dealer in every bar, oh not to > mention everyone that works in those bars is in some program or another > (Delray leads the nation I think in rehab programs). It makes for very > interesting night life. Don't get lost though, two blocks away is some > pretty bad ghettos. Oh yah all tucked inside this little 'strip' are > 500-750k townhouses and condos. (The beach is clothing optional, I think, or > at least it seems quite a few people like to go topless and no one ever says > anything) > > Ive been down in the area for 15 years (South Beach to Boca Raton, to > Delray) > > The housing market has pretty much tanked as much as its going to, lots of > short sales and bank stuff going on in certain areas. The wealthier areas of > course you wont find anything, I guess its whatever your looking for. Owning > a house here isn't all its cracked up to be, real estate tax is high in lieu > of a state sales tax (we have no state sales tax, just city/fed). You also > need a HELL of a lot of insurance, and if you live east of I95 that can cost > 50% of your mortgage payment depending on flood zone or not. > > Also there is no tradeoff for the breeze from the water, it makes a big > difference between being on the water and getting that light breeze vs being > 10 miles west and sitting in the swamp. As someone who owned homes out West > and now rents right on the water, I can say Im much happier for about the > same money. > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
