Almost all those things in his post can be made about CA as well. In southern CA, not only do you get great year round weather, but if you want to go skiing it

Almost all those things in his post can be made about CA as well. In southern CA, not only do you get great year round weather, but if you want to go skiing it's just a couple hours drive. We moved to CA for our family. We lived in the midwest, and there just wasn't much to do. There are endless things to do out here. I imagine Miami is about the same in that regard. One thing I think he left out is the political standings. I came from a blood red state. My way of thinking is more in line with a blue state. It is so much nicer to be around people who think similar to you. As for the taxes, yeah that's a pretty tasty difference. But I got to have my skiing & mountains :)