FIFY. Where'd you wind up settling, anyway?
No, this place does not have the same general QOL as San Diego or Hawaii, but Ivan and Dennis gave this place a clean palette a few years ago...and "they" have been making the most of it. There's a shit-ton to do here year-round, it's relatively cheap to live here, and the brewing scene is thriving. Effing-A.
Oh, and I almost forgot - Kontrary to what the Demokratik Peoples' Republik of Kalifornia leads you to believe, it is possible to live a happy and healthy life without seeing Big Brother-mandated Prop 65 warnings plastered all over the f'ing place.
We live in Navarre. I am 5 minutes from the bay, 10 from the beach, 25 from P-Cola beach (with no tolls, either, thank you navarre beach bridge), 20 to P-Cola, and 35 to Destin. And about 45 minutes from work. Fucking smart.
I also have guns with as many bullets in the magazine as I want, I brew my own beer, and I just bought a boat. I don't really pay much in taxes, either.
I'm never having children at this rate...and it will be good.