FL residents— Covid has made me realize i honestly just want a house by the beach. I want to settle and find happiness. I am looking at property in Boca Raton ( school system is great ) but was wondering if anyone knows of job opportunities there? Not sure the market is great for work opportunities. Thoughts?

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Florida native here. Boca is 95% 65+. That's where people go to retire so most jobs will be working with old people and service jobs. It is not a city to go get a job.

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You aren’t exaggerating as I used to live in coconut creek. Drive up there for the mall and blue martini, but everyone went to west palm or fort Lauderale for night life

Boca is thinner than Miami or Fort Lauderdale, but plenty of opportunities out there.

Within the landscape of South Florida you’ve got Office Depot, Ryder, Lennar, the 3 big cruise lines, Assurant, a big Amex campus, all the big 4...among many other great companies.

As for Boca. Great area to raise children, plenty to do nearby in Delray Beach, Palm Beach, Lauderdale, even a trip to Miami on a weekend.

3 major airports too. All the best!

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I don't know about Boca but West Palm is nice and it has an airport.

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There isn’t much to do in Boca. Most people travel down to Fort Lauderdale or Miami for the evening and it’s an annoying 1 hour drive back up north to go home. Would recommend west palm (is a little north) but allows you to take the bright line train to Fort Lauderdale and downtown Miami to have some fun without the drive

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Not being snarky here, but I really wonder what climate change is going to do to Florida, as a non-Florida resident. How are they going to deal with increasing hurricanes and rising sea levels?

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I like it here since I blend in compared to where I grew up in the Midwest but I live a little west of the city. I’m within “Miami” in 5 minutes, downtown in around 20, however where all the action happens is a high flood zone. This is brickell, coconut grove (slowly dying), wynwood (keeps growing from even 10 years ago), midtown (blocks away from wynwood), edgewater (north of downtown and is constantly developing), and more. The older generation people here fight back about raising roads and fixing physical infrastructure things but state property values and have the mentality of “not my problem.” Man made Miami Beach and Miami dade doesn’t want to build anything. They allow permits and things to be passed and hire emergency water removal services to unclog and move water when it floods. Lots of these flooding issues can be fixed when buildings are being built but as stated before the community fights back as you’ll raise taxes slightly to fix the city.

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Lots of finance jobs around brickle Ave in downtown Miami

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