we had GOP mayors that frankly pandered to the worst elements. St Pete (sorry Pinellas county) has had it bad with a jeebus freek mayor that they recently kicked out. Tampa had Dick Greco, who was the old school republican type.
In any case, watch your money. We have a lot of good credit unions, take advantage. Yes, you CAN get a good house for about half of what you would pay somehwere like NYC. Hell, in this economy, you could probably get a steal on a house that you could not touch up north unless you were a doctor. The place I live is under half a million, yet when relatives come down, from their homes that could seel for three times ours, they have comments like "wow, it must be nice to have all these bathrooms!"
However, keep in mind that whiole the mortage may be a lot better, Florida's tax structure is such that regressive sales taxes are on a lot of groceries and other things that would normally be covered by a state income tax. Also, take care to look hoe the higways are where you are, because that little two lane street may easily become a six laner. I can remeber when people could ride horses to wal mart (no joke), now the dairy farm has become the nightclub district 
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