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personally the best move i've made was the move to celebration/orlando......
i got a break when i landed my porsche tech gig, and have never been happier.....
there are certainly opportunities here......most of the negative opinions i hear are pretty centralized to specific areas, which is why i stress to do your research as to where to live......
yea florida has a very high unemployment rate, and is actually higher than reported as if you don't qualify for unemployment your situation isn't recorded....i'd figure to add another 5% to the "official" rate at a minimum.......most of the country is like this right now......
however, find you're niche, exploit it and there is work out there......that's why i say land a job before you move......i picked celebration for it's location, and reputaion.....i could've saved some $$ per month living somewhere else, but the security and quality is worth the extra cheeze.....

orlando certainly has it's cesspools but if you do your research and get local knowledge there are certainly diamonds in the rough......
i did over a year of research before we moved from ocala to orlando (prepping for what was going on in my old situation) and only found 2 communities which fit the bill....