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I like the Key West idea. Great place to kick it and live a very relaxing life tending bar or whatever. I have a close personal friend that was in a situation not all that different from yours - well he was a lot younger and wasn't a pilot, but he did have no debt, not a lot of marketable skills, no real desire to pursue a high-powered, high-paying office gig that required a lot of effort and education, all his stuff fit in his Chevy S10, etc. He moved to Key West about 12 years ago - still there. I visit when I can. He has a blast. Works at a couple of different bars there picking up shifts and slinging drinks when he wants just to pay rent and his bar tab. No real worries other than that. Occasionally shacks up with a hottie for a few weeks, then reverts to perpetual bachelorhood. He loves life. He's the last of the Great American Hot Sch1ts. I love hanging with him. Helps you realize there's more to life than just chasing money and the brass ring all the time.

It really ain't bad down there. But just accept you'll have to rent. Despite the housing market crash, prices really are still frightfully unaffordable down there and certainly out of whack with the incomes MOST people have down there - certainly for those who live carefree and just tend bar and like to hang out and enjoy the laid back culture on a regular basis (generally with drink in hand) anytime they're not on the clock somewhere.