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I grew up in the Northeast. The constant grey skies for 9 months (upstate NY) really DO get to you. Also lived in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Boston. Finally came to Miami.
Miami has been my favorite place by far. Being a glass half-empty guy myself, every little thing I can do to help myself is good. Walking out the door to go to work in January with sunny skies and 70 degrees makes it just a bit tougher to be sullen and angry. It certainly has downsides, like all places. It won't single-handedly make you happy, but it doesn't hurt to get up most mornings to a sunny sky and being able to hop in your pool in January. Summer is a bit intense, but again, that's what the pool is for. There is a banana-republic feel to things here, and getting good help is akin to solving an enigma wrapped in a riddle, but damned if it isn't warm out. Cuban coffee is delicious. No state income tax. South Beach is topless. But no back roads- none. Unless you are going to the tracks (which you can do year round) there is no point in owning anything other than an appliance car.
As for jobs here, I have no idea what you do, but chances are slim it would work here. I work in the field of commercial real estate which is booming here and my job is secure. But outside of real estate and banking (TONS of banking here due to South American influx money), I don't know what there is to do.
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