As Realtors, we live in one of the most beautiful places on earth.  We have tormented our families for years with photos of us on the beach for Thanksgiving and Christmas, so much so, that they are now moving here one by one (out of the snow) as they retire. In our big bend area of Florida, we have lots of the benefits of living in Florida and few of the drawbacks. The Tallahassee area does have seasons AND abundant sunshine, and we have times where you need to wear a sweatshirt/jacket outside, but we do not have a huge number of tourists or hurricanes directly targeting us.