SperlingViews - Ormond_Beach, Florida

12/22/09 a medium house price of 140k, annual property taxes $2,300 and high insurance due to hurricane zone of $1,500. Sales tax 6.4%, no state income tax, unemployment rate at 10% poor pay for professional jobs and minium wage for unskilled labor. nice annual weather except for the heat/humidity in july and august, plenty of lakes, rivers, parks and next to the atlantic, abundant outdoor activities, nothing much for arts or professional sports, except daytona nascar complex, large (50,000 plus) motorcycle rallies in March and October, no hip neighboorhoods or plazas, various, mostly weekend night life, mainly for thoes under 40, lots of standard restaurants,average schools, minimum transit system.[read more...]

Ormond Beach is a bit of a jewel in a backward area. Unfortunately, the entertainment around here centers on Bike Week, Biketoberfest, Speed Week, and Spring Break. In between those illustrious events it can be very nice living here. The cost of living is reasonable, the schools are adequate (but shop around and buy where your kids will go to the best Elementary and Middle schools, students may attend any high school they wish), crime is low, and the environment is very clean (except for the noise and trash generated by the events mentioned earlier). Lots of retirees, so simple things like grocery shopping becomes a lesson in patience. Not much canned entertainment other than one movie theater, but the outdoors is available year round for biking, fishing, kayaking, and is very pleasant from mid-October through May.[read more...]