WORST.PLACE.EVER. Palm Bay--Melbourne--West Melbo
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7/13/2016
For your own good, PLEASE DO NOT MOVE TO THIS AREA OR ANY AREA OF BREVARD COUNTY FLORIDA! The economy is in the tank, has been for years, and will be for several more. I made the worst mistake of my life coming here--unemployed for 4 YEARS (the entire time I've lived here). Brevard County is all about tech, IT, airplane and weapons manufacturing, retail, and restaurant. I'm an administrative professional--the ratio here is low for office jobs, so there are at least 50-200 other people applying for the jobs I am. That's according to employers who've interviewed me, and internet sites that show how many have applied to jobs. The area is rife with disreputable businesses desperately trying to make money (which is how my car got ruined), a visible homeless population, abandoned cats and dogs, and an unstable economy unable to handle the overflow of people like me and those worse off than me. Don't be fooled by the "busyness" of this area. The local government is focusing on bringing in low and medium income businesses because they can't get the bigger companies to move here--gee, I wonder why? Employers are among the stupidest and most unprofessional I've ever spoken to, seeming fearful of hiring people who might actually be smart and progressive. Far too many businessess of less than 100 employees, who tell me during interviews that they are a "family" and want people who will fit in and stay a long time. Good grief, what an antiquated mentality! At this point, my hope is that MAYBE I can get a job with an international call center opening in Melbourne, for which I must obtain a health insurance license or somesuch thing (they pay). Even then, it appears that I might need to borrow LOTS of money to get myself out of this hole and back into the REAL world.
There's very little good here--desert temperatures with tropical humidity combined, having to hide in the house most of the year so I can breathe and not be eaten by insects, unbelievably expensive to live here, bananas that ripen into over-ripe before you can drive home from the store, frozen cucumbers that are either softened or partly frozen in the stores, and a population so used to living at or below the poverty level that they don't even realize they are being paid shamefully low wages.
This is not the place for anyone but military or retirees with double incomes or the very rich.
Dawn | Palm Bay, FL