Reviews & Comments
Las Vegas, NV
re: Tampa to Las Vegas - 5/31/2014 -
11/11/2014Hi Liz,
Thank you so much for your informative post. I too am relocating with my family from Florida (orlando area) and was curious about the rent costs and particularly schooling. I have two high schoolers. Any recommendations on areas with good, safe high schools. And any suggestions on the job market. I've been in sales most of my life and was hoping to find an inside sales job in which I can make at least 75k
Joseph
Orlando, FL
orlando economy -
11/11/2014do not come here unless you want to work selling timeshares or at Disney. It seems that there are only two major economies in the Orlando area. The tourism and elderly care industries. If selling timeshares wasn't hard enough or shady enough, most of these companies pay their employees $ 9.00/hr plus commission and the fact that they are always advertising job openings leads one to believe that obviously, there is incredible turn around at these companies.
There is much more opportunity down south in the Miami/Ft Lauderdale area. The problem is that rent and housing costs are through the roof. Aside from all this, the weather is unbearable due to the humidity for at least 6 months of the year. There are native Floridians who still are not accustomed to the heat. In all fairness to Orlando, from the months of November to April the humidity dies down and it could be pleasant on most days.