[Nancy Lynne]

Anyone have experience with any of these towns? Best schools? It seems to me that MBeach is very nice but if you live way down A1 in MB, you can be 10 miles from the nearest Publix.

Thanks!

[SunnyDog]

The towns you listed all pretty much run into one another. As far as being near Publix, there actually is one on A1A in the south end of Melbourne Beach--it opened up maybe 1-2 years ago.

[sunrico90]

Originally Posted by Nancy Lynne

Anyone have experience with any of these towns? Best schools? It seems to me that MBeach is very nice but if you live way down A1 in MB, you can be 10 miles from the nearest Publix.

Thanks!

These towns are collocated and they are a tourist and snowbirds paradise. I lived in Satellite Beach, next to A1A for 4 years and is a great place. Schools are fine, lots of military folks in the area and many government contractor jobs.

A bit over price due to the tourist, but an excellent choice. Satellite beach has a Publix next to the South Military housing

[alexander59]

My daughter lives in Melbourne beach and her insurance on a small townhouse is 8400.00 a year. All three towns are small and used to be wonderful places to live, now you can hardly see the beaches for the condos and the schools are not as good as they used to be, before you move there do a lot of research, my daughters one in Palm Beach, one in Melbourne Beach,and I are all leaving the state as soon as some personel things get taken care of.

[AmyK]

We chose to move to Melbourne Beach (10+ years ago) rather than to Indialantic or Satellite Beach -- preferred the school slightly and preferred the community quite a lot. Our kids have been in this school district since kindergarten and are now in 9th and 10th grade at Melbourne High. I have spent a lot of time volunteering in the schools over the years (I know I have been very lucky to be able to be a stay-at-home-mom!) so I think I've been able to see what really goes on, get to know the teachers, etc... I have been VERY happy with the quality of teachers and quality of education.
With any of the 3 towns you named, I don't think you could go wrong with the schools. They are all excellent. Your choice may just depend on which town you end up liking best or where you find a house you love. How old are your kids? (Sorry if you already said and I missed it). I have lots more to tell you about it if you're interested... but instead of going on and on here it might be easier to try to answer specific questions. If you want more details or info I will be happy to try to help -- just PM or email me (by clicking on AmyK above).-- Amy

[Nancy Lynne]

How can this be? How can people just suddenly afford this? What did the insurance costs used to be -- approximately? Does this also mean, with all of these new insurance costs, that only the very wealthy can live in these towns....or is it all of Florida??? or just the coastal towns??? My god, this is a catastrophy for Florida residents. Is there any way around these insurance fees? Does one have to have insurance?

[alexander59]

You do not have to have insurance if you own your house, I live in Tampa and my insurance has gone from 700.00 in 2002 to 3006 starting december of this year. The closer to the water the more it is, and its a mess.