Retirement in Dania Beach? (home, neighborhoods, living in)

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We're still researching where to retire, with or without doing some graduate work. Dania Beach looks interesting (we love ice cream and a film on Jaxon's was shown on tv).

I'm thinking that living in Florida, isn't is lovely most of the time, and then terrifying at other times? I would think you would need a very reliable vehicle to evacuate the area on occasion if a bad hurricane is headed your way?

What is it like, living under those conditions?

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IMO around Jaxsons is rough. Dania has a mix of people struggling to get by. I go to that area for ice cream and shop around the antique stores on Federal Hwy. only. Melaleuca gardens was a nice residential area but the adjacent Ft Laud/Hlwd airport has changed Melaleuca gardens for the worse with 600 flights a day with associated noise and air quality issues. Much of Dania seems like an industrial park to me. Perhaps if you lived east of federal hwy. it might be nice. I`m not very familiar with the neighborhoods inside Dania. I`m sure some folks here know Dania very well and can give you some good feedback.
Hurricanes- If you are east of federal hwy., I think it is an evacuation area although many people ignore the evacuation request. Also preparation for a hurricane can get you through most storms without to much difficulty. I personally would not evacuate if my home was ready for the storm i.e shutters , reinforced garage door, doors shuttered too. Small generator and 15 gals of gas. Food,water and supplies. I don`t stock pile anything. Just enough for 2 to 5 days. Of course if I lived in a trailer park you can bet I would evacuate. An evacuation is a decision one has to make as the storm approaches.