[beachmouse]

Originally Posted by JTEMT-B

That’s not bad. If you were on Destin/30a and a mile from the beach with a 500k home, what do you reckon the price would be for insurance? Double what you’re at?

How’s Niceville?

Don't know about insurance costs closer in.

Niceville is generally pretty nice- largely a middle to UMC commuter town for Eglin AFB with good schools. The down side is somewhat limited shopping and entertainment so we end up going across the bridge to Destin a bunch for that.

[southernnaturelover]

Originally Posted by JTEMT-B

As a paramedic in the high majority of Florida you work 24 hour shifts, with 48 hours off. Some busier stations do 12, but 24 is standard. Up here the standard is 48 hours on, 96 hours off. Commute should be fine as long as I find a nice enough area within 45 minutes of where I’m working!

My spouse was a paramedic in Escambia County for a few years and he worked 12 hour shifts. They are always short handed. There are some private companies too, but he worked for the county.

[JTEMT-B]

Originally Posted by southernnaturelover

My spouse was a paramedic in Escambia County for a few years and he worked 12 hour shifts. They are always short handed. There are some private companies too, but he worked for the county.

I heard the same thing about Okaloosa. I worked with a guy up here who used to work for Okaloosa EMS, and he said it’s a busy place and easy to get on. I like busy!
I’m not a fan of 12 hour shifts at all, but it’s not a deal breaker at all. It’s just nice to get paid while your sleeping! That is, unless you’re running calls! Haha

[JTEMT-B]

Originally Posted by beachmouse

Don't know about insurance costs closer in.

Niceville is generally pretty nice- largely a middle to UMC commuter town for Eglin AFB with good schools. The down side is somewhat limited shopping and entertainment so we end up going across the bridge to Destin a bunch for that.

$2-3 each way on the mid bay bridge right? That’s gotta add up. I guess the lack of income tax has to be accounted for somewhere!

I’d be alright living anywhere in Okaloosa, even Destin. I look at the traffic almost every day since last summer and while it can be bad at times, it’s no where near unlivable like people make it out to be. The worst I saw it backed up to was 50 minutes on the weekend of July 4th I think.

[1insider]

I had to sit through two light changes at the 520-A1A intersection one Saturday. Infuriating.

[beachmouse]

Originally Posted by JTEMT-B

$2-3 each way on the mid bay bridge right? That’s gotta add up. I guess the lack of income tax has to be accounted for somewhere!

I’d be alright living anywhere in Okaloosa, even Destin. I look at the traffic almost every day since last summer and while it can be bad at times, it’s no where near unlivable like people make it out to be. The worst I saw it backed up to was 50 minutes on the weekend of July 4th I think.

A lot of the Destin traffic issues are currently tied into the widening of US 98 and in theory that work is supposed to be done Real Soon Now

The Mid-Bay Bridge is a semi-autonomous entity. The bridge itself is useful; the problem is that, like any organization public or private, the toll bridge authority is a pig that wants to grow to the size of its pen and they added an additional toll road bypassing Niceville that no one really uses. So they had to increase tolls on the bridge proper in order to pay the bonds they issued for the construction of the Niceville bypass.

[JTEMT-B]

Originally Posted by 1insider

I had to sit through two light changes at the 520-A1A intersection one Saturday. Infuriating.

I sat through five down the street from my house. **** happens.

[JTEMT-B]

Originally Posted by beachmouse

A lot of the Destin traffic issues are currently tied into the widening of US 98 and in theory that work is supposed to be done Real Soon Now

The Mid-Bay Bridge is a semi-autonomous entity. The bridge itself is useful; the problem is that, like any organization public or private, the toll bridge authority is a pig that wants to grow to the size of its pen and they added an additional toll road bypassing Niceville that no one really uses. So they had to increase tolls on the bridge proper in order to pay the bonds they issued for the construction of the Niceville bypass.

That’s dumb. I hate tolls, I’d rather just pay taxes and avoid the whole thing. We don’t have tolls here

[BNBR]

Have you checked out the Heartland? Sebring?

[JTEMT-B]

Originally Posted by BNBR

Have you checked out the Heartland? Sebring?

No, because I want to live oceanside. Like I said, if I was going to move somewhere inland, I’d probably move to Houston. I’d much rather live somewhere by the ocean like Okaloosa or Sarasota.