Fly to Jacksonville, a pleasant airport and visit the beaches east of the city, which are towns somewhat managed by the city. Atlantic Beach and Neptune have no high rise buildings. Jacksonville Beach is more congested and all three have modest, some racially mixed neighborhoods walking distance from beautiful wide sand beaches. AB has NS Mayport on the north. I love it here. I don’t own a home anymore and I hear prop taxes are high.
I’ve toyed with renting, but, God willing, I hope to live 30 to 40 more years. Rents would go up a lot in that time.