I lived in St Augustine for about 8 months when I first moved to the US in 2000. I was on a project at the time and they put me up in a pretty nice long stay apartment.

I loved living there for the weather. Every weekend , I'd take a slow drive down to Daytona Beach on A1A and eat there. You pretty much see the ocean all the way down.

I was going to buy a house there as at the time, as I was a consultant and it really did not matter where I lived as long as I was willing to travel. But the economy tanked and I worked for a tech company so I played it safe and moved to Dallas where the development office was.

When I first moved here, I hated. it seemed so big but full of sprawl and there was nothing to do. However, in the last 5-6 years, there's been a lot of urban development and it has really picked up.

Apart from 3 months in the year (mid June to mid September when it's hellish hot), the weather for the most part is great, people are generally good and there's no shortage of cars to wrench on from the 70's and 80's.

You can get a long stay apartment for about $200/week.

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With best regards

Al