Best tropical place to live?

[JustAnotherNomad]

Hong Kong has shitty weather in winter. I'm trying to find a place that I like first, taxes can always be optimized...

 

[void]

Hong Kong has shitty weather in winter.

I know many people that would say tropical weather is shitty all year round - not sure how experienced you are but better take couple of vacations first to find out whether it suits you.... must be longer trips as acclimatization does the trick

 

[daniels27]

Hong Kong has shitty weather in winter.

17°C at 3 am, no rain. This is some really warm, dry s**t. I agree that houses suck without heating, but if you stay at Four Seasons, I am pretty shure they have cozy warm rooms.

 

[Joct]

I haven't seen much of Florida yet. I'd probably have to check out Miami a bit more.
I wasn't too impressed with rural Florida, which felt like it was just swampland...

I agree and don't see any reason why people live in central Florida. I spent most of my time in the north Palm Beach county area, so the east coast, and had an unofficial rule that anything west of I95 was not worth visiting unless a quick visit over to the Gulf Coast. It's by the beach or nothing for me.

Definitely visit Florida before committing to anything there. The Keys, Miami, Palm Beach, Jacksonville, Tampa, St Pete and everything in between can be very different. Florida Man is a real thing too and the people vary from place to place.

Sounds like we are looking for similar places in terms of temperature, reasonable infrastructure, availability of flights and general safety.