Southeast Florida (Miami-Fort Lauderdale)
Miami-Dade and Broward counties — Florida’s largest, densest, most internationally connected metro, from Miami’s global-city core through Fort Lauderdale’s canal network into Broward’s suburban belt.
Southeast Florida is Florida’s most expensive and most traffic-congested region outside the immediate coastline. It offers a genuinely global, internationally connected lifestyle in Miami and a boating-oriented canal lifestyle in Fort Lauderdale, but the day-to-day retirement experience varies enormously between, for example, Miami and suburban Sunrise despite sharing a metro.
Who Fits This Region
- Retirees who want an internationally connected, big-city lifestyle
- Boating-oriented buyers drawn to Fort Lauderdale’s canal network
Who May Prefer Another Region
- Budget-focused retirees
- Those who want to avoid South Florida’s traffic and density
Major Tradeoffs
- Unmatched international connectivity and big-city amenities versus the state’s highest housing costs, insurance costs, and traffic congestion