[kstew43]

If medical is what your primary interests are.

We have a home in west Pembroke Pines Florida, smack in between Miami and Ft Lauderdale. get on HWY 27 and drive south for 4 hours.....or take the turnpike and your there.

We have some of, if not the best medical facilities in the country. Cleveland Clinic in Weston, 2 miles away, Baskim Palmer Eye in Miami, and way too many more to list. Memorial hospital has 5 locations in the county and some of the best care anywhere and has won many awards for there facilities.

Best weather ever, hardly ever goes under 70 in winter and in the summer with the ocean breezes it is always comfortable. In the villages there is no breeze and to us it always feels much to hot.

Pembroke Pines is a extremely well run city and takes great care in planning. We have been here 19 years and will probably own this home till the end. Just can't bring ourselves to sell. they also just established public transportation to our side of town which probably wasn't necessary...but is out there. Senior care and transportation is available and we see the senior buses at the walmart all the time..

We have FPL for electricity and broward county facilities and compared to Lake county, the costs to live here are so much cheaper. Home prices are on average lower for what you can get up in the villages...

Century Villages is big here and in 5 other cities surrounding...all still in Broward County. There are also many more Golf communities adult only and all ages.

When we first moved here, watching Miami Vice...we thought the worst....but that is not so...we are in the subburbs and the crime is low.....probably comparing size wise ....the villages crime is the same.

So if medicine is what your after....Broward county has it all and if they don't Dade county will.

Check it out...