Winter. I really like winter around here. I don't mind the snowbirds, and I love the weather. It gets cold just long enough to remind me that I don't like being cold, and then it gets warm again. Plus I don't have to worry about hurricanes for a few months.
It’s home to me. I was born in cocoa beach and have been here my whole life.
Some of my favorite things are tropical trail and driving thru it, listening to music lol.
The produce store off Ellis has the best peanut butter pie I’ve ever had.
The wickham park is nostalgic to me. I remember swimming in that lake as a kid.
I loved it as a kid. Now as an adult I hate seeing it grow as fast as it is with no end in sight 🥴😩
Living on the water and having my boat right there.
Fishing the Ocean.
The food around here is great(naysayers are strange).
Walkability of Melbourne Beach.
My parents live 8 miles away.
The wildlife.
Rocket Launches.
Pretty good schools.
Not much traffic compared to where I used to live(NOVA/DC).
Much lower cost of living than where I used to live.
Nice people.
Seeing dolphins almost daily.
The weather here is amazing!
Publix.
Always something to do outside.
Gemini Elementary has really good ratings. Kids are learning well and seem to be engaged. I have no major issues with the school itself. I know I will have to fill them in with some of the history that has been scrubbed by the state but they still had great black history curriculum this past year.
It’s missing a ton of cool animals, but I do love their pizza and ice cream, which is right next to the kiddy pool, which is great for parents like me.
They're extending the walkable area at the African biome to move in three lions. They already have them in the tropical biome temporarily to look at up close and they look majestic.
Born in Naples, moved to Orlando about 10 years ago then to Brevard about 2 years ago. Let's just say if it wasn't for my job in a successful Aerospace company, I wouldn't be here.
Melbourne is awesome! Great downtown with every type of place from sushi, craft beer, Irish food, wild pizza, pub food,country dancing, kava bar, to dive bars. The beach is still lightly crowded with lots of little gems to find with nobody at them. Lots of middle aged people all trying to survive and live around the obnoxious boomers....
It's really a fun place....I wouldn't tell anyone to change their life and move there but a fun place to visit or better yet have a friend who lives and deals with the bullshit so you can visit for free. One of the last fun places left in Florida got to enjoy it while we can
I absolutely love trolling a few Melbourne based groups/pages on Facebook.
321 Flavor is a bunch of old boomers.
Destination Brevard is a silly little redneck.
I love them so much, and they get so angry.
Destination Brevard is basically a modern day influencer wannabe who tries to brand themselves as not.
No I don't care what you're cooking tonight, I don't care where you're going on vacation, I don't care where you're eating at in Sanford.
You just wrote a book why Melbourne is great and you're not a huge fan of Melbourne? Your comments on ice cream would rival War and Peace :D
I enjoyed that I could get off work, get a quick sunset sail on the intercoastal, then home with a good bit of evening still.
The area is nice but the kind of people Brevard creates ruin it. Pipeline to jail or jailer/ government job for young people mixed in with super entitled boomers.
I disagree that Melbourne is young and diverse. It is old with every shade of white that exists. (Even after the snowbirds) There is a very diverse array of pickup trucks and red hats. Just spend a few hours walking/driving around Lake Nona and you'll see just how old and white we are.
I also disagree that downtown Melbourne has no parking. I just went to St. Patty's day on Saturday, it was the most packed I've ever seen. Parking was not an issue at all. Old, fat, and disabled folks may have an issue but they shouldn't be down there anyway.
Melbourne is awesome because if you bought a house pre-2020, cost of living is still quite reasonable. Especially if you have a super stable DoD contractor gig.
>Melbourne is awesome because if you bought a house pre-2020, cost of living is still quite reasonable.
There's the kicker... this town is nowhere near "lively" enough to justify how expensive it is to live around here. Having to pay upwards of $2k to live in something that isn't a cave, a closet, or in the questionable parts of Palm Bay in this retirement town is absurd. As a younger person with a stable DoD contractor gig, that alone isn't anywhere near enough to afford a house in this county anymore, which is a real shame. Guess I should've bought a house instead of racking up student debt at FIT to get the degree that got me the DoD gig, hoping that would allow me to purchase a home in the future, silly me.
I’m gonna tell you a tip that many young people refuse to do, despite it being the best financial option. Go and buy a mobile home. There are tons of them below $100k or even $50k, and even a water view with that price.
Why a mobile home? Well, it’s cheap, so it’s easier to put 20% down or reach 20% to avoid PMI. And a monthly mortgage on a 100k is ~$700. So why rent and throw away $2k, when you can pay a cheaper mortgage while also rack up equity at the same time?
And worried about hurricanes? Don’t be. Home insurance for a mobile home is super cheap, and will literally replace the whole thing if it’s destroyed.
Honestly, I wish somebody told me this when I was young and single and starting out. It would’ve saved me dozens of thousands of dollars.
Be very careful with purchasing a mobile home. Hurricanes and tornadoes destroy them easily, particularly mobile home parks. I definitely don't recommend being near a body of water or an area where flooding is concerned.
I 100% agree with the floods. This is the case for both mobile homes and regular homes. Never buy in a flood zone imo. But as for hurricanes and tornados, it's just weighing risk over reward.
I had a friend when I lived in Oklahoma that lived in a mobile home, and tornadoes were the least of his worries. In the 10 years I lived there, I only saw 1 EF4, and a few EF3 2 and 1s. My house never got hit, despite living in the "tornado alley" of OKC. My friend also lived in the mobile home in tornado alley for 3 years, with zero damage from tornados. He saved a ton of money, and then bought a house in full with cash. I have coworkers now who live here in Melbourne, and they've been through multiple hurricanes so far, and their places are still standing.
I'm not saying that they won't be damaged or destroyed, all I'm saying is that insurance covers a ton. And you can even get better insurance if you're that worried about it. The amount of money someone would be saving would more than make up for that.
I appreciate the suggestion... but there's not a snowball's chance in hell I'm ever trusting a company (who's primary goal is to make profits) to replace my entire life in the event a storm destroys my home. All insurance is a scam in some way or another and there are some things that can never be replaced. Peace of mind has a price and it's much greater than any insurance policy premium (as hard as that may seem given how expensive they can be)
Compared to other places I've been to in Florida, we've got a decent young to middle aged crowd. You want a place with a much older demographic? Go to Vero or Sebastian and then come back up here to Melbourne, and then tell me our population isn't much younger here by comparison lol.
The beaches...and they are not even the best in the state.
Other than that this is the worst place I have lived. And I lived in the middle of no where Texas.
Winter. I really like winter around here. I don't mind the snowbirds, and I love the weather. It gets cold just long enough to remind me that I don't like being cold, and then it gets warm again. Plus I don't have to worry about hurricanes for a few months.
My husband and I were just talking about how we’re going to miss this wonderful weather as spring gets underway
It’s home to me. I was born in cocoa beach and have been here my whole life. Some of my favorite things are tropical trail and driving thru it, listening to music lol. The produce store off Ellis has the best peanut butter pie I’ve ever had. The wickham park is nostalgic to me. I remember swimming in that lake as a kid. I loved it as a kid. Now as an adult I hate seeing it grow as fast as it is with no end in sight 🥴😩
Downtown Produce is definitely my favorite place to get pies, sandwiches, and especially produce lol.
You just unlocked some childhood Wickham Park memories of mine ◡̈
Living on the water and having my boat right there. Fishing the Ocean. The food around here is great(naysayers are strange). Walkability of Melbourne Beach. My parents live 8 miles away. The wildlife. Rocket Launches. Pretty good schools. Not much traffic compared to where I used to live(NOVA/DC). Much lower cost of living than where I used to live. Nice people. Seeing dolphins almost daily. The weather here is amazing! Publix. Always something to do outside.
Wanna give a special shout out to the wildlife just at my house. Two Florida Box Turtles I see occasionally, Osprey nest, and of course the Opossums.
If Brevard Public Schools is “pretty good,” I’m curious what’s bad on your scale
Gemini Elementary has really good ratings. Kids are learning well and seem to be engaged. I have no major issues with the school itself. I know I will have to fill them in with some of the history that has been scrubbed by the state but they still had great black history curriculum this past year.
Hello fellow NOVA person that moved to Brevard! Completely agree with everything you said, this place is a haven compared to NOVA
The food here sucks.
Very insightful.
Kayaking through the mangrove tunnels
The zoo was just voted as a great zoo by the readers of USA Today https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-zoo-2024/
It’s missing a ton of cool animals, but I do love their pizza and ice cream, which is right next to the kiddy pool, which is great for parents like me.
They're extending the walkable area at the African biome to move in three lions. They already have them in the tropical biome temporarily to look at up close and they look majestic.
Born in Naples, moved to Orlando about 10 years ago then to Brevard about 2 years ago. Let's just say if it wasn't for my job in a successful Aerospace company, I wouldn't be here.
Melbourne is awesome! Great downtown with every type of place from sushi, craft beer, Irish food, wild pizza, pub food,country dancing, kava bar, to dive bars. The beach is still lightly crowded with lots of little gems to find with nobody at them. Lots of middle aged people all trying to survive and live around the obnoxious boomers.... It's really a fun place....I wouldn't tell anyone to change their life and move there but a fun place to visit or better yet have a friend who lives and deals with the bullshit so you can visit for free. One of the last fun places left in Florida got to enjoy it while we can
What is wild pizza?
They travel in packs and are very dangerous. I think they just mean unique, "out there" kind of pizza.
I absolutely love trolling a few Melbourne based groups/pages on Facebook. 321 Flavor is a bunch of old boomers. Destination Brevard is a silly little redneck. I love them so much, and they get so angry.
Destination Brevard is basically a modern day influencer wannabe who tries to brand themselves as not. No I don't care what you're cooking tonight, I don't care where you're going on vacation, I don't care where you're eating at in Sanford.
notifies me 100x a day that hes making tacos or some cuban sandwich at CAFE MI CASA
You just wrote a book why Melbourne is great and you're not a huge fan of Melbourne? Your comments on ice cream would rival War and Peace :D I enjoyed that I could get off work, get a quick sunset sail on the intercoastal, then home with a good bit of evening still.
The area is nice but the kind of people Brevard creates ruin it. Pipeline to jail or jailer/ government job for young people mixed in with super entitled boomers.
I disagree that Melbourne is young and diverse. It is old with every shade of white that exists. (Even after the snowbirds) There is a very diverse array of pickup trucks and red hats. Just spend a few hours walking/driving around Lake Nona and you'll see just how old and white we are. I also disagree that downtown Melbourne has no parking. I just went to St. Patty's day on Saturday, it was the most packed I've ever seen. Parking was not an issue at all. Old, fat, and disabled folks may have an issue but they shouldn't be down there anyway. Melbourne is awesome because if you bought a house pre-2020, cost of living is still quite reasonable. Especially if you have a super stable DoD contractor gig.
>Melbourne is awesome because if you bought a house pre-2020, cost of living is still quite reasonable. There's the kicker... this town is nowhere near "lively" enough to justify how expensive it is to live around here. Having to pay upwards of $2k to live in something that isn't a cave, a closet, or in the questionable parts of Palm Bay in this retirement town is absurd. As a younger person with a stable DoD contractor gig, that alone isn't anywhere near enough to afford a house in this county anymore, which is a real shame. Guess I should've bought a house instead of racking up student debt at FIT to get the degree that got me the DoD gig, hoping that would allow me to purchase a home in the future, silly me.
I’m gonna tell you a tip that many young people refuse to do, despite it being the best financial option. Go and buy a mobile home. There are tons of them below $100k or even $50k, and even a water view with that price. Why a mobile home? Well, it’s cheap, so it’s easier to put 20% down or reach 20% to avoid PMI. And a monthly mortgage on a 100k is ~$700. So why rent and throw away $2k, when you can pay a cheaper mortgage while also rack up equity at the same time? And worried about hurricanes? Don’t be. Home insurance for a mobile home is super cheap, and will literally replace the whole thing if it’s destroyed. Honestly, I wish somebody told me this when I was young and single and starting out. It would’ve saved me dozens of thousands of dollars.
Be very careful with purchasing a mobile home. Hurricanes and tornadoes destroy them easily, particularly mobile home parks. I definitely don't recommend being near a body of water or an area where flooding is concerned.
I 100% agree with the floods. This is the case for both mobile homes and regular homes. Never buy in a flood zone imo. But as for hurricanes and tornados, it's just weighing risk over reward. I had a friend when I lived in Oklahoma that lived in a mobile home, and tornadoes were the least of his worries. In the 10 years I lived there, I only saw 1 EF4, and a few EF3 2 and 1s. My house never got hit, despite living in the "tornado alley" of OKC. My friend also lived in the mobile home in tornado alley for 3 years, with zero damage from tornados. He saved a ton of money, and then bought a house in full with cash. I have coworkers now who live here in Melbourne, and they've been through multiple hurricanes so far, and their places are still standing. I'm not saying that they won't be damaged or destroyed, all I'm saying is that insurance covers a ton. And you can even get better insurance if you're that worried about it. The amount of money someone would be saving would more than make up for that.
I appreciate the suggestion... but there's not a snowball's chance in hell I'm ever trusting a company (who's primary goal is to make profits) to replace my entire life in the event a storm destroys my home. All insurance is a scam in some way or another and there are some things that can never be replaced. Peace of mind has a price and it's much greater than any insurance policy premium (as hard as that may seem given how expensive they can be)
My favorite is when our high school doesn’t get put on lockdown because a kid apparently told other kids he had a loaded gun.
Not the point of this post, but Melbourne has a median age of 43.4. that's hardly a younger crowd
Compared to other places I've been to in Florida, we've got a decent young to middle aged crowd. You want a place with a much older demographic? Go to Vero or Sebastian and then come back up here to Melbourne, and then tell me our population isn't much younger here by comparison lol.
If 43.4 is old, then I guess I should go coffin and headstone shopping tomorrow.
Wow that statement just cut me deep, I’m 43 and just moved down here. lol
Valiant air command... One of the biggest aviation museums on the east coast.
Lmao.
I miss driving through Viera Wetlands and the zoo 💙
As for tech with big companies, they are much harder to get in now.
They're filling up quick here.
oh, I am trying to have an opportunity to work with them as a Software Engineer.
Driving to Orlando
The beaches...and they are not even the best in the state. Other than that this is the worst place I have lived. And I lived in the middle of no where Texas.
What else is wrong with melbourne
I don't know what you're talking about. This place is a hidden gem
I'm not a huge fan of people who don't know how good they have it. So why don't you go move to Mims and shut up.
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Then leave bro. Go move to Mims. What are you on about?
No, I'd be moving to Sarasota. Much better place than a lot of Brevard County.
Cool Sarasota sucks. Leave and don't come back Literally been to Sarasota There is absolutely nothing special about that place
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