Help. Moving to destin/fort walton beach area

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I am a nursing student in my last semester in Mobile, AL. My fiance just got a job in santa rosa beach, FL. Wondering if anybody had any suggestions of good hospitals to work at in the area and what sort of pay to expect. Also, where is a good area to live where rent might not be over $1000/month. We were looking at niceville/freeport, but I don't really know the area very well at all. Thanks!

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I live in Crestview Florida, about 25 miles away from Ft. Walton.. I'm not a nurse yet so I'm not sure about the pay.. but the cost of living is ridiculous.. You can find apartments for rent below $1000, but depending on the size you probably won't find houses. Right now, Crestview is the cheapest place to live, Ft. Walton, Niceville, Destin and in between are way to expensive.. I think in Ft. Walton a decent 2 bedroom apt will run you about $700-$800 before utilities.. As for hospitals, the bigger ones are North Okaloosa Medical Center, and Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. Neither is very big.. I do know that neither one has a NICU or PICU.. The closest big hospital is in Pensacola. If you're interested in going over there, the cost of living is cheaper and I think that the hospitals pay better... Freeport is miles away from anything.. If you lived in Freeport you'd be about 30 miles from Niceville and about 30 miles from Panama City (which also has bigger hospitals) Freeport has about 2 conveinence stores and one grocery store that's tiny... Niceville is a little bigger, but not much..

Hope that helps and if you need any other info about the area I'll be glad to help (I was born and raised here so..)

Let me know!

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