Your taxes are more than 7K a year? That is exorbitant for PA. I do know of some schools districts near Reading they were that high, Mine are close to 2500 and my home is in the 300-400K range. Florida is very unaffordable on almost all aspects right now. An 1800 sq foot house in the middle of the state, surrounded by old trailers, is 350K. Just 10 years ago that same home was hovering around 150K. The salaries here are not able to match the cost of real estate or rent so lots and lots and lots of unsold homes.