Naples and the west coast is great if you're 65 and love bingo. (The west coast of Florida is the gulf, which is the toilet bowl of the U.S., the Mississippi being the drain pipe that feeds it.)
check out sanibel island. i am actually heading to florida this friday. we have a waterfront house just across the bay from sanibel island. planning to spend a month or two.
thats silly. the west cost is better in the winter time. much calmer water. warmer. less crowded except for during spring break. depends what you want. one place i would avoid is key west. too rundown there. might as well go to cuba.
Okay, I apologize for the comment about the gulf being the toilet bowl of the U.S. That was kind of rough. The arguments about the east or west coast of Florida will go on forever. But one thing is for certain, the west coast is not a vacation spot for a guy on his own.