Hollywood, Florida

If you’re looking for a less dense and relatively quiet area to raise your family outside of Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood could be your Huckleberry. Plenty of people move to Hollywood to escape the dense, loud, and fast-paced environments surrounding it on most sides. There’s still a taste of that, the beach bars and downtown restaurant scene, and other social shenanigans, but locals mostly see it as a more mellow and beautiful South Florida home to raise their families.

If you’re looking at this page, chances are that you’re eyeing a move to South Florida. If your goal is to experience the fast-paced and exciting Florida you’ve heard about, there are better options. That doesn’t mean that you can’t have that if you move to Hollywood, but with all of the other options both to the north and south, living in Fort Lauderdale or Miami might be wiser places to start your search.

Hollywood locals are known for being a diverse group with a lot of pride in their neighborhoods. They take advantage of above-average public schools, own their own homes at relatively high rates, and enjoy life outside. They accomplish the last of these in a variety of ways, with trails, beaches, golf courses, and more well within reach. There are more highly rated bars and clubs in Hollywood than in your average United States suburb, but not compared to the surrounding cities. One complaint from current residents is that the area has gotten more dense in recent years as more and more people move out of big cities around the country and into warmer, quieter cities like Hollywood.

If you want to see the happenings in Hollywood check out the calendar of events.

We highly recommend visiting Hollywood and staying in the community in a VRBO rather than a hotel to get a feel for what it's like to live among the locals. You can receive discounted fares on travel via our partnership with Expedia as well.

If you’re tired of living in big cities like Miami and Fort Lauderdale but not tired of the Florida weather, Hollywood is one of the best options in the state to consider. Just know that many others are as well.