I would think that WPB would be waaaaay too far. I don't and never have lived down in SE FL, but spent a fair amount of time down there on business in the past. For starters, I believe that Miami Gardens is pretty sketchy. However, there are some inland areas around there that aren't too bad: Weston, Plantation, parts of Davie, etc. Personally, if you are making decent money, I would try to get as close to the beach as possible. It just seems that some of those areas have much more character than most of the cookie cutter type of suburbs that are more inland.