In the beginning I was kinda meh on brotato due to not having the meta progression but then one issue you can run into with some of these games is the balance can get out of wack and you become so powerful that there is almost no challenge or the gameplay becomes stale. One example is Rogue...
I would be careful living too far south. Don't want to get infected by any lefty creep from broward moving northwards. I'd say the sweet spot is staying far enough north of broward and south enough from Jax that you don't get caught up in urbran sprawl and the politics and policies that follow it.
I worked in small restaurants for a few years and yes, no matter where you work it sucks balls. First issue is the unpredictability. One Tuesday you could be standing around with your thumb up your ass all day and the next you're getting slammed non stop. To add to the stress is the people...
Have you played any of the monster hell games like Vampire/Soulstone survivor, Brotato, etc? It seems to be the new genre of choice for us up and coming boomer lites with lives and lost reflexes.
No one will top the original for MT'ing since she has the ogre frontal stun immunity, but with the increase of mob density we've been seeing the last couple years, you need all the offtanks you can get with some mobility to grab all the adds.
When in Florida, obviously the beaches. There's also lots of springs, manatee/dolphin watching depending on the season, manatees being nov-april. There's a nice alligator zoo in St. Augustine as well.
Before I got gud, 2hand chonk boi build carried me well. Collosal weapons have good stagger and wearing heavy armor allows for more mistakes with dodging.