My “local” TV stations are from Orlando. Plenty of crime to report. Like any city, there are good and bad areas. The suburbs are mostly beautiful, typical Florida, with stucco houses, palm trees, and swimming pools. The housing is fairly reasonable. Is he thinking of actually living in or near downtown Orlando? Or, near the amusement parks? For instance, if you work at or near Disney, you can live South our west of there pretty reasonably, and probably not a lot of crime. I’m not sure, like you said, you can google the crime rates. I would move to the Orlando area without hesitation. The biggest negative is the traffic on I4 that goes through Orlando proper, and traffic in general near downtown. Oh, and lots of toll roads in Orlando. We like to tax the tourists. :)