I'll put in a plug for the Tampa Bay area. Beautiful weather most of the year. Summers can get hot, but we rarely get over 90. Although coming from NM, the humidity anywhere in the southeast might be a bit of a transition.

Job market is good, unemployment below the national average, housing prices decent, not sky rocketed like some places, good education, no state income tax (immediate take home pay increase), and a number of telecoms in the area. Also, housing construction has slowed down hear as elsewhere, but commercial seems to be doing well.