The area around Milton is nice and between Milton and Georgetown is not bad. West of Georgetown is going to put you 30-40 minutes from the beach in the summer. In my opinion living near the beach is really overrated. I lived 15 minutes from the beach and the DAILY traffic gridlock in the summer heck really year round now gets old quick. My best suggestion would be to rent a place for a few weeks in the summer if you can swing it and check out the area really well. Make sure the property you look at is high and doesn't have water issues. If it has a mound system stay as far away as possible.