i live on the beach at tugun, and im much more a fan of the southern end of the gold coast ( as in south of burleigh heads )
northern suburbs are ghetto as ( southport, labrador, nerang, helensvale )
but surfers is awesome if your into the club scene, i have friends living there..
id say get a cheap jetstar ticket or somethin, come down for a weekend and see for yourself =]
oh and beenleigh is dodgy as f**k, lol..