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Quiet places to live in Florida
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Any people knowledgeable about the Florida Gulf Coast, looking for quiet village near the sea. Anyone any thoughts? Thanks Pete |
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On 04/06/2004 5:06 PM Peter Callison wrote:
Hi Any people knowledgeable about the Florida Gulf Coast, looking for quiet village near the sea. Anyone any thoughts? Thanks Pete There's lots of quiet villages, called retirement communities, inland at Ft. Myers. Anything right on the sea is not going to be quiet, but full of snow birds in the winter and "spring breakers" until May. -- ________ To email me, Edit "xt" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 |
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Quiet places to live in Florida
Ft Lauderdale is slow paced and still quite quaint.
"Tone" wrote in message ... Also there's the area aroun Port Charlotte -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com |
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Quiet places to live in Florida
Thanks for the replies guys
Pete |
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On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 17:34:54 -0400, "clint" wrote:
Ft Lauderdale is slow paced and still quite quaint. The area near the beach, at least, was honkey-tonk claptrap back in the '70's. We left after one day and moved up to Boca. Has it improved? -- Larry |
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On 04/11/2004 12:01 PM pltrgyst wrote:
On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 17:34:54 -0400, "clint" wrote: Ft Lauderdale is slow paced and still quite quaint. The area near the beach, at least, was honkey-tonk claptrap back in the '70's. We left after one day and moved up to Boca. Has it improved? -- Larry Some sections of Fort Lauderdale Beach rival Miami's South Beach in cache. Take a look at http://sunny.org - areas of interest are the beach, Las Olas and Riverwalk sections. Major beach hotels are Sheraton Yankee Trader, Yankee Clipper, Embassy Suites. Many of the old 1950's style "honky tonk" hotels were bought up by Gay / Lesbian Innkeepers. These properties were given a much needed overhaul and are now listed among some of the 5 star hotels and b&b. While several cater exclusively to a gay client base, others are open to anyone. Gay boutique hotels can be found along N Birch Drive, Sebastian Street, Terramar, Vistamar, Veramar and inland at Wilton Manors and Victoria Park. As a result of the influx of gay money, many of the other small hotels around town have undergone restoration and revitalization of surrounding areas. While this may not be the only reason for the renaissance of Ft. Lauderdale, the influx of gay money has played an important part. Additionally, the town has passed various ordinances to discourage spring breakers from over running the town. Among these are limits on age for booking hotel rooms, limits on how many can stay in a hotel room, beach camping bans...etc. For a vacationer gay, lesbian or straight Fort Lauderdale has become a less costly version of South Beach. For year round residents at the beach there are a few drawbacks. Housing is mostly limited to high-rise condos, unless you move to Fort Lauderdale By-The-Sea. There is also the glaring lack of a convenient supermarket. You need to have a car to drive to inland locations. When last I checked there were plans to convert a building into a supermarket close to the beach. I don't know if these panned-out. Still, it's a hardship for seniors living in high-rise condos who no longer drive. They must either depend on the kindness of friends, neighbors, and relatives who drive or call a taxi to go grocery shopping. -- ________ To email me, Edit "xt" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 |
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Quiet places to live in Florida
Can't get much quieter than the Englewood Area which encompases Gulf
Cove, South Gulf Cove, Gardens of Gulf Cove, East Englewood, Old Englewood, North Englewood, Manasota Beach, Boca Grande and Palm Islands, Cape Haze, Rotonda, and Grove City. Check out the area. Venice, Port Charlotte, and North Port aren't bad either. Nothing like the East Coast (yet). |
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