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Best places to live in Florida?
Hello everyone,
I'm looking for a great place in Florida. I've never been to Florida, but I'm planning a trip in the summer, and if we like it we want to spend a larger part of the year there in the future. I know, we'll have to get first-hand views, but since we can only visit so many places during our holiday stay, we have to make a pre-selection. We're looking for: - A nice low-rise neighborhood - Close to a great beach not spoilt by high-rises - Not too far away from a city in the area - Warm weather year around Some favorites: Sarasota area, Ft. Myers area, Sanibel & Captiva, Naples area. Naples sounds great to me, but I'm not sure if it's good for a young couple/family? Sarasota must be a bit "younger", but not sure if there are nice beaches there? I think the Miami area would have the advantage that the ocean temperature is a bit higher in the winter and spring and of course that a large city is not too far away. However, I don't know if there are nice neighborhoods or if it's just one stretch of skyscrapers? :-) Many questions...would be grateful for any comments!! Best regards Holger |
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"Homer321" wrote...
I'm looking for a great place in Florida. I've never been to Florida, but I'm planning a trip in the summer, and if we like it we want to spend a larger part of the year there in the future. I know, we'll have to get first-hand views, but since we can only visit so many places during our holiday stay, we have to make a pre-selection. Have you considered the Florida panhandle coast between Ft.Walton Beach and Apalachicola... unspoiled sugar white sand beaches, few high rises other than the occasional resorts, plenty of state parks, and more reasonably priced than the rest of Florida. |
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They are all gone :-(
"Homer321" wrote in message lkabouttravelling.com... Hello everyone, I'm looking for a great place in Florida. I've never been to Florida, but I'm planning a trip in the summer, and if we like it we want to spend a larger part of the year there in the future. I know, we'll have to get first-hand views, but since we can only visit so many places during our holiday stay, we have to make a pre-selection. We're looking for: - A nice low-rise neighborhood - Close to a great beach not spoilt by high-rises - Not too far away from a city in the area - Warm weather year around Some favorites: Sarasota area, Ft. Myers area, Sanibel & Captiva, Naples area. Naples sounds great to me, but I'm not sure if it's good for a young couple/family? Sarasota must be a bit "younger", but not sure if there are nice beaches there? I think the Miami area would have the advantage that the ocean temperature is a bit higher in the winter and spring and of course that a large city is not too far away. However, I don't know if there are nice neighborhoods or if it's just one stretch of skyscrapers? :-) Many questions...would be grateful for any comments!! Best regards Holger |
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Some favorites: Sarasota area,
Sarasota had many more (relative) high-rises last year than it had when I was there before, several years ago. And it looked like several more were under construction. Ft. Myers area, Sanibel & Captiva, Naples area. Excellent choices all. So's the Panhandle, as someone else said. |
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"Nile" wrote in message ... Some favorites: Sarasota area, Sarasota had many more (relative) high-rises last year than it had when I was there before, several years ago. And it looked like several more were under construction. Ft. Myers area, Sanibel & Captiva, Naples area. Excellent Just curious which places mentioned are less susceptible to hurricanes, or are they all equally susceptible? |
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All of the coast of FL is equal when it comes to Hurricaines.
Traditionally the east coast gets hit more than the west, but, last season played havoc on the gulf coast too. Check out Venice. Nice little town between Port Charlotte and Sarasota. Affordable housing (at the moment anyway) with nice beach. I live in this area. Shelly in FL |
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"Tim923" wrote in message ... - Close to a great beach not spoilt by high-rises I've visited the Gulf Coast several times. A beach just doesn't seem like a complete beach to me without waves. That doesn't seem to bother many though. Many would probably agree with you. Just as an example, if you look at Cancun, the hotels on the Gulf side are less desirable than the ones on the Caribbean side. Though the Gulf waters are calmer, most people just prefer the waves and the astonishing colors of the Caribbean waters. |
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Many would probably agree with you. Just as an example, if you look at
Cancun, the hotels on the Gulf side are less desirable than the ones on the Caribbean side. Though the Gulf waters are calmer, most people just prefer the waves and the astonishing colors of the Caribbean waters. I'm in Brevard County, FL, and we have waves! They aren't huge surfer's waves, but good enough. |
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punk-tilous wrote:
Just curious which places mentioned are less susceptible to hurricanes, or are they all equally susceptible? Well, uh, if you look at the path of ALL the hurricanes for last year that went through or touched Florida, you will find that almost all of them went through counties that voted Republican. Soooo - you might want to consider a predominately Democratic county . |
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"Paul E. Lehmann" wrote in message ... punk-tilous wrote: Just curious which places mentioned are less susceptible to hurricanes, or are they all equally susceptible? Well, uh, if you look at the path of ALL the hurricanes for last year that went through or touched Florida, you will find that almost all of them went through counties that voted Republican. Soooo - you might want to consider a predominately Democratic county . To say that hurricanes are democrats may not be that outlandish, considering that the new chairman of the DNC can be quite a hurricane when he gets excited, as evidenced by that speech during the Democratic Presidential Campaign. |
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