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Southwest Florida is a truly unique part of Florida. With beaches, harbors, canals and rivers, there is always some way to get to the water. Southwest Florida has a lot of waterways snaking in and around the landscape, whether it is the intercoastal waterway or the Myakka river! Here’s a guide that will help you determine what part of Southwest Florida is the place that you should call home based on your hobbies and what you’re looking for in the community.
If it’s beaches you want, then you’ll want to be in a city that has a beach or a place that is less than half an hour from a beach. These places would be Englewood, Sarasota, Osprey, Nokomis, Venice and North Port. Sarasota, Englewood and Venice have their own beautiful beaches that you can drive directly to, no boat required. Osprey, Nokomis and North Port are all cities that are less than half an hour’s drive from a beach, whether it is Englewood Beach or Venice Beach. If you truly want to be close to a beach, I would not recommend looking into Punta Gorda, as it’s a full hour’s drive to a public beach.
If saltwater fishing is your favorite thing to do, then Port Charlotte is the ideal city! Port Charlotte is home to Charlotte Harbor, which is a sheltered part of the Gulf. Because Charlotte Harbor is one of the few remaining natural estuaries in the state, the fishing here is second to none. Roland Martin himself has filmed his fishing show in these waters, due in part to the beautiful surrounding landscape, but mostly because of the phenomenal fishing! Other cities that are good for fishing are Englewood, Punta Gorda and Venice, but Port Charlotte is really prime. North Port and Punta Gorda both are within close driving distance to Port Charlotte.
If you just want to look at the water from your kitchen window, then you could live in any of these cities! Don’t think that you have to be near the coast of the Gulf to have a waterfront view; there are a lot of canals, rivers and man-made ponds in and around all the cities in Southwest Florida!
If you want a view of the Gulf from your kitchen window, then you’ll have to be in a city on the gulf itself such as Sarasota, Venice or Englewood. These cities have condos and homes to offer that are directly on the Gulf of Mexico.
If all you need is a dock or a boat ramp, you’re in luck. There are few places in Southwest Florida that you can go to escape docks and boat ramps! There are fishing and boating docks and boat launch ramps within 10 or 15 minutes of every place in Southwest Florida it seems. You can trailer your boat to a ramp and be in the gulf in no time!
Southwest Florida is a truly unique part of Florida. With beaches, harbors, canals and rivers, there is always some way to get to the water. Southwest Florida has a lot of waterways snaking in and around the landscape, whether it is the intercoastal waterway or the Myakka river! Here’s a guide that will help you determine what part of Southwest Florida is the place that you should call home based on your hobbies and what you’re looking for in the community.
If it’s beaches you want, then you’ll want to be in a city that has a beach or a place that is less than half an hour from a beach. These places would be Englewood, Sarasota, Osprey, Nokomis, Venice and North Port. Sarasota, Englewood and Venice have their own beautiful beaches that you can drive directly to, no boat required. Osprey, Nokomis and North Port are all cities that are less than half an hour’s drive from a beach, whether it is Englewood Beach or Venice Beach. If you truly want to be close to a beach, I would not recommend looking into Punta Gorda, as it’s a full hour’s drive to a public beach.
If saltwater fishing is your favorite thing to do, then Port Charlotte is the ideal city! Port Charlotte is home to Charlotte Harbor, which is a sheltered part of the Gulf. Because Charlotte Harbor is one of the few remaining natural estuaries in the state, the fishing here is second to none. Roland Martin himself has filmed his fishing show in these waters, due in part to the beautiful surrounding landscape, but mostly because of the phenomenal fishing! Other cities that are good for fishing are Englewood, Punta Gorda and Venice, but Port Charlotte is really prime. North Port and Punta Gorda both are within close driving distance to Port Charlotte.
If you just want to look at the water from your kitchen window, then you could live in any of these cities! Don’t think that you have to be near the coast of the Gulf to have a waterfront view; there are a lot of canals, rivers and man-made ponds in and around all the cities in Southwest Florida!
If you want a view of the Gulf from your kitchen window, then you’ll have to be in a city on the gulf itself such as Sarasota, Venice or Englewood. These cities have condos and homes to offer that are directly on the Gulf of Mexico.
If all you need is a dock or a boat ramp, you’re in luck. There are few places in Southwest Florida that you can go to escape docks and boat ramps! There are fishing and boating docks and boat launch ramps within 10 or 15 minutes of every place in Southwest Florida it seems. You can trailer your boat to a ramp and be in the gulf in no time!
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SoFlGal, I have read your posts on the forum. Can you tell which RE company you work with?
AnnePosted 09-07-2008 at 07:27 AM by Anne1125
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I just noticed that you posted something on my blog
Anyway, I work for Re/Max Anchor in Port Charlotte.Posted 11-14-2008 at 07:45 PM by SoFLGal 
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great, informative post!Posted 06-09-2009 at 03:50 PM by poconoproud
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SoFlGal, I'm giving serious consideration to retiring in the not too distant future, May 2010 probably. I'd like to spend Jan - Apr in SW Fl, probably around the Venice area. I'm not a golf but I like the idea of a golf cart community were you can get around without a car (my 86 year olf Father lives with us). Something similar to the Villages but in a much better location. My wife and I are active, love to travel, like to walk, bike, swim, etc. Are there any communities in the Venice area that offer those type ammenities?Posted 08-23-2009 at 05:38 PM by JACQUESR
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question?
When I run mls searches they have active, active contigent, active contigent short sale, and pending. Obviously active and pending are self explanatory but what about the other two? Also when they figure out months worth of inventory do they count pending and contigent or only active listings vs latest month sales? Thank you in advancePosted 10-20-2009 at 02:39 PM by nhkev
