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11-08-2008, 07:29 AM
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Winter Haven is a beautiful little town, it was established as a winter resort way back in the day. People who bash it usually do not even live there, or just prefer a "big city" type of urban lifestyle, and Winter Haven is small. You must take all posts, pro and con, with a grain of salt here.
Please visit the area and make your own determination. I haven't lived there but visited many times and am really impressed with the beauty and nice downtown despite it's small size. There are some GREAT deals there for homes right now, too. Not sure if you have already looked at the Chamber of Commerce site, but this gives some more info and photos:
http://winterhavenfl.com/
They are soon to begin building the new CSX facility in Winter Haven also, which is ultimately going to create thousands of decent jobs. It is going to be a great place to be, IMO.
Good luck!
Last edited by gypsychic; 11-08-2008 at 07:42 AM..
Reason: Added more info
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11-08-2008, 07:32 AM
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Pendulous Member
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Location: Exit 14C
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Originally Posted by DailyJournalist
Polk County is just not known for being the best place to live.
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It was recently known to some folks as one of the best places to live: Lakeland travel guide
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11-08-2008, 07:35 AM
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Been breezy and cooler, finally!
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I agree Gypsy... Winter Haven is NOT a bad place, I went there a lot when I lived in Lake Wales. I thought it was a great place, so was Lake Wales.
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Originally Posted by gypsychic
Winter Haven is a beautiful little town, it was established as a winter resort way back in the day. People who bash it usually do not even live there, or just prefer a "big city" type of urban lifestyle, and Winter Haven is small. You must take all posts, pro and con, with a grain of salt here.
Please visit the area and make your own determination. I haven't lived there but visited many times and am really impressed with the beauty and nice downtown despite it's small size. There are some GREAT deals there for homes right now, too.
Good luck!
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11-08-2008, 12:43 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by Tungsten_Udder
It was recently known to some folks as one of the best places to live: Lakeland travel guide
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Excerpt from link : Recognized nationally by Money Magazine as the 10th "Best Place to Live in America" for 1998, for medium-sized cities in the south, Lakeland offers its residents an exceptional quality of life.
We are NOT in 1998. |
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11-08-2008, 01:03 PM
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Location: London UK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gypsychic
Winter Haven is a beautiful little town, it was established as a winter resort way back in the day. People who bash it usually do not even live there, or just prefer a "big city" type of urban lifestyle, and Winter Haven is small. You must take all posts, pro and con, with a grain of salt here.
Please visit the area and make your own determination. I haven't lived there but visited many times and am really impressed with the beauty and nice downtown despite it's small size. There are some GREAT deals there for homes right now, too. Not sure if you have already looked at the Chamber of Commerce site, but this gives some more info and photos:
Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce
They are soon to begin building the new CSX facility in Winter Haven also, which is ultimately going to create thousands of decent jobs. It is going to be a great place to be, IMO.
Good luck! |
That's really useful, thanks gypsychic! I'll definatly take a look at the website, cheers!
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11-08-2008, 01:07 PM
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Been breezy and cooler, finally!
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Estero, Floriduh
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Good call Lakeland yankee.... 
A LOT has changed everywhere since 1998, it's pretty dumb using something from 10 YEARS BACK!!! Get better reasearch, you should have come up with something better than that, keep looking though we are waiting...LOL. Cape Coral was the fastest growing city in the US in 2005, now look at it there....... 
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Originally Posted by Lakeland Yankee
Excerpt from link : Recognized nationally by Money Magazine as the 10th "Best Place to Live in America" for 1998, for medium-sized cities in the south, Lakeland offers its residents an exceptional quality of life.
We are NOT in 1998.
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11-08-2008, 01:08 PM
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Been breezy and cooler, finally!
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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Now we wait for a 12 page essay on what we said was wrong...
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11-08-2008, 06:20 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by Pizza Hun
I've got to say Winterhaven is an area I've been looking at but it's somewhere that lots of people give a bad rep. Who do you believe?
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Winter Haven is mainly geared for the retired 55+ crowd even moreso than Lakeland. I do LOVE the beautiful well maintained parks and the many lakes (many more than Lakeland) there though. 
Lake Wales: Lake Wales Chamber of Commerce Home Page and north Auburndale: Auburndale, Florida Chamber-Mainstreet are much better towns in Polk County imho.
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Originally Posted by ChrisA70
Now we wait for a 12 page essay on what we said was wrong...
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11-08-2008, 06:41 PM
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Not Marion County. They don't like us "internet folk" up there...
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11-09-2008, 07:23 AM
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