[TatersFan]

And Dade City...

[gypsychic]

Originally Posted by TatersFan

And Dade City...

Yes, Dade City is beautiful. For years, the realtors there liked to tout it as looking like North Carolina, and it kinda does - no mountains of course, but more the rolling land of the center of NC. It definitely does NOT look like Florida, and gets several degrees cooler there than Tampa, even though it is only 35 miles north. If one wants to live in the "country" without being too far out, it is a pretty nice place to live. We lived there for 10 years, and I finally got tired of having to drive more than a few miles for stuff, so we moved, but I still think it's one of the most beautiful areas of Florida for not being near the beach.

[Gon'Fishing]

I like Sebring and the Lake Placid area. But it's not in N Florida by any means. I would go with Chipley, like mentioned above.

[patticaryl]

What about Crestview? It's inland a bit, yet can get to the beach easily, has low housing costs, larger cities are available close by for shopping and medical facilities.

[Gon'Fishing]

Yes, I have heard good things about Crestview too!

[beachmouse]

Crestview has positioned itself to be entirely consumed by urban sprawl. If you go back a couple of years, the number of approved homesites in new subdivisions on the outskirts of town and in the county is in the five figures. Ten years from now, there could easily be nothing small town about it left, and I've known a number of people who moved out of there for Baker or Laurel Hill because it was already losing its small town charm and headed in the wrong direction in their eyes.

[Gon'Fishing]

Oh wow, that stinks to hear!

[Strel]

Originally Posted by TriMT7

Hello, I've been tasked with an assignment for a friend. Because there is no "Panhandle" portion of the forum, I thought I would ask here.

A friend of mine has parents that are currently looking to move from the Treasure Coast to somewhere with cooler (not cold) winter weather. This friend does not want her parents moving to East Boondocks, TN, where her parents are currently looking, however, because it is a 16 hour drive to visit, and she plans on having kids soon and wants to be in drivable distance to visit.

The goal is thus to find a place in North Florida. A 2/2 at the minimum, single family home, country setting. It doesn't have to be TOO close to civilization, but maybe within a 2 hour drive to Tallahassee or Pensacola, or somewhere else with a VA Hospital.

Country setting is important. They have nostalgia for the country life. Think Eastern TN in the panhandle.... they want to be far from any ghettos and associated crime, however.

Anything or any options in the sub-70k range? The more North in Florida (possibly inching into S. Georgia, but not ideal), the better, winter weather wise. Also, HILLS (I know there are hills in the panhandle) are desired. Amenities not really that important. I'm sure a Wal-Mart would be enough.


I've been looking at the maps and note lots of little towns throughout the panhandle, but am scared and skeptical when I come across cheap cheap homes.

Thanks!

You can have all that and be inside the northern city limits of Tallahassee, or only a few miles outside of it. In fact, we have a brand new Wal-Mart here in Tallahassee North - but it is still mainly hills and trees!