Can someone break down the following for me? (Orlando, Plantation: work, mobile home)

[babylegs]

The differences in living between the following:

Leesburg
Altamonte Springs
Orlando
Kissimmee

and also if you could live anywhere in Orlando with money at your leisure where would you live and why?
Thanks in advance
Joanne

[Prichard]

You could ask 100 Central Floridians that same question and get 100 completely different responses. Here's a few highlights from my perspective:

Leesburg - too difficult to commute to Orlando for work. Up the road are "The Villages" - retirement mecca. Old Leesburg is about the same as it was 30 years ago - got passed up in all of the activity around The Villages and the Mt. Dora area. There are some unattractive areas in Leesburg that I wouldn't want to live near. Also, some quaint old neighborhoods.

Altamonte Springs - Middle Class residential area about 10 miles north of Downtown Orlando. Heavy commercial - big mall; many strip malls; 436 is very traffic heavy. Many 3/2 homes built in the 1970's. Some Poulty type neighborhoods built in the '90's.

Orlando - The heart of Central Florida. Basically two large economic regions - Downtown and the Tourist District to the south. Public schools are not that great. There are some very nice older neighborhoods in and around Orlando. The only substantial new neighborhood is Baldwin Park. Baldwin Park has its own downtown and economic center - also near some pretty rough older neighborhoods along Old Cheney. Also has a very active municipal airport.


Kissimmee - former cattle town turned into middle class house farms. Cheaper touristy areas along Irlo Bronson Highway. Nice downtown. Home to Disney's Celebration.

also if you could live anywhere in Orlando with money at your leisure where would you live and why?

Hey, if you're giving me a blank check, I'd probably live in one of the following Neighborhoods:

Old Winter Park on the south side of Lake Maitland
Isleworth
Windermere
Alaqua
Magnolia Plantation (or one of the nicer subdivisions off of Markam Woods Rd)
Mt. Dora or Howey in the Hills on one of the lakes.

[FL_TN_Nana]

Originally Posted by babylegs

The differences in living between the following:

Leesburg
Altamonte Springs
Orlando
Kissimmee

and also if you could live anywhere in Orlando with money at your leisure where would you live and why?
Thanks in advance
Joanne

Leesburg -- not well kept; Clermont outgrew Leesburg and is now the largest city in Lake County
Altamonte Springs - tooooooo busy
Kissimmee - ?
Orlando - Growth out of control - but I'd prefer the east side

If money was no object: Around Lake Pickett with acreage (it's more in the country with breathing space)-- or an older large home with big trees in Belle Isle on Lake Conway (nice area, refined, but somehow not at snooty as some of the newer upscale developments)

[babylegs]

hey thanks!
sounds like I might like Altamonte Springs seeing that I am a city girl!
Ahhh a blank cheque would be nice wouldnt it Prichard!

[Keikis]

Prichard, thanks for the suggestions on good residential areas. We're heading down in several weeks and will check them out.

[skrappile]

Babylegs - College Park and Winter Park for young, single people or young couple. Maybe Maitland.

[christa17]

Bowen family homes +gang involvment stay away from anywhere they build .They bring many mexican migrantes whom are assocatied with sur,ms13,14 and neta

[HawgKlr]

Saying Leesburg has been "passed over" is exactly why I WOULD buy there...There! Clermont? Altamonte Springs? Mt. Dora? Dear God Kissimmee!!??

[Prichard]

Saying Leesburg has been "passed over" is exactly why I WOULD buy there...

It didn't get passed over in a good way. Leesburg has some slum areas that aren't very good, and some old mobile home parks. There are other places that have gotten "passed over" in better ways than Leesburg. But, if you're looking for a cheaper older home, don't have to worry about sending kids to school, and not too concerned about crime, then Leesburg might be a good choice.

[menglin]

I live out by UCF and I love the Oviedo area.