Move to Port St Lucie, FL (Miami, Boca Raton: rental, crime rate, houses)

[alsidw]

I will have to move closer to family that live in the Palm Beach area and they think PSL is a good buy as we will be retired on a small budget. Now I don't know after reading the posts.

[Lilybeans]

Look at Martin County. Good buys are available.

[FlaLadyB]

Hey 2goldens!!

If you are a "city person" and realllllly want to be able to go to Miami - that's really a HAUL. By the time you get there from here you will be exhausted from driving once you hit the West Palm Beach area and south. Even more so from Lauderdale going south.

Plenty to do in West Palm that is not that far away for a night or weekend out and night life. From PGA Blvd to City Place should more than fill the bill for you.

Tradition is where I live as well and there are lots of single people living here. Instant access to I95 so you can hit WPB easily. Things going on here all the time. I find it a great place to live and enjoy it.

[Latineducator]

Hi, I am a single lady in my early 60's, and thinking to move to a gated community where they have many activities in Port St. Lucie. Is that a good idea? Are there plenty of amenities in PSL? Shopping, hospitals, walmarts, entertainment? Latineducator

[aridon]

Originally Posted by Latineducator

Hi, I am a single lady in my early 60's, and thinking to move to a gated community where they have many activities in Port St. Lucie. Is that a good idea? Are there plenty of amenities in PSL? Shopping, hospitals, walmarts, entertainment? Latineducator

Sure. It's a nice fit for that. Look in saint Lucie West.

[PSLCarPool]

Originally Posted by Latineducator

Hi, I am a single lady in my early 60's, and thinking to move to a gated community where they have many activities in Port St. Lucie. Is that a good idea? Are there plenty of amenities in PSL? Shopping, hospitals, walmarts, entertainment? Latineducator

Sounds like Tradition or St. Lucie West would be a good fit for you. It has all of this things you mentioned in close proximity.

Here is a good guide of the City if you would like to research more.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Port_St._Lucie

[FlaLadyB]

St Lucie West and Tradition, as other said, are good choices. Shopping, restaurants, movies, Walmart, Sams Club, etc. are right here.

Easy access to everything and the communities available are great for a single women. Easier to make friends to have things to do with.

[SabrinaAlexanderKW]

If I was single and no kids and my work was in Port Saint Lucie, I would live on Hutchison Island. Good restaurants and bars, the beach, lots of live band, near the fresh market, downtown fort pierce has a lot to offer and the crowd is never really old, lots of young professionals. And that area is going to keep getting better. It is not city life that's for sure but I think it's the next best thing and you don't have a 2, 3 hour drive everyday.

[FlaLadyB]

Hutchinson Island has lots of young professionals? Where? At the bars in Ft Pierce along Seaway on the weekends? Maybe at Archies? Certainly not in the condos. If you work in PSL that would mean a drive out of here and through Ft Pierce to even get to Seaway.

Hutchinson from Jensen Beach- is all condos again.. and the public beach. Restaurants and bars? Few and far between. Bars and restaurants are on the mainland side and so is shopping.

oh... and if you even think about insurance costs, and Hurricanes, and Condo fees... you will stay on this side of the river.

and.. since the poster is in her early 60's I kind of doubt "young professionals" is who she is looking to find.

[QuilterChick]

^^^ So, what you're saying is you didn't like it. Gotch'ya. !