Need suggestions for SW Florida (Tampa: high crime, living in, to move)

[popwar]

I have researched some of the small towns in the circled area and havent found much besides high crime and low employment. Im planning to move here by next year and I chose this area because its away from the Tampa traffic (I think) , and a little better chance of absolutely no snow. I dont want to see snow and looking for high 70s and 80s in the winter months.

Im a 28 yo guy and single , love hiking and the outdoors . Not so much into night life . No kids.

[MortonR]

That's because the area you have circled is pretty much rural and doesn't have a lot of people living in it. Where there are towns there will be crime, so due to the lack of population in general it skews the numbers to make it appear that the are his crime ridden. It's not.

Outside of the Panhandle, there's little to nothing in this part of Florida besides cattle ranches and phosphate mines.

RM

[popwar]

What about closer to the cities on the coast

[engineman]

Part of that area is Indian Reservation. You want to be near the coast.