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Old 03-18-2016, 03:34 PM
 
Location: Amherst, MA
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I have lived in Melbourne, Fort Myers, Winter Park, Vero Beach, Bradenton. We are looking to move back to FL in 1-2 years and buy a house, yeah finally settle down in 1 state... I am really interested in Spring Hill or in that area. How is is there compared to my many other places I lived?
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Old 03-18-2016, 04:03 PM
 
Location: St Petersburg, FL
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Do not move there. The area used to be a nice small southern town, now 100,000 people live there. The developers built Spring Hill up these past 20 years, and it lost all its southern roots and feels like a northern town now. I'd move to Cheifland a hour north. It's like what Spring Hill used to be.

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Old 03-18-2016, 04:06 PM
 
Location: St Petersburg, FL
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I live in St Pete now and want the heck out of here too. Feels like a northern town. It don't have the southern culture I grew up with.
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Old 03-18-2016, 04:06 PM
 
Location: Spring Hill Florida
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I have lived in Melbourne, Fort Myers, Winter Park, Vero Beach, Bradenton. We are looking to move back to FL in 1-2 years and buy a house, yeah finally settle down in 1 state... I am really interested in Spring Hill or in that area. How is is there compared to my many other places I lived?
The Spring Hill area keeps growing. So much new retail and restaurants in the past few years, Houses are still fairly cheap, property taxes will be less than Winter Park. It is getting crowded here. We have about 100k people here now. Its easy to get to Tampa on US 441 or the Suncoast/Veterans expressway and Clearwater is a straight shot down US 19 or Alt 19. I cant think of anything in the other areas listed that cant be found around here. I couldnt tell you how it will be in 2 years in the real estate world. Could go one way or the other.
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Old 03-18-2016, 04:10 PM
 
Location: Spring Hill Florida
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Do not move there. The area used to be a nice small southern town, now 100,000 people live there. The developers built Sprig Hill up these past 20 years, and it lost all its southern roots and feels like a northern town now. I'd move to Cheifland a hour north. It's like what Spring Hill used to be.
I would agree with you that there is nothing southern about Spring Hill. Up in Citrus county its still pretty much undeveloped and still has that old FL feeling. Spring Hill is best suited to NE transplants.
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Old 03-18-2016, 04:47 PM
 
Location: Amherst, MA
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Well Cape Coral has 154K people and I liked it there, 100K is about close. I'll be a returning NE transplant, 18 years in FL(1994-2012, what am I considered, lol? Houses are very reasonable, and taxes are really low. Come buy a house in MA, taxes are average $3700-$4500 yearly. I'm good with taxachusetts.

I doubt it will be 2 years, if I had it my way it will be before next winter....
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Old 03-18-2016, 04:49 PM
 
Location: Amherst, MA
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I would agree with you that there is nothing southern about Spring Hill. Up in Citrus county its still pretty much undeveloped and still has that old FL feeling. Spring Hill is best suited to NE transplants.
I landed in Inverness in 1994 when I first went to FL. I loved it there, rural is great.
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Old 03-18-2016, 04:51 PM
 
Location: Spring Hill Florida
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I landed in Inverness in 1994 when I first went to FL. I loved it there, rural is great.
Inverness probable hasnt changed too much since then.
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Old 03-18-2016, 04:54 PM
 
Location: Amherst, MA
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Inverness probable hasnt changed too much since then.
Except back then there was nothing there. I have to be close to an area with apartment communities, since that's what I work in.
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Old 03-18-2016, 04:58 PM
 
Location: Spring Hill Florida
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Except back then there was nothing there. I have to be close to an area with apartment communities, since that's what I work in.
I understand your need. U could live there and work in SH.
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