1 SWFL City Makes Travel + Leisure’s List Of Best Places To Live In Florida
When you think of how big the Sunshine State is, we’re pretty lucky here in SWFL to have a city make Travel + Leisure’s list of the best places to live in Florida.
I moved to Florida from the chilly Midwest back in 2018 and have never looked back. Growing up, it was always my dream to be a full-time Florida resident, after spending many many years on Clearwater Beach in our vacation home. It was always a great escape not only during the cold months of the year, but the summer too. Finally, I made that lifelong dream a reality coming first to Sarasota and since 2019, to Fort Myers.
There is just so much to offer here in the state of Florida and right here in Southwest Florida, that I now can’t imagine ever living anywhere else. What a great community, and of course gorgeous with our weather, beaches and endless palm trees. Well, speaking of Southwest Florida, there is one city that has made Travel + Leisure’s list of the best places to live in Florida.
1 SWFL City Makes Travel + Leisure’s List Of Best Places To Live In Florida
Above, I listed just a few reasons I love living in Florida, but the reasons people move to the state, or never leave, go well beyond that. There’s also the fact that there’s no state income tax so our paychecks are a little bigger, plus the lower than national average unemployment rate. For their list of the best places to live in Florida, they looked at housing data from Zillow, plus income, unemployment info and personal experience.
Here in Southwest Florida, Cape Coral came in at #8 on the list. Just in the last 5 years since I’ve been here, the city has grown exponentially. In the article, they mention the closeness to beaches and golf courses and the 400 miles of canals offering plenty when it comes to boating and fishing. They also mentioned the average home value, down from 4.7% compared to last year.
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