Rural/exburban Florida—what is the draw?

[Anonymous]

Home prices remain through the roof in very nondescript parts of Florida. What is the draw? Is it the weather?

[Anonymous]

No state taxes
Weather / easy beach access
Some Florida school districts and communities can be very nice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No state taxes
Weather / easy beach access
Some Florida school districts and communities can be very nice

OP here. I’m talking about in mostly landlocked areas with no industry

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No state taxes
Weather / easy beach access
Some Florida school districts and communities can be very nice

OP here. I’m talking about in mostly landlocked areas with no industry

You mean in the horsey parts of the state? Or where specifically are you thinking of?

[Anonymous]

You can shoot stuff riding on your ATV and no one is the wiser.

[Anonymous]

You need places to run down the highway naked while on meth while carrying both a gator and a python.

[Anonymous]

Freedom

[Anonymous]

Post some example listings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need places to run down the highway naked while on meth while carrying both a gator and a python.

+1. Florida Man has gotta lay his head somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No state taxes
Weather / easy beach access
Some Florida school districts and communities can be very nice

OP here. I’m talking about in mostly landlocked areas with no industry

Are you just looking at the house square footage and ignoring that the listing in rural areas includes tons of acreage?

[Anonymous]

Gators!!

[Anonymous]

They can get a brand new big house hgtv style for cheap with good schools

[Anonymous]

This sounds wrong. Housing in rural Florida is incredibly cheap compared to even the exurbs in the DMV. Even non-rural Florida, in places like Gainesville, Tampa, Cape Canaveral can be less expensive than comparable neighborhoods in this area. Sure, you will pay more for square footage, proximity to beaches and nice downtowns, and better schools, but it's all still less expensive than the DMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They can get a brand new big house hgtv style for cheap with good schools

“Good schools” for Florida

[Anonymous]

I'd imagine that people who want a lot of land, perhaps even a farm, plus Florida weather and no state income tax would like the rural areas. The exurbs are a draw for the same reason anyone moves to any exurb...good schools, decent amount of space, lower than close-in prices.