Rural/exburban Florida—what is the draw?

[Anonymous]

It’s not anywhere near DC.

[Anonymous]

Can you name a town or post a link of a house?

[Anonymous]

OP, where specifically are you looking? Do you know the parts of Florida that you're looking at?

[Anonymous]

there is no draw if you have any resemblance of a brain. It's cheap and in the middle of nowhere. It takes a very special person to want to live in central florida.

[Anonymous]

Speculation.

[Anonymous]

Central Florida is having a huge equestrian boom, due to several new equestrian show grounds being built in recent years.

[Anonymous]

Nothing, it’s about price. That’s literally the only factor when you see people forced further and further out from metros. It’s naturally where everyone priced out of Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville are now moving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing, it’s about price. That’s literally the only factor when you see people forced further and further out from metros. It’s naturally where everyone priced out of Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville are now moving.

Good lord imagine being priced out of Jacksonville.

[Anonymous]

Some posters obviously have no idea what they're talking about. It's not about horses, retirees, or poor people.

Central Florida is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. This is has been going on since prior to the pandemic then got an extra boom during the pandemic. Lots of young professionals (both singles and families) are moving there. Areas that used to be LMC/MC are now becoming UMC. Lots of UC areas too.

Some of these pp's clearly have an agenda against Florida for going red and voting in Trump and DeSantis. You're entitled to hate the politicians, but you're not entitled to make up your own facts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some posters obviously have no idea what they're talking about. It's not about horses, retirees, or poor people.

Central Florida is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. This is has been going on since prior to the pandemic then got an extra boom during the pandemic. Lots of young professionals (both singles and families) are moving there. Areas that used to be LMC/MC are now becoming UMC. Lots of UC areas too.

Some of these pp's clearly have an agenda against Florida for going red and voting in Trump and DeSantis. You're entitled to hate the politicians, but you're not entitled to make up your own facts.

Right but people don’t just wake up one day and decide to move to a rural area with limited job opportunities. That’s a different draw than say, Wesley Chapel or Oviedo that have the benefit of being accessible to a major city but also space, good schools, good weather. The reason exurbs are rapidly growing is because the cities are rapidly growing. OP said exurbs but given the “no industry” comment I think they meant more rural places, something like N. Central Florida between Gainesville and the Georgia line. I can’t imagine the draw to that kind of place unless you want a rural lifestyle with a bunch of land. It probably is horsey people and possibly retirees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing, it’s about price. That’s literally the only factor when you see people forced further and further out from metros. It’s naturally where everyone priced out of Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville are now moving.

Good lord imagine being priced out of Jacksonville.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some posters obviously have no idea what they're talking about. It's not about horses, retirees, or poor people.

Central Florida is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. This is has been going on since prior to the pandemic then got an extra boom during the pandemic. Lots of young professionals (both singles and families) are moving there. Areas that used to be LMC/MC are now becoming UMC. Lots of UC areas too.

Some of these pp's clearly have an agenda against Florida for going red and voting in Trump and DeSantis. You're entitled to hate the politicians, but you're not entitled to make up your own facts.

Right but people don’t just wake up one day and decide to move to a rural area with limited job opportunities. That’s a different draw than say, Wesley Chapel or Oviedo that have the benefit of being accessible to a major city but also space, good schools, good weather. The reason exurbs are rapidly growing is because the cities are rapidly growing. OP said exurbs but given the “no industry” comment I think they meant more rural places, something like N. Central Florida between Gainesville and the Georgia line. I can’t imagine the draw to that kind of place unless you want a rural lifestyle with a bunch of land. It probably is horsey people and possibly retirees.

I’m from the “Nature Coast” (called that because it’s only salient feature are the natural swamps, marshes, and scrub). Few beaches because of the wetlands. Little industry, schools are pretty limited but generally safe. Went there with my spouse and they thought they were on another planet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some posters obviously have no idea what they're talking about. It's not about horses, retirees, or poor people.

Central Florida is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. This is has been going on since prior to the pandemic then got an extra boom during the pandemic. Lots of young professionals (both singles and families) are moving there. Areas that used to be LMC/MC are now becoming UMC. Lots of UC areas too.

Some of these pp's clearly have an agenda against Florida for going red and voting in Trump and DeSantis. You're entitled to hate the politicians, but you're not entitled to make up your own facts.

I live in Florida, and asked if OP meant horse country. The places where young people are moving aren't rural. Sort of by definition, there aren't a lot of job opportunities in the rural parts of the state. We do have agricultural areas, and horsey areas, that are away from the coasts. We also have cities, like Orlando, that are growing and full of opportunity - but I don't think OP is asking about Orlando.

That's why I asked OP where in particular she is thinking of. Because you're looking at a different thing if someone is moving to the Villages, than if they are moving to a rural part of Ocala, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some posters obviously have no idea what they're talking about. It's not about horses, retirees, or poor people.

Central Florida is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. This is has been going on since prior to the pandemic then got an extra boom during the pandemic. Lots of young professionals (both singles and families) are moving there. Areas that used to be LMC/MC are now becoming UMC. Lots of UC areas too.

Some of these pp's clearly have an agenda against Florida for going red and voting in Trump and DeSantis. You're entitled to hate the politicians, but you're not entitled to make up your own facts.

This thread isn’t about “central Florida.” It’s about “rural/exurban Florida,” as you may be able to tell from the title.

OP, we have friends who moved to Ocala and I have NO IDEA what the draw is. He commutes to Disney from there, FFS.

[Anonymous]

Ron DeSantis is the draw.