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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please no political posts.

Our kids are all grown so schools are not a consideration.   We'd love to live within walking distance of an area with shops and restaurants.  [b] We'd also prefer to stay under $600k for a single family house.[/b]  We like the outdoors-especially hiking trails.

Does anyone here have experience living in either area and have recommendations for specific neighborhoods?   If you had to choose, which would you choose?   Staying in this area (near DC) is not an option.   Thank you![/quote]

Nearly moved to Pensacola, Florida about 7 years ago. Found my dream lot, but the asking price for the waterfront lot ( over 300 feet of waterfront on the bay, level 1.17 acres on 18th hole of Pensacola Country Club) was $570,000, but sold for less, and lots with homes sell for close to $2 million so not within your budget. The few other desirable lots in Pensacola that I found--again about 7 or 8 years ago--sold for about $1 million or more and were smaller, but oceanfront or second tier lots.

Pensacola is a very religious community. The white sand beaches are, arguably, the most beautiful in the country.

I love the South, but would be reluctant to move to Memphis, Tennessee due to the frequent & random violent crime. FBI stats almost always show Memphis as among the three or four most violent crime ridden areas of the country. With a budget limit of $600,000, you are not going to be able to avoid violent crime in Memphis.[/quote]

I'd move to Pensacola for the beaches alone. So, so beautiful.[/quote]

Agree.

The lot that I tried to buy for $570,000 was a steal (was already under contract for $500,000 when I offered), but that was in a slow real estate market. Non-waterfront lots in the Pensacola Country Club sell for less.

Oceanfront lots (one-third of an acre) in South Florida (Naples) were asking $15 million (two adjacent lots were available at that time).[/quote]

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