I just checked out the area via air B and B and craigslist, trulia, and realtor.com, it looks quite nice. I was also looking at places in Tennessee because we love the people there so much. For the same price you can get quite a larger home in TN. I guess it’s the price we pay to be by the beach, right?! Why do you like the gulf side better? Is it because the water is calmer? I’ve only ever experienced the Keys through tv and movies. It looks tropical like we like… as long as the mosquitoes aren’t as aggressive as here in all in. Haha
I assume no crocodiles in the beaches… we do see them here but very infrequently so they don’t bother us much. What life we are on, a constant journey searching for the perfect beach with the best falafel only to find out that it’s not the beach and the food that make the place cool, it’s the people.
Okay so we seem to find the people on gulf are so nice. It is pricey, obviously we're not living on the beach, lol Misquitoes aren't bad this year, they were horrible when we moved in 2017, we thought between Hurricane Irma and the Misquitoes we had made a huge mistake moving here :) Since then, it's been fine. No crocodiles here, only alligators, they're quite shy. None on the beach except in some state parks and natural areas. The keys are really beautiful. Lots of Key deer, iguanas and if you're into fishing...tons! People are important! we walk the beach every week and love it, but you're right, that's not all there is to life. Where we live it's all people like us, transplanted from somewhere else so everyone wants to make friends. Naples is definitely an older crowd, lol The Keys not so much. You definitely need to stop there some time, I think you would have fun Tennessee is really nice, we've camped and traveled through there a lot. We have friends who have cabins on Norris Lake, they love it! So many choices, I totally understand. We traveled for 3 years to decided where we would land. Not sure we'll stay here forever either! There's just too much to see and do! So glad you're able to explore this way!
That’s amazing! I like to hear you traveled for a few years before deciding where to park. It sounds like we’d like the gulf of Florida very much. We are very easy and like to do most of our socializing during the day so you get crowds don’t appeal to us anymore. Haha… I do like the sound of mosquitoes not being that bad though. It’s always a plus when you can watch a sunset in peace. Should our journey bring us over there you know who I’m calling for a fish fry bbq… it would be glorious :). Thanks for all of the input @birdsinparadise. It’s a good thing my home is always with @dandays or I’d be lost with all of these options. Haha