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Originally Posted by jrdonn
We want to be closer to Siesta Key beach, or any beautiful beach on the Gulf side of the state.
Has anyone recently move to TV from that area, (Sarasota and surrounding areas)?
We would like to be able to drive to the beach in 10 or 15 minutes.
I realize that I cannot afford to live very close to the beaches, but where would affordable housing for a younger person (47 years old) be? We like to have families and kids in the neighborhood.
I like the shopping close to us and activities in the area that is geared more towards younger people.
I think TVs is beautiful and great, but it’s way too soon for us to live here.
Thank you in advance for any input on the Sarasota area.
P.S. Spring Hill looks like an affordable area, but from what I have read the beaches are not very user friendly.
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Be sure to check out Englewood and especially Charlotte Harbor. You will get a Premiere style home, solidly built for less than a designer here. Great family area. PC has its own small beach and twin city Punta gorda has a good beach at the end of Marion Street. Excellent boating. We drove to Sarasota in half an hour. Additionally Fort Myers to the south is just a little farther so it puts you in the center of reaching both within an hour and both have airports. PC also has an airport, a fairly new one. I lived on Siesta Key but it got way to overcrowded so we moved to Port Charlotte before coming here. I miss the boating and sand but hopefully the activities here will make up for that. Eg. You can get a 2400-2700 sf home, on canal, with pool, trey ceilings, granite, all tile for $250...older ones are less. Their market had not yet totally recovered.