As a native Floridian don't move to Florida we're full. The mosquitoes are as big as birds the alligators will eat grandma's Yorkie for a snack and the hurricanes will either blow your house down or flood it because it was previously swampland. I could go on but the list would be 67 pages long of reasons not to move here.
I used to work for my county mosquito control in the vegetation division spraying weeds in ditches and county owned retention ponds. The gators are everywhere! They are definitely not endangered!
@@livefreedom1776 Converting flood plain, swamp land and marshland here has been going on for over 100 years. People move in without doing research and then complain when it floods.
Lots of rural area in Florida. Get off the interstates and drive the back roads. If someone is looking to homestead in Florida talk to someone who actually lives in Florida. This video has a few valid points but not many.
Ya, I've unfortunately found that a lot in this series. It's a lot of talking about stereotypes and generalities, and I don't feel like any significant research has been done into the actual reality of each state. I mean it's good to unsuspend the generalities, and stereotypes are there for a reason, but there's no reason to do this state by state thing if you aren't going to be looking at details and nuances.
I lived in FL 15 years, and I enjoy road trips. Even in the "crap hits the fan" scenarios, being in the country an hour outside the se coastal metropolitan area is hardly the same as being even 20-30 minutes outside Gainesville or Jacksonville.
Agreed. Lived here my whole life and the most populated areas mentioned are of course filled with lots of people because those are our major cities. TONS of rural, cheap land. Just an hour from Orlando you can find 1acre lots for ~$5k (of course it's completely off-grid) that are in the "no go" zone.
I'm in a very rural part of FL. Many miles from a large city, lots of cows, chickens, goats, row crops, etc. Forests and bears and rivers. Not very population-dense. The only real problem I have with homesteading in FL is the soil, but if you choose local-hardy plants it's doable. Sweet potatoes, mulberries, Seminole pumpkins, and cassava all go bonkers. Survival Gardener David the Good established himself in this region, and has written many books about growing here. Ignore concerns about hurricanes, they're the easiest natural disaster to prepare for. You can see them coming a week away! Two weeks of food and water, generator with gas, you're golden.
I think that's becoming the norm everywhere. Florida homeowner's insurance is becoming unaffordable for sure. This is probably how they will push people out of their homes, where we will own nothing and be happy.
Being in SW Florida I can tell you that the advantage of being able to produce a lot of food all year long on small parcels of land (if you choose the right things) does outweigh partially the disadvantages you accurately address. The problem with north and even central Florida is you get severe frosts that limit what you can do with certain extremely productive permaculture crops.
Native Floridian here. Auto insurance is outrageous here. Most areas are not homesteading friendly because of county ordinances. Rooster bans, limits on numbers of hens, and a ban on selling eggs are some things that people need to realize here. Gainesville/Alachua county and surrounding areas : pretty area, but urban sprawl and high property taxes are a problem. You need to own more than 5 acres to avoid chicken restrictions. Panhandle: lots of military activities are a negative. It looks like there is a lot of untouched land there because of military bases and state parks. There are a few nice areas with good soil, but most areas have poor soil and prone to flooding. Peninsula: ability to grow tropical fruit trees and an extended growing season are the only advantages. The poor soil quality makes it difficult to grow a garden without more money for soil amendments and a lot more physical labor dealing with the weeds, insects and plant diseases. Many areas have bans or restrictions on chickens, gardens, etc.
I retired in Lake County, FL (west of Orlando) 18 years ago from California, and the TRAFFIC IS TERRIBLE - WORSE THAN CALIFORNIA WHERE I CAME FROM. The cities keep annexing land for high density developments but can't expand the roads due to all the lakes and cost of buying right of way. So it is GRIDLOCK everywhere. Don't move here. Commuting is terrible. And the greedy city councils keep allowing high valuations to increase property taxes, and then the house insurance is terrible and is pricing people out of homes. Not financially feasible for retirees like me.
Yes…north of Orlando the cities are battling to see who can annex area first..for taxes! Totally uncontrolled growth..very heartbreaking. When you try to vote in someone with conservative values to stop it, the libs freak out. They don’t seem to get that the ones that’ll enact a organized manageable growth are conservatives. So yeah …there’s some with sun fried minds.
Native of 35 years, we live in west central in Crystal River. It was a great town growing up. But over the years and especially the last 5 they've pushed for the town to be a travel destination. We still have our small farms, woods. But it's getting crowded and the local government has sold out. We've built and are building a great homestead community
Can confirm. We're full. Prices are insane. Gainesville is developing like crazy. I was up there a year or so ago and didn't recognize the place. Panhandle has been getting more of the hurricanes for a while though.
I am visiting Orlando for training south of the main airport. I was talking to an older couple who were reminiscing about the area in the Nona Lake area being an Orange orchard only 10 years ago and there being only dirt roads along the area. Now it's a densely made city suburbia on the SE side of Orlando. Crazy. It's all of Florida. But Colorado/Denver is the same and I imagine many other big cities around the U.S.
I live in North Florida. I have traveled the whole state as an organic farm inspector. While the best climate for homesteading is Homestead, it’s too populated and too close to Miami. The best rural places are west of I-75, north of Ocala up to I-10 and the north Panhandle.
I live in north Florida near Gainesville. Our county has 1 traffic light. Yes, it is warm in the summer. But so is most of the nation. We are just warmer for a longer duration.
my 1 acre homestead is going up for sale in Naples next week. keep an eye out on zillow. 150+ tropical fruit trees, agricultural zoning, private well. lots of mangoes, figs and soon lots of very highly valued red custard apples. 600k.
You're wrong about the weather. I was born in SW Florida and living for 20 years, moved to Orlando and lived there for the last 25 years, and have owned a homestead in the panhandle (Jackson County) for the last 5 years. It is hotter and colder in the panhandle because it is less tempered due to a lack of surrounding water like you have around the peninsula. There is also a significant hurricane risk in the panhandle (Hurricane Michael, Opal and others). But I chose up there because of less population density and people are generally nicer. I rather be surrounded by a handful of country fold than hordes of New York transplants....just sayin.
Curtis, you need to understand that doing research into areas is vital to avoiding a future disaster. FDOT is talking about putting an expressway in Bay and Jackson counties (your ok area in the panhandle). Many properties on the market in those counties are in the proposed path of the expressway.
Hurricane Michael destroyed the Panhandle, the part of Florida this non-Floridian said is the best place to move because of less hurricanes. There are plenty rural areas here. Don't listen to anyone about a state that doesn't live there.
It only hit a small area as far as width but it did go all the way to the Alabama boder and beyond. I have a house an hour west of where it hit and we had NO damage. Even Panama City Beach didn't get hit that hard compared to the Panama City and Mexico Beach area. Don't listen to people that don't live in the area they talk about. lol
I generally like Curtis's content but this video really just seemed rushed and lacking in attention to detail. East of Tampa Hillsborough, Polk and Okeechobee Counties have a large amount of rural property as do counties south of there. They are rural to the point where they did not have [non satellite / dial up] Internet Service available until recently and some that may still not have high speed internet. That said, the population has been increasing but the places that are more rural are not the places people go to visit. The rural areas are in between of the places Curtis points out as examples of high population (which are the tourist areas). Also, the fact that the properties he did show were not locations that that he felt were suitable and blamed his team for not picking suitable properties was not only disconcerting but also came off as a product of his disdain for the potential of homesteading in Flordia rather than a conscientious and professional assessment.
Levy county has a lot of flood plain, even inland and the taxes are high. The properties with decent soil rarely go on the market and when they do they are very expensive.
@@mrpete9958 People always mention flood plain as a bad thing. I know of many farms on floodplains and I never hear complaints about them. Most people have done things to control the flow of the water on the land and it works great. I have flood plain land and it is fantastic. I can grow most things besides avocados because the saturation kills them. I grow citrus, bananas, bamboo shoots, and winter crops. I love it and it was super cheap because it is flood plain.
Levy has issues with contractors. Something with permits and such almost no one wants to work there. EXTREMELY difficult to find someone to do work. On the plus, lot o flood plain. Great for Chinampas. Plenty of dry areas in the north too.
I was just looking at property in Putnam County, Interlachen FL near Gainsville. But found out it had a gas line running through it. Lol Thanks for the insight, Curtis.
Agreed. The panhandle west of Appalachicola gets some of the state's worst hurricanes. The hits on Florida's Big Bend over the past two years are an anomaly. Gilchrist County, some 25 miles west of Gainesville, is becoming popular for homesteading -- all rural or very small towns, modest hurricane risk, lots of good agricultural land, low taxes, yet in easy reach of the superb healthcare available in Gainesville.
Great job with your assessment! I would agree with your choices. I am actually in the circle next to Gainesville FL. We're on 5 acres (2 acres are wooded), which is plenty for our small family to homestead. We're also next to 3 major springs, which provides incredible drinking water from our well. The weather is hot in the summer, but you can still grow things like Thai long beans, Malabar spinach, okra, peppers, cherry/Roma tomatoes, Seminole pumpkins, roselle, etc., and in the fall, winter, and spring, we can grow pretty much everything else. Lately, I've been focusing on foraging more, and in the summer, we have this plant called Bidens Alba (Spanish Needle) that is everywhere and very nutritional. So nutritional in fact, that in the 1950's it was recommended to be grown as a commercial crop because of its high nutritional value (equivalent to kale). That never happened, most likely because it grows so easily and it wouldn't be profitable, but it's certainly good to know. All in all, there are many great rural properties in FL, and you don't need mega acreage to grow food and raise some chickens.
As a Florida transplant since 2007 I can say that the weather in the panhandle is not as safe as the lower part of the state. They are more susceptible to hurricanes from big bend west
i live i FL and agree 100%. even if you live in a more rural part of florida,, a big city is relatively close (accept the panhandle). Just look back when the last few major hurricanes came through, people fled and packed all the major highways that leave florida clogging the highways
A friend of mine has 40 acres near Sunny Hills. I've betn trying to get him to start a farm. Has its own fresh water creek!, also, with a hunting lodge. Perfect to start a huge homestead off grid etc. Hopefully he'll see the light. This country isn't getting any better!
Very few people look at the best Florida area. I moved to the rural area that only has a 12.5% millage rate. I got 5 acres, 200-250ft above sea level, and my tax bill is $260/year. My car insurance is cheap. It is the most safe area from Hurricanes, from Miami to Houston.
My FULL coverage car insurance on my Beautiful Silverado is $110 per month. I can sit outside at nite and not see any mosquitoes. There are too many wasps, bees and ants. I got stuff for them. No CHEMTRAILS here.
The "Heartland" inland and between Okeechobee (S) and Bartow/Lake Wales(N) is actually very rural. Primarily Cattle/Citrus and the biggest cities are 25k of retirees. The problem with N FL is that you get all the negatives of FL - shitty soil, horrible bug/disease pressure, summers too hot to grow much - but you also get guaranteed freezes that can happen as late as early March so you can't even grow everything throughout the winter. I can grow tomatoes year round, Mangos, Bananas, everything. I'm 70 Miles from Orlando and 60 from Tampa. Closest "big" city is Lakeland at around 100k people 35 miles from me. Mostly cattle/citrus in my area.
Summers you can grow a large amount of food. But you have to be growing things that do well in the tropics/Carribbean. Cassava, moringa, chaya, sweet potatoes, pigeon peas and all kinds of fruit trees are almost zero maintenance once established. Traditional crops won't work. And you can feed poultry, rabbits, etc. year round with bugs and with the seasonal weeds and permaculture crops. There are a lot of advantages. The summer weather is hard for people to deal with though. You just have to get out there and learn to accept it. Having a pool helps too.
Haha, we Homestead in the Washington county area and my mom lives on Howell Williams rd in Bonifay. Ive driven past both those places you guys picked many times over the last 15 years we've been in this area. And we came here from the Port Charlotte, SW Florida area too. You're correct, it is too metro and full of people (we call it Gods waiting room, where the rich old people from up north go to die) down there and the heat is awful. At least a change of seasons up here. Been through Cat 5 hurricanes in both areas though.
I grew up near the everglades west of Ft. Lauderdale. In the 1960s it was rural and not bad. We had chickens, horse and grew some food. I moved to North Florida almost thirty years ago, just north of Gainesville in the green circle. I love it here and have been homesteading here over twenty years. Sadly, the urban sprawl is coming closer. I will be looking to move out of Florida in a year or two. My family wants me to move near them in Georgia. I told them I'm not moving any place within two hours of Atlanta. I'm trying to convince my son and his family to move out of the city of Atlanta and we can find forty or fifty acres in Oklahoma or Arkansas. Atlanta is too dangerous of a place to raise children.
Joel Skousen ranked Florida dead last with California. One of the worst places to be in a crisis. I’d put from I-4 south down there with Las Vegas and Phoenix. There’s so many reasons almost no one lived there before WWII. Hurricanes, mosquitoes and the diseases they spread, impossible to live without a/c, flooding exacerbated by overdevelopment, hard to grow nutrient dense foods. And that’s beside the more commonly known reasons to avoid, like how it’s outrageously expensive, homeowners insurance market is collapsing, and there’s way too many people clogging the roadways which are the most dangerous in the country. Big crime and homeless problems when not compared to a failed state like CA. I would also expect FL to have problems with the water supply in coming years, with more saltwater intrusion in the aquifers which are being depleted at vastly unsustainable levels. I just moved out this year and have no regrets. I wish everyone there the best, but the herd is wrong on this one. Any state in the South or Midwest is better in my humble opinion on most metrics related to survival or preparedness.
@@box2519 I moved back to Ohio because homes are still somewhat affordable here and it’s not as bad on most metrics as is commonly thought. And owning a home has been the main “prepper goal” for me for years. Can’t really do much when you’re going to be moving in the next year or two. I know Skousen put Utah and Idaho at the top tier, having lots of Mormons with a preparedness culture is an advantage.
Florida is impossible to live in without being housepoor. Homeowners+Flood Insurance is outrageous and squeezing out long term homeowners. You can't hold a mortgage without them by law. Auto insurance and everything else is really, really expensive. Everywhere in Florida that isn't already populated is either a total shithole or in a flood zone and you'll be dealing with LARGE amounts of standing water at almost every rainfall, not just hurricanes, though hurricanes are usually devastating. Newly developed areas in areas that were already populated are usually old trailer parks that used to be radioactive waste dumping sites for the military. The biggest problem with rural florida is that a large portion of it is sugarcane territory. If you live out in the sticks, the air quality is horrible. Cane fields are burned to the ground for harvesting, so you will have massive plumes of smoke to deal with regularly, and the nasty smell of sugar refineries isn't pleasant either.
I dont care what fema maps say north Florida panhandle is not a good spot when in comes to hurricains . they may not get as many but they get much stronger cause more damage frim flooding to wind and those sw florida is not as bad they do get more tropical depressions or cat 1 type storms and was not too bad over all but now with over building along the coast it has been worse for flooding now with those storms and even inland gets more flooding so you need to look at getting in and out of what ever property you find in case of floods in just the summer rain times and hurricains . So more needs to be studied when looking at homesteading in Florida . Btw iv lived in North Florida south of Tallahassee , lived in central area Ocala and Gainsville outside of cities and there are some really nice spots in those areas just have to do your research iv also lived in SW Florida south of Tamoa to Naples and some om pockets inland there too for homesteading .
Yeah, I would take a hurricane coming in from the Atlantic ocean any day over a hurricane coming in from over the warm shallow waters of the gulf. Those tend to be more powerful storms.
Should find properties for sale. Otherwise, what’s the point here? Couple things, I live in Clearwater about 2 miles from beach. It is the most densely populated county in FL so not great for homesteading but really great for growing. I can grow fruits and veggies year around here and it’s extremely easy to grow. I like the concept of these videos, great idea on your part.
Easement actually looks like a named road & could be an opportunity to divide property along the right of way to create a family compound of 50 or 25 acres for kids, grandparents, etc… Reduces tax burden by spreading it among the family & leaving a portion in forest/trees or hay for agricultural exemption. Might just take a little imagination to make it work.
That's OK if you have the capital to sustain yourself. The pay scale in these areas would not even crank my truck. You also have to take into account for availability of medical attention. In those areas hospitals are far away and usually don't have much technology. Anything serious you would have to be transported to a urban facility. It all depends on what your goals are and if you can support yourself in this areas. I was born and raised in S. Florida and I love Florida. It is very populated and expansive but I can't make a living up there. Groceries and had are still very comparable in prove. Housing is not a lot different unless your are in the middle of nowhere. That's a reason for that. It is very beautiful I there, but like I said, your beer have a lot of capital behind you too move there unless you want to live in poverty. Just 80 miles north of me the pay is half of what I make now and the home and land are very expensive.
My grandparents lived down in Fort Myers, as did my godmother. They’ve lost their entire home and automobiles several times due to hurricanes. Imagine that. Living somewhere that you can expect at least once in a lifetime your entire home will be destroyed
You picked a low population density area but you picked one of the biggest hurricane hotspots that gets hit by major hurricanes frequently. I live in one of the best places in Florida where the hurricanes weaken greatly to like a one at most prior to passing over and it’s not over crowded and is a great place for homesteading as we just built our lake house 2 years ago. This area still has pretty reasonable land prices getting more reasonable lately due to the pull back on overall demand and the number of homes/ land for sale statewide. No, I’m not telling where.
* Caveat If you are 60 miles or so away from the coast nearly every hurricane will be reduced to around a weak category 1 to a strong 1 either way with most newer construction non manufactured home / trailer homes you’ll typically get away with just minimal to no damage unless of course you’re so unlucky to catch a spun off tornado.
I’m looking near live oak Florida. All the northerners are buying up the 5 acres I’m looking at before I can make an offer. Very frustrating as a native Floridian. Currently living in an apartment in Central Florida. Any ideas are welcome.
theres still plenty of great places to homestead in florida, definitely lots of densely populated areas but plenty of open land...just too damn expensive
Alachua County (Gainesville) has ridiculous taxes (I guess you can get an ag exemption for a portion of it). Keep in mind also that this is the home of the University of Florida and while I grew up in Gainesville and love the Gators, Gainesville is loaded with liberals. It’s not a place I would homestead in. But it is beautiful.
Living in Florida, and looking for anything with any amount of land currently is stressful given the prices lol. In the chain of lakes area you can find some land, but the schools suck and honestly it just has a weird vibe. There is definitely more land available in North florida including around the Gainesville area, but then you literally have the worst of all worlds, the heat and humidity of the summer, and sub freezing temperatures for at least a week or two in the winter that prevent you from growing anything tropical or even sub tropical. The state as a whole has probably the worst soil of any state in the country. It is mostly sand that is devoid of nutrients, and water holding capability. Bug pressure and plant disease pressure is high. People say Florida is great because you can garden year round. These people clearly don't live here lol, because that is patently false. People don't do veggie gardens here from May - September, due to bug swarming season, heat, humidity and disease. The growing season here is not much longer than up north
I live here and the people who say you can't garden in the summer don't know what they're doing. You can't do traditional gardening, true. You do tropical/permaculture types of crops that are low to no maintenance. Use your poultry/animal waste to fertilize the soil. Do things the easy way, not the hard way.
I'm near there too. We are on a Sand Ridge, one of the few in Florida, and our dirt is literally white sugar sand. It is like gardening on the beach, which requires a lot of compost, but it's definitely doable.
@@TheFloridaprepper True. I grew up in NJ and when I first got into gardening down here, I planted things in the spring that grew up there, which was a big mistake. I've learned tons, but there is still so much to learn.
Dont move to FL seriously, the city councils have no plan to properly upgrade roadway infrastructure with development. Namely the roads are gridlocked in many places due to overdevelopment in rural and suburban areas, plus it is hot as hell here.
Sorry. Panhandle gets rocked by storms. Hurricane Michael, Hurricane Katrina etc etc. Miami is zone 11 the rest is mostly 10 and 9B. You need to travel more here to see rural Florida. You are right about pricing though. Labelle FL. There is a very small pocket in Muce Florida. Outside Sebring Florida. You are basing this stuff of your hoser frozen tundra brother. You’re kind of really wrong.
In terms of generalities he's fairly correct. Now the nuances. North and around Crystal River there's tons of land but not many people. Why? Flooding. Answer: Chinampas. In-between Ocala and Orlando. Plenty of stuff, pricey. Peoples Republic of Alachua county. Great stuff. Prepare for the gov to come steal it. County ruled by blue haired Karen's. Suwannee county: seems perfect till you learn you're surrounded by corn farms, meaning Roundup all over the air. The areas he first called out in the eastern panhandle have the same corn farms problems. Jacksonville/Duval county. Corrupt cops Live Oak: elevated crime. A lot of areas that are rural, good luck getting anyone to build anything
Lol, you literally zoomed into a spot near me in central Florida with zero people living there literally zero and say it's overpopulated. Its commercial farm lands huge billion dollar companies own it
Appreciate the video but you're a bit misinformed. First off, the area you chose is more likely to have hurricanes blast through it than anywhere else in Florida. I love the area myself but just saying... If you go into Central florida, there's tons of country away from the traffic. I live about an hour and a half east of Tampa in the middle of the state and it is solid country. Great water supply, actually very good soil for Florida.. don't mean to diss you but I've been here for a long time...
South Florida native. The soil is sandy and full of root knot nematodes. Most areas are low lying and prone to flooding from June through early Fall. We received almost 5 inches in less than an hour yesterday, which is normal. Water quality is another huge issue, mostly sulfur and high iron. There is also thick layers of cap rock which make it very difficult to just drill your own well for a pitcher pump. Homesteading can be done, I'm doing it, but many times it's a battle against the elements to just grow food. High Real estate taxes and building code enforcement are two other issues that regularly give me heartburn. The extreme heat and humidity is probably the hardest part for newcomers to get past.
The traffic in a living conditions and the cost of living in Florida now is a result because of you people like you come from all over especially your liberal counties cities and states that you created. Now my state is in ruins to me is unrecognizable as a 56-year-old Florida native. I keep telling everybody Central Florida now reminds me of New York Puerto Rico LA Honduras Chicago Nicaragua. All my family has moved out and left because of the high cost of living now the cramp conditions the traffic the crime so on My wife only have a few years left and then we are a retiring and leaving my once beautiful state. Hell maybe we'll move to California and turn that state red
For those dogging on him, take everything with a grain of salt. It's not like he knows all the terrain, laws, etc. so he's gonna miss a lot and speak in generalities.
You choose the Arm Pit of Florida??? Literally the most undesirable unless you are on the water, but like you already said, you can't afford it. Try getting off YT and working more and homesteading in a place that will actually go up in value. The arm pit of florida is all sand and coral. Worse place to grow food and homestead.
could you please not jump around that map so much,,,, Not everybody knows FL like others do,,, i can't read the city names,,,and then this jump to 4 red circles,,, like organize it a bit more,,,,,,do it with the mindset of 'these viewers have never been here',,,,, i can't really watch this,, i Love the idea of going state by state,,, but this presentation is Too fast Put it at MEDIUM to slow,,,,
You clearly don't have a clue about Florida. Sorry. Not to be rude but, the Panhandle is the place that gets hit the most frequently with hurricanes. It is also gets the coldest weather. Ummm, I live in zone 10a in Tampa Bay, you have a poor understanding of Florida Sir.
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As a native Floridian don't move to Florida we're full. The mosquitoes are as big as birds the alligators will eat grandma's Yorkie for a snack and the hurricanes will either blow your house down or flood it because it was previously swampland. I could go on but the list would be 67 pages long of reasons not to move here.
Fact, all the new homes are in flood zones. I laugh because these houses are being built where there used to be a swamp.
I used to work for my county mosquito control in the vegetation division spraying weeds in ditches and county owned retention ponds. The gators are everywhere! They are definitely not endangered!
The biggest problem is actually insurance and low wages.
@@livefreedom1776 Converting flood plain, swamp land and marshland here has been going on for over 100 years. People move in without doing research and then complain when it floods.
yep lol
Lots of rural area in Florida. Get off the interstates and drive the back roads. If someone is looking to homestead in Florida talk to someone who actually lives in Florida. This video has a few valid points but not many.
Ya, I've unfortunately found that a lot in this series. It's a lot of talking about stereotypes and generalities, and I don't feel like any significant research has been done into the actual reality of each state.
I mean it's good to unsuspend the generalities, and stereotypes are there for a reason, but there's no reason to do this state by state thing if you aren't going to be looking at details and nuances.
I lived in FL 15 years, and I enjoy road trips. Even in the "crap hits the fan" scenarios, being in the country an hour outside the se coastal metropolitan area is hardly the same as being even 20-30 minutes outside Gainesville or Jacksonville.
Agreed. Lived here my whole life and the most populated areas mentioned are of course filled with lots of people because those are our major cities.
TONS of rural, cheap land. Just an hour from Orlando you can find 1acre lots for ~$5k (of course it's completely off-grid) that are in the "no go" zone.
I'm in a very rural part of FL. Many miles from a large city, lots of cows, chickens, goats, row crops, etc. Forests and bears and rivers. Not very population-dense. The only real problem I have with homesteading in FL is the soil, but if you choose local-hardy plants it's doable. Sweet potatoes, mulberries, Seminole pumpkins, and cassava all go bonkers. Survival Gardener David the Good established himself in this region, and has written many books about growing here. Ignore concerns about hurricanes, they're the easiest natural disaster to prepare for. You can see them coming a week away! Two weeks of food and water, generator with gas, you're golden.
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One important aspect that is not addressed in this video is that the property taxes in FL are INSANE!!!
I think that's becoming the norm everywhere. Florida homeowner's insurance is becoming unaffordable for sure. This is probably how they will push people out of their homes, where we will own nothing and be happy.
Being in SW Florida I can tell you that the advantage of being able to produce a lot of food all year long on small parcels of land (if you choose the right things) does outweigh partially the disadvantages you accurately address. The problem with north and even central Florida is you get severe frosts that limit what you can do with certain extremely productive permaculture crops.
Native Floridian here. Auto insurance is outrageous here. Most areas are not homesteading friendly because of county ordinances. Rooster bans, limits on numbers of hens, and a ban on selling eggs are some things that people need to realize here. Gainesville/Alachua county and surrounding areas : pretty area, but urban sprawl and high property taxes are a problem. You need to own more than 5 acres to avoid chicken restrictions. Panhandle: lots of military activities are a negative. It looks like there is a lot of untouched land there because of military bases and state parks. There are a few nice areas with good soil, but most areas have poor soil and prone to flooding. Peninsula: ability to grow tropical fruit trees and an extended growing season are the only advantages. The poor soil quality makes it difficult to grow a garden without more money for soil amendments and a lot more physical labor dealing with the weeds, insects and plant diseases. Many areas have bans or restrictions on chickens, gardens, etc.
I retired in Lake County, FL (west of Orlando) 18 years ago from California, and the TRAFFIC IS TERRIBLE - WORSE THAN CALIFORNIA WHERE I CAME FROM. The cities keep annexing land for high density developments but can't expand the roads due to all the lakes and cost of buying right of way. So it is GRIDLOCK everywhere. Don't move here. Commuting is terrible. And the greedy city councils keep allowing high valuations to increase property taxes, and then the house insurance is terrible and is pricing people out of homes. Not financially feasible for retirees like me.
@@FiscalRangersFlorida I grew up in Volusia and moved to NE Ohio and have no regrets and would never go back. Everything you say is right.
Yes…north of Orlando the cities are battling to see who can annex area first..for taxes! Totally uncontrolled growth..very heartbreaking. When you try to vote in someone with conservative values to stop it, the libs freak out. They don’t seem to get that the ones that’ll enact a organized manageable growth are conservatives. So yeah …there’s some with sun fried minds.
Yes now groveland just got hit with 136 % increase water tax Lake County. Crazy. I was trying to go back up to lake county.
We are a Florida homestead, north of Okeechobee, south of Yeehaw Junction, cattle country.
Native of 35 years, we live in west central in Crystal River. It was a great town growing up. But over the years and especially the last 5 they've pushed for the town to be a travel destination. We still have our small farms, woods. But it's getting crowded and the local government has sold out. We've built and are building a great homestead community
Can confirm. We're full. Prices are insane.
Gainesville is developing like crazy. I was up there a year or so ago and didn't recognize the place.
Panhandle has been getting more of the hurricanes for a while though.
I am visiting Orlando for training south of the main airport. I was talking to an older couple who were reminiscing about the area in the Nona Lake area being an Orange orchard only 10 years ago and there being only dirt roads along the area. Now it's a densely made city suburbia on the SE side of Orlando. Crazy. It's all of Florida. But Colorado/Denver is the same and I imagine many other big cities around the U.S.
I live in North Florida. I have traveled the whole state as an organic farm inspector. While the best climate for homesteading is Homestead, it’s too populated and too close to Miami. The best rural places are west of I-75, north of Ocala up to I-10 and the north Panhandle.
You inspect that organic farms are actually organic?
I live in north Florida near Gainesville. Our county has 1 traffic light. Yes, it is warm in the summer. But so is most of the nation. We are just warmer for a longer duration.
Same. We're NW of Gainesville. I spent a summer in Atlanta and Junction City Kansas one year, and they were hotter than here in my opinion!
my 1 acre homestead is going up for sale in Naples next week. keep an eye out on zillow. 150+ tropical fruit trees, agricultural zoning, private well. lots of mangoes, figs and soon lots of very highly valued red custard apples. 600k.
How come you're leaving Naples?
so the home is a $590k build? 4 bed 3 bath with 10 car garage? lol, insane.
You're wrong about the weather. I was born in SW Florida and living for 20 years, moved to Orlando and lived there for the last 25 years, and have owned a homestead in the panhandle (Jackson County) for the last 5 years. It is hotter and colder in the panhandle because it is less tempered due to a lack of surrounding water like you have around the peninsula. There is also a significant hurricane risk in the panhandle (Hurricane Michael, Opal and others). But I chose up there because of less population density and people are generally nicer. I rather be surrounded by a handful of country fold than hordes of New York transplants....just sayin.
Curtis, you need to understand that doing research into areas is vital to avoiding a future disaster. FDOT is talking about putting an expressway in Bay and Jackson counties (your ok area in the panhandle). Many properties on the market in those counties are in the proposed path of the expressway.
Hurricane Michael destroyed the Panhandle, the part of Florida this non-Floridian said is the best place to move because of less hurricanes. There are plenty rural areas here. Don't listen to anyone about a state that doesn't live there.
It only hit a small area as far as width but it did go all the way to the Alabama boder and beyond. I have a house an hour west of where it hit and we had NO damage. Even Panama City Beach didn't get hit that hard compared to the Panama City and Mexico Beach area. Don't listen to people that don't live in the area they talk about. lol
I generally like Curtis's content but this video really just seemed rushed and lacking in attention to detail. East of Tampa Hillsborough, Polk and Okeechobee Counties have a large amount of rural property as do counties south of there. They are rural to the point where they did not have [non satellite / dial up] Internet Service available until recently and some that may still not have high speed internet. That said, the population has been increasing but the places that are more rural are not the places people go to visit. The rural areas are in between of the places Curtis points out as examples of high population (which are the tourist areas). Also, the fact that the properties he did show were not locations that that he felt were suitable and blamed his team for not picking suitable properties was not only disconcerting but also came off as a product of his disdain for the potential of homesteading in Flordia rather than a conscientious and professional assessment.
The hurricanes hammer the panhandle more than the entire state and you chose there? Try inland levy county.
Levy county has a lot of flood plain, even inland and the taxes are high. The properties with decent soil rarely go on the market and when they do they are very expensive.
@@mrpete9958 People always mention flood plain as a bad thing. I know of many farms on floodplains and I never hear complaints about them. Most people have done things to control the flow of the water on the land and it works great. I have flood plain land and it is fantastic. I can grow most things besides avocados because the saturation kills them. I grow citrus, bananas, bamboo shoots, and winter crops. I love it and it was super cheap because it is flood plain.
I agree with. Panhandle is a hurricane
Levy has issues with contractors. Something with permits and such almost no one wants to work there. EXTREMELY difficult to find someone to do work.
On the plus, lot o flood plain. Great for Chinampas. Plenty of dry areas in the north too.
I was just looking at property in Putnam County, Interlachen FL near Gainsville. But found out it had a gas line running through it. Lol
Thanks for the insight, Curtis.
Sarasota is zone 10. I live in Sarasota zone 10a. The area you're looking at gets hit with the most hurricanes in Florida.
Agreed. The panhandle west of Appalachicola gets some of the state's worst hurricanes. The hits on Florida's Big Bend over the past two years are an anomaly. Gilchrist County, some 25 miles west of Gainesville, is becoming popular for homesteading -- all rural or very small towns, modest hurricane risk, lots of good agricultural land, low taxes, yet in easy reach of the superb healthcare available in Gainesville.
Great job with your assessment! I would agree with your choices. I am actually in the circle next to Gainesville FL. We're on 5 acres (2 acres are wooded), which is plenty for our small family to homestead. We're also next to 3 major springs, which provides incredible drinking water from our well. The weather is hot in the summer, but you can still grow things like Thai long beans, Malabar spinach, okra, peppers, cherry/Roma tomatoes, Seminole pumpkins, roselle, etc., and in the fall, winter, and spring, we can grow pretty much everything else. Lately, I've been focusing on foraging more, and in the summer, we have this plant called Bidens Alba (Spanish Needle) that is everywhere and very nutritional. So nutritional in fact, that in the 1950's it was recommended to be grown as a commercial crop because of its high nutritional value (equivalent to kale). That never happened, most likely because it grows so easily and it wouldn't be profitable, but it's certainly good to know. All in all, there are many great rural properties in FL, and you don't need mega acreage to grow food and raise some chickens.
As a Florida transplant since 2007 I can say that the weather in the panhandle is not as safe as the lower part of the state. They are more susceptible to hurricanes from big bend west
i live i FL and agree 100%. even if you live in a more rural part of florida,, a big city is relatively close (accept the panhandle). Just look back when the last few major hurricanes came through, people fled and packed all the major highways that leave florida clogging the highways
Please no commies. Thanks from Florida.
None of them are watching my channel.
@@offgridcurtisstone 😅
A friend of mine has 40 acres near Sunny Hills. I've betn trying to get him to start a farm. Has its own fresh water creek!, also, with a hunting lodge. Perfect to start a huge homestead off grid etc. Hopefully he'll see the light. This country isn't getting any better!
Florida homesteader here, we help people find and build on the right land for them. Getter fuller though for sure.
Hi, Curtis. Miami and Miami-Dade County are now considered Zone 11; at best 10b.
Thanks Curtis, appreciate your hard work! Only true tropical zone down here in the states
Very few people look at the best Florida area.
I moved to the rural area that only has a 12.5% millage rate.
I got 5 acres, 200-250ft above sea level, and my tax bill is $260/year.
My car insurance is cheap.
It is the most safe area from Hurricanes, from Miami to Houston.
What county?!? I live near Gainesville, my property is about 65 ft above sea level. That's insanely low for taxes, how big is your house?
@@buckaroobonsaitree7488 Walton,not far from the Alabama border.
My home is a small double wide from 1985.
My FULL coverage car insurance on my Beautiful Silverado is $110 per month.
I can sit outside at nite and not see any mosquitoes.
There are too many wasps, bees and ants.
I got stuff for them.
No CHEMTRAILS here.
Please, please, please don't come to Florida. My 25 head goat herd, 100 layers and annual 75 turkey crop don't need anymore neighbors.
thanks for doing this! really interesting. One main issue with living in the US is the IRS
Uhhh... You need to go up a step or two. It's the entire federal government, the largest gov't in the history of humanity.
Curtis never touched on state and local laws and how they can have a negative impact on homesteading here.
The "Heartland" inland and between Okeechobee (S) and Bartow/Lake Wales(N) is actually very rural. Primarily Cattle/Citrus and the biggest cities are 25k of retirees.
The problem with N FL is that you get all the negatives of FL - shitty soil, horrible bug/disease pressure, summers too hot to grow much - but you also get guaranteed freezes that can happen as late as early March so you can't even grow everything throughout the winter.
I can grow tomatoes year round, Mangos, Bananas, everything. I'm 70 Miles from Orlando and 60 from Tampa. Closest "big" city is Lakeland at around 100k people 35 miles from me.
Mostly cattle/citrus in my area.
Summers you can grow a large amount of food. But you have to be growing things that do well in the tropics/Carribbean. Cassava, moringa, chaya, sweet potatoes, pigeon peas and all kinds of fruit trees are almost zero maintenance once established. Traditional crops won't work. And you can feed poultry, rabbits, etc. year round with bugs and with the seasonal weeds and permaculture crops. There are a lot of advantages. The summer weather is hard for people to deal with though. You just have to get out there and learn to accept it. Having a pool helps too.
@@TheFloridaprepper Oh yeah, I grow all those, especially sweet potatoes, okra, and cowpeas. Just talking about the "classic" crops everyone loves.
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Great videos. Would love it if you could do Texas next! Thanks
PLEASE DO "SOUTH CAROLINA" NEXT! HOW do we sign up for free class on finding property? It was great meeting you at Doug and Stacy's conference in May.
Haha, we Homestead in the Washington county area and my mom lives on Howell Williams rd in Bonifay. Ive driven past both those places you guys picked many times over the last 15 years we've been in this area. And we came here from the Port Charlotte, SW Florida area too. You're correct, it is too metro and full of people (we call it Gods waiting room, where the rich old people from up north go to die) down there and the heat is awful. At least a change of seasons up here. Been through Cat 5 hurricanes in both areas though.
The spiffic area that was mentioned is place were county laws are prohibited.
And most land is fild in swamps. Really bad when we get floods
Panhandle of Florida area you suggested is AFB
would be interested in an elaboration on what "thug culture" actually means
I grew up near the everglades west of Ft. Lauderdale. In the 1960s it was rural and not bad. We had chickens, horse and grew some food. I moved to North Florida almost thirty years ago, just north of Gainesville in the green circle. I love it here and have been homesteading here over twenty years. Sadly, the urban sprawl is coming closer. I will be looking to move out of Florida in a year or two. My family wants me to move near them in Georgia. I told them I'm not moving any place within two hours of Atlanta. I'm trying to convince my son and his family to move out of the city of Atlanta and we can find forty or fifty acres in Oklahoma or Arkansas. Atlanta is too dangerous of a place to raise children.
The county commission makes off grid and small farms all most impossible
Joel Skousen ranked Florida dead last with California. One of the worst places to be in a crisis. I’d put from I-4 south down there with Las Vegas and Phoenix. There’s so many reasons almost no one lived there before WWII. Hurricanes, mosquitoes and the diseases they spread, impossible to live without a/c, flooding exacerbated by overdevelopment, hard to grow nutrient dense foods.
And that’s beside the more commonly known reasons to avoid, like how it’s outrageously expensive, homeowners insurance market is collapsing, and there’s way too many people clogging the roadways which are the most dangerous in the country. Big crime and homeless problems when not compared to a failed state like CA. I would also expect FL to have problems with the water supply in coming years, with more saltwater intrusion in the aquifers which are being depleted at vastly unsustainable levels.
I just moved out this year and have no regrets. I wish everyone there the best, but the herd is wrong on this one. Any state in the South or Midwest is better in my humble opinion on most metrics related to survival or preparedness.
Magic Valley Idaho is about it for survival if it goes full collapse like Joel predicts. I got his 2020 updated book .
@@box2519 I moved back to Ohio because homes are still somewhat affordable here and it’s not as bad on most metrics as is commonly thought. And owning a home has been the main “prepper goal” for me for years. Can’t really do much when you’re going to be moving in the next year or two.
I know Skousen put Utah and Idaho at the top tier, having lots of Mormons with a preparedness culture is an advantage.
Florida is impossible to live in without being housepoor. Homeowners+Flood Insurance is outrageous and squeezing out long term homeowners. You can't hold a mortgage without them by law. Auto insurance and everything else is really, really expensive. Everywhere in Florida that isn't already populated is either a total shithole or in a flood zone and you'll be dealing with LARGE amounts of standing water at almost every rainfall, not just hurricanes, though hurricanes are usually devastating. Newly developed areas in areas that were already populated are usually old trailer parks that used to be radioactive waste dumping sites for the military. The biggest problem with rural florida is that a large portion of it is sugarcane territory. If you live out in the sticks, the air quality is horrible. Cane fields are burned to the ground for harvesting, so you will have massive plumes of smoke to deal with regularly, and the nasty smell of sugar refineries isn't pleasant either.
I dont care what fema maps say north Florida panhandle is not a good spot when in comes to hurricains . they may not get as many but they get much stronger cause more damage frim flooding to wind and those sw florida is not as bad they do get more tropical depressions or cat 1 type storms and was not too bad over all but now with over building along the coast it has been worse for flooding now with those storms and even inland gets more flooding so you need to look at getting in and out of what ever property you find in case of floods in just the summer rain times and hurricains . So more needs to be studied when looking at homesteading in Florida . Btw iv lived in North Florida south of Tallahassee , lived in central area Ocala and Gainsville outside of cities and there are some really nice spots in those areas just have to do your research iv also lived in SW Florida south of Tamoa to Naples and some om pockets inland there too for homesteading .
Yeah, I would take a hurricane coming in from the Atlantic ocean any day over a hurricane coming in from over the warm shallow waters of the gulf. Those tend to be more powerful storms.
Central Florida is too flipping hot! Go to Georgia.
Should find properties for sale. Otherwise, what’s the point here? Couple things, I live in Clearwater about 2 miles from beach. It is the most densely populated county in FL so not great for homesteading but really great for growing. I can grow fruits and veggies year around here and it’s extremely easy to grow. I like the concept of these videos, great idea on your part.
Lol Clearwater isn't more densely populated then Dade county
@@quiksilver1jPinellas county is the most densely populated county in Florida. It’s crazy, we all have this awesome thing called the internet.
Easement actually looks like a named road & could be an opportunity to divide property along the right of way to create a family compound of 50 or 25 acres for kids, grandparents, etc… Reduces tax burden by spreading it among the family & leaving a portion in forest/trees or hay for agricultural exemption. Might just take a little imagination to make it work.
Arcadia is great for homesteads
There's plenty of rural land all over Florida but it's going fast and prices are climbing rapidly.
Can you feature West Virginia? Thanks
Yes!
The 4th one is next to I-10. Why would that make sense at all? Replace the team, Curtis.🤣
That's OK if you have the capital to sustain yourself. The pay scale in these areas would not even crank my truck. You also have to take into account for availability of medical attention. In those areas hospitals are far away and usually don't have much technology. Anything serious you would have to be transported to a urban facility. It all depends on what your goals are and if you can support yourself in this areas. I was born and raised in S. Florida and I love Florida. It is very populated and expansive but I can't make a living up there. Groceries and had are still very comparable in prove. Housing is not a lot different unless your are in the middle of nowhere. That's a reason for that. It is very beautiful I there, but like I said, your beer have a lot of capital behind you too move there unless you want to live in poverty. Just 80 miles north of me the pay is half of what I make now and the home and land are very expensive.
I’ve made an offer on 4.32 acres near Live Oak. Any suggestions ?
The panhandle gets SLAMMED by our hurricanes
My grandparents lived down in Fort Myers, as did my godmother. They’ve lost their entire home and automobiles several times due to hurricanes. Imagine that. Living somewhere that you can expect at least once in a lifetime your entire home will be destroyed
Did you mean to say zone 11? on the lower zip of Florida as the only pace with that zone in US? CA. has zone 10.
You picked a low population density area but you picked one of the biggest hurricane hotspots that gets hit by major hurricanes frequently. I live in one of the best places in Florida where the hurricanes weaken greatly to like a one at most prior to passing over and it’s not over crowded and is a great place for homesteading as we just built our lake house 2 years ago. This area still has pretty reasonable land prices getting more reasonable lately due to the pull back on overall demand and the number of homes/ land for sale statewide. No, I’m not telling where.
* Caveat If you are 60 miles or so away from the coast nearly every hurricane will be reduced to around a weak category 1 to a strong 1 either way with most newer construction non manufactured home / trailer homes you’ll typically get away with just minimal to no damage unless of course you’re so unlucky to catch a spun off tornado.
I’m looking near live oak Florida. All the northerners are buying up the 5 acres I’m looking at before I can make an offer. Very frustrating as a native Floridian. Currently living in an apartment in Central Florida. Any ideas are welcome.
theres still plenty of great places to homestead in florida, definitely lots of densely populated areas but plenty of open land...just too damn expensive
I also don’t like how Florida is a peninsula. Very challenging to evacuate if needed. I would avoid Florida.
You either leave or ride it out if you leave go a week or two before it hits and leave the whole state if you stay just be prepared and stocked up
Please, please, please, please, please, please do Idaho!!! 🙏
We did it a while ago.
Minnesota next please!
Alachua County (Gainesville) has ridiculous taxes (I guess you can get an ag exemption for a portion of it). Keep in mind also that this is the home of the University of Florida and while I grew up in Gainesville and love the Gators, Gainesville is loaded with liberals. It’s not a place I would homestead in. But it is beautiful.
Driving in DeSoto county, you will get a speeding ticket. Arcadia is one big speed trap. Ask me how i know.
Living in Florida, and looking for anything with any amount of land currently is stressful given the prices lol. In the chain of lakes area you can find some land, but the schools suck and honestly it just has a weird vibe. There is definitely more land available in North florida including around the Gainesville area, but then you literally have the worst of all worlds, the heat and humidity of the summer, and sub freezing temperatures for at least a week or two in the winter that prevent you from growing anything tropical or even sub tropical. The state as a whole has probably the worst soil of any state in the country. It is mostly sand that is devoid of nutrients, and water holding capability. Bug pressure and plant disease pressure is high. People say Florida is great because you can garden year round. These people clearly don't live here lol, because that is patently false. People don't do veggie gardens here from May - September, due to bug swarming season, heat, humidity and disease. The growing season here is not much longer than up north
I live here and the people who say you can't garden in the summer don't know what they're doing. You can't do traditional gardening, true. You do tropical/permaculture types of crops that are low to no maintenance. Use your poultry/animal waste to fertilize the soil. Do things the easy way, not the hard way.
I'm near there, you have to plant the right varieties. My gardens are lush and productive most of the year including summer.
I'm near there too. We are on a Sand Ridge, one of the few in Florida, and our dirt is literally white sugar sand. It is like gardening on the beach, which requires a lot of compost, but it's definitely doable.
@@EarthStudent7 It's the same way in the Caribbean and you need to produce food crops that can be produced there or you're just pissing into the wind.
@@TheFloridaprepper True. I grew up in NJ and when I first got into gardening down here, I planted things in the spring that grew up there, which was a big mistake. I've learned tons, but there is still so much to learn.
fort mccoy is very country and is up north mid. just say NO to easements.
Shhhh!
Dont move to FL seriously, the city councils have no plan to properly upgrade roadway infrastructure with development. Namely the roads are gridlocked in many places due to overdevelopment in rural and suburban areas, plus it is hot as hell here.
Florida is full. Roads too packed and drivers too wild. Please go elsewhere unless God Himself has led you here.
Sorry. Panhandle gets rocked by storms. Hurricane Michael, Hurricane Katrina etc etc. Miami is zone 11 the rest is mostly 10 and 9B. You need to travel more here to see rural Florida. You are right about pricing though. Labelle FL. There is a very small pocket in Muce Florida. Outside Sebring Florida. You are basing this stuff of your hoser frozen tundra brother. You’re kind of really wrong.
In terms of generalities he's fairly correct. Now the nuances.
North and around Crystal River there's tons of land but not many people. Why? Flooding. Answer: Chinampas.
In-between Ocala and Orlando. Plenty of stuff, pricey.
Peoples Republic of Alachua county. Great stuff. Prepare for the gov to come steal it. County ruled by blue haired Karen's.
Suwannee county: seems perfect till you learn you're surrounded by corn farms, meaning Roundup all over the air. The areas he first called out in the eastern panhandle have the same corn farms problems.
Jacksonville/Duval county. Corrupt cops
Live Oak: elevated crime.
A lot of areas that are rural, good luck getting anyone to build anything
"Walmart on a Black Friday" - lol.
Lol, you literally zoomed into a spot near me in central Florida with zero people living there literally zero and say it's overpopulated. Its commercial farm lands huge billion dollar companies own it
I'm in Central Florida too. What part of Central Florida did he zoom in on you ?
@weareallamericans7358 Space Center here, but All Fla has crazy home insurance.
@weareallamericans7358 it was around Lorida, so he zoomed into the orange juice production of the world. Just Oranges and said it's too populated
@@villiehaizlip7626 yeah mines getting a bit crazy nowadays too its $42 a month now.
I should make my own video
Appreciate the video but you're a bit misinformed. First off, the area you chose is more likely to have hurricanes blast through it than anywhere else in Florida. I love the area myself but just saying...
If you go into Central florida, there's tons of country away from the traffic. I live about an hour and a half east of Tampa in the middle of the state and it is solid country. Great water supply, actually very good soil for Florida.. don't mean to diss you but I've been here for a long time...
No fresh air!
Solid agricultural chemicals ⚠
Want to move to Florida? better have some money and have a plan to continue getting money.
Five eyes is finished: real preppers come to Southern Hemisphere.
The population of my city is under 1k
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THUG CULTURE, AND TRAILER CULTURE 😁
Colour I think. ;)
@@offgridcurtisstone I'm sure you'll find plenty of trailer culture in the these so called the thug areas.
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South Florida native. The soil is sandy and full of root knot nematodes. Most areas are low lying and prone to flooding from June through early Fall. We received almost 5 inches in less than an hour yesterday, which is normal. Water quality is another huge issue, mostly sulfur and high iron. There is also thick layers of cap rock which make it very difficult to just drill your own well for a pitcher pump. Homesteading can be done, I'm doing it, but many times it's a battle against the elements to just grow food. High Real estate taxes and building code enforcement are two other issues that regularly give me heartburn. The extreme heat and humidity is probably the hardest part for newcomers to get past.
I don’t know where is south Florida. you but yes there are some challenges but we grow almost year around.
You Canadians can own land here but Americans can't own land in BC based on what i read.....kinda sucks for us
Never heard that before. I know dozens of Americans who own land in Canada.
The traffic in a living conditions and the cost of living in Florida now is a result because of you people like you come from all over especially your liberal counties cities and states that you created.
Now my state is in ruins to me is unrecognizable as a 56-year-old Florida native.
I keep telling everybody Central Florida now reminds me of New York Puerto Rico LA Honduras Chicago Nicaragua.
All my family has moved out and left because of the high cost of living now the cramp conditions the traffic the crime so on My wife only have a few years left and then we are a retiring and leaving my once beautiful state.
Hell maybe we'll move to California and turn that state red
For those dogging on him, take everything with a grain of salt. It's not like he knows all the terrain, laws, etc. so he's gonna miss a lot and speak in generalities.
Florida used to be great...not so much now.
You choose the Arm Pit of Florida??? Literally the most undesirable unless you are on the water, but like you already said, you can't afford it. Try getting off YT and working more and homesteading in a place that will actually go up in value. The arm pit of florida is all sand and coral. Worse place to grow food and homestead.
That one property has a easement and the other was on I-10 !!!
Why would you even upload this video?
500 likes? Why?
Relax bud. It’s just a video.
could you please not jump around that map so much,,,, Not everybody knows FL like others do,,, i can't read the city names,,,and then this jump to 4 red circles,,, like organize it a bit more,,,,,,do it with the mindset of 'these viewers have never been here',,,,, i can't really watch this,, i Love the idea of going state by state,,, but this presentation is Too fast Put it at MEDIUM to slow,,,,
You have no idea what the hell you're talking about. The panhandle is where almost every hurricane hits. That's why there's not much population.
You clearly don't have a clue about Florida. Sorry. Not to be rude but, the Panhandle is the place that gets hit the most frequently with hurricanes. It is also gets the coldest weather. Ummm, I live in zone 10a in Tampa Bay, you have a poor understanding of Florida Sir.
The number 1 issue in Florida isn’t the weather, it’s the blacks.. same as everywhere else.
Dont come here please 😊
Thug culture? Hm...
Most of Florida is very conservative. He must be thinking "Florida Man".