The Best Rural Small Towns in Florida
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- Want to find a rural Florida town to get a mortgage, get a realtor, and live the American Dream or just retire away from the big city? Who doesn’t right?
Today we are looking at great small rural towns in Florida.
Florida had some lame small rural towns that created a big problem making this list. Great small towns were hard to find.
Florida isn’t a total mess`. When you compare their big cities to other states, they aren’t that bad. Miami has some crime but it has amazing food, beaches, and entertainment, Tampa is a solid coastal city along with Fort Myers, St. Pete, Orlando, and Disney.
Like I said in the other videos, I normally do Top 10 lists, but not all states have 10 good rural towns and I don’t want to waste your time with some places that are a reach just to get to 10. Florida has a big problem with crime in its small rural towns. Most of their towns are also part of a metro area. The focus of this series is rural towns. That normally implies a good distance outside a metro area.
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Native Floridian - so glad you missed a lot of towns!
Prove it
@@jb2532 No, we want you and others to stay away
@@bjornstacy9590 then how do we know where to avoid
If you are watching a video like this..... to decide if you will move here or not.... do not bother we do not want you here..... as for the bad driving that is all the transplants.....
And by the way...... these are not small towns they are holes in the wall... go ahead move to these "towns" with a family and you will be moving back to where you come from..in the first 2 years.... cause most children will go nuts in these places..... there are alot of great towns to live in.....
Actually, Florida is full, especially the rural areas. Please don't come here.
Amen!!!
Ditto
These used to be great areas to live, now half of America has moved to Florida bringing all of their rude inconsiderate selfish ways. Forests are going down faster than you can drive by them. Towns are growing and housing development is out of sight. Everyone moves to Florida for freedom But by everyone moving here it’s really taking away the freedom from everyone that’s been here forever
Agree. I live in Tampa. It’s gotten pretty bad in the last 5 years. Forget driving across I4 unless you’re driving at night.
MAJOR FACTS STATED🎯
Outside of Jacksonville . .crowded now...got lectured by a new northern neighbor about the importance of us paying state,county and city income taxes.
Stop telling people to come here to Florida!!!!!
Yes! We are currently closed
I feel the same way in Las Vegas. California among other States are destroying this City.
What about Texans?
Agree! STOP!
@@sherriepectol9324I am from FL in Vegas now. Yes people from Cali are ruining the city.
DO NOT COME... DO NOT COME... Florida is CLOSED, lol. Keystone is pretty great, lived here most of my life and the people are the best asset.
Is that near Citrus Park? Nice
Lots of people think Florida is Disney World, beaches and the Everglades. Florida is RURAL !! Flat pastures, cows and palm trees !! LOL Lots of fishing holes, including the biggest one, Lake Okeechobee ♥️
Did not know that until I moved from Key West to Sebring. I was shocked.
Florida can be as rural as it could possibly be and it's still shit...I live in Florida and nature here sucks big time... Nothing like the west of United States!
Spot on. I'm in pensacola florida. We got plenty rural spots. Plus we home to the blue angles, it's cool to go watch them practice.
Shhhhh…..😂 Florida is awful😂😂😂😂 don’t come here 😊
That’s what I keep telling people, heck I just found out we had all these caves up in central Fl with stalagmites, waterfalls and beautiful clear grottos then we a huge prairie called Payne Prairie that had wild stallions and buffalo.
The further south you go in Florida the more northern it gets!
Northern=Hebrew
Being from south Florida we said it the other way around, the more north you go in Florida the more southern it becomes
The panhandle is beautiful. Gulf beaches are the best. Love where I live. Never a boring day.
@@clemfandango5886 we call it the emerald coast now.
@@clemfandango5886 please keep calling it that. Keeps the traffic down.
I used to live in Pensacola. Worked at T-Square reprographics years ago.
The "Panhandle" and the "beaches" are two different things. The "Panhandle" is generally considered the I-10 corridor from Pensacola over to I-75. Highway 98 to the South is the "beaches".
@@elliebellie7816 that’s an interesting way to look at it but even people who live right on the gulf in Destin and Fort Walton Beach say that they live in the panhandle.
Interesting fact: Blountstown and Bristol are only like 2 and a half miles apart but have a 1 hour time difference because the Eastern/Central time zone splits them.
There's no bars in either town
@@justme2140 they all go to Tallahassee or Panama City Beach to drink lol
I live in Blounstown
I like Hosford better.
@@jeffstokeley2664 Marianna FL got me
I have lived in High Springs for the last 20 years. We love that it is close to Gainesville, but smaller and peaceful. Thanks for the shoutout.
I just moved from Keystone Heights after living there for nearly 5 years. It is a great little town that has all of the small town things. People are very friendly and it's one of the few Florida places I have been where the people were mostly from the area. Parades for the holidays, closed off roads in town on halloween, most things closed on Sunday, churches outnumber liquor stores by about 8:1, very family oriented, has a retirement community, and even hosts a large youth camp. However, the population is about to expand there by leaps and bounds within the next 5-10 years. Lots of development coming down towards Keystone Heights from the Middleburg area, and Camp Blanding takes up one side of the highway for most of the trip between Middleburg and Keystone Heights (approx. 20 miles). Housing and land prices doubled just in the short time I lived there. Many waterfront houses with large lots (.5 to over 1 ac) to be had for under $400k still. Lots of parks and farms in surrounding area. So many places nearby to drop a fishing line in at, and the St. Johns river is only 30 minutes away in Palatka. Wildlife is abundant in area. Eagles, hawks, flocks of sandhill cranes, owls, armadillos, quail. Lots of birds migrate to/through area in winter. Several places with well protected areas for bicyclists in and around town. Plenty of good deals on fresh seafood from Roger not far from nearby Melrose on the side of the road. Internet is spotty once you get just outside of town, with the only really viable option being a local company called Fastnet. 25 MB service. Fast enough to stream, video chat, or surf, but not all games will run at top performance with the lower bandwidth. Lots of stars and bars flying around. It is definitely Trump country. Expect everyone you meet to be packing a hand cannon. Keystone Heights needs some really good restaurants in a really bad way, but I'm certain they will be along soon. One red light in the middle of town and one more at commercial circle that is only on in the day time. There's also a race track at the town airport called The Firm, where you can take your own car out on a F-1 style race track or even go out on an offroad/enduro track. And after you break your car, you can take it to Williams to get it fixed. Most everything is closed up by 8 or 9 pm. The police, and in reality the people, don't put up with much if any bullshit there. Most children mind their manners. Negotiations can often be settled with a handshake. Most people still take pride in themselves and their work. In the time I lived there I could count all of the bad things that happened nearby on one hand, and with a finger leftover. Problem people are effectively ran out of town. Hard to say that about most any place nowadays. Some of the yards/houses look like they are straight out of a Jeff Foxworthy skit, but are becoming farther and fewer between as prices have risen sharply and people have sold. Insurance is very reasonable as it is a very low risk area by Florida standards provided you are not in a flood zone. Not criticizing or complaining, just painting a realistic picture for those interested.
I live in Palatka and had thought about moving to Keystone Heights. For some it'll be a great town but I am not that religious.
The hurricanes on the west coast of Florida make me very nervous. The hurricanes on the east coast of Florida seem to swing away whereas on the west coast they get stuck in the Gulf.
Insurance is not very reasonable in Florida. It has doubled in the last couple years due to the hurricanes. Insurance companies are dropping people and pulling out of state and some have filed for bankruptcy. Also housing prices have increase by 30% in the last year alone. I’ve lived in the state since 1970 and it’s become a hot mess. Getting out in the next couple years.
@@linrae1181 "by Florida standards". No insurance is cheap here, agreed. However, I paid less than half in Keystone than I did in Ft. Lauderdale and that was for more than twice the home too. If you want to have a little fun sometime find an insurance calculator that will give you an instant quote and plug in some random addresses and watch the numbers bounce around as you move from area to area.
@@n0validusername Obviously the closer you are to the coastline the more you’re going to pay, the risk is much higher for hurricane damage so why Ft Lauderdale is so expensive. I’m on the Gulf Coast, West Central Florida.
I’m familiar with Keystone Heights and Middleburg I used to live in Jacksonville.
@@linrae1181 although I don't have property in Florida, my car insurance is double what it was in Virginia Beach Virginia! And I'm someone who's not had an accident or any of the other reasons given for the high cost!
I'm a Floridian and the prices of homes have almost double in the last couple years and they are selling very fast.
That's because thousands of people are moving to Florida everyday from the blue states.
@@randyblankenship4000 exactly
Yup! Almost tripled on my condo👍
Great towns until the yanks move in
@@keithfrazier8616 Only a matter of time til those dbags ruin the state. Them and the illegals!
I'm glad u missed my town. Rural people want to Stay rural
We were just talking with our daughter about settling in a nice small town in Florida. We live on the Treasure Coast, but this once small town is growing rapidly bc everyone wants to move here!
We LOVE Florida!
Thx for the info!
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They are moving in droves here to Florida too.
We love it here in the panhandle region. Just a taste of winter every year. Very friendly folks.
Trouble with rural Florida is that there's not much of it left anymore. I can remember when I first moved here I'd talk to people who came down right after WW2 and they'd tell me about all the changes that took place in the years prior to my family's arrival. I was 13 then and remember those conversations vividly. Fast forward 43 years later and at 56 I can't begin to tell you all the changes I've witnessed over the years. Most of it in the form of high density housing, apartment complexes and repeats of corporate brands all over. The days of mom & pop have disappeared long ago and the few that remain will soon vanish as well. I beg to disagree with Briggs on Keystone Heights where he said it's going to stay under 2000 for quite some time. I've traveled all around Florida myself from Lake Okeechobee to Jacksonville and to the extreme western part of the panhandle. In just the last five years alone I've seen places you'd never think would catch the interest of a developer and then suddenly boom the houses start popping up like mushrooms with no amenities around them. But then the corporate brands come in afterwards to fill in the gaps between subdivisions and it becomes on big happy stretch of urban sprawl! Too many people and the infrastructure can hardly keep up. The roads are always under construction expanding to try and handle the increased growth. Soon the people will out number the bugs and that's too much for me to stomach. After 43 years I feel I've paid my dues but I'm just ready to turn a new leaf someplace else...hopefully some fall leaves at that!😉 Though I had a difference of opinion with you on this one I still thank you Briggs for your videos. I will continue to watch your content, give a thumbs up and subscribe. Keep up the good work.👍
I grew up in Broward. Trust me, there's still PLENTY of rural, back woods towns throughout Central, Northern, and Panhandle FL.
My Mother always says if a patch of grass falls off a truck, someone will build on it. Things are definitely starting to build up.
I grew up in fl. 65 yrs ago Fl was empty except for a few cities. I live in nw fl now. It is getting full now too! Sad… fl has been loved to death
I agree with you, I moved in my little town 35 years ago, because was charming with old town houses and shops. Those shops are gone, replaced by big name stores who keep closing for lack of business. The charming houses being replaced by huge communities, but the roads and streets still not available. Traffic increased about 300% since 1992, making it crazy to go anywhere.
I miss my little town so much.
Florida - Soon the amount of people will outnumber the bugs.
That's a good way to put it actually.
It’s always a joy to see in my notifications a video from you, Briggs. It always makes my day. It helps me when I’m depressed to find some joy in watching these videos you made. I don’t know why, they just make me happier. You are informative and funny at the same time!
Coming from a video creator myself. That is something we like to see :-)
Thank you for finally discussing towns in the panhandle of FL
I'm loving this series. Making me homesick for Florida, in the best of ways. Walking along drainage ditches behind peoples yards in the cool of the morning to the forest area, grabbing some fruit to eat from peoples trees along the way. Arriving at the swampy forest and relaxing. Eating kumquats and oranges. Ah. Florida. 😁😍
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Write me when you can and do have a nice day and may God bless you .
Suffocating from the heat and humidity
60 degrees. Locals wearing jackets. Tourists wearing T-shirt and shorts. 😂
You gotta think our bodies in Florida are used to 80 degree humid weather 10 months out of the year, so when it does get to the 60’s or 50’s thats freezing. Live here for atleast 5 years and you’ll see
Exactly!🌞
That’s backwards I live here
Frostproof Florida as mentioned in this video in southern Polk County is one of those off the beaten path towns waiting to be discovered with 2 beautiful large lakes surrounding their charming downtown with great fishing especially bass fishing.The town also has a golfcart ordinance where you're allowed to drive your golf cart anywhere within the city limits.Plenty o of affordable senior mobile home and rv parks for snowbirds and budget retirees looking for a slower pace of life.
You forgot about your biggest attraction, Sherriff Grady Judd.
Born and raised in Polk Co. Grew up in Davenport but have lived all over the county. I can testify that the fishing is great,especially if you are after largemouth bass. Never lived in Frostproof but Lake Wales and Babson Park are pretty close. Now I call Tennessee home.
Frostproof is in Highlands County...
@@flarrfanno it’s Polk County, its the last town just before Highlands county. Avon Park is where Highlands county starts
@@flarrfanFrostproof is in Polk County.
I'll agree with High Springs. My family lives not far from there in Trenton. I love the country feel in that area.
Love to see these Florida videos!! I've lived in Florida my whole life, and I can agree that we drive fast here lol. The roads are like the Daytona 500. I would have recommended other towns, but they have grown so much recently that I can't even really call them towns anymore. My mentions would be: St. Augustine, Ocala, DeLand, Naples, Destin, and Mt. Dora (the smallest). Maybe those would be good for a best small cities of FL video?
Some of the most aggressive drivers you’ll find are in Florida.
Would love Ocala video
@@kevinmorrissey9398 I have never been there, but I have family who loves there and I have heard many great things about Ocala!
@@linrae1181 so true 😅😂. I have definitely been in a few scary situations on the road here 😅😂. The issue is, that since everyone is driving like hell on wheels, you have to as well, because then you'll just get wrecked by idiots going 100 mph in a 60 mph zone. When I lived in the more rural part of FL, I would often catch people going twice the speed limit. Even cops here speed 🤣😂 I see them go at least 20 mph over speed limit when I do see them.
@@johnbetancourt59 It seems to have gotten worse since the pandemic. I drive I 75 five days a week and it’s crazy what you see people doing. So reckless at very high rates of speed. Everyone just seems angry…
When your town is mentioned in the video: Oh my Gosh yesssssssssss
I grew up in High Springs, the name comes from a small spring that is at the top of hill east and a bit south of the center of town. It is probably at least 40 feet above the mean altitude of the rest of the town. Even as a kid in the late 60's, we had no idea who owned the land. But it was situated behind a middle school about a 1/4 mile or so. It was a great little town back then, but the Greenie Yuppies have changed all that.
Yes sir alachua county got to love it in from Gainesville
I'm sure you meant " 40 feet above the MAIN altitude of the rest of the town " @johnparrish1096, not "MEAN" altitude.
@@tonycollazorappo I used the word "mean" as a synonym of the word "average".
This was a lazy list. I can name u 15 better small rural towns that are low crime and great to live. Chipley, Vernon, bonifay, cottondale, graceville, altha, Sneads, grand ridge, port st. Joe, wewahitchka, freeport, ebro, greenhead, redhead, Bethlehem, Jay, Jacob city, campbelton, fountain, Ponce de Leon, Alford, Wausau, baker, Franklin, north view, Crestview, wild wood, Jacob, the list goes on. All these places are rural safe and small with average real-estate and decent internet, the travel distance to the nearest hospital is short less than 25 minutes in all cities. Low crimes rates and good schools. 👍
Shhhhhhhh
You're talking my neck of the woods now!
I LOOOOVE High Springs & Keystone Heights! I used to own a home in Wellborn.
Gainsville to Ocala to lake city to Crystal River BEST area🤔 Hola 👋 from Citra🌞
I grew up in Hosford, the next town east of Bristol. Very cool to see my old stomping grounds on TH-cam haha. Not good for bar hoppers, because Liberty county (Bristol) is a dry county and you have to go to Blountstown to find any restaurants/bar that serve alcohol
Hosford is a blast from the past. I hope it never changes. (Im in Carrabelle)
I am so very very VERY glad to not see my little Florida town on your list.
Me too. I like my little town.
I would sure like to hear a list about Florida cities from a true Floridian that would be the best other than that outsiders will never understand based on statistical views
Osteen is a nice area.
Land o Lakes is the best spot to be and it’s just a short drive to Tampa without the high taxes and high property prices.
You really dropped the ball. Places like Crystal River, Williston and Dunnellen are wonderful places with plenty of outdoor and entertainment!
Agreed. Also Eustis and Paisley
@@jacquelinelonneville4609 Never been. I’m in Levy. I tend to stick with citrus marion and levy
Ive lived in FL for 32 years this is a terrible list …
@@jrawls09 Hopefully the lists stay terrible, too many yanks moving here.
that's what I was thinking, I live in Citrus Springs and it is super quiet and quite rural (at least in the area I live).
bought land near Brooksville, Florida. It’s beautiful there, to me the Gulf side it has the better weather. Also I could care less about my wifi connection lol that’s the point of a rural town. A sense of peace from the world
Born here raised here. Remember going out on Sunday. Everything closed might see one other vehicle on the road just taking the family for a drive. Knew most everybody in town, local IGA, post office. I miss it…
Native Floridian here and High Springs / Keystone Heights are lovely towns. To live in the panhandle, one needs to understand a serious southern accent. I lived most of my life just north of Miami and looked to the north when I retired. I ended up in the White Mountains of central New Hampshire, LOL.
Carrington, Mayville, Cavalier, wahpeton, Hillsboro. All North Dakota towns that fit your criteria.
Love ND. Spent 5 yrs there. Son lives in Bismarck. I was in the oil fields.
Live Oak, Fl. should be on the list.
I bought property on the Suwannee in Live Oak before settling in Wellborn. Love the area. Miss it terribly.
@@jennysroad Did you live on Running Springs?
@@sharonwrijil5899 No I was north on 8th terrace off 171rd
Yup! Almost lived in Dowling Park but found my Paradise in Citra🌞 Now I need to find a woman that has her💩 Together🤔
@@jennysroad My father in law was born and raised in Wellborn.
I moved to Keystone Heights when I was in the 6th grade. We left Jacksonville to move to a safer location. I absolutely hated living there when I was a teenager so I came back to Jacksonville for college and am still here. Now that I'm older, I'd go back in a heartbeat. I did see someone else comment that they lived there and there is only two stop lights. That's correct. They're only like a mile apart and the second one wasn't installed until like 2010.
Hey there, lived in Keystone Heights, FL all my life. Currently still do. They’re building rapidly! There still is two traffic lights, and hopefully it stays that way :-)
Glad I have around 15 acres of land to keep a good buffer.
I have a good friend from Frostproof and he loves it. I'll be joining him to visit his family later this year.
Aye!! I am from Frostproof. Shhhh🙊We want to stay small and fewer ppl from NE moving here. Thanks for the props tho.
Fantastic series Briggs and the jokes aren't bad either 😉.
Glad you think so!
Agreed! Why I subbed & watch & comment.😆🤘🤙
I hate articles like this. People flock to these places. Increasing the population. traffic, property rates and taxes. Turning their new homes. Into their old.
Briggs, you knocked it out of the park on this one. I live about an hour west of Blountstown (thank you for pronouncing it correctly, by the way), I have been to most of the towns on your list. You missed a couple up here in the Panhandle, though. Chipley, FL, Crestview, FL, even here in Marianna,, FL. Excellent job on what you did find. 13 thumbs up!!
Most of these towns suck. These people aren't friendly or welcoming
All four of those places are nothing but disgusting sewers. My unfortunate family has lived along the I-10 corridor since 1900 and it's nothing but swamps, bugs, muggy sweaty humidity, insects, reptiles, nasty dirty creeks and rivers (don't get me started on the Chipola), uneducated people, poor schools, and black people still living in tar paper shacks. Thank god I left Marianna in 1997 and discovered there's a much better world out there than anywhere in Florida.
Please do West Virginia. I live in rural town in West VA . I live in Hinton WV . It's beautiful here . The water and the mountains and it's beautiful in the spring and summer and fall and also winter here . But I used to live in Florida. I used to live in Ruskin FL.
Im in north Dakota and I want to move to W.V.
I think West Va. is such a beautiful State. Would love to move there but my kids are here.
A friend and I compared notes and discovered we'd both lived in Harper's Ferry, though at different times. We agreed that if we could afford it, we'd pack everything and leave tomorrow. As it is, I need to go to Kaiser for some genealogy work. Everywhere is just so nice in WV!
Shhhhh . Lets keep Appalachia a secret.
You may want to check Lake Butler, and Starke Florida, maybe Jennings, Jasper, Live Oak, white springs. Macclenny, Glen St. Mary.
Did you check around the area of Rainbow Springs? The Salt springs area is wonderful, there's Ocala where some CA stars have compounds, Anthony, McIntosh, anywhere near Ocala National Forest, Spring Hill, Brooksville, Dade City, Sebring, Arcadia-lots of crime tho, I think you didn't check too far.
Theres nothing to see.. dammit. Eff. Commiefornia. And everyone moving here.. all we have is huge mosquitoes and Alligators. Tourists are worst..
Love this series!! Thanks
Thanks you.
High Springs I have spend a ton of time at due to Camp Kulaqua so many summers there, it was the best.
As a 3rd generation Floridian I laughed out loud when you said we do a 20 min drive in 7 min! So true!!! It's getting harder and harder to do though since we're being over run by transplants from other states. Wish people would stay away and stop trying to change our quaint little small towns. I grew up in a sleepy little town called Parrish. Manatee County has seen so much growth in the last 15 years. It's got me looking at other little towns in Northern Florida to get away from all of the outsiders.
I have a granddaughter who lives in a new apartment building in Bradenton. It is very close to Parrish. Living in Polk county we go thru Parrish to see her. I commented to my husband how sad it is for Parrish residents that Bradenton is fastly growing into your territory. I feel for you all. Traffic can be a real problem. I was very pleased that she was on the outskirts of Bradenton and a very easy drive for us to see her. After your comment, I can very much see the flip of the situation. For Parrish I'm very sorry.
I’ve lived in NWFLORIDA all my life (55) years. The growth here is horrendous.
There's growth in the panhandle too. Too many people moving there. I have seen every state driver tags.
We have the same problem in NC. The Northerners and Ca folks plus all the tourists!
Same for us. We got overrun with fleeing dirt bags. Won't be long before all Florida is cooked
Hey Briggs, I mentioned Keystone Heights in the comments on another Florida video you made like 2 or 3 years back. Glad you finally got around to it.
I almost lived in Dowling Park but found my paradise in Citra🌞
I love how Briggs can’t keep his anti-Florida bias out of his videos. He comes storming right out of the gates with a shot on FL. Saying that FLis not that bad is like saying that a super model is kind of pretty. Millions of people don’t move to a place that is “not that bad”. People to a place that is fantastic. Like, I don’t know, Crystal River, Sarasota, Winter Springs, Lake Mary, Jupiter, New Smyrna Beach et al.
I must admit. Out of all the travel blogs out there I always come back to this one !!!
Poor choice of cities except for Keystone Heights between Gainsville and Jacksonville. Sebring, Ocala, etc. would have been much better choices.
Agreed! Hola👋 from Citra🌞 Micinopi👍👍
Sebring is boring 😴😒😑
I lived in Blountstown for 7 years when I was a kid! It has grown quite a bit from when I lived there!
Keystone is good for better middle class but they are Clay county, where I live and it's building up fast, look up Middleburg, FL and realize that is way closer than Gainesville and there is a large hospital and they are building a highways 15 minutes down state road 21, or Blanding Blvd., that makes Jacksonville a 20 minute drive.. Keystone is going to grow alot in 15 to 20 years.. Also, maybe no violence but tons of drug
Looks good but as a black man, I am not safe in most small towns in Florida.
That's why I'm here if you found any lemme know. Best I've found through my elders is Ocala and Sebring.
That is absolutely not the case where I live in the panhandle.
You are way off about keystone heights Florida. I have lived there since 1987, crime is bad, tweeters everywhere, and there is nothing to do especially for younger people. Most residents under 35 have a criminal past so now none of them can get work, I would definitely research ia little bit more next time. Sorry I mean no offense I just had to speak up brah 😎👍✌️
You should talk to the FBI. They seem to think the crime rate is much lower, your local law enforcement says it's low as well. I'm not saying your wrong, but people have different experiences and it normally depends on who they associate with and what part of town they stay. What I have learned is whatever place I have ever done a video about half the locals say it sucks while the other half say it is great. That is why I trust the stats.
Conrad, get out of that trailer park off the side of SR 100 between town and the BP. The rest of the town is not like that, and if prices keep spiking, it won't be there too much longer either. BTW they are called tweakers, not tweeters. Meth heads are tweakers and that drug induced involuntary nervous condition they get while high on meth is called tweaking. Tweeters are those small speakers between the size of a quarter and a half dollar where all of your high frequency sounds are reproduced. You're welcome.
Conrad is right. This town is full of tweeking methheads and racist hillbillies. There are some nice people, but they are fast becoming fewer, and more far between. Nothing to do for the youth but booze, drugs and sex.
Oh, and they don't care about you at the school unless you play sports. I feel bad for the teachers who actually care, because the school itself doesn't.
@@n0validusername I think he is referring to people who use Twitter on a daily basis. Horrendous!
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs I know it is lower.
Give mississippi some love! You will surprise yourself on stats on some of our towns. Some counties have the best schools in the us
Interesting. Whats your fav city/town in Mississippi? Im genuinely curious!!! I'll prob google it
Back in the late 70s early 80s, Tallahassee was great! Don't know what it's like today.
Not good!!!!
@@sharronpettis384 that's a shame. I loved my time there, except I couldn't make any money.
High Springs also has O’Leno State Park, a great place to RV and lots of trails to hike.
I wonder why you didn't show the downtown area of High Springs? It's totally quant and tourist friendly.
Yeah, and he didn’t mention anything about all the natural springs close by too, including Ginny Springs with its world class diving.
Good, but gosh you missed so many small rural towns in Central Florida, 30 miles from Orlando and 60 miles from Tampa. Small, welcoming, lots of lakes, good schools and even hospitals, low crime etc. I know because I live in one. Check out Howey in the Hills, Tavares, Mount Dora, Claremont, Wiersdale. So many.....
THIS!!!
Those are nice little towns - very pleasant.
@@kathleenmckeithen118 yes they really are. He didn't check them out though.
@@sandrabentley8111 No.
Ive lived in Keystone heights my whole life and its great but we are full lol they say we arnt growing bc our city limits are soo small but the rest of the town is where people live. The elementary school is great it is just soo full! We love our little town the way it is move to the other towns on the list lol
Native Floridian here! Pahokee is by far the best town to move to! Cheap real estate! All out of state investors and those wanting a taste of FL should move there!!!!
From the video of rural towns in Oregon I was thinking Briggs should make one for Florida. I chose not to comment but here it is. 😃
Thanks, Briggs. Didn't know Florida had these charming little towns!!
Was living in Fort Myers a few years ago; moved to the NE part of the Country when COVID hit down there.
Looking for a small town, low cost environment to retire this year, in Florida; miss the Sunshine State everyday.
Love your videos!!
5 very solid choices!! Given the hurricane issue, I'd make sure to get a standby generator, and if gas wasn't available, I'd have a huge LPG tank on the property to power it. Guessing these areas are not high up on the priority list to get power restored from a large area storm knocking everything out. Other than that, really like these places.
One of Clay Electric's main hubs is in Keystone so we're pretty fast getting our power back up and running.
Keystone Heights is a nice small town close to fishing...only jobs would be in Gainesville, if you don't mind the drive (30-40 min). Video doesn't mention it used to be a lake cottage destination, but most lakes are draining and nobody knows why, other than speculating on ag or Jax growth. Still, a nice community, next to smaller Melrose on very nice, Lake Santa Fe (not draining).
I can tell you why the lakes are all draining in one word: Nestle. This corporation has been sued all over the USA for draining the fresh water out of lakes to sell in bottles.
I’ve lived in Florida since 1987 and I will never understand why people move here. Well, unless you’re an AARP member. Great place for old people, or so they’ve told me. Non-existent winters, no mountains, not even many hills, low taxes (but also low wages). They used to claim low cost of living but that hasn’t been true for a couple decades. And a heat index over 100 75% of the year.
I moved to Florida 5 years ago from Houston and I agree 100% with your message! Our cost of living in our town not far from Patrick AFB is higher than what we paid in Houston! Everybody here is on drugs and/or homeless…and this has been years before the pandemic! Crazy!
@@Nik_Key Small world, I’m in Indialantic!
Florida has been on a downswing since the Great Recession. As more Boomers retire there, the state will get so much worse. You already see Florida's K-12 rankings sliding further down the list pretty much every year.
I’m fortunate because several years ago we found a dirt cheap place to rent in an expensive town with low crime and great schools. 20 minutes a way where I grew up it’s like another world. Retirees don’t want to pay taxes and they really don’t care about schools. A lot of people that move here stay because they simply can’t afford to leave. Wages are low and cost of living is average in a lot of places. The reality of right-to-work.
If you dislike it so much then why are you still there?
Good call on High Springs although the population is closer to 7500. As far as medical, North Florida hospital is 15 minutes from High springs and Shands (highly ranked Hospital) is about 25 minutes. High Springs has a 4 lane highway (441) that connects to interstate 75, putting Gainesville only 15 minutes away. Keystone heights is nice when the lakes have water in them but because of 2 lane roads and having to drive completely thru the city of Gainesville the before-mentioned hospital's are close to an hour away.
I live in high Springs and you are correct on the population it’s definitely growing it gets pretty congested through town
@@Crusader1984 I was in High Springs this weekend, the backup of traffic at Main Street and 441 surprised me for such a small town
@@victorw2474 Yes this town was designed for horse and buggy the main streets are very small and when you get all the congestion of modern vehicles especially semi trucks it just doesn’t work and the sad thing is they can’t expand the roads because these are historic buildings of course we wouldn’t want them removed anyways just town is not designed For all this congestion I’m not sure what the solution is
Hello Briggs..Thank you so much for all your videos because they give us a lot of information on where we should move to or not move time especially when we’re retiring,Healthcare, or other important things that we should know about when it comes to certain towns and states or we just want a place to live that’s quiet than where we are at right now a place that is going to offer more for our money. I love your videos thank you so much its .very informative..Keep the videos coming have a good weekend👍👍👍
I grew up in high springs Florida. And now so many people are coming there destroying everything. It's sad.
Love it man my family is from Fort White,FL next to High Springs also a super quiet town
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I prefer Hallandale Beach Florida beautiful beaches and, Gulf Stream Park the biggest Horse racing park in Florida, the Pegasus and Dragon Statue the second biggest statue in United States 🇺🇸, great restaurants and casinos, clubs, lounges, and your in between everything in South Florida, it’s not a small town but it’s the place to be.❤
Ohhh, Briggs, Briggs, Briggs, yeah, ya kinda washed over one or two.
My small city of Okeechobee. Great internet, good local economy, not a bedroom community, excellent Healthcare.
2.5hrs from Tamps/St Petersburg, 2hrs to Orlando, 1 hour from West Palm Beach, 1hr from Sebring. Huge lake with plenty of fish and Alligators walking on top of Alligators. More cows than humans.
In winter months it's a Frank Capra movie. The rest is Doc Hollywood.
Oh! and a yearly music festival that draws from across the region and further.
I'm shocked that small towns in Fla would be riddled with high crime rate. Here in Rural Lancaster County PA it's as if crime doesn't even exist (some small towns don't even list crime rate statistics)
Because Florida has poor public education, lots of lowlife and lots of gun culture. Those 3 don’t mix well.
Small towns will arrest people for infractions that are overlooked by police in large cities.
Exactly
That’s a very naive statement. Small towns are the ideal place for meth labs which is a major problem here in Florida.
Have a great day I'm really injoy this video thank for make me happy
I always laugh when you say an internet carrier covers 99% of the town I think who’s the poor fella who can’t get coverage 🤷♂️
Ha! That's funny. I think I know...That one guy who wanted to homestead, only, he didn't do much research first and built his "tiny home" at the back of the property where no lines could reach. But hey, the cows in the front might get good coverage 😁
I live in the panhandle, the best part of Florida! Right on the Gulf of Mexico. Pure white sand. Friendly people!
I loved visiting Fort Walton and Pensacola back in the 90's. The beaches are gorgeous!
Mt. Dora is one of the most charming small towns in FL, New Port Richey, FL is another great place with a fantastic downtown (walkable) park like setting. Down the road is Tarpon Springs...they get lots of tourists. I don't think you spent much time researching all the great small towns in Florida. Kind of disappointing Briggs. Perhaps I didn't understand the definition of Rural small towns, but if you are including places close to Gainesville, like High Springs then not sure why a lot of other places are not mentioned. What about Micanopy just South of Gainesville?
Listen to his criteria as stated in the beginning of the video. Port Richey and Tarpon Springs are not rural, they are suburban to the greater NW Tampa area.
New Port Richey is not rural and it’s high crime…very high. Tarpon Springs is very crowded and although charming definitely not rural. There are several towns that are cute but don’t meet the definition of rural. Mount Dora in particular has become exceedingly expensive and has also become over crowded.
Micanopy by the way has one of the highest crime rates in all of Florida.
Yeah Keystone is nice. I live right outside of the town or small city. Everything is close and still not to crowded and the land is cheap alot of wildlife we have alot of the very large Pileated woodpeckers on our property including hawks owls cranes and many other smaller species of birds. One only bad thing is how inconsiderate all the people who own cats are. They just let them run loose everywhere getting into the garbage coming on other people's property killing native species. Now this is just if u live just outside the city where everyone has big lots and by the farm land. But still either way if u have a dog u would be getting in trouble if just ran loose just saying.
I would think the small towns near me would be good candidates for this video Bushnell and lake panasoffkee
Lake Pan is pretty methed up, if ya know what I mean. Bushnell probably is too, but I only go there for the WalMart. Because we have nothing in Lake Pan. The internet is good though, lol.
Keystone may not have had alot of people move into the city limits but have had a ton of people move in the surrounding area(outside of the city limits). They built a shitty rv park that attracts alot of rude northerns who do nothing but complain about the fact that we don't have public transportation and want more stores and restaurants. We that have lived here our whole lives would appreciate if no one else moves here. Our small town is far past full.
Fax, glad I have 15 acres of land. To Keep a good amount of woods intact.
I live about the same distance from High Springs to Gainesville, just north not northwest in a town called Brooker. No crime, inexpensive housing, not a single stoplight/stopsign between Brooker and Gainesville. About the same as High Springs, just the internet isn't as good. I got a 2500 square foot Geodesic dome home on 5 acres of land, with barn, well, and a one bedroom tiny house for $175K.
I am really surprised you did not include the charming town of Cocoa, Florida in Brevard County. Not to be confused with “Cocoa Beach”.
I lived in Cocoa 35 years ago and it was horrible back then. Can’t imagine it’s improved any.
Brevard County man here. Cocoa Village and Indian River Drive is great. The rest is BAD!!!!!
Great suggestion🤔👍👍 Florida is a great state this is my second time in FLA
My pops had a hunting camp in Blounstown ,met a girl with a son ,named Stacy,now we all Family, awesome ...Keystone Heights Clay Electric main headquarters. Love the Gap Bristol Blounstown time and drive quote
Gators, hurricanes, obsessive heat, lightning capital of the world. I don't think Florida is right for me.
He has been on the negative side of the news alot lately as ive noticed.
Uh-huh.
stay in commiefonia then
Florida is not the world’s lightning capital, Venezuela is.
I love when non floridians mention gators like they're some type of threat. 99% of gators run/swim away from you. The only gators you have to worry about is whe. Dumbasses feed them (usually tourists) then they see people and think food
OK those are great but I have to say I'm glad our small town didn't make the list way too many snowbirds here already so yeah enjoy north Florida's small towns, WHEW dodged a bullet there.
Where do u live 😅
@@whyjustwhy2168 Lake Placid
@willskinner3101 idk if I've heard of that maybe on a movie lol I have no idea which part I should move anything will probably be more lively than ohio but I have a nice place here
It's funny you mentioned Miami, Tampa, and Orlando as big cities but the best one of them all is Jacksonville how could you miss Jacksonville out of all them cities you mentioned?
Jacksonville is made up of lots of distinctive neighborhoods. It’s so nice here. Very livable and pleasant. But overall, metropolitan area
Clay, Baker, St. John's, Nassau are the Metro areas in Jacksonville Everything within Duval county is the CITY of Jacksonville not the Metro area
Jacksonville is often ignored. I remember when I worked for a large organization, an executive came to town and was stunned on how large our city is. He was also very shocked as to how large the corporate facilities are and how many employees there were here. Jax has been called the biggest small town around because we are a large city but people have a small town attitude. Ironically, I think most Jacksonville people don’t worry about our city getting overlooked.
No Such thing, Florida, is JAM PACKED! Please, if you do not like the heat, leave and take a friend!😲
Orlando is easily the worst place in Florida other than every beach town
Not a fan either. I much prefer east in Brevard co
I don't know how I feel about not seeing my small town on the list, in a way I'm happy because I don't want any more people moving here, but another way kind of disappointed .
You should look into Winter Haven FL!!It’s a smaller town an hour equal distance an hour from tampa and Orlando. Really cheap low crime nice houses. Lots of lake front property. Legoland is here too
No way bro Polk city better than Winter haven for real?!?
@@Flaf863 i would have to say Auburndale ,fl
Keystone Heights just down the road from Melrose where my grandparents lived. I drove through there about 6 months ago didn't seem to have changed much from the 1960's. (The ambiance)
there are some great towns that get left off this list because of essentially false advertising. plant city, for instance, is basically a small town, despite the fact that there is the name "city", there are no skyrises and there are no horrible traffic areas, it's just several subdivisions with a park area, "downtown" f
region, and a bunch of small shops, as well as the regular Walmart and McDonald's along Alexander, along with a bunch of churches.
the problem with this list and Florida is that most of the "small towns", as mentioned, is that most people live in towns and subdivisions which are technically part of metro areas, even though they definitely don't feel like it.
sure, Kissimmee feels like it's attached to Orlando, but valrico and seffner do not feel like they are part of Tampa, you know?
Oh....I know
Outside of Tampa is still good but the US 19 speedway is a problem. Pasco county resident.
High Springs used to be great, no longer. The "woke" and "alphabet" people came in and destroyed it. I taught school and raised my family there through the 80's and 90's, THAT'S when it was a great place to live. Keystone also used to be nice but has become a main thoroughfare for drug trafficking. (Edit: forgot to ad) Gainesville caters to the students so not alot of full-time work, minimal manufacturing, crime has shot through the roof. Also, the students only vote one way which is always in total opposition to anything beneficial for the community. Most of these students never stay yet the community is stuck dealing with stupid policies that proliferate more strife for the disadvantaged they claim to be helping. The city and county boards are a joke. There are a couple families that still get voted in and the majority have been in jail or caught up to no good. Do you think they are voted out ? Ummm, no, they run and because no one else will, they get voted in again. You can look up any and all of what I have written. Make sure to watch piece on shooting at apartments next to the new wonderful shopping center while standing in front of for lease sign.
Thank you, sir. I currently live in NE FL, but since I'm over 55, I'll be relocating the the Orlando are next year. There is a plethora of 55+ apartments in that area, as opposed to where I'm at now. Those apartments are literally hundreds of dollars cheaper.
Be aware that some of the HOAs eat people alive. The HOAs or condo associations can raise the fees without limit. And, if you don't pay it, they can take your property.
Before you move check what that rent is now ?
Shout out to Auburndale! Worried about crime? Two words..Grady Judd!
Tampa bay is the best for lack of hurricanes they just pass us by!
Now we are jinxed
@@krg9942 nahh Irma was a nor’easter
@@krg9942 I know. I thought, please don't say that...!!!
Tampa is lucky for 100 years! Great place
You all heard the year, 1895, for the freeze, in Frostproof right?
Was that the fault of car fumes and cow farts too?
Florida is the BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN THE ENTIRE NATION, NOT TO MENTION RON DESANTIS... LOVE IT HERE ♡♡♡♡♡♡
I agree about Ron Desantis , but it’s too humid for me
I live on a barrier island on the East central coast of Florida and have all my life. It's gorgeous here and I can't imagine living anyplace else!! 🌴🌴🐊🐊🌞🌞🇺🇸🇺🇸💖💖
death satin is a turd sandwich
As a native Floridian, please tell me what DeSantis has done to address:
1. Ecological damage from sugarcane and phosphate mining. I'd kinda like to take my grandkids to lake Okeechobee and find living fish.
2. Infrastructure. Power lines need to be below ground, especially in a hurricane prone state. Also high speed internet. What's he done to get rural Florida off DSL that dies for days with every thunderstorm.
3. Education. The biggest threat to Florida kids isn't a book about an orphaned penguin with two dads. It's the 30+ to 1 student to teacher ratio.
4. Insurance laws. Explain to me why a working family in a mobile home in Levy county gets their cost of living ruined so some rich asshole south of Tampa Bay gets a payout on their million dollar house after a hurricane.
@@benjaminnoble2244 I grew up in Florida too and NO, this M-F'er has not only NOT done a damn thing, he has DAMAGED many things about Florida.
He's a certified PSYCHOPATH and NARCISSIST, and despite all his education, a very STUPID man. The whole US knows this and he is going NOWHERE nationally, thank GOD. They think he's a MORON and BULLY, and they are right.
My wife is from High Springs, definitely agree it is a nice town, as is Alachua nearby.