Need Help from Florida Tiki Central Members - Beyond Tiki

T Tiki-Troll Member D-LAND FL Joined: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 122	T Tiki-Troll Posted posted on Tue, Aug 2, 2005 6:18 PM I'm a native floridian, growing up in central florida, and as much as I hate to encourage anyone moving to Florida (its getting crowded enough!!) I do have to recommend the little town my hubby and I decided to buy a home in. We live in Deland, county seat of Volusia and only about 20 minutes from Daytona Beach. Its a little college town with a restored downtown area..lots of little eateries and stores, some nice bars we used to frequent pre-baby, and close enough to the beach, downtown orlando, the St Johns Rivers, and less than 10 minutes from two fresh water springs. (where we live in the summer...always 71 degrees!!) The housing prices are still pretty low compared to the rest of Florida too...your money will go alot farther. As for tiki culture...well they sponser a Tropical Night every year downtown which my hubby and I walk too, you get discounts if you wear hawaiian shirts (a little corny I know) but we're close enough to make going to the Hawaiian Inn a habit. D-LAND RULES!!! maybe not for everyone but we love it hope this helps St Augustine is really nice too. We are actually close enough to it that we lunch there sometimes on the weekend.

I'm a native floridian, growing up in central florida, and as much as I hate to encourage anyone moving to Florida (its getting crowded enough!!) I do have to recommend the little town my hubby and I decided to buy a home in. We live in Deland, county seat of Volusia and only about 20 minutes from Daytona Beach. Its a little college town with a restored downtown area..lots of little eateries and stores, some nice bars we used to frequent pre-baby, and close enough to the beach, downtown orlando, the St Johns Rivers, and less than 10 minutes from two fresh water springs. (where we live in the summer...always 71 degrees!!) The housing prices are still pretty low compared to the rest of Florida too...your money will go alot farther. As for tiki culture...well they sponser a Tropical Night every year downtown which my hubby and I walk too, you get discounts if you wear hawaiian shirts (a little corny I know) but we're close enough to make going to the Hawaiian Inn a habit.

D-LAND RULES!!! maybe not for everyone but we love it
hope this helps
St Augustine is really nice too. We are actually close enough to it that we lunch there sometimes on the weekend.

Post #176720 by Tiki-Troll on Tue, Aug 2, 2005 6:18 PM