If retirement planning has you convinced that Florida living requires either a generous pension or a willingness to eat cat food, Lake City would like to introduce you to a different reality.
This North Florida gem proves that retiring comfortably in the Sunshine State doesn’t require winning the lottery or inheriting money from a rich relative you didn’t know existed.
Let’s address the elephant in the retirement room: money, specifically the challenge of making fixed income stretch far enough to cover actual living.
Most Florida cities treat retirees like ATMs, constantly extracting fees, costs, and expenses until Social Security checks disappear faster than ice cream on a summer sidewalk…