When someone tells you there’s a place in Florida where your dollar stretches further than a yoga instructor on vacation, you might expect to find a run-down strip mall with a gas station that hasn’t updated its prices since the Carter administration.
Instead, you’ll discover Matlacha, a tiny island community that’s managed to crack the code on affordable coastal living without sacrificing charm, character, or your sanity.
This rainbow-colored fishing village sits between Fort Myers and Cape Coral, proving that you don’t need to spend a fortune to live somewhere that looks like a vacation postcard every single day.
The cost of living here moves at the same relaxed pace as everything else in Matlacha, which means your retirement funds can actually fund a retirement instead of just barely covering the basics while you eat ramen noodles and dream of better times…