There’s a version of Florida that doesn’t involve bumper-to-bumper traffic, overpriced condos, or the constant feeling that everyone around you is in a tremendous hurry to get somewhere slightly worse.
That version of Florida is called Bartow, and it’s been sitting quietly in Polk County this whole time, waiting for you to notice it.
Let’s be honest about something right away.
The idea of living comfortably on Social Security alone sounds, in many parts of Florida, like a punchline to a very unfunny joke…