FLORIDA
FLORIDA, USA
In the United States, house-boating
has become an increasingly popular
tourist activity, where people will rent a
houseboat for weekends, long weekends
or weeklong vacations. For those who
have taken the plunge to live all-year
round it is considered that Florida with its
warm climate and open waterways is the
ideal locations.
Fort Lauderdale:
Popularly called the “Venice of America,”
Fort Lauderdale has the Venetian feel of
a floating city. Its 165 miles of canals and
waterways weave all around and through
the city. And combined with Florida’s
year-round boating weather that means
boaters of all types can easily spend entire
days without setting foot on land.
Tampa Bay:
The amount of sun on Tampa Bay alone would make
it a contender for the best places to live and boat. St.
Petersburg straddles the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa
Bay and averages 361 days of sunshine per year.
Then there’s the bay, which has more than 100
tributaries refreshing it. With that much waterfront
land to work with, it’s no wonder there’s been such
an explosion of home sites during the past two years;
MiraBay and Little Harbor alone will total nearly 3,000
homes with water access when completed.
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