Why Choose Florida For Retirement?
So, you’re thinking of retiring to Florida or maybe buying a second home or vacation home here. You won’t exactly be blazing a new trail. Though likely inhabited by Native Americans for thousands of years before Europeans set eyes on it, Florida was “discovered” in 1513 by Juan Ponce de Leon who claimed it for Spain. Ponce de Leon named it Florida, because he landed here during “Pascua Florida,” the festival of flowers during the Easter season. The next several hundred years were a tumultuous time in Florida with various parts of the state changing hands several times between the Spanish, French, and British. After Britain’s defeat in the Revolutionary War, Spain regained control of Florida, but later ceded it to the United States. Florida became the 27th state on March 3, 1845. Since it became a state, Florida has seen steady and sometimes explosive growth. Today more than a thousand people a day set their sights on moving to Florida. Most of them are chasing fantastic year-round weat
