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Where the **** do we go?
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This spot is right about 70' ASL at the peak, down to 54' in the low spot. Crowns in the middle and theres a surprising amount of elevation change right around there.A lot of the hurricanes are pushed away north or south there and for good reason. For every mile you go out into the gulf you gain about a foot in depth. Very shallow, very far out. Doesn't mean NO hurricane will hit, just that it is a little less likely.
You mean until the trees blow down because the ground’s saturated? That’ll work! :-)
OK peeps, time out.
Yes, there are downsides to anywhere you live. Here its **** weather, 120* temp swings in a year, cold grey winters, windy ALL THE DAMN TIME where I live etc. Thunderstorms and tornados etc. There it's hurricanes, rain and heat. We have both been going to central Florida since we were kids. Wife turns 50. We KNOW the downsides. We are prepared to deal with them. Telling me over and over how its not indiana and it is terrible is not changing our minds.
Yes, there are downsides to anywhere you live. Here its **** weather, 120* temp swings in a year, cold grey winters, windy ALL THE DAMN TIME where I live etc. Thunderstorms and tornados etc. There it's hurricanes, rain and heat. We have both been going to central Florida since we were kids. Wife turns 50. We KNOW the downsides. We are prepared to deal with them. Telling me over and over how its not indiana and it is terrible is not changing our minds.
With all that elevation change I just read “personal shooting range”!
Congratulations!
Weathers everywhere.
There, there no newly minted whitestown people. I’m sure you’ll miss that.
Nope. And the chances that I'll have a warehouse 1/4 mile off my porch to stare at there is pretty minimal.
Congratulations on realizing the next step of your dream.
How are utilities in that property? Is there good ground for septic & well, or are you close enough they'll run municipal water & sewer? What about electric and natural gas?
BehindBlueI's
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Does it come with an alligator wrestling pit or do you have to build your own?
JTKelly
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On five acres?
Florida code states minimum 1 acre with a sufficient back stop, city limits dictate their own rules. This is outside city proper so technically GTG.
I've been shooting on 2 acres for the last 20 years, but there was nothing closer than half a mile, and nothing within 1.5 mile in the direction I shot with rolling field hills behind my backstops.
Sadly no, we are way too dry for the gators.
Houses already in the area. Electricity is running across the street. All the houses in the area on septic and well, many a few blocks away are around 1 acre lots and seem to be good. It's all sand. Everything drains there so that shouldn't be a problem. The freshwater table starts at about 90' there, so wells aren't super deep. Even if city water and sewage were available, we would still have our own well and septic. When hurricanes DO hit and knock out power for weeks at a time, we will still have access to water and a working toilet with our generator and possibly some solar panels and battery backups.
We are under no illusions that nothing will happen. We will just do what we have here, prepare the best way we can and go from there. Having a working generator and alternative power sources, fresh water and toilets and propane fireplace like here are all a good start. And ways to keep them mine, of course.
JTKelly
Sharpshooter
It is fine if you don't mind betting $16000 dollars an acre and what ever house you build, that there isn't another guy ready to buy the five acres on every side of you and then they will build shooting ranges one the property line with YOUR house behind it.
NEVER buy ground because of what ever ANYTHING is or isn't on the other side of the property line. It is always a mistake eventually.
If you look at it that way, you'll never buy any land!
I was up near @bobzilla, all that flat open land is turning into warehouses or subdivisions.
Our new place (over 15 acres) has 40' of elevation change on our property alone. Neighboring properties are very similar.
Now, nothing is 100% certain, but I can all but guarantee you there will be no warehouses or subdivisions built out by where we are now...
Almost nobody can have it all. Remote places often don’t have utilities that most want. What was once remote can often have close neighbors within a few years. Weather has both good and bad. More land often means problems with trespassers and subsequent worries. As we age ambulance services and access to good medical care gets more important. Nothing never changes and our needs and wants also change. Some folks who want to live in remote areas aren’t exactly ideal neighbors. The best of luck to the OP.
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