The Rise and Fall of America's Retirement Capital: St. Petersburg, Florida

Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FloridaGilded/videos%E2%80%A2%20?sub_confirmation=1 In one Florida town on this list, 42 percent of the people are over 65, the city property tax runs about $1,388 a year, and a 204-bed hospital sits right there on West Highland Boulevard. No beach, no valet parking, no rooftop anything, and nobody writes about it. While everybody argues over Naples and Sarasota prices, retirees have been quietly filling up the middle of this state. A panhandle town that went 2½ years with no ER and now has two. A place that grows 98 percent of the world's caladium bulbs. Twelve towns, real numbers on housing, taxes and insurance, and an honest word on what's wrong with each. Sources: https://www.wjhg.com/2024/09/17/emergency-room-medical-services-return-walton-countys-healthcare-desert/ https://digital-release.mypanhandle.com/news/local-news/walton-county/hca-florida-breaks-ground-on-freestanding-emergency-room-in-defuniak-springs/ https://www.wjhg.com/2024/03/01/walton-county-receive-new-hospital-er/