Florida

At one point, I had asked for suggestions in this forum for recommended campgrounds in Florida.  I did stay a week at Anastasia State Park at St Augustine and loved it.  See below for a post I put in the owners facebook page:For the over 55's in our bunch:  In a strand on setting up the dome, it was noted how many singles, esp. females,  are out here rpodding.  I just wanted to be warm this winter so I wanted a month in Florida.  Wasn't into beaches or doing the tourist thing floating from one park to another.  I like tennis so I googled rv park plus tennis and I ended up at Reflections on Silver Lake in Avon Park.  It is an over 55 community, not high end so it's affordable and I can't tell you what a great choice it has been for me.  Safe, clean, loads of activities, two heated pools, two community centers, small dog park, laundromat, 3 bath houses, game room (pool tables) and it goes on.  There are some rv sites amongst the park model dwellings and these are usually used by rvs staying several months although I've seen some here just for a week or a few days.  I have had plenty of people to play tennis, pickleball, and volleyball with and everyone plays to the degree they can.  Everyone is extremely friendly and helpful.  There are loads of people crafting, doing card games, horseshoes and shuffleboard and the facilities are high quality.  So I had asked for suggestions in one of the forums and ended up here and wanted to pass that on.  When I'm ready to settle down to snowbird, I see it being here.

Peggy, another advantage of being a Florida resident is that you don't pay a state income tax.  We live here full time, but many of our neighbors are snowbirds, most from the NE.  Be sure to declare Florida as your principal place of residence and take advantage of our great state tax break.

Bob

Here is a brief synopsis of the requirements.

intent to establish residency

I don't know what happened to my "cut and paste" of the Florida regulation.  Sorry for its appearance in my post.

Sleepless wrote: I might add that when I moved from Indiana to Florida in 2002 Indiana was silent.  However, in 1967 I moved from Michigan to Ohio to Illiinois, and had to file state tax reports in all three states, based on the portion of my income I earned in each state.  This was before there were reciprocal agreements between the states.In addition to not having a state sales tax, Florida also has a homestead exemption that saves you considerable on your property tax.  No wonder so many retirees relocate to Florida, establish residency here, but spend summers in there "summer" home up north.

You meant to say, "In addition to not having a state income tax", right?

-- Steve