Yes, Lakeland Florida is a good place to live. Why? Well many people choose Lakeland because of the price of homes is lower here than in Tampa. You can just get a better home in Lakeland for the same amount of money. Lakeland is also inland which means it is safer from Hurricanes etc.
Lakeland is closer to Tampa than Orlando. Tampa FL is 35 miles from downtown Lakeland to Downtown Tampa. Lakeland FL's downtown is 55 miles from Downtown Orlando. You can be in both cities sooner depending on what parts you are interested in.
No, Lakeland FL is not an expensive place to live. The median price of a home here is between 300-400 thousand dollars. You can get a very nice home here for that kind of money. The median price a home for rent is also very affordable.
Lakeland FL is best known for being the home of the Detroit Tigers Spring Training Camp. Lakeland is also the headquarters of Publix a larger supermarket chain. The local college is Florida Southern College which has the largest group of Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture.
Lakeland FL is 56 miles from the beach. The closest beach is west of Tampa and will take about 1 hour to reach. There are lakefront beaches nearer but I have a feeling you will prefer the one west of Tampa.
Lakeland FL is 39 miles from Walt Disney World Resort. Some parts of Disney are closer and some are further. It will take you about 40 minutes on Saturday at 8 AM to make the drive depending on what part of Lakeland you start from.
Yes, Lakeland FL is worth visiting. Lakeland has spring training for the Detroit Tigers, a beautiful downtown with a great Farmers Market and a beautiful college and local parks. If you are considering moving here contact us and we would be glad to assist you with learning the area.
Many famous people are from Lakeland FL. Most are not going to be recognized on the street from a broad range of people. There are however entertainers, sports figures, leadership figures and politicians of note.
Everyone is moving to Lakeland FL because it is a great city. Lakeland is almost exactly between Tampa Florida and Walt Disney World. Not only is that interesting but that also places this city in Central FL close to those beautiful beaches on the gulf coast.
Yes Lakeland Florida is near beaches. The closest beach is a lakefront beach in Auburndale FL. However the ones you are most likely referring to are west of Tampa FL on the gulf coast. Those will take a little over an hour to reach by car on Interstate-4.
Yes Lakeland Florida is a walkable city. In fact there is a Pathways Plan which currently includes 26.5 miles of trails and there are over 100 miles more which are planned. My favorite places are the paved walkway around Lake Hollingsworth the parks. Many who prefer downtown will say Mirror Lake and the promenade.
The One And Only Ivan is the Disney film that was filmed in Lakeland FL. The film is not one of Disney's more famous and I personally have never seen it. However it was filmed in Lakeland FL and that I know of was the only by Disney.
Yes, Edward Scissorhands was filmed in Lakeland FL. At least a good portion of it was. If you look closely you can see the Southgate Shopping Center's arch in several scenes. The Southgate Shopping Center is located on FL 37 about 2 miles south of downtown.
Actually several parts of Waterboy were filmed in Lakeland FL. The most iconic scene was the medulla oblongata lecture scene. It was filmed at Florida Southern College and has some college students filling in as extras.
The Lakeland Antique Mall is 37.5 miles from Walt Disney World Resort. Some portions of Disney are closer and some are more distant. It will normally take around 40 minutes to make this drive. The wort time to make it is between 3:30 and 5:00 PM.
Naples and Lakeland are 2 hours and 34 minutes apart. That is taking the fastest routs and the route is 144 miles almost due south. The drive is a a little bit rural at times and rather boring because you are not within view of the coast for most of it.
Lakeland is the kind of city you can live comfortably in. The downtown area is not so large you that you cannot park. You can drive there just about any time during the day and walk around or grab a bite to eat in a local restaurant.
Lakeland is 36 miles from Tampa and 55.5 miles to Orlando. Those distances are measured for the downtown areas of each city. The traffic is usually worse in the direction of Orlando because of US-27 and of course Disney.
Lakeland is 55.5 miles from Orlando. That is if you drive from the downtown area of Lakeland to the downtown area of Orlando. The Greater Orlando area includes many other towns which are closer to Lakeland. The actual closest part of the city of Orlando is around Universal Resort and Dr Phillips.
The distance between Lakeland and Tampa is 34 miles. It usually takes about 35 minutes to make the drive from Downtown Lakeland FL to Downtown Tampa. For those who live in North Lakeland the drive may be a couple of minutes shorter as I-4 is closer.
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