| Hudson, Florida bills itself as the place where 'the | | | | doublewide mobiles, rub shoulders with brand new |
| nature coast meets the sun coast', and it's a fitting | | | | homes built on stilts with luxury amenities. |
| description. Located at the very northern tip of the | | | | East of US 19 are the beautiful homes and subdivisions |
| Tampa Bay metropolitan area, you can head north | | | | of a comfortable, prosperous suburban town. This |
| from Hudson into Florida's Nature Coast and follow the | | | | central area of Hudson features spacious homes, |
| many hiking trails along the shore and inland, or head | | | | curving streets and cul de sacs, and manicured greens |
| south through the Sun Coast cities of Port Richey, | | | | and golf clubs. With names like Beacon Woods, |
| Tarpon Springs and Palm Harbor. Or - you can stay | | | | Brentwood Estates and Fairway Oaks, the carefully |
| right in Hudson and enjoy the best of everything that | | | | planned neighborhoods are a haven away from the |
| Florida's Gulf Coast has to offer. And when we say | | | | bustle of the big city, where families and retirees can |
| everything, we mean everything. | | | | enjoy a life of leisure in the sun. |
| Named one of the Top 3 areas for vacation homes | | | | To the east and north of the subdivisions you'll find the |
| by the Wall Street Journal, Hudson has a split | | | | old southern neighborhood, which still bears all the |
| personality - a three way split. The unincorporated city | | | | hallmarks of rural living. Sparsely populated, |
| has three separate and very distinct areas. To the | | | | development has yet to reach this area of Hudson, but |
| west of US 19 along the coast, you'll find one of the | | | | you'll find farms, ranches and wild wetlands far from |
| most delightful old coastal towns ever created. In the | | | | the beaten path here. |
| 1950s, a group of businessmen decided to increase the | | | | So what does it cost to live in one of the top three |
| property value of their town with a unique idea - | | | | locales for a vacation home in the country (top ten in |
| waterfront property for everyone. Thus began a | | | | the world)? It's amazingly affordable, with some older |
| system of canals dredged inland from the Gulf Coast. | | | | single family homes still selling for under $100,000. The |
| The old coastal neighborhood features homes built on | | | | average home selling price is inching up, with luxury |
| the canal and the belief that every man should be able | | | | homes in the more desirable subdivisions averaging |
| to park his car in the driveway, walk through the house | | | | about $350,000. If you're intrigued by the idea of living |
| and out the back door to his boat. Today, the original | | | | on your own dock with a canal in your backyard, |
| homes built on the canals, many of them single and | | | | Hudson is definitely worth a look. |