Florida Small Town Named As One Of The Most Happiest

A Florida small town has been named one of the happiest small towns in the United States of America. This report comes from Travel and Leisure. Their list is very small. They only listed the top 10 happy small towns in America. So they came up with the top 10 as they looked at the community population, poverty rate, median, household, income, median property value, and education and crime statistics.

The Florida small town that is in the top 10 is Apalachicola, Florida. Apalachicola comes in eighth overall.

Here is what the study said about Apalachicola, “On the shore of Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of Mexico lies the picturesque town of Apalachicola, a coastal gem in Florida's Panhandle that still gleams with a taste of Old Florida. Known for its mouthwatering seafood fare, the town celebrates the annual Florida Seafood Festival, a two-day event on the first weekend of November."

The report added, "Many of its top attractions are walkable with pristine beaches to enjoy, thanks to the Florida Panhandle’s long stretch of white sand beaches. But above all that, Apalachicola is generally a happy, peaceful small town and a close-knit community with a lower cost of living and poverty rate."

A little over 2,300 people call Apalachicola home. It is located in the panhandle of Florida on the shore of Apalachicola Bay. Apalachicola Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico so this is a beautiful setting for a Florida small town.

Florida keeps getting love in a lot of these studies that are done. This is great for tourism in Florida so it brings money into the areas they are talking about. It also makes me want to take a trip up to Apalachicola to see why it is one of the best small towns in all of the United States.

There are a lot of Tampa landmarks, but there are some landmarks that are photographed more than others. A website called BonusFinder came up with a list of the most Instagrammable landmarks in the United States of America. They also looked at individual states and three Tampa landmarks ranked as the most photographed in Florida.

They looked at 2,700 landmarks across the United States to come up with this list. They broke it down into different categories like this which places have the most hashtags on Instagram. Categories are national parks, casinos, state parks, NFL stadiums, MLB stadiums and zoos and aquariums.

The #1 overall photographed landmark in the United States is Central Park New York. That is followed by Broadway, New York, and then Times Square, New York. New York City comes in number 1, 2 and 3. New York City has six of the top 10 most Instagrammable landmarks in the United States.

So here are the three Tampa landmarks most photographed in Florida. Coming in at #13 in the state is Busch Gardens. There were 114,633 pictures with #buschgardenstampa on Instagram. The Tampa Riverwalk came in at #15 with 91,350 hashtags. Finally, the Florida Aquarium is #19 on the list of most photographed places in Florida. Over 63,072 hashtags of the Florida aquarium were used.

Below you can find the five most photographed places in Florida.

Love that three of our Tampa landmarks land in the top 20 in the state of Florida. I wish there were more as there are many more that could be on the list. Just a few I can think of include Raymond James Stadium, Amalie Arena the University of Tampa. Ybor City would be a place that I thought would be on the list. I know it’s not necessarily in Tampa but in the Tampa Bay area how about the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.

Busch Gardens comes in #13 in state of Florida. There are many fun things to do there including roller coasters, seeing animals and eating great food.

The Tampa Riverwalk comes in at #15 in the state of Florida. There are some beautiful photos of the Riverwalk and if you have walked it then you may have taken some yourself. The Tampa Riverwalk is also battling for the best Riverwalk in America. Click here to cast your vote!

Comes in at #19 on the list and there are so many photos that can be taken here. Firstly, there are so many animals to photographed. Secondly, like you see in the picture below you can take your pic with an animal.

This is the most Instagrammable place in Florida. The place is beautiful and you can take many pics to put on Instagram.

This is located in Miami and you may have never heard of it. On their website they say, "Since its inception, The Wynwood Walls program has seen hundreds of artists representing over 20 countries and has covered over 80,000 square feet of walls."