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.
The Florida Small Town Is A ‘Coastal Gem’
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.”
The Happiest Small Towns In America
- White Rock, New Mexico
- Sugarcreek, Ohio
- Tybee Island, Georgia
- New Harmony, Indiana
- Eureka Springs, Arkansas
- Makanda, Illinois
- Caribou, Maine
- Apalachicola, Florida
- Silverton, Colorado
- Bisbee, Arizona
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.
These Are The 3 Most Photographed Tampa Landmarks
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.
The Most Photographed Tampa Landmarks
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.
- The Everglades National Park
- Wynwood Walls
- Walt Disney World Resort
- SeaWorld Orlando
- John F. Kennedy Space Center
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.
Kevin is a member of Tampa Bay‘s Hometown Morning Krewe on 995 QYK. He has been with the station for 25 years, is a Tampa native, and went to Jesuit High School and USF. Go Bulls!. He is passionate about all things Tampa Bay. Kevin writes articles on the ongoing road projects around the Tampa Bay area, awards that Tampa Bay cities and businesses have won and country music happenings around the Bay area. He is always doing many things with his wife and kids. He loves to read books and play video games in his spare time.
