OK, there are waaay more than 9 best things to do in Lakeland, but that’s the title of a very recent article run by Southern Living online magazine.
Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, finely curated antique art, and flakey French-style croissants—these aren’t the kinds of things you’d think you’d find in a sleepy Florida college town between Orlando and Tampa. But the small community of Lakeland is making a name for itself with local businesses that fill it with life, character, and travel-worthy appeal.
Southern Living
Once you move to Lakeland, you will wonder why you ever lived anywhere else. Quiet, safe neighborhoods – Polk County, home to Lakeland, is know for it’s radical law and order sheriff Grady Judd. A man who started out his career as a dispatcher and has now set a record being elected for 5 consecutive terms. You can find out more about Grady Judd over at Wikipedia where, it seems, the editor has stuck to the facts (which can be unusual for wikipedia).
Then there are other benefits like a generally low cost of living, all year round nice weather, low gas prices, low utility costs etc.
The nine best things Southern Living suggests are:
- Go Antiquing and Discover Art
- Catch a Flick
- Settle in With a Book
- Get Outside
- Take in the Architecture
- Coffee and Croissants
- Eat Southern
- Mingle With Locals (buy this property and become a local !)
- The Terrace Hotel Lakeland
For more information on all these pastimes, head on over to Southern Living and check out the details.
Better yet, head over to Authentic Florida where they have a list of the 18 best things to do in Lakeland Florida, where I got the image attached to this post (psst, don’t tell them).