Reviews & Comments
Crystal River, FL
Don't move here if you have kids -
10/21/2011I really wish we'd moved elsewhere. Crystal River is great for outdoorsy retirees but we're having a really hard time finding satisfactory educational quality for our elementary-school-aged daughters. We're probably going to try one of the closer-in suburbs of Tampa so I don't have to spend an hour of my day commuting the kids to school. I'm a big believer in public education but all my kids seem to be picking up are germs.
Homosassa, FL
Paradise? Are we in the same place??? -
10/21/2011I moved here with my husband and two children last year to be closer to my retired MIL and I can't wait for our lease to expire. The education system is laughable. State-sponsored VPK is nice but after that, good luck. If you're at all reasonably well-educated the schools here will make you cry for your childrens' future prospects. I doubt you could throw a rock at a group of people and hit anyone who could construct a sentence using a plural possessive. There are tons of VERY young mothers here (literally tons; the obesity epidemic is rampant here, too) and very few people in possession of all their teeth. If you aren't on a boat on the river every weekend, you're not part of the community. And, if you are on the river, you're practically in the shadow of the lovely Crystal River nuclear plant. Do yourself a favor. Pay a little more in rent each month and live closer to Tampa. And move away before your kids start school. Unless you're retired this place just isn't worth it.