Should You Move to Wellen Park or Babcock Ranch Florida? Which Community is Right For You?

[@joeybaggy4118]

Thank you for the excellent video, but I am surprised there wasn’t discussion about the schools or the county governments where the two communities sit? We are looking to relocate in a couple of years and my sense is that Wellen Park will have the upper hand as far as schools and county services - being located in Sarasota County. I’ve heard Sarasota County is probably the best run county on the west side of the state (especially the schools). Is that accurate or inaccurate? Thank you again!!

[@LivinginSouthwestFlorida_]

You’re welcome! I can’t say much about the governments because how well things are run are too subjective and political. But as far as schools, they both have great school options. Which option is best for you and your situation will depend. Let’s set up a time to discuss what I’d important to you so we can figure that out. You can call or text me at 239-688-4423

[@johnkatrich2954]

Wellen Park way better location and close to Venice and Sarasota and Beaches.

[@LivinginSouthwestFlorida_]

Thanks for your feedback. Do you live in Wellen Park?

[@Jazzykatt23]

Didn’t Wellen experience flooding during the last storms?

[@johnkatrich2954]

Babcock Ranch is not solar powered. That’s a misnomer.

[@LivinginSouthwestFlorida_]

Actually it is. The solar field there produces more power than the town currently needs and the 2nd phase will produce enough solar power to power at least the entire town once it’s finished. That doesn’t mean that the electricity isn’t transported through the power grid just like any other home and that you don’t pay FPL for your electricity. It means that the solar field in Babcock produces enough electricity to power every home and building in Babcock.

[@Kittykat-v9m]

All of these are too expensive for the average individual. Not affordable and segregated by income. Sounds anti-black to me.

[@LivinginSouthwestFlorida_]

Yes they are probably too expensive for the average individual if you are taking the US average. But not for the average individual who is looking to relocate to this area. And that is there target audience for these builders. I’m not sure where you are getting your information about them being segregated based on income though. It wasn’t from my video. These communities have different neighborhoods that are geared toward different budgets because most neighborhoods are being built by individual builders and those builders build different types of homes. Then within the neighborhood they might offer different kinds of homes which are typically delineated by the lot size they fit on. This is how they make efficient use of the space and their employees and contractors. They typically have a construction superintendent and subcontractors that only do condos, and another superintendent and subcontractors that only do the narrower single family homes, and so on and so forth. This allows them to build in an almost assembly line fashion which allows them to build faster and keep costs lower. Price points are different, yes, but that has nothing to do with a buyer’s income. Price is based on the cost to build plus whatever profit margin the builder wants to make as well as what the local market will bear.

[@Jazzykatt23]

There are poor people of all races.