The Top 10 Places To Live in Florida

3 cities beat the Tampa area for 2021. Results are based on things like housing affordability, health care, the job market, taxes for retirees, and most importantly, a “happiness index.”

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Updated May 15, 2021 11:42 AM EDT

Naples ranked highest on this year’s list of best places to live in Florida.

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US News and World Report is out with their list of the best places to live in Florida. Tampa came in at #4. Who ranked higher? We'll get to that in a moment. They say these results are based on things like housing affordability, health care, the job market, taxes for retirees, and most importantly, a "happiness index." That last one is calculated on a Gallup poll on health and well-being.

A few nearby areas also did well. Sarasota came in at #2 while our friends to the south in Naples took top honors. Here are the top 10 places to live in Florida, according to their rankings.

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[Source: US News & World Report]

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