{"id":9,"date":"2026-09-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/buyandsellswfloridahomes-com\/2026\/09\/05\/nashville-and-florida-just-topped-americas-most-desirable-places-to-live-list-again\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:00:00","slug":"nashville-and-florida-just-topped-americas-most-desirable-places-to-live-list-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyandsellswfloridahomes.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/05\/nashville-and-florida-just-topped-americas-most-desirable-places-to-live-list-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Nashville and Florida Just Topped America&#8217;s &#8216;Most Desirable Places to Live&#8217; List \u2014 Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>It\u2019s always great to see Florida recognized as the most desirable state to live in\u2014especially for those of us who get to call SW Florida home. Nashville, Denver, and San Diego continue to lead as top metro areas, but there\u2019s something special about our corner of paradise. With low crime, affordable living, and beautiful weather listed as key factors, it\u2019s no surprise that so many dream of making the move here. Yet, 54% of Americans say they can\u2019t afford to relocate to their preferred spot. As someone who\u2019s guided many families through both real estate and mortgage decisions, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how important these factors are when choosing where to put down roots. Chicago may have ranked as the least desirable, but here in Naples, it\u2019s easy to see why Florida keeps topping the list.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/adimesaved.com\/nashville-and-florida-just-topped-americas-most-desirable-places-to-live-list-again\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s always great to see Florida recognized as the most desirable state to live in\u2014especially for those of us who get to call SW Florida home. Nashville, Denver, and San Diego continue to lead as top metro areas, but there\u2019s something special about our corner of paradise. With low crime, affordable living, and beautiful weather [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":37,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyandsellswfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyandsellswfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyandsellswfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyandsellswfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyandsellswfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyandsellswfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyandsellswfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyandsellswfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyandsellswfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}