Orlando Beyond Disney World: Shots around Hunter's Creek

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon today and I was fortunate enough to be off work. I decided I'd get out on my bike and take some pictures of Hunter's Creek and South Orlando

Hunter's Creek was named lat year as the 22nd Best Place to live in the United States by Forbes Magazine, due to its high median income combined with relatively affordable housing. Hunter's Creek is about 14 miles south of Downtown Orlando and has a population around 25,000. The main intersection in Hunter's Creek is John Young Parkway and Town Center Blvd

Most of these shots were taken in the subdivisions west of John Young Parkway, mainly in Braddock Oaks and the Hunter's Creek Vistas

Some homes on the water off Hunter's Vista Blvd

A home in the Sierra Vista Subdivision.

As I rode my bike through Sierra Vista, I found a house that was available for rent. Not as big as the house pictured above, it was a single story house. Rent for the house was $2180! Not sure how many bedrooms or square footage but it's fair to say you have to be living a premium lifestyle in order to live here

Here is a home for sale in Sierra Vista, didn't get the price but I'm sure its at least $300,000

The more I rode around, the more impressed I became by some of the homes I saw. This one above is in Hunter's Creek's Braddock Oaks subdivision

I suppose suburban life really is a competition. It seems like each homeowner was trying to out do one another with a bigger house back when these homes were built in the early 2000s

This pic I feel is like a holiday contradiction, only in Florida could an inflatable snowman share a front yard with palm trees (and maybe California and Nevada too)

Here is a photo of Shingle Creek which basically divides the Vistas and Braddock Oaks from the rest of Hunter's Creek. Shingle Creek is considered the "Headwaters of the Florida Everglades and between Hunter's Creek and Williamsburg, this land is protected from development