Check out Charlotte County Florida - rated by Money Magazine as the best place to live - 4 years in a row.
Low crime, no income taxes, homestead exemption, affordable real estate, conservative population.
It's on the west coast between Sarasota and Naples.
You can still buy a salt water front home (park your boat at your dock) for under $200,000. Boat right from your home into the open ocean.
If you want a few acres, you can find farms for under $125,000 (but beware of the gators!).
For more about Charlotte County see
http://www.sw-fl-homes.com/charlotte_county.htm
We live here, took the boat out the islands today . . .
Great Florida weather, but no tourists or theme parks here.