Florida's Top 100 Worst Places to Live

It’s no secret that most states have towns that people might want to avoid moving to. When it comes to the worst of the worst in the Sunshine State, the Tampa Bay area doesn’t fare so well.

Just to be clear, the ranking list of Florida’s worst places to live was put together by the folks at RoadSnacks. That’s the website that professes to be dedicated to showing people “the real side of places that not everyone wants to hear.” The people behind the site are also responsible for determining the state’s “most redneck” towns. RoadSnacks is not to be confused with Thrillist, which proclaimed that Florida is “Worst in Everything.”

To arrive at its “worst place to live” findings for Florida, the writers at RoadSnacks looked at things that draw people to places to live, such as educational opportunities, lots of jobs, a low crime rate, high incomes and plenty of activities. With those factors identified, “we ranked the list based on places that are the worst in all of these categories, crunched the numbers and – like magic – got the list from worst to best,” the site’s writers said.

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When the final numbers were crunched, only one Tampa Bay area town, New Port Richey, made the Top 10 list. A number of other local places, however, ranked in the Top (or worst) 100. Here’s a look:

1. Fort Pierce
2. Palatka
3. Four Corners
4. Haines City
5. Daytona Beach
6. Florida City
7. Poinciana
8. New Smyrna Beach
9. New Port Richey
10. Warrington
11. Shady Hills
12. Palm Coast
13. Kissimmee
14. Ruskin
15. Sanford
16. Zephyrhills
17. Winter Haven
18. Hudson
19. Lehigh Acres
20. Fort Myers
21. Cocoa
22. Gladeview
23. Immokalee
24. Mount Dora
25. Holly Hill
26. Lakewood Park
27. Deland
28. Homosassa Springs
29. Ocala
30. Mango
31. Thonotosassa
32. Vero Beach
33. Lake City
34. Orange City
35. Riviera Beach
36. Leesburg
37. Holiday
38. Auburndale
39. West Pensacola
40. Cocoa Beach
41. Lake Wales
42. Elfers
43. Sebring
44. Gibsonton
45. University (area of Hillsborough County)
46. Port St. Lucie
47. North Miami
48. Jasmine Estates
49. Brownsville
50. Fernandina Beach
51. Panama City
52. Tarpon Springs
53. South Daytona
54. Opa-Locka
55. St. Augustine
56. Brent
57. North Miami Beach
58. Bayonet Point
59. Florida Ridge
60. Miami
61. Jacksonville
62. Palmetto
63. Bartow
64. Edgewater
65. Eustis
66. North Fort Myers
67. Destin
68. Titusville
69. Clermont
70. Lauderdale Lakes
71. Cheval
72. Hallandale Beach
73. Homestead
74. Palm Bay
75. University (Orange County)
76. Goldenrod
77. East Lake-Orient Park
78. Lady Lake
79. Tavares
80. Crestview
81. Sunny Isles Beach
82. Apollo Beach
83. Plant City
84. Pinewood
85. Ensley
86. Golden Glades
87. Jacksonville Beach
88. Orlando
89. Sun City Center
90. West Perrine
91. Lake Worth
92. Pine Hills
93. Pompano Beach
94. Wesley Chapel
95. Gainesville
96. Belle Glade
97. Oak Ridge
98. Deltona
99. Leisure City

And, at the bottom of the top 100 worst places to live (according to RoadSnacks) is Meadow Woods.

Other Tampa Bay area towns, including Tampa, Spring Hill, Bradenton, Sarasota, Gulfport, Riverview, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Land O’ Lakes made the list much further down. All told the rankings cover 301 towns.

To check out the full list, visit RoadSnacks online.

Patch file photo of New Port Richey