Plant City, a neighbor to Land O’Lakes, gives you more house for less money–and house hunters are taking notice. Home sales were up 6% year over year in this Florida town, and views of home listings jumped. “This area is for people who want to live in Florida but don’t want to be limited to small houses in beach towns …

Plant City’s downtown was once so empty that business owners joked it would be a great place to film a zombie movie, but a wave of entrepreneurs took a chance on the historic district and transformed it into a thriving destination.