Seaside celebrates 30th

USA Today recently published a travel article on Seaside, Florida, perhaps the most influential new town in recent decades — celebrating the 30th anniversary of its founding. Seaside was the place that proved to many that a mixed-use, walkable town could be built profitably again. Because thousands of vacationers visited the town, it influenced the construction of other such places, especially in Florida and the southeast. Although Seaside began as affordable, it is now extremely pricey — with real estate values driven by potential rental income (houses are rented by the night and by the week for most of the year). The article accurately depicts the active and informal social life, from little kids and dogs running free, to bicyclists everywhere, to the dining and exuberant night life.

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