Nude/Clothing Optional Communities
Hello,
I am not sure if I am posting this message in the correct category.
I am looking for information on any clothing optional communities in the United States.
As my husband and I are getting ready to retire we have been thinking about moving and the thought of living in an area where we don't have to worry about clothes is appealing. I remember a couple of years ago there was a TV program about a nude resort in Florida but I am not sure if that is still around.
What we are looking for is to own a real house and not just be in a campground. And I am wondering in some of these resorts can you go for a walk in the neighborhood without clothes? How clothing optional friendly are these communities if there are any?
Right now where I live I can't even go out on my driveway to pick up the morning newspaper without making sure I'm fully dressed or go onto my porch to get the mail. I would like some place more accepting in my next home.
I would appreciate any information anyone would like to share with me.
Thank you.
Hello,I am not sure if I am posting this message in the correct category.I am looking for information on any clothing optional communities in the United States.As my husband and I are getting ready to retire we have been thinking about moving and the thought of living in an area where we don't have to worry about clothes is appealing. I remember a couple of years ago there was a TV program about a nude resort in Florida but I am not sure if that is still around.What we are looking for is to own a real house and not just be in a campground. And I am wondering in some of these resorts can you go for a walk in the neighborhood without clothes? How clothing optional friendly are these communities if there are any?Right now where I live I can't even go out on my driveway to pick up the morning newspaper without making sure I'm fully dressed or go onto my porch to get the mail. I would like some place more accepting in my next home.I would appreciate any information anyone would like to share with me.Thank you.
Men don't have to be fully dressed to go out front, A pair of gym shorts is all that is needed,
I have read of people living in clothing optional communities year-round on this board and elsewhere,
The houses are usually pre fabs and on the smaller side, but you don't need much in the way of clothes and that saves space.
One person wrote that he paid people to do most of his shopping and other errands, so he only dressed when face to face interaction was required.
They are mostly in the southern half of the country. Florida probably has the most.
Hello,I am not sure if I am posting this message in the correct category.I am looking for information on any clothing optional communities in the United States.As my husband and I are getting ready to retire we have been thinking about moving and the thought of living in an area where we don't have to worry about clothes is appealing. I remember a couple of years ago there was a TV program about a nude resort in Florida but I am not sure if that is still around.What we are looking for is to own a real house and not just be in a campground. And I am wondering in some of these resorts can you go for a walk in the neighborhood without clothes? How clothing optional friendly are these communities if there are any?Right now where I live I can't even go out on my driveway to pick up the morning newspaper without making sure I'm fully dressed or go onto my porch to get the mail. I would like some place more accepting in my next home.I would appreciate any information anyone would like to share with me.Thank you.
The one I know of (and it was on the Buying Naked TV show) is The Oasis, basically across the highway from Paradise Lakes and Lake Como in Lutz, FL. You cannot be nude in your front yard, but all of the backyards are fenced and there is a pathway between the fences to the nude clubhouse and pool. Houses in the Oasis go on sale very infrequently. Paradise Lakes itself is more of a community (mostly condos, but some houses) than a campground, but they veer pretty far into the swinger territory, as does Caliente (also a community rather than a campground) in nearby Land O' Lakes.
Hello,I am not sure if I am posting this message in the correct category.I am looking for information on any clothing optional communities in the United States.As my husband and I are getting ready to retire we have been thinking about moving and the thought of living in an area where we don't have to worry about clothes is appealing. I remember a couple of years ago there was a TV program about a nude resort in Florida but I am not sure if that is still around.What we are looking for is to own a real house and not just be in a campground. And I am wondering in some of these resorts can you go for a walk in the neighborhood without clothes? How clothing optional friendly are these communities if there are any?Right now where I live I can't even go out on my driveway to pick up the morning newspaper without making sure I'm fully dressed or go onto my porch to get the mail. I would like some place more accepting in my next home.I would appreciate any information anyone would like to share with me.Thank you.The one I know of (and it was on the Buying Naked TV show) is The Oasis, basically across the highway from Paradise Lakes and Lake Como in Lutz, FL. You cannot be nude in your front yard, but all of the backyards are fenced and there is a pathway between the fences to the nude clubhouse and pool. Houses in the Oasis go on sale very infrequently. Paradise Lakes itself is more of a community (mostly condos, but some houses) than a campground, but they veer pretty far into the swinger territory, as does Caliente (also a community rather than a campground) in nearby Land O' Lakes.
Courts in Florida have ruled that it is legal to be nude in your front yard, even if in full view of the street. There may be local ordinances against it. Beyond that, you probably don't want to offend any non-nudists passing by.
Paradise Lakes in North Tampa and Cypress Cove south of Orlando both have a large residential area within the boundaries of the nude resort. One can be as naked as one want, as much as one wants, wherever on the square mile areas of the resorts. There are year-around homes up to 5000 square feet or so at both sites. Beyond that, there are many nude RV parks around Florida where some people live in RVs year around. Caliente Resort, north of Tampa, has many condo units where so live.
This is good info that I can affirm.Paradise Lakes in North Tampa and Cypress Cove south of Orlando both have a large residential area within the boundaries of the nude resort. One can be as naked as one want, as much as one wants, wherever on the square mile areas of the resorts. There are year-around homes up to 5000 square feet or so at both sites. Beyond that, there are many nude RV parks around Florida where some people live in RVs year around. Caliente Resort, north of Tampa, has many condo units where so live.
Uless you are a lawyer and fully versed in the legal situation in a particular state you ought to be careful about sharing information, that while it may be technically accurate does not provide legal protections. Local ordinances typically can be charged if violated. So unless you want the expense of hiring and attorney and risk having your name end up on the sex offender list I advice anyone who comes across your info to seek legal counsel before engaging in the behavior you describe.Courts in Florida have ruled that it is legal to be nude in your front yard, even if in full view of the street. There may be local ordinances against it. Beyond that, you probably don't want to offend any non-nudists passing by.
A2nudist, when you retire, are you talking about keeping your place in Michigan and doing what many people call 'snowbirding', where you live south for part of the year and north when the weather's fair during the summer? Lots of nudists do it. Most of the resorts up thataway do close to visitors during the wintertime but are open to residents year round.
The AANR website has a great resource in their nude resort/retreat finder you should check out. Specifically, Florida has gotten to the point where you can't let go of a swinging dead squirrel without it landing on or near a nude resort down in The Sunshine State. (Sorry about that you squirrel lovers. They eat everything and dig up our plants and can go straight to rodent heaven whenever they're ready. But back to the topic). Not that it may matter to you (and it is your choice), some resorts cater to adults only or LGBTQ+ clientele, so be aware and know completely where you may want to start calling home before getting serious about your buy-in and move. Try to gauge the resort's viability as an entity - if you want to be able to always harvest your newspaper from the front porch without clothes on - does the strength of the resort suggest it will always be a nude resort? Many resorts have closed or even worse, gone to clothing in recent years.
As to my preference, allowing entry to only a specific sexual orientation- or the adult only-geared resorts, these business models comes with what I'll call 'baggage', meaning that by excluding any group of people from visiting, the vibration does rattle this nudist's spirit. Put in a different way - with the common and constant discrimination that nudists/naturists deal with from the general public, when I learn of exclusionary rules at a resort, which forbid some from coming to enjoy the freedom from clothes, those places have less appeal. By allowing entry to all ages, all races, all family units and all orientations, it ultimately shows reasonable respect for an individual's rights, putting them fully in control of their own choice to be who they are, without the intrusion of someone else's opinion in that regard.
The bottom dollar requires that the owners of any resort (or business) need to find their own way to viably make ends meet, and that includes giving their patrons what they want. There is not a thing wrong with an all gay, adult nude resort if there are enough members and regular visitors coming to support it. The supposition is that without the inherent strength of encouraging all ages to visit, the loss of the young ignores the stark reality that the next generations will have no way to know the beauty of social nudism if they are excluded from it. Having to rely on only one small part of a very small percentage of the population for revenue, such as the gay, eighteen+ folks who also enjoy nudist activities, the numbers are not easily crunchable into much of a profit margin.
And if you already haven't, it'd be good to learn the difference between what some resorts call nudism and what some call clothing optional. Different places use these terms differently, some almost interchangeably, so don't take what is written on a resort's website verbatim, or even what they may say to you on the phone or in an email. Websites aren't always properly maintained or updated, and personal opinions can obscure the truth. Go there for a day or longer stay, do real research, talk to others to find out what the place is really doing. One resort interprets clothing optional to mean what another place might call nudist, or their rules may be more fluid in the way they are applied.
To me, clothing optional makes less sense - though I admit, at its core, this point of contention does appear to rub up against a person's innate choice to be who they want to be. Civil society must have rules, and that also applies when considering the alternative ways of living oftentimes found inside the gates of a closed community. If an individual can wear clothes whenever they choose to at a nude resort (weather concerns aside), it undermines the typical reasons for being there. The defense of clothing optional includes the premise that, by giving someone who is less-inclined to be socially nude the chance to hang out clothed for a period of time, they can slowly become accustomed to the affair. This consideration seems fine on paper, but in practice, it babies the newbies when what they need is a cold, hard reality check on their reliance on clothing to feel mentally comfortable. Let it go!
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