Stacker examined data from Realtor.com's Cross-Market Demand Report to see where people in Punta Gorda are looking to buy ...

You don’t have to look far to find places where Florida’s resort economy has been built upon once-gritty industrial sites. Fishermen’s Village, a half-mile west of downtown Punta Gorda, is an example.

Editor’s note: While Harold Bubil takes some time off, we’ll reprise some of his popular columns. This column originally ran on Aug. 19, 2017. Among the many century-old houses in the Punta Gorda ...