Florida Squatters Create ‘Meth Island’ Complete With 4 Story Treehouse, A Welcome Center, And A Trampoline
One group of Florida residents found a way around skyrocketing housing prices and created their own village. Some locals referred to it as 'Meth Island' and others simply deemed it at nuisance. This outpost is located on one of the islands near the Dunlawton Bridge in Port Orange, Florida. Just south of Daytona. Here's the map, there's actually several "officially" uninhabited islands in that area.
It's actually pretty impressive, but when you don't sleep for days you have lots of time to do things. This make shift village had it's own Welcome Center. There was a 4 story treehouse with living quarters. I'm not sure how they got it there, but someone had set up a trampoline. They even had their own AIR BNB with a room for rent at $10 a night.
This is way beyond any squatter camp we've ever seen in Southwest Florida. This looks to be well over a year's worth of crafting. But last weekend, the South Daytona Police Department shut it down.
In the video, we saw a lot of extra lumber on Meth Island.
Looks like they were planning an expansion to the island. Maybe a 5th floor on the tree house or a remodel of the Welcome Center. Unfortunately the cops came and shut down Meth Island, so we'll never know.
The idea of a homeless camp on an island is nothing new. Miami has been toying with the idea of doing just that. Last summer there was talk of building 50 to 100 “tiny homes” on Virginia Key, an 863-acre barrier island. Not sure if Miami is moving forward with this, haven't heard anything about it in the past year.
Live In Florida, Work Anywhere – Here Are The Top 100 Companies for Remote Jobs
If you need a job but don't want to leave the sunshine state, do I have a list for you. Flexjobs just dropped it's Top 100 Companies for Remote Jobs! These 100 companies had the highest number of remote jobs openings throughout 2022. From the release:
“As leaders in the remote job marketplace, we are thrilled to once again shine a light on the employers that have made remote hiring a priority for their businesses,” said Sara Sutton, Founder and CEO of FlexJobs. “As it was when we first created the Top 100 list a decade ago, our goal in identifying these remote-friendly employers is to help job seekers connect to remote career opportunities and to celebrate the companies championing for a more flexible future of work. Even amid current economic uncertainty and challenges, the continued interest and investment in remote work has created a healthy, robust marketplace for remote career opportunities,” Sutton concluded.
If you're like me, you got a taste of the work-from-home environment during Covid. And now you want more of it. There were times I took my laptop out and sat by the pool while doing my job. Now I'm back in an office freezing because someone in charge wants the thermostat set to 72. I'm from Florida! I like it warm!
Now back to the remote jobs list.
The top seven career categories that had the most number of remote job postings in the FlexJobs database in 2022:
Additionally, here's the top 10 remote job postings on FlexJobs during 2022:
So who's hiring? Here's a hundred to choose from.
1. Liveops
2. Working Solutions
3. TTEC
4. CVS Health
5. Kelly
6. Williams-Sonoma
7. Sutherland
8. Robert Half International
9. TranscribeMe
10. Transcom
11. BCD Travel
12. UnitedHealth Group
13. BELAY
14. Cactus Communications
15. Kforce
16. LHH – Lee Hecht Harrison
17. Activus Connect
18. AnywhereWorks
19. Randstad
20. Thermo Fisher Scientific
21. Twilio
22. Ansafone Contact Centers
*** their name is literally "Answer-phone"
