[URL="http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/secondhomes/2009-01-15-south-walton-florida_N.htm"][U][COLOR=#800080]http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/secondhomes/2009-01-15-south-walton-florida_N.htm[/COLOR][/U][/URL] By [URL="http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=1026"][COLOR=#00529b][U]Larry Olmsted[/U][/COLOR][/URL], Special for USA TODAY Unlike densely populated South Florida or theme-park epicenter Orlando, the western panhandle of Florida has no big cities, and trendy nightclubs are few and far between. The region is not exactly sleepy, with plenty of golf courses and resort developments, but for many years it hasn't drawn much attention from second-home buyers beyond nearby Louisiana, Texas and Alabama.
