Article: Prices of Boat Slips in Key West, Fla., Can Make You Positively Seasick.

By Jennifer Babson, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 18--KEY WEST, Fla.--They are selling for the same price as homes on the mainland that have foliage and enough yard for a swing set, a big backyard grill and a vegetable garden.

In an island city where the average cost of a three-bedroom, no-view home runs $507,686, shelling out $195,000 for a boat slip nestled between a trash dump and the Monroe County Jail may strike some as a bargain.

That's the advertised price for a 60-foot boat slip for sale in Sunset Marina at the east end of incorporated Key West. The slip comes with use of two fuel docks, parking, ...

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