In a world of complicated streaming subscriptions and overpriced multiplex tickets, the Ocala Drive-In offers a delightfully simple escape where the biggest decision is which pajama pants to wear.

Daryl Jenkins moved to Twin City mobile home park after the bank foreclosed on his mortgage at the peak of the Great Recession in 2008. He planned to move out once he got back on his feet. The years ...

Think of Ocala as the comfortable pair of jeans in Florida’s otherwise flashy wardrobe – not as glitzy as Miami or as tourist-trampled as Orlando, but infinitely more livable for everyday folks.