Puerto Ricans head to Central Florida at fast pace for climate, jobs

In a small, crowded shopping plaza, the smell of mofongos drifts from Melao, a popular Puerto Rican bakery. A few doors down people eat plantains at Puerto Chino a Puerto Rican-style Chinese spot. Others buy books at libreria cristiana, a Spanish bookstore.

This is Buenaventura Lakes, part of Kissimmee St. Cloud, where Spanish is the new lingua franca and Puerto Rican flags propped in windows is now a common sight.

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This story was originally published September 14, 2015 at 5:35 PM with the headline "Puerto Ricans head to Central Florida at fast pace for climate, jobs."