As I live in florida there is an abundance of water all around. Every time a new store is built or a new developement is put in there are all kinds of retention ponds of all good sizes dug.... As for our club, we have a nice manicured 150' x 650' (mostly burmuda grass) grass strip for our runway and 25' from the north edge of the strip is another runway of water of the same exact size. you can't get much luckier than that (no TREES). I guess what I'm sayin is that it all about location..
Sorry if I made ya feel bad. As a floridian we do like too gloat about the easy way of life in paradise....