One of my friends and his family has lived in Cape Coral for nearly 30 years. I visited Cape Coral three years in a row in the winter of 1997, 1998, and 1999. I visited again in 2008. I found it to be beautiful, comfortable, always something to do, relaxing, close to the beaches, and a nice place to potentially call home. I don’t know what it’s like today, but I don’t have a single bad thing to say about it.
My Dad had his home built in Cape Coral -1979. We had the benefit of knowing the builder Mr. Rosen and his family and he did a special upgrade on our house as he built his next door. Cape Coral was wonderful at time and for many years it was pleasant and enjoyable. My family lives in Nevada, and would spend several months each year in Florida and know it well. Sad to say, in the late 80's it changed, and never regained the charm it once had. My wife and I took possession of the property 3 years ago and I kept the house up to November 2023. The taxes, insurance rates, Nor-Eastern's, substandard law enforcement, including (Drunk and HIGH driving all over the place), the rip-off culture associate with most contractors & services, water supply & pollution, etc. has made this once wonderful paradise, just a place for day- to - day survival. The WEATHER is Nature and if you like living in a Tropical environment you can't complain.
Cape Coral needs INDUSTRY... FACTORIES... It is a retiree place now... BUT the City Council keeps raising Property Taxes and chasing the Retirees out. The Cape Coral City Council and Mayor NEED TO BE REMOVED!!! This will happen in Nov. 2024.
I’ve lived in Cape Coral now for 11 years. We are a bedroom community of 250,000, strangely serving much smaller cities surrounding us. For a city of a quarter million we have no industry to speak of. We haven’t an indoor mall, a drag strip, a drive-in movie theatre, or a zoo. We have plenty of car washes, banks, storage units, drug stores, cannabis dispensaries, and boomers ☮️🎸🪖🌼. We are probably 2nd to South Amboy, NJ for the highest in watering holes per square mile. 🍺🍹🍸🥃🍻👀
Hi I enjoyed your video and comments and you are spot on. As a small child we moved to Cape Coral back in the late 70s. I moved here in the late 2000s and I can tell you life is much better here in the Carolinas. The taxes and insurance are so much better. Nevertheless, Cape Coral Pkwy and especially 47th Terr are havens for bars and DUI checkpoints. The downtown area is filled with businesses and structures built from the 70s and 80s and are old and drab. The city is pitaful at best along with code enforcement. As far as those buildings stuffed into that small area , its about tax money. The city officials have ALWAYS been corrupt there and is why you see a city that has always been the way it is and always will be. Look for crowded roads and people fleeing from other states. I was there back a few years ago and Del Prado Blvd was a zoo...Good luck to you its only gonna get worse watch and see.
I feel like I do need to reply to my statement and saying that Cape Coral is a negative ave. I spent most of my life there and have many fond memories but it appears the city is still the same after all these years and needs upgrades.
1:30 Cape Coral is not "always" dealing with some kind of hurricane damage. I've lived here since 2008 and until Ian on September 28th, 2022 I hadn't witnessed a 'blue tarp'. There were certainly some from Charlie back in August of 2004, but the main effects were north of the Cape in Punta Gorda. So, that's 18 years between blue tarp events, certainly not 'always'. In fact Cape Coral / Ft Myers does not make the list of top 50 cities most often hit by hurricanes. Ian was horrible, and many people still have PTSD from it, but let's not pretend it's an everyday occurrence.
25 years ago I would say don’t bother with Cape Coral. Now there is a good selection of bars/nightlife/restaurants. I like a higher cost of living. Keeps out the trash. CC is still cheaper than other parts of Lee County. A lot of MAGAs with childish flags.
