@@kkendrick68 yah you’re right I just can’t stand this dude talking bad about our area. In all reality our area isn’t as bad as others. I can walk around Edison mall freely where as back where I grew up you’ll step on a needle
@@ericmoore571I’m from Minnesota and I may be spoiled because it’s the land of malls and mall culture because of the cold weather. We even have the Mall of America there! I would say after going to Edison mall on more than a few occasions it’s pretty much a low income magnet and not very avant-garde or upscale. Kind of a dump actually. If you want upscale you have to go to international mall in Tampa. Edison is small town locals only.
@@ungrateful-66 I’m from Cali but in ft myers now. There’s nice places in Cali but unaffordable 😂… the crime here in ft myers is off the charts everybody is a scammer. Car and home Insurance is highest in country. Time to get outta here
...WRONG...Don't get Florida mixed up with your Hawaii & California WOKE Governments... I tried La Jolla Ca. for 2 years & came right back to Old Naples Florida🌴🎨
@@HenrySousa-n2c back in the 80s and early 90s La Jolla was awesome but the border issues have sadly changed that area I visited there two years ago and it’s changed dramatically
I much prefer Sarasota over Ft Myers. There was always something off about Ft Myers. It has no sense of community. Everyone there is new and no one knows one another. A city of strangers.
Old people tend to be set in their ways, and aren't very good at making new friends unless from the same places that they're from. I'd see that in Tampa St Pete, and usually it was more eccentric types of old women like from NYC, that were friendly. Lol but true.
They smoked cigarettes, and dressed up like still in NYC, and talkative friendly. Otherwise just look like all dressed alike in extremely casual clothes and shoes.
The cotton tops, like my aunt called them all. All after the early bird specials in restaurants. What the waiters and waitresses can tell you how they can be, is actually shocking, like constantly having to replace everything that is on the tables for the clients. Take it all, like salt and pepper shakers and all of the condiments.
Twenty four years ago I visited Fort Myers and it was truly the American Dream.A beautiful home with an indoor swimming pool was under 150k. Now it's really a mess.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
It’s still paradise. I’ve lived there my whole life. This guy is just making videos look as good or bad as he possibly can. It’s a beautiful place to live.
There’s nothing worse than being stuck behind someone like that Tundra in a traffic jam. Slowly rolling way behind everyone else while randomly stopping while the cars in front are moving. When I first moved to Florida I thought people that did this were trying to set up a rear end collision for a fraudulent insurance claim. It turns out they are just really bad drivers. For some reason it’s prevalent all over the state.
If Ft. Myers was a person, it would have a court date next week, it would ask you to borrow money, have a wrap sheet longer than your arm, it would drive a car with a permanent donut tire, have two baby mommas, and have more ink than ink pen
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGSI have lived here my entire life and no one here has every said this sentence ever. You are mistaking this with movies you’ve seen portraying black people.
@@run_N_DoubleB_gun_Nthis, too, sounds like something that was written as “Gangster dialogue” in a 1980s New York gang movie. Again, something that has never been said here.
Well I’ve been living here in Ft Myers for 38 yrs and we still love it. Every where you go you will find few bad apples. Not all area is bad. Do some research . Im thankful that many of us are blessed. If you want to rent an apartment just canvas the area few times on weeknights and weekends and also on a day time. Just don’t jump because it’s low rentals. So don’t believe everything you hear on internet.
It is possible for a place to become too populated, too developed, with too many roads, too many buildings, too much infrastructure. Too many people demanding too many resources can become toxic. It can and will become worse and worse, especially with global heating that will raise sea levels and increase storm damage.
Give it a little time. Anytime a city goes through a major hurricane it takes a good decade for it to come back. Same thing happened to Homestead, FL and New Orleans. Immediately after the hurricanes those cities were absolute crap holes and they bounced back.
@@thedirtybubble9613 if you haven’t checked….. Homestead and New Orleans are still shit holes. It’s been 2 years and Sanibel Island looks like hell. No resorts open it’s a complete Ghost Town
Grew up in Tice, lived my early 20s in Dean park then a couple years in NoFo (across from Hess right after the bridge, partied at the marina) left in 2012. Tice looks rough, Lehigh I cant imagine now (glad my moms retired from the DMV there), I heard the traffic is a nightmare now, thanks for talking about the terrible grid system and the lake O dumps destroying the ecosystem. They've been doing that for decade. My folks plan on retiring and moving NORTH instead like SC for taxes.
I've lived in Ft.Myers for over forty years, sure it has it's up and downs good and bad but thr growth that ive witnessed during that time is astounding. Three major Hurricanes and numerous Tropical storms have hit the area during my forty years and that is one of the reasons some area's look unacceptable unacceptable. But ive lived in many other States and cities and there really is no place like Ft.Myers. The Area is truly a tropical paradise and I don't intend on living anywhere else.
Amen. I was born in Southeast Miami and grew up in Lauderdale but live here now in Punta Gorda. Everywhere else is nice to visit for a long weekend at most.
We don’t have enough roads for the growth ,no roads to release the frustration of unnecessary construction before having enough infrastructure ! I can see why people say they hate Ft. Myers people sucking all the goodness and are making it a sh-those for native Floridian ! Just my opinion! Which doesn’t mean anything anymore !😢 J
The surrounding islands are insulated and isolated from this situation and have none of these issues. Islands are beautiful and rebuilding pretty fast from hurricane Ian. Real estate on all surrounding islands is also isolated from these issues. The bridges to the islands are a permanent physical barrier.
I can remember before the hispanics took over those hoods..Palm Beach Blvd etc was a great place in the 80s lived in the hood before it changed moved to Lehigh then Cape Coral before leaving the state for good..Its funny how i watched vibrant areas in Sw Florida change when hispanics moved in same with South Florida lived there has a child..Funny how different people see it differently
You ever been to Coral Gables? thats all rich cubans in SW Miami. In Naples now the cubans are outpricing the rich retirees from up north. Even today, the poorest areas are NFM poor whites. Not all hispanics are poor and in TICE, thats just the new arrivals. GGE is 40% latinos now, nothing there below 500,000 today. you cant just see some hood full of guatemalas that got here yesturday and label that ALL LATINOS are in this spot. I rather live in South Florida than North Florida 100X over.. not many latinos up there. its not 1980, its 2024.. today South Florida is 100X better than north Florida where there are no latinos.. why do you think the rich move HERE, and NOT there???
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Never said all hispanics were poor etc..The best person i ever worked with was Cuban..My point is there is bad and good in all people so stop dissing white people..We had a great area on Palm Beach blvd back when it was white only..The problem is people who work for crap wages keeping wages low and taking jobs from others..Honesty go's a long way..
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Totally get your point. I think Latinos will struggle in the Panhandle. Racism is alive and well. Not only that, but the culture is primarily "vanilla". Born in the Panama City, Florida and have lived in Florida for 65 years. Most small town areas in the Panhandle have few decent job opportunities and drug addiction is rampant. In the mid 90's I sold my home near Port St Joe, and moved to the Orlando metro area to pursue a career. Had I'd stayed there, I'd never became prosperous. Coastal areas of the Panhandle are becoming gentrified. Big money moving in. Cost of living rises. Locals can no longer afford to live there and are forced out.
I saw you traveled on the us41 bridge before they shut it down for the summer at 4:16 you drove right by where we live it's interesting learning about the history of the area.
Because it became an elderly retirement town, many decades ago, and obviously politicians did whatever they want to do because of how many people with enough money to live on until they die, and in began seeping otherwise.
Excellent and interesting review. Cape Coral is overrun with corruption and ft. myers has always been a total mess. Lived and worked in both years ago.
Bro you are going to the crap locations in ft myers . There are alot of great places here. There are great restaurants, beaches, parks and beautiful neighborhoods. Especially Cape Coral it's a good place to raise a family. I just don't agree to call it a craphole. I drive truck all over the USA and there are real crapholes
It's the low and lazy class riff-raff moving in for two reasons: 1. Prey on the elderly. 2. Warm climate year-round. The quality of the people will determine the quality of life. When human debris moves in numbers - and they have during COVID - life turns to crap too.
@@kathleenperreault3000 😔 thank you ' her husband won't tell us what happened ' So i'm waiting on the corners> to call back and let me know what happened" 😢 a phone call I never thought "I'd need to make ' she's my little sister ' 😢 🙏
@@zacharypeacock6278 Thomas Edison was a fraud even though he did in fact put Ft.Myers on the map, he and some of the powerful, rich industrialists undermined Tesla, convinced people that he was crazy. When in fact, he was one of the greatest inventors who ever lived. We could be getting free electricity with Tesla's inventions. But the rich and powerful couldn't make monies off free electricity.
I am in all pockets of Fort Myers area for work. I think it is an amazing place. All cities have bad areas. I am being honest you have had a negative opinion of this city for a while. The area is still recovering from Hurrican Ian. I have seen major improvements and the people here are great. I think you can find the good or bad anywhere you travel. Fort Myers is a wonderful place to live. If you are deciding where you want to live in Florida. Visit the places around Florida you will see why so many call it home.
I like you that get into the history, but what about the Native American history of the area? The Seminole Indian Wars were a major historical event that shaped modern day Florida, especially the Western Florida region.
??? where do you even get this garbage from? seminole is a SPANISH world for RUNAWAY.. thats indian wars 1800s .. the CALUSA where here before the spaniards... 1400s. I can make a video about the calusa.. i sure as crap cant for a group of run away people in the everglades.
Seminole is a made up name. What you call Seminole are amalgamation of The Seminole Tribe's ancestors were the first people to come to Florida, and include the Calusa, Tequesta, Ais, and Apalachee. Native American migrants In the late 1700s and early 1800s, Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama, as well as Yuchis and Yamasses, migrated to Florida and became part of the Seminole Tribe. The Seminoles also had cultural and family connections to other Native American tribes across North America, including the Miccosukee and Muscogee. Mississippian Culture The Seminole Tribe's ancestors were part of the Mississippian Culture, which stretched from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River, and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. Some traditions of this culture still exist among the Seminole and other tribes today.
It was nice before Andrew, in fact I turned 21 on FMB a few years before that hurricane. After Andrew it became a multicultural dump and never obtained it's true potential. Very sad.
i've only been to Ft Myers once - 2005ish. Went to visit a Air Conditioning Parts client when my ExGF was the supply contact. We just went tot he beach and ate lunch.
I was born in Ft.Myers in 1968....all the way up until the late 1980's it was paradise....then crack took over the streets...then in the 90's-2000's opiates....now ? I'm glad I moved to Missouri 15 years ago !
@@eknoke01 I love it here. No desire to go back to Lee county at all ! I can leave my keys in my car and fall asleep without locking my door with no worries. Try that in Ft. Myers...or Minnesota...
I was born in 67 grew up in Bowling Green and was very much a part of that crack thing lol that started in 85. Ft Misery was a cool place to grow up, but I couldn't fathom living in that pisshole today. I live in a cabin in the forest well over a thousand miles away and that's as close as I wish to be to that place.
all the sugar fields are south of Lake O. so, unless water flows north, which it doesn't, the commentary of this is incorrect. the actual source of the nutrients flowing out of Lake O are from the Kissimmee River which flows from Orlando and the rodent south into the the Lake.
'Bunche' Beach wasn't known as 'Bunche" Beach back in my day, but it was the best beach in town because you could drive, fuck, drink and build fires without worry.
I agree with everything you said. I grew up here (6th generation native) and it was a pretty good small town place to live. The humidity and heat make summers unbearable. The snow birds can also be very annoying however they do bring $$ to the area. Since covid hit the area population has more than doubled and many not so nice" people have moved here from the North East and California, etc. Also the majority population is now Latino with many illegal aliens taking unskilled jobs. The traffic is horrible year round. I will be sailing south as soon as hurricane season is over.
@@goldenparachute392 I live in Estero which is a nice area but it does not change the traffic and summer heat. I have developed higher standards but I'm glad you like it.😂
@@goldenparachute392 you don't understand my point. I hate Estero as much as Ft Misery. its because before it was overly crowded here after living in Boca Raton 7 years and Destin area this S.W Fl area does not compare to me. In high school i loved it here before I new about better places in Florida. Not to rain on your parade Mr. Golden.
@@davidwheeler7613 not a Mr. But now we’re actually on the same page. SWFL is boring and not very stimulating on a cultural or social level. I know better from living in other places. My point is that the area is safe and nice in general (if you stay out of the hood areas like in any place).
This can be said about America. Many many cities much worse then Ft Meyers. Lets ask whats happened to people and not the citites. Citiites in Fl are all on the uptick because property values are crazy. Making the trash people leave.
You have to compare the entire region. Fort Myers is more than Fort Myers….Estero, Bonita Springs, Naples, Cape Coral, Lehigh Acres, Punta Gorda, the beaches etc… The actual city of Fort Myers is populated by mainly poor people.
Unfortunately, l Iived in shitty Fort Myers from the mid 90s up to I believe 2006 and just had to get the hell out of there. My family lived in an affluent community back then, but as I got into my early 20's and ventured to other cities in Florida (Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando) I knew I wanted to live in one of those cities. My God, the vibe in Fort Myers was so backwards and look at it now as per this video. I have a home in Orlando and one in Broward County; the opportunities are MUCH greater and much more diverse than what Lee County has/have to offer. You want to retire and have at least close to a million or so, Fort Myers has it's gated communities etc. HOWEVER, if you are a young professional and want a night life, better beaches etc. Dade, Broward, and Orange county are great areas to live. Just make sure the industry you work for pays well, especially in Dade County.
Sorry to burst your bubble but I have visited my friends in Fort Myers regularly since 2000 but I have never seen anything about what you are talking about. I just head down Colonial Blvd and check in my friends - just in time to check out some of the best restaurants around.
Any place that becomes populated thanks to developers and greedy county commissioners eventually turns into a hellhole just look at Pinehills near Orlando florida it was a beautiful town with high middle class and rich residents and golf courses and country clubs. When orlando became overcrowded, the population overflowed into Pinehills and crimes rose quickly. It's nickname is crime hills. Hopefully you can do a story about the town.
I Lived in Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, and PA, and PA is the rudest by far out of those states; Fort Myers was weird for Florida. Lived there for one year, out of 12 living in Florida, People were very standoffish for Florida, and the traffic was terrible for its population. And there were million-dollar neighborhoods 3 blocks away from the Guetto there. It was also very Transient some simply come and go there.
Again you don't have your facts correct. Thecity of ft myers is that the city . Estero, iona mcgregor, south trail, San Carlos Park, ft. Myers beach, Bonita, lehigh, Sanibel, Captiva. Is Lee county, ft myers beach is NOT the city of ft myers dam you keep getting this wrong. Quit talking about other counties, lee county the city of ft myers is in Lee county, but you don't have your facts correct at all. Arcadia is so far from ft myers. It's thecaloosahatchee river, you don't know what your talking about nobody wants the locks to release the shit sugar water to be released your wrong so many fact. Cape coral is not the largest canal in the world,
Cape coral is not the largest city by po1p1ulation its the 2nd largest city in the state at 119 Square miles, your facts are so wrong. You lived in lehigh it's a dump.
The narrator needs to move out of Ft. Myers if he lives there. Not all of it is bad only the North part from Colonial Blvd north is bad south of Colonial Blvd is nice and Ft. Myers Beach is nice area until Hurricane Ian destroyed it. Ft. Misery & Cape Coma. Great video if your trying to get people to avoid moving to this area.
More like the majority of East Fort Myers, and North Fort Myers, some areas of Fort Myers, and Lehigh Acres, Estero, Bonita, and Cape Coral, etc. The whole county has some cancer, but overall not terrible.
I lived there for 4 months I met mostly nice people but I did s a lot Of construction workers in 100° weather at 1 PM. I didn’t know how they could do it. It looked like torture, but people can use you down here especially if you’re not legal a white own construction company they abuse the workers I saw the most Traffic in my life and the worst angry aggressive drivers my life I am 62 years old and lives in major cities like San Francisco in Los Angeles. This city makes every city look like a cakewalk. I’ve never seen anything like it very divided the snowbirds in their luxury condos in the winter, but the working class people here eat shit is terrible and $12 is the minimum wage. How is that even legal at slavery
...Ft. Myers Beach allways was a ("Craphole" your words)...We knew it would take a major Hurricane too blow it off the map. Why ? Because Crape Lee County never really cared about building codes & safety, all they wanted is the tourist tax... ...Artist, Old Naples Florida (55 years)🌴🎨
What a shame, because this place was beautiful back in the 80's! drugs and alcohol in excess, ruins everything.
@@erinlyn2802 Edison Mall used to be so glamorous back in the day. I can remember going as a child in the seventies many times.
It still is , this guy just gets paid to only narrate negative issues
@@jeffmurphy1610Edison mall is a shit hole! Who you kidding! I live here and it’s gotten bad.
@@kkendrick68 yah you’re right I just can’t stand this dude talking bad about our area. In all reality our area isn’t as bad as others. I can walk around Edison mall freely where as back where I grew up you’ll step on a needle
@@ericmoore571I’m from Minnesota and I may be spoiled because it’s the land of malls and mall culture because of the cold weather. We even have the Mall of America there! I would say after going to Edison mall on more than a few occasions it’s pretty much a low income magnet and not very avant-garde or upscale. Kind of a dump actually. If you want upscale you have to go to international mall in Tampa. Edison is small town locals only.
A city is a direct reflection of the people who live there.
And who run it
Thanks Sherlock
@@blakecrosby5123 state government get is share of the blame
Not clever . It's the corrupt politicians on both sides
Mostly who move here !
Fort Myers used to be a small town, now its a busy place. The bigger the population the more issues that can develop.
@@smokeybub horrible infrastructure.. everyone trying to make a buck. I don’t even like to leave the house anymore
@@smokeybub horrible infrastructure.. everyone trying to make a buck the town is now ugly. I don’t even like to leave the house anymore
Living in hell but being in paradise sounds like a good description of both California and Florida.
Yup 🏝️
@@ungrateful-66 I’m from Cali but in ft myers now. There’s nice places in Cali but unaffordable 😂… the crime here in ft myers is off the charts everybody is a scammer. Car and home Insurance is highest in country. Time to get outta here
...WRONG...Don't get Florida mixed up with your Hawaii & California WOKE Governments... I tried La Jolla Ca. for 2 years & came right back to Old Naples Florida🌴🎨
@@HenrySousa-n2c back in the 80s and early 90s La Jolla was awesome but the border issues have sadly changed that area I visited there two years ago and it’s changed dramatically
@@HenrySousa-n2cumm sir. Naples is not Fort Myers 😂
José, This is knowledge that only a local can give you, thank you for sharing.
I much prefer Sarasota over Ft Myers. There was always something off about Ft Myers. It has no sense of community. Everyone there is new and no one knows one another. A city of strangers.
Sarasota way better and young people here
That's what it is when the majority are retirees from elsewhere than Florida.
Old people tend to be set in their ways, and aren't very good at making new friends unless from the same places that they're from. I'd see that in Tampa St Pete, and usually it was more eccentric types of old women like from NYC, that were friendly. Lol but true.
They smoked cigarettes, and dressed up like still in NYC, and talkative friendly. Otherwise just look like all dressed alike in extremely casual clothes and shoes.
The cotton tops, like my aunt called them all. All after the early bird specials in restaurants. What the waiters and waitresses can tell you how they can be, is actually shocking, like constantly having to replace everything that is on the tables for the clients. Take it all, like salt and pepper shakers and all of the condiments.
Twenty four years ago I visited Fort Myers and it was truly the American Dream.A beautiful home with an indoor swimming pool was under 150k. Now it's really a mess.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
$150,000 wont even get you a single wide trailer in the hood now
It’s still paradise. I’ve lived there my whole life. This guy is just making videos look as good or bad as he possibly can. It’s a beautiful place to live.
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS so true
@@Jakeandwilliestewart you are incorrect.. everything he’s stated is very accurate!!
There’s nothing worse than being stuck behind someone like that Tundra in a traffic jam. Slowly rolling way behind everyone else while randomly stopping while the cars in front are moving. When I first moved to Florida I thought people that did this were trying to set up a rear end collision for a fraudulent insurance claim. It turns out they are just really bad drivers. For some reason it’s prevalent all over the state.
@@cnc813 it’s a little of both.. bad drivers and fraud
Thanks to Julio's and corrupt lawyers
Too many Hispanics close the border
If Ft. Myers was a person, it would have a court date next week, it would ask you to borrow money, have a wrap sheet longer than your arm, it would drive a car with a permanent donut tire, have two baby mommas, and have more ink than ink pen
And say “what up my N, ay dawg let me barrow 20 till i sell these rocks”
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS hey blood you got a solid quarter I can have? I gotta take the bus to the cut, me & my cuzin going to smoke a blunt.
@@run_N_DoubleB_gun_Nfa real doe
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGSI have lived here my entire life and no one here has every said this sentence ever. You are mistaking this with movies you’ve seen portraying black people.
@@run_N_DoubleB_gun_Nthis, too, sounds like something that was written as “Gangster dialogue” in a 1980s New York gang movie. Again, something that has never been said here.
“Living’ in hell… but being in paradise.”
😂😂😂👌
Correctly described. I think a whole chunk of crack hit a dopamine sensor at that moment for those words of wisdom
An eye opener! Thanks so much! We're going to leave this hood soon!
Well I’ve been living here in Ft Myers for 38 yrs and we still love it. Every where you go you will find few bad apples. Not all area is bad. Do some research . Im thankful that many of us are blessed. If you want to rent an apartment just canvas the area few times on weeknights and weekends and also on a day time. Just don’t jump because it’s low rentals. So don’t believe everything you hear on internet.
@@sweetmelody9985 or just don’t make the mistake of moving here
It is possible for a place to become too populated, too developed, with too many roads, too many buildings, too much infrastructure. Too many people demanding too many resources can become toxic. It can and will become worse and worse, especially with global heating that will raise sea levels and increase storm damage.
I can tell what the problem is but im sure im not aloud to say it
The issue with your idea is: the worst part is North Fort Myers…
🌞 Coast
The word is allowed, not aloud.
@@corbindallas5710 a loud????? Calm down corby
Give it a little time. Anytime a city goes through a major hurricane it takes a good decade for it to come back. Same thing happened to Homestead, FL and New Orleans. Immediately after the hurricanes those cities were absolute crap holes and they bounced back.
Facts
@@thedirtybubble9613 if you haven’t checked….. Homestead and New Orleans are still shit holes. It’s been 2 years and Sanibel Island looks like hell. No resorts open it’s a complete Ghost Town
@@kkendrick68 You clearly weren't in Homestead or New Orleans right after the hurricanes happened. It takes a good decade for it to regather.
Matlacha used to be cool but it is gone.
1:54 First, there's Cape Coma, now there's Fort Misery.
Cape Coral feels like Cape Craphole.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂sounds like Miami
I wanted a job down there, now I’m glad I didn’t get it
That's smart. It's much much worse than he made it seem
I lived in fort Myers for 4 years..the best times ever..the beach is beautiful and it's not crowded like fort Lauderdale..
Grew up in Tice, lived my early 20s in Dean park then a couple years in NoFo (across from Hess right after the bridge, partied at the marina) left in 2012. Tice looks rough, Lehigh I cant imagine now (glad my moms retired from the DMV there), I heard the traffic is a nightmare now, thanks for talking about the terrible grid system and the lake O dumps destroying the ecosystem. They've been doing that for decade. My folks plan on retiring and moving NORTH instead like SC for taxes.
I've lived in Ft.Myers for over forty years, sure it has it's up and downs good and bad but thr growth that ive witnessed during that time is astounding. Three major Hurricanes and numerous Tropical storms have hit the area during my forty years and that is one of the reasons some area's look unacceptable unacceptable. But ive lived in many other States and cities and there really is no place like Ft.Myers. The Area is truly a tropical paradise and I don't intend on living anywhere else.
Amen. I was born in Southeast Miami and grew up in Lauderdale but live here now in Punta Gorda. Everywhere else is nice to visit for a long weekend at most.
🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴
We don’t have enough roads for the growth ,no roads to release the frustration of unnecessary construction before having enough infrastructure ! I can see why people say they hate Ft. Myers people sucking all the goodness and are making it a sh-those for native Floridian ! Just my opinion! Which doesn’t mean anything anymore !😢
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@@henryhawkins1194 and you can have it
The surrounding islands are insulated and isolated from this situation and have none of these issues. Islands are beautiful and rebuilding pretty fast from hurricane Ian. Real estate on all surrounding islands is also isolated from these issues. The bridges to the islands are a permanent physical barrier.
I can remember before the hispanics took over those hoods..Palm Beach Blvd etc was a great place in the 80s lived in the hood before it changed moved to Lehigh then Cape Coral before leaving the state for good..Its funny how i watched vibrant areas in Sw Florida change when hispanics moved in same with South Florida lived there has a child..Funny how different people see it differently
You ever been to Coral Gables? thats all rich cubans in SW Miami. In Naples now the cubans are outpricing the rich retirees from up north. Even today, the poorest areas are NFM poor whites. Not all hispanics are poor and in TICE, thats just the new arrivals. GGE is 40% latinos now, nothing there below 500,000 today. you cant just see some hood full of guatemalas that got here yesturday and label that ALL LATINOS are in this spot. I rather live in South Florida than North Florida 100X over.. not many latinos up there. its not 1980, its 2024.. today South Florida is 100X better than north Florida where there are no latinos.. why do you think the rich move HERE, and NOT there???
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Never said all hispanics were poor etc..The best person i ever worked with was Cuban..My point is there is bad and good in all people so stop dissing white people..We had a great area on Palm Beach blvd back when it was white only..The problem is people who work for crap wages keeping wages low and taking jobs from others..Honesty go's a long way..
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS
Totally get your point. I think Latinos will struggle in the Panhandle.
Racism is alive and well.
Not only that, but the culture is primarily "vanilla".
Born in the Panama City, Florida and have lived in Florida for 65 years.
Most small town areas in the Panhandle have few decent job opportunities and drug addiction is rampant.
In the mid 90's I sold my home near Port St Joe, and moved to the Orlando metro area to pursue a career.
Had I'd stayed there, I'd never became prosperous.
Coastal areas of the Panhandle are becoming gentrified.
Big money moving in. Cost of living rises. Locals can no longer afford to live there and are forced out.
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Jose, understand wealth does not equal quality living. I used to live in SW Miami and I would never move back there.
@@insulater1the whites left there are the first junkies 😅
Never recovered from the last hurricane. Other than that its typical Florida. I think it's the road rage capital since the last hurricane.
Yeah the road rage is crazy in the Fort
I saw you traveled on the us41 bridge before they shut it down for the summer at 4:16 you drove right by where we live it's interesting learning about the history of the area.
Dang thats cool to live downtown. I wanna live downtown Sarasota but expensive
I guess Fort Myers is the perfect place for rich folks to collect insurance money to rebuild their home and business after the hurricane hits
Ha ! Insurance didn’t pay out even 10-15 percent of most of the damages. Very few people I know actually made out from it
@@jeffmurphy1610and it takes a year or more for payouts or longer sadly
I live in Tampa and I went there in the late 80s and thought it was dumpy
Because it became an elderly retirement town, many decades ago, and obviously politicians did whatever they want to do because of how many people with enough money to live on until they die, and in began seeping otherwise.
Great video, Jose, thank you! I can't believe its gone down hill like this, i was there briefly in 99 , and use to visit the beach a lot in the 80s .
Excellent and interesting review. Cape Coral is overrun with corruption and ft. myers has always been a total mess. Lived and worked in both years ago.
Bro you are going to the crap locations in ft myers . There are alot of great places here. There are great restaurants, beaches, parks and beautiful neighborhoods. Especially Cape Coral it's a good place to raise a family. I just don't agree to call it a craphole. I drive truck all over the USA and there are real crapholes
Now I want to get this straight. Jose has found some fault with Fort Myers, correct me if I am wrong.
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That's how he makes a living. Sad😢
@@zacharypeacock6278 your the idiot watching to pay for it
Like St Petersburg Florida it's now a shit hole,I know WHY,and most all people do... just won't say!
We wanna know why!! 😂
It's the low and lazy class riff-raff moving in for two reasons:
1. Prey on the elderly.
2. Warm climate year-round.
The quality of the people will determine the quality of life.
When human debris moves in numbers - and they have during COVID - life turns to crap too.
My sister passed away there in Ft Myers '😢July 13😢
I'm so sorry for your loss 😢
@@kathleenperreault3000 😔 thank you ' her husband won't tell us what happened ' So i'm waiting on the corners> to call back and let me know what happened" 😢 a phone call I never thought "I'd need to make ' she's my little sister ' 😢 🙏
@@tennesseerose6400 😢❤
Rappers plies basically put Fort Myers’s on the map 💯
No he didn't Deion Sanders did.
He lives in tampa or Sarasota now 😅
Thomas Edison did...
Deion is now coaching for a team in Colorado
@@zacharypeacock6278 Thomas Edison was a fraud even though he did in fact put Ft.Myers on the map, he and some of the powerful, rich industrialists undermined Tesla, convinced people that he was crazy. When in fact, he was one of the greatest inventors who ever lived. We could be getting free electricity with Tesla's inventions. But the rich and powerful couldn't make monies off free electricity.
I am in all pockets of Fort Myers area for work. I think it is an amazing place. All cities have bad areas. I am being honest you have had a negative opinion of this city for a while. The area is still recovering from Hurrican Ian. I have seen major improvements and the people here are great. I think you can find the good or bad anywhere you travel. Fort Myers is a wonderful place to live. If you are deciding where you want to live in Florida. Visit the places around Florida you will see why so many call it home.
I agree. I was raised in Ft Myers...😊
@@TheLovedove73 guess it depends on where you’re moving from 😂
Joke of a video fort myers isn’t bad
Aint as nice as sarasota 😊
Great video. Very informative
I partied like rockstar for a week at I think it's 😎Lanaki hotel Frt Myers Beach back in 88 😎✌️
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wow we lived there in 2020-2021 it definitely has gone to shit , question did you do a video on Naples ??
One guy goes around and paints addresses on houses
Then shakes you down like a Squeegee guy at an intersection in China town
My Dad worked there for 15 years and always called it Fort Misery lol
I like you that get into the history, but what about the Native American history of the area? The Seminole Indian Wars were a major historical event that shaped modern day Florida, especially the Western Florida region.
??? where do you even get this garbage from? seminole is a SPANISH world for RUNAWAY.. thats indian wars 1800s .. the CALUSA where here before the spaniards... 1400s. I can make a video about the calusa.. i sure as crap cant for a group of run away people in the everglades.
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGSseminoles are from Georgia fighting the us government aided by the Spaniards there not runaways
@@Sigmanovar look up what the word seminole means. they were indians and runaways both were seminoles.
Seminole is a made up name. What you call Seminole are amalgamation of The Seminole Tribe's ancestors were the first people to come to Florida, and include the Calusa, Tequesta, Ais, and Apalachee.
Native American migrants
In the late 1700s and early 1800s, Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama, as well as Yuchis and Yamasses, migrated to Florida and became part of the Seminole Tribe. The Seminoles also had cultural and family connections to other Native American tribes across North America, including the Miccosukee and Muscogee.
Mississippian Culture
The Seminole Tribe's ancestors were part of the Mississippian Culture, which stretched from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River, and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. Some traditions of this culture still exist among the Seminole and other tribes today.
This Dude doesn't have a clue what he's talking about....Ft Myers is the fastest Growing city in the U.S. for a reason
If it such a craphole as u said u can hit i75 north. I was born raised and still live here and love it
So why do you trash the area, instead of suggesting ways to improve the area.
I am, how will the area improve if you don’t address the problems
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS my parents have a place in Fort Myers. I am concerned after seeing this
It was nice before Andrew, in fact I turned 21 on FMB a few years before that hurricane.
After Andrew it became a multicultural dump and never obtained it's true potential.
Very sad.
he makes it way worse than it is
i've only been to Ft Myers once - 2005ish. Went to visit a Air Conditioning Parts client when my ExGF was the supply contact. We just went tot he beach and ate lunch.
Have been to Fort Meyers back in the 1980’s, and yes, it was beautiful. 😊😊😊
Polk is embracing this model.
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I kept thinking that the whole time i made this video
Los Angeles 2.0…minus any semblance of wealth or industry. @@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS
I was born in Ft.Myers in 1968....all the way up until the late 1980's it was paradise....then crack took over the streets...then in the 90's-2000's opiates....now ? I'm glad I moved to Missouri 15 years ago !
You must have lived in the hood
@@goldenparachute392 I lived in Whiskey Creek...but hung out with my friends in the hoods of Lee County ! That's where the "fun" was ...
You moved from fort misery to misery .. great job 👏🏼. 😂
@@eknoke01 I love it here. No desire to go back to Lee county at all ! I can leave my keys in my car and fall asleep without locking my door with no worries. Try that in Ft. Myers...or Minnesota...
I was born in 67 grew up in Bowling Green and was very much a part of that crack thing lol that started in 85. Ft Misery was a cool place to grow up, but I couldn't fathom living in that pisshole today. I live in a cabin in the forest well over a thousand miles away and that's as close as I wish to be to that place.
It’s really not that bad
All of florida is a crap hole right now. Low wages, lack of jobs, and other factors have made it this way
all the sugar fields are south of Lake O. so, unless water flows north, which it doesn't, the commentary of this is incorrect. the actual source of the nutrients flowing out of Lake O are from the Kissimmee River which flows from Orlando and the rodent south into the the Lake.
Literally the only thing you do in your videos is complain about fort Myers or complain about something else, but it's mostly fort Myers
Yo mama
Please write FOE MAH below 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great commentary my brother. It was well researched and presented.
'Bunche' Beach wasn't known as 'Bunche" Beach back in my day, but it was the best beach in town because you could drive, fuck, drink and build fires without worry.
Someone had their haterade
I agree with everything you said.
I grew up here (6th generation native) and it was a pretty good small town place to live. The humidity and heat make summers unbearable. The snow birds can also be very annoying however they do bring $$ to the area. Since covid hit the area population has more than doubled and many not so nice" people have moved here from the North East and California, etc.
Also the majority population is now Latino with many illegal aliens taking unskilled jobs. The traffic is horrible year round. I will be sailing south as soon as hurricane season is over.
Stop living in the hood part of the area and you won’t be complaining 😅
@@goldenparachute392 I live in Estero which is a nice area but it does not change the traffic and summer heat. I have developed higher standards but I'm glad you like it.😂
@@davidwheeler7613 Estero? Higher standard? 😂
@@goldenparachute392 you don't understand my point. I hate Estero as much as Ft Misery. its because before it was overly crowded here after living in Boca Raton 7 years and Destin area this S.W Fl area does not compare to me. In high school i loved it here before I new about better places in Florida. Not to rain on your parade Mr. Golden.
@@davidwheeler7613 not a Mr. But now we’re actually on the same page. SWFL is boring and not very stimulating on a cultural or social level. I know better from living in other places. My point is that the area is safe and nice in general (if you stay out of the hood areas like in any place).
This can be said about America. Many many cities much worse then Ft Meyers. Lets ask whats happened to people and not the citites. Citiites in Fl are all on the uptick because property values are crazy. Making the trash people leave.
You have to compare the entire region. Fort Myers is more than Fort Myers….Estero, Bonita Springs, Naples, Cape Coral, Lehigh Acres, Punta Gorda, the beaches etc… The actual city of Fort Myers is populated by mainly poor people.
Unfortunately, l Iived in shitty Fort Myers from the mid 90s up to I believe 2006 and just had to get the hell out of there. My family lived in an affluent community back then, but as I got into my early 20's and ventured to other cities in Florida (Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando) I knew I wanted to live in one of those cities. My God, the vibe in Fort Myers was so backwards and look at it now as per this video. I have a home in Orlando and one in Broward County; the opportunities are MUCH greater and much more diverse than what Lee County has/have to offer. You want to retire and have at least close to a million or so, Fort Myers has it's gated communities etc. HOWEVER, if you are a young professional and want a night life, better beaches etc. Dade, Broward, and Orange county are great areas to live. Just make sure the industry you work for pays well, especially in Dade County.
so the saga of misery
Sorry to burst your bubble but I have visited my friends in Fort Myers regularly since 2000 but I have never seen anything about what you are talking about. I just head down Colonial Blvd and check in my friends - just in time to check out some of the best restaurants around.
Sorry to burst your bubble but you meeting your friends at restaurants and not actually living there is a bubble experience
So basically your self admitting to being clueless
Any place that becomes populated thanks to developers and greedy county commissioners eventually turns into a hellhole just look at Pinehills near Orlando florida it was a beautiful town with high middle class and rich residents and golf courses and country clubs. When orlando became overcrowded, the population overflowed into Pinehills and crimes rose quickly. It's nickname is crime hills. Hopefully you can do a story about the town.
I Lived in Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, and PA, and PA is the rudest by far out of those states; Fort Myers was weird for Florida. Lived there for one year, out of 12 living in Florida, People were very standoffish for Florida, and the traffic was terrible for its population. And there were million-dollar neighborhoods 3 blocks away from the Guetto there. It was also very Transient some simply come and go there.
Thanks to Jason & Lucia
His friends are gonna be mad when they hear the type of people he says he hangs with. Ratchet
Wow, the bridge looks like a bridge in Jacksonville, but again, it’s all Florida. Jax has its really bad places too. 😮😮😮
Have been to Fort Meyers in the 1980’s and yes, it was absolutely beautiful.😊😊😊
It looks kinda nice from ur video though, other than the hurricane cleanup and a few bad areas.
City of palms 🌴🌴🌴 but those palm trees can fool you
Again you don't have your facts correct. Thecity of ft myers is that the city . Estero, iona mcgregor, south trail, San Carlos Park, ft. Myers beach, Bonita, lehigh, Sanibel, Captiva. Is Lee county, ft myers beach is NOT the city of ft myers dam you keep getting this wrong. Quit talking about other counties, lee county the city of ft myers is in Lee county, but you don't have your facts correct at all. Arcadia is so far from ft myers. It's thecaloosahatchee river, you don't know what your talking about nobody wants the locks to release the shit sugar water to be released your wrong so many fact. Cape coral is not the largest canal in the world,
Cape coral is not the largest city by po1p1ulation its the 2nd largest city in the state at 119 Square miles, your facts are so wrong. You lived in lehigh it's a dump.
If you live in a fancy high rise tower it's not a crap hole but I dont
Name a city in this country thats not a craphole now?
The narrator needs to move out of Ft. Myers if he lives there. Not all of it is bad only the North part from Colonial Blvd north is bad south of Colonial Blvd is nice and Ft. Myers Beach is nice area until Hurricane Ian destroyed it. Ft. Misery & Cape Coma. Great video if your trying to get people to avoid moving to this area.
I live in Sarasota area now, after living here would never touch Fort Misery again voluntarily
More like the majority of East Fort Myers, and North Fort Myers, some areas of Fort Myers, and Lehigh Acres, Estero, Bonita, and Cape Coral, etc. The whole county has some cancer, but overall not terrible.
I lived there for 4 months I met mostly nice people but I did s a lot Of construction workers in 100° weather at 1 PM. I didn’t know how they could do it. It looked like torture, but people can use you down here especially if you’re not legal a white own construction company they abuse the workers I saw the most Traffic in my life and the worst angry aggressive drivers my life I am 62 years old and lives in major cities like San Francisco in Los Angeles. This city makes every city look like a cakewalk. I’ve never seen anything like it very divided the snowbirds in their luxury condos in the winter, but the working class people here eat shit is terrible and $12 is the minimum wage. How is that even legal at slavery
" Spanish Inquisition "
Is it really that bad there?
No! He overdramatic everything I live here and it’s beautiful and amazing
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Wherever there is diversity trouble follows. It’s a known fact, sometimes the truth hurts
Your forgetting the "cultural enrichment" 😮
You ever been to west Broward? Safest places in Florida. You see the bad because thats what you want to see
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS I'm not looking for the bad like most- you can't help but see it in front of you...
@@user-bg2ig5xc3e Not interested in it. Most aren't. Its being pushed down our throats...
Where's the Fort?..
Cuban stole it
Guy being profiled for riding a bike
Been there
A glance of what’s yet to come in America 🇺🇸
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...Ft. Myers Beach allways was a ("Craphole" your words)...We knew it would take a major Hurricane too blow it off the map. Why ? Because Crape Lee County never really cared about building codes & safety, all they wanted is the tourist tax... ...Artist, Old Naples Florida (55 years)🌴🎨
Wait arresting everyone isnt helping? Lol.
Too many people from east coast coming here. After that it went to shit. Says more about east coast people than it says about us.
🏝️TRUE HISTORY🏝️
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Bye Pocks. Yup.
Wait but I live there
Because you let it
Lmao crime manor
FOE MAH
FOMMMMAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Liberal Democratic Socialists that the problem
Ft. Myers is fine Captiva is one of the finest places in the US. Dude trippin
Captiva... thats like 7 rich white guys have homes there.. unrealist for the 99999.998% of people to even consider that
is it still there after ian?
So sad! 😢
City Of Palms 🏙️🌴📍
May have been a good vid but that stupud music drove me away😮