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| Fort Myers - Cape Coral area Lee County |
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Any good and bad things on the Fort Myers area?
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Go to the search on the top bar of this page and click on it, type in Fort Myers. There will be alot to read.
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Hi, Kappersack. I'm moving to N. Ft. Myers in a few months. WHere are you moving from and when?
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I LOVE Fort Myers, I would love to be able to spend more time there. I have even thought about moving over there one day.
ANYTHING to be closer to Sanibel, Captiva and Cayo Costa. When you get there, go out to Captiva and try the Key Lime Grill, fabulous food. |
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I'm sure you will start seeing posts about Ft. Myers being over-run by retirees, there being no jobs, and a sky high crime rate. Well, the median age is 32 (out of season), there are jobs in certain fields, and the crime is high but it is centered in a very bad neighborhood. The area of Ft. Myers that has high crime is the area that is under the Fort Myers Police Department. Most of Ft. Myers is under the Lee County Sheriff's jurisdiction. What kind of career field are you looking to go into?
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Now, here's where it gets interesting. Take LEE COUNTY'S median age and it changes dramatically. Want to know what it is? Median age of residents in 2005: 43 years old (Males: 41 years old, Females: 44 years old) (Median age for: White residents: 49 years old, Black residents: 26 years old, American Indian residents: 36 years old, Asian residents: 30 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 27 years old, Other race residents: 26 years old) So that basic commentary of Fort Myers being young is true. Unfortunately those young numbers are concentrated in areas that are not the best neighborhoods. Bottom line: Lee County has a lot of retirees. |
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Maybe this is a sign I am getting old but I don't mind being surrounded by older people, they are alot less to take out a gun and try to rob me...
The times I have been in Fort Myers, I enjoyed talking to the elderly that were visiting there to get out of the cold elsewhere in the US. I do know that down in Naples they are talking of building a Cleveland clinic which is a very top notch medical facility and will open up alot of jobs...there was another really big childrens hospital there as well, I can't remember the name. |
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When I was watching the news, it was almost funny compared to what we hear over here in the Orlando market...I don't think ONE person the entire time we were there was found dead...thats pretty typical here. Naples was a little posh but having it next door is likely to keep the tone of the entire area from descending to the level of Daytona Beach...we can only hope. |
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