The truth about Cape Coral/ Ft Myers SWFL Area (Fort Myers: for sale, low crime)

[Cynthia130]

Keep us posted!!
Also how the school assignment turns out

[Izmack]

Originally Posted by rikoshaprl

Who would have thought that there would be bugs in a tropical climate.

Ha!

I smell an Equal....

[Izmack]

I just love the people who register on City-Data in June of 2014 and post only twice, all to gripe in the hopes of gaining some sort of emotional or financial gain. Good grief.

Originally Posted by wisdomseeker11

I know this is an old thread, but I thought I'd revive it since Cape Coral is growing again. It has made it on the Forbes Top 20 Fastest Growing Cities in the US for 2014. But does that mean that things have improved? Well... sort of.

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[Izmack]

Originally Posted by Sweetbottoms

Cape Coral isn't growing there are no jobs. Even though it was vioted best place to retire it has 0% job growth outlook according to the same polls. It's the highest unemployment in the state.
Why would anyone move there? There's nothing there but some strip malls and houses . Not even beach access.

Huh? According to this site - Moderator cut: link removed, linking to competitor sites is not allowed- CC is ranked 301 out of 442 FL cities, with only 3.68% unemployment. Can you provide some facts with that statement?

Since I'm not exactly sure when the data in the above link was updated, here's a current Federal Reserve graph that is pretty clear in which direction the trend is moving...even OUT of season!

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CAPE912URN

[miamicunarder]

Originally Posted by Danet

I am relocating to CC from Miami now that my oldest son is starting kindergarten this year. I am beyond excited, I visited CC last weekend and fell in love with it. Can't wait to make new friends and for my boys to grow up in a family oriented community.

Danet,

My wife, son and I just moved to CC a few weeks ago. I'm originally from Miami (as the screen name implies) but we've just moved back to FL after some time in eastern North Carolina. My impression so far is that the Cape is kind of like Miami with a huge percentage of it's population gone, but still with the infrastructure for the most part intact -restaurants and shopping areas galore (on the Cape and in the surrounding cities).
Scrolling through this thread, I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly from other users over this area of SW FL. With that being said, I have to say that after living in a truly culturally, artistic and socioeconomically stagnant place that was living in ENC, it's GREAT to be back to civilization in my home state and I'll take being here with all it's faults than certain other places mentioned.

[miamicunarder]

Originally Posted by wisdomseeker11

Conclusion
If you like wide open land scapes with very few trees, incredibly high humidity that makes the air liquify, entirely too many houses and no entertainment or culture, then Cape Coma is for you.

It seems like human nature to think someplace else is better than where you're at, at the moment. And it's all relative, of course.
Take me and my wife and son, for example. We spent years living in an eastern NC town that touts itself for it's charm and history and it's proximity to the ocean (an hour at least). If you were visiting the place, its fair to say you'd probably be charmed as well. But to live there would be an entirely different story. The place was a stereotype of the ol' South. Apart from the small, historic touristy lures is a place that is void of diverse commerce, restaurants, culture and heavily intertwined with an unwanted ghetto (the place is thinly segregated (as in, the next block over) with a severely down trodden black population that dates back from the post civil war/reconstruction era.
So coming back to S FL after years in a truly comatosed place, you can see my appreciation with not just CC where we'll be for a few years, but it's closeness with other large cities such as where my friends and family reside, in my hometown, Miami.

[Alanin502]

Originally Posted by beachbum5656

We are planning a move to Cape Coral as soon as our house sells. I can only hope that the people posting how horrible CC is have moved out before we get there. I would hate to live next door to some of the sweet people who seem to post nothing but negative comments. Some people are not happy anywhere.

Beachbum, I'm new here (transplant from Louisville, Ky) and I've been here for a month now. Don't dwell on the negative posts here. There are negatives to any community and those folks are the ones that usually feel empowered to "vent". Those that are happy are too busy enjoying themselves to worry about posting so you won't see them.

I have found everyone here to be extremely polite and welcoming.....even down to the fast food service industry. Where I came from....and Kentucky is known for it's hospitality I might say, the teenagers that work the drivethru windows would often just hand you your change or your food and not say hi, boo, kiss my $$$ nothing. At least here they make eye contact, smile and thank you.

I wish this area had a nice boardwalk but if that's my only complaint then it's not half bad. I can just take a short commute to Miami Beach for that and it's big city amenities.

I'm loving it here. It's the best of both worlds. You can have a quiet relaxing time, or take a 1.5 hr drive to a mega city.

[rikoshaprl]

Originally Posted by Alanin502

Beachbum, I'm new here (transplant from Louisville, Ky) and I've been here for a month now. Don't dwell on the negative posts here. There are negatives to any community and those folks are the ones that usually feel empowered to "vent". Those that are happy are too busy enjoying themselves to worry about posting so you won't see them.

I have found everyone here to be extremely polite and welcoming.....even down to the fast food service industry. Where I came from....and Kentucky is known for it's hospitality I might say, the teenagers that work the drivethru windows would often just hand you your change or your food and not say hi, boo, kiss my $$$ nothing. At least here they make eye contact, smile and thank you.

I wish this area had a nice boardwalk but if that's my only complaint then it's not half bad. I can just take a short commute to Miami Beach for that and it's big city amenities.

I'm loving it here. It's the best of both worlds. You can have a quiet relaxing time, or take a 1.5 hr drive to a mega city.

I miss a boardwalk too, like one we used on Jones Beach, Long Island. At least there is the fishing pier at the Yacht Club. You may also take a walk on the beach at Bowman's Park. The sand is very flat and it is not crowded. Parking is convenient and not expensive.

[joe_obody999]

Originally Posted by MikeP

...I've read a couple posts saying that there is a lot of crime in Cape Coral or that it's unsafe. This is an absolute joke. Cape Coral is one is the safest citys in the country for it's size. Look at the data.

I just came across this thread after I posted a thread asking about crime in Fort Myers/Cape Coral. This morning I did look at the crime data for Fort Myers and I did not like what the data showed. The crime index for Fort Myers is 66% above that of the USA on average-- not good. Violent crime data looks horrble (murders, violent assaults, robbery)... okay I just checked Cape Coral-- completely different situation! Crime index of CC is below USA average. Wow. Why is there such a difference between two cities separate by just a little bit of water?!?!?

[rikoshaprl]

Originally Posted by joe_obody999

I just came across this thread after I posted a thread asking about crime in Fort Myers/Cape Coral. This morning I did look at the crime data for Fort Myers and I did not like what the data showed. The crime index for Fort Myers is 66% above that of the USA on average-- not good. Violent crime data looks horrble (murders, violent assaults, robbery)... okay I just checked Cape Coral-- completely different situation! Crime index of CC is below USA average. Wow. Why is there such a difference between two cities separate by just a little bit of water?!?!?

There is no ghetto in Cape Coral. There are a few areas that are a bit run down with apartments, but nothing like East Fort Myers.