How Fort Myers Became A Craphole

Fort Myers, Florida

[ungrateful-]

Living in hell but being in paradise sounds like a good description of both California and Florida.

[georgekibblin]

A city is a direct reflection of the people who live there.

[erinlyn]

What a shame, because this place was beautiful back in the 80's! drugs and alcohol in excess, ruins everything.

[smokeybub]

Fort Myers used to be a small town, now its a busy place. The bigger the population the more issues that can develop.

[carlo]

José, This is knowledge that only a local can give you, thank you for sharing.

[ericmoore]

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.

[run_N_DoubleB_gun_N]

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

[cnc]

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.

[RoseMario-mm]

An eye opener! Thanks so much! We're going to leave this hood soon!

[brianmurphy]

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.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[makeadifferencedriver]

“Living’ in hell… but being in paradise.”

😂😂😂👌

[mman.Channel]

1:54 First, there's Cape Coma, now there's Fort Misery.

[keithgrant-fntg]

I lived in fort Myers for 4 years..the best times ever..the beach is beautiful and it's not crowded like fort Lauderdale..

[SentMyOwnWay]

I wanted a job down there, now I’m glad I didn’t get it

[sweetmelody]

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.

[dklauf]

Matlacha used to be cool but it is gone.

[hsnow]

wow we lived there in 2020-2021 it definitely has gone to shit, question did you do a video on Naples ??

[blakecrosby]

I can tell what the problem is but im sure im not aloud to say it

[donniemoder]

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.

[insulater]

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