Cape Coral, FL Reviews

Not all it is cracked up to be... - 4/3/2009
We've now been here five years, moved from MA. At first it was great, the life without snow and cold. After a few years of the same weather it gets kind of boring. Christmas is just weird! I don't think I could ever get use to that. Although I would never want to deal with the harsh New England weather again, I would like a climate somewhere in between the two extremes.
Also the traffic and drivers down here are crazy, as well as the snowbirds. Not exactly a safe place to raise kids as there are 138 registered offenders within miles of my house. Some things to consider before coming.I wish I had thought of these things before we moved but it was kind of we had to move and this sounded like a great place on the computer. Of coarse every cities web page tells you how great they are. Hopefully we will find the right place for us Read More

2000 waterfront homes for sale - 12/22/2008
Cape Coral is one of the Florida cities hardest hit by the foreclosure mess. As a result, property values have fallen to the level where you can now buy a home on a saltwater canal for roughly the same price it formerly cost to buy a condo-slip for your boat. The Cape is a very nice place to live, but especially if you have a boat. There are properties available from condos to palaces in gated communities. I recently bought a canal side duplex for Read More

index - 6/18/2008
The median house price has changed dramatically since '07

It is now Read More

Cape Coral's Lifestyle - 5/14/2008
Cape Coral is a man made place, and not convenient, in my opinion, to people who are "city types". It's a large area, much of which is undeveloped and now with the housing crisis, vacant homes. I live in the SW part of the Cape and it's by far the best area (upscale). There are parts and properties of Cape Coral (unit 64) which have deep water direct access to the Gulf that seem to have held there value and still don't have much crime. There's no upscale department stores in the SW parts of the Cape and no plans that I know of in the future. Cape Coral generally remains a blue collar and place in many areas although the housing boom made some impressively sized homes in other parts. The schooling system doesn't seem to spur enough people into going on for further education. The school's here in the Cape don't seem to have great expectations, great communication skills and as a result the students don't come out with great skills. We have a lot of churchs with, according to one Read More

Taxes - 3/28/2008
Three years ago we moved to Florida, specifically Cape Coral, looking for a warmer climate, wanted to be close to the water and thought that cost of living would be cheaper than Northern Virginia. We did accomplish our first two wishes, but how wrong were we regarding cost of living. While Florida does not have State taxes, the real estate taxes are extremely high and actually are more than what we were paying in Northern Virginia, including State tax.
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Living in Cape Coral - 3/8/2008
Cape Coral is a beautiful area of SW Florida. It is a bit confusing due to the grid layout of the streets, but the beauty of the area is worth a minor Read More

we are on the market again - 3/3/2008
Beatifull city, with lot of potential.Homes prices has been comming down and i think we reach the bottom already.you can by home like lates in 90' and 2000.We have lot of homes less tan 100k and low's and mid 100's wating for the baby bummers.taxes are comming drastically down and the city is becomming really afforable,there are lot of commercial construction and new road and development going on right now.There are no need to look for a house in texas or the Carolinas ,ugly weather.Welcome to the sunchine state were the sun is out again for those who thought never was going to afford to buy a house or vacation home in Florida after the Real Estate Bum. Now is you second chance and even better , Home,taxes and insurance are cheaper Read More

Maybe now we can get our Quality of Life Back - 2/4/2008
We moved here 15 years ago and started our own business. It has been a great place to raise our family and we have made some wonderful friends and neighbors. Those who are complaining the most now are those who moved here in the past five years with the so-called boom and have been living above their means. They have minimal jobs and education and thought this was going to be the "promised land". Do we have problems like insurance and taxes just like the rest of Florida? Absolutely, but this is a good place to live for those who want to work, raise a family and contribute to society. Not those looking for a free Read More

I'm from Wisconsin, NOTHING is better here! - 1/14/2008
You should feel lucky not to live in Wisconsin. All the complaints I hear about Cape Coral are invalid. Here is what you get in Wisconsin:

Mid October to Mid April = HIGH Temperatures UNDER 32
you'll get at least 7 days a year with temps under NEGATIVE 5
Mid June to Late August = TEMPS near 90 with 90% humidity (the only time Florida MIGHT be worse)
Tons of bugs, just like Florida
(Basically you'll want to stay in your house 9 months out of the year)
1500 sq. ft house 3BR 1.5BA on 1/4 acre = $250,000
Taxes on that house = $5500
2nd highest gas tax in the country
Average Utility bill = $235
STATE INCOME TAX = ~10%
Job market = slightly better than Florida depending on where you live.
Schooling - much better than Florida, but getting worse by the day
Rude depressed people everywhere, that's why we have the most bars/person in the country.

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forclousures - 8/8/2007
Rising on forclousure in cape coral is becouse the lack of employment and the unability of the city of creating an strong economic base able to keep jobs open or generate more jobs.With the slow down of real estate on this market and no new construction most people that make their living out of it had to return to were they came from you name it , back to miami ,new jersey, new york... or other big cities leaving behing their home in to forclousure becouse they can find a job to make mortages payment and make a living, also to this situation raising property taxes 300% and utility expantion costing home owner between 20k to 30k for this utilities belive it or not.
From being one of the fastest growing cities and 50% appreciation now is the fastest in depreciation and higher number of forclousures with more vacancies that you can see for sale and for rent all over the city becoming from being a nice city to a ghost city pretty much.
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