It depends where you go in Immokalee. It's an older Florida
town. Many of the people living there are farmworkers, day labor
and a number are on welfare. Does this make it a bad town? No, I
don't think so. But it does have its 'sections'- two blocks
where mostly african americans live, two blocks where haitians
live, two blocks where caucasian whites live, etc etc. it's very
spanish-oriented as a lot of migrant workers live there. Lake
Trafford, which is part of Immokalee, is a little more caucasian
white, I'd say low-to-middle class. Some fancy developments are
being built around there. It's what they used to call a
"depressed town". The main street has a number of boarded up
stores, for example - a few places from where I came from up
North looked like that (economically hurting neighborhoods) and
it didn't make them "bad towns", but there are always streets
you don't go down, places you don't go at night.[for example, in
Immokalee, there's a 24 hour gas station that ALWAYS seems to
have somebody murdered at, at least once every two years.
Probably because it's 24 hours and the "night life" in
Immokalee, i suspect, is rougher than just a bunch of teenagers
hanging out, getting drunk. or maybe that's all it is - and they
just get a bit more rowdy (with the guns and such). Personally,
I'd visit during the day - go to the casino, go with my
sister-in-law to the medical clinic, go to the farmer's market
on a Saturday morning. No problem. But I wouldn't walk the
streets at night. Ave Maria is a new town that JUST opened up
inbetween immokalee and naples. It opened up just a few days
ago, actually. I live in Golden Gate Estates - a woodsy
large-lot part of Naples which is the closest to Ave Maria and
by proxy, to Immokalee. [I've got some swampland in Florida to
sell ya -- remember that old cliche? That came from the land
scam in the 60's where the same property was sold over and over
again to different people. THAT'S Golden Gate Estates, where I
live. It's not swamp now, but parts are considered "wetlands"
(ie - mosquito breeding havens). But it's basically a gigantic
suburb (largest one in the world in square miles, they say). The
rest of Naples, well, you'll just have to look at the real
estate market to see what's affordable or not. If you're looking
to come down here, there's also Cape Coral - a new popular
building spot (but it has its share of crime too, as does any
new developing area). That's in Lee County but it's close to
Collier County (where Naples, Immokalee, Ave Maria, etc is) Hope
this helps! Ken udut [1]
http://free.naplesplus.us - Collier
County news/information website. Hope this helps!
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