general safety in Ft. Meyers Fl area
We are going to spend three months in Ft Meyers area this winter, and are wondering if area is for most part ok as far as safety goes, being out at night ect, certain areas to avoid?
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A few years back (except for one windy foray to the RGV), we moved from the south Miami area (Miami/Everglades CG) to the Fort Myers area for that very reason: safety. The turning point in Miami occurred when three young men in the car in front of me decided to test fire a semi-automatic pistol.
We spent a month at the Fort Myers Campground on US 41 and explored the area from there. We bought and sold an RV lot in one little town just south of Fort Myers, and eventually bought a mobile in Imperial Bonita Estates, a nice 55+ community that also has a sizable RV section.
There are a few areas of Fort Myers where I wouldn't walk alone at night -- around SR 80 and MLK Blvd. I would also avoid some neighborhoods in the Lehigh Acres area east of town. Other than that, it's probably much like any small America city.
That said, we often enjoy the theatre and other night life in the city itself and will continue to do so. Likewise for Naples, but the deciding factor there is more financial.
We spent a month at the Fort Myers Campground on US 41 and explored the area from there. We bought and sold an RV lot in one little town just south of Fort Myers, and eventually bought a mobile in Imperial Bonita Estates, a nice 55+ community that also has a sizable RV section.
There are a few areas of Fort Myers where I wouldn't walk alone at night -- around SR 80 and MLK Blvd. I would also avoid some neighborhoods in the Lehigh Acres area east of town. Other than that, it's probably much like any small America city.
That said, we often enjoy the theatre and other night life in the city itself and will continue to do so. Likewise for Naples, but the deciding factor there is more financial.
