From Swamp to 200,000 People: The Impossible Rise of Cape Coral, Florida

Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FloridaGilded/videos%E2%80%A2%20?sub_confirmation=1 In September 1960, a pregnant mother rode out a hurricane in the only motel on a Florida peninsula where fewer than 300 people lived, and decided the whole move had been a mistake. Her family stayed. Today that peninsula is a city of 228,000 with more canals than any other on earth — more than Venice. Two carnival pitchmen from Baltimore built it, selling mangrove lots for $20 down and $20 a month to families who'd never seen the land. Forbes once named it the fastest-growing city in America. The state once made the company that built it plead guilty to fraud. Both are true. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Coral,_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_American_Land_Corporation https://capecoralmuseum.org/history-of-cape-coral/