advice on Cape Coral Florida
10-10-2025 | 10:23 AM
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10-30-2025 | 09:34 PM
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From: Cedar Rapids Iowa, LOTO, Cape Coral Fl.
My humble opinion is based on owning a home on a canal in the Yacht Club area (Delano Court). After owning for about 6 years, we sold the house in the spring of '22. Absolutely without a doubt the biggest reason that we sold was due to the horrible water quality and many fish kills that happened in the Caloosahatchee. At times the water coming down from Okeechobee was almost black and it stunk. A few times, all of the chemicals in the water developed the blue/green algae that decimated the fish. The chit water would go way past south of the Sanibel lighthouse and would even work its way up to the powerlines up near Blind Pass. When we first bought we had birds flock every time we cut up fish at the dock. The last two years, we never saw a single bird. Not one. Ever. When they closed off about 1/2 of the water going out onto the east coast at Stuart, the horrible water quality got horrible'er! Check out Calusa Water Keepers website for water quality updates. https://calusawaterkeeper.org
We could deal with the weather, and the storms, but there is a environmental disaster in that area that is not spoken of due to the possible loss of tourism dollars (in my opinion). We enjoyed our time at "The Cape", but was very, very happy when we sold. Since then, we have enjoyed our time on the east coast (West Palm area) as the water is beautiful and the boats and real estate are over the top.
Once again these are just my opinions, but they are based on real world experiences. We would still own there if the water quality was not such an issue.
We could deal with the weather, and the storms, but there is a environmental disaster in that area that is not spoken of due to the possible loss of tourism dollars (in my opinion). We enjoyed our time at "The Cape", but was very, very happy when we sold. Since then, we have enjoyed our time on the east coast (West Palm area) as the water is beautiful and the boats and real estate are over the top.
Once again these are just my opinions, but they are based on real world experiences. We would still own there if the water quality was not such an issue.
03-06-2026 | 07:01 PM
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My humble opinion is based on owning a home on a canal in the Yacht Club area (Delano Court). After owning for about 6 years, we sold the house in the spring of '22. Absolutely without a doubt the biggest reason that we sold was due to the horrible water quality and many fish kills that happened in the Caloosahatchee. At times the water coming down from Okeechobee was almost black and it stunk. A few times, all of the chemicals in the water developed the blue/green algae that decimated the fish. The chit water would go way past south of the Sanibel lighthouse and would even work its way up to the powerlines up near Blind Pass. When we first bought we had birds flock every time we cut up fish at the dock. The last two years, we never saw a single bird. Not one. Ever. When they closed off about 1/2 of the water going out onto the east coast at Stuart, the horrible water quality got horrible'er! Check out Calusa Water Keepers website for water quality updates. https://calusawaterkeeper.org
We could deal with the weather, and the storms, but there is a environmental disaster in that area that is not spoken of due to the possible loss of tourism dollars (in my opinion). We enjoyed our time at "The Cape", but was very, very happy when we sold. Since then, we have enjoyed our time on the east coast (West Palm area) as the water is beautiful and the boats and real estate are over the top.
Once again these are just my opinions, but they are based on real world experiences. We would still own there if the water quality was not such an issue.
We could deal with the weather, and the storms, but there is a environmental disaster in that area that is not spoken of due to the possible loss of tourism dollars (in my opinion). We enjoyed our time at "The Cape", but was very, very happy when we sold. Since then, we have enjoyed our time on the east coast (West Palm area) as the water is beautiful and the boats and real estate are over the top.
Once again these are just my opinions, but they are based on real world experiences. We would still own there if the water quality was not such an issue.
