[Craig T]

Anybody live in the area between Tampa and Naples? My wife and I will be going in late spring to look at real estate. We'd like to see some homes with docks on gulf access waterways and good inshore fishing.

I hear there are good safe areas and some areas to avoid.

Does Cape Coral have a decent downtown with restaurants and nightlife, or is it more suburban sprawl? Using Zillow, there are some nice newer canal front homes in CC at cheap prices, as compared to the Tampa or Naples area. I was wondering why?

...I am aware of hurricanes, so let's not fill the thread with warnings. FL has been having hurricanes since the dawn of time and people still live there.