The small town of Immokalee could best be described as a rural community thriving with agricultural and farming; with communities such as seminole communities, the pioneering communities, the 20th century entreprenuers, and farmers making up the vast proportion of people. The history goes on to be that people came here seeking a better life with agriculture and farming, especially once the railway was built! With the small town seeing a drastic change because of WWII it began its process of growing, with its population more than doubling and tripling; 43 to 578 residents. Then Immokalee received its very 1st Regional Airport which was an old Bomer Training Base, then oil was then discovered causing a huge era of change. Going along with other new things that helped Immokalee thrive was the fact they put in place a Seminole Casino.
Growing up in Miami, FL and reading about Immokalee and how it arose, I believe it is totally different from Miami… Miami is more a fast pace life, barely any farmers, ranches, or cattle around. You mainly see house squished in side by side with little land, big buildings and shopping centers everywhere. Immokalee is representative of the “old” American Dream because as the videos showed their was a family who had about 16 children or so and they all worked on the farm and helped with the trading. Some major industries I believe will help Immokalee’s future would be that of casinos or major attractions like that. I don’t believe the farming will get the community by for much longer. Honestly I don’t see Immokalee being anything in 10 years, unless they put in place a big casino or something of that nature.
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I agree with most of what you say, especially the differences between Miami, and Immokalee. Although they are both in Florida, they are completely different from one another. I must disagree with you on how you said that you could not see them being anything in 10 years. For one, they do have a casino in Immokalee; it is Seminole Casino. They are thinking of putting in a hard rock café there. After all, the Seminole’s bought out the hard rock cafés. In addition, they are planning to enlarge it. Therefore, I do think they will continue to grow. However, I personally hope they do not become to “industrialized.” On one hand, it is good; it will bring in more money to the area. On the other hand, that is part of Immokalee’s charm. When you get into Immokalee, you feel like you stepped back a couple hundred years. It makes you appreciate what you have, as well as the importance of family and your peers.
ReplyDeleteI agree with most of what you said especially on what you said about Miami which I also grew up and I can tell you that most major cities are like that. Also growing up in San Juan it is the same scenario as Miami. When it comes to Immokalee being something in ten years I think you are definitely wrong they already have a casino and plan to expand it. Also there is oil which I do think that this will help tremendous Immokalee in becoming a great place to work and live. Yes in Miami one will probably never think of Immokalee but definitely the people in Fort Myers will just like we think of the Miccosukee for their casino and resort.
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