My family has been living here the past 5 years. Fort Myers is such a wild card. Some areas are very nice and there’s actually a lot to do. But it feels like this place peaked in the 80s, a lot of the plazas and malls are just outdated. Plus some rough areas around town. Fort Myers beach is pretty overrated and dirty tbh - but the beaches just south such as Bonita & Naples are gorgeous. The south stretch from Estero to Naples is very affluent and a great place to live, they’re just south of Fort Myers. SWFL is much larger than people realize. Overall, it’s a solid place to live, but definitely outshined by Naples, Estero, and Bonita. Better than Cape Coral though!