How Real Estate Rogues "Invented" Florida - The Lightbulb Moment

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  • Many take for granted today that Florida is the Sunshine State. But that wasn’t always the case. In the 1920s, an army of real estate boosters set out to redefine Florida from an economic backwater to a ritzy vacation destination, sparking a land boom -and bust-the likes of which America had never seen before.
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  • @richeerich561
    @richeerich561 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1532

    Growing up in Fl, it was kinda funny watching people complain about their place being flooded when there were native cypress trees on their property with water stains like 3+ foot off of the ground. Thats the water mark.. it always returns to that level eventually. And if you fill the swamp with soil to build, that water will just flood someone else.

    • @Zzus321
      @Zzus321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      So TRUE 💯%😆😆😆

    • @dennisgaughan5717
      @dennisgaughan5717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      wow that's an amazing point

    • @MysterSer333
      @MysterSer333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That’s it!!

    • @InsaneNuYawka
      @InsaneNuYawka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      !

    • @alexanderfretheim5720
      @alexanderfretheim5720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Actually, when they filled in Downtown Seattle in the 1880's, it never flooded again and the bay and river just got deeper.

  • @liamtahaney713
    @liamtahaney713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2034

    "Roads sunk into marshy swampland, Mosquitos spread diseases, and terrifying creatures roamed." so nothing has changed

    • @martinxy1291
      @martinxy1291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      pretty much

    • @unstoppableExodia
      @unstoppableExodia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      More humongous pythons in what remains of the the Everglades today tho

    • @Srikanth_CVA
      @Srikanth_CVA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Well mother nature will take it back. Now or later it'll happen.

    • @skaterdavedownsouth
      @skaterdavedownsouth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Ummmm I live in the first county to establish a mosquito control district.
      Feral hogs, pythons and alligators still do what they want, but we have a handle on the mosquito thing.

    • @nevergivingup3434
      @nevergivingup3434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      "God, Florida's awful"
      -Jeremy Clarkson

  • @douglasphillips5870
    @douglasphillips5870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1110

    Florida man builds a city on a swampy island

    • @josiah566
      @josiah566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Florida Man retires before 40 only to have a fever dream and builds an entire state fuelled by real estate bubbles and drug trafficking.

    • @sutats
      @sutats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      And then on the other end there's Las Vegas in the desert.

    • @jheanelltabana8713
      @jheanelltabana8713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And then thousands of Florida men and women flock there.

    • @notapplicable4567
      @notapplicable4567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      God bless florida man

    • @Userxyz-z2d
      @Userxyz-z2d 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds like Manhattan!

  • @rreinehr1
    @rreinehr1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    The time lapse of Miami through the decades is wild. The way they have drained and built and built.

    • @sami8398
      @sami8398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      7th comment

    • @smith2354
      @smith2354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      only for all of it to drown underwater in the next 20-30 years.

    • @ericfranco5336
      @ericfranco5336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@smith2354 cry baby cry baby

    • @smith2354
      @smith2354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@ericfranco5336 Denial is only the first stage of grief, let me know when youre ready to move on to the next.

    • @ericfranco5336
      @ericfranco5336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@smith2354 you live in your fantasy land, I’ll sit by the beach

  • @SkeetRadar
    @SkeetRadar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    *gentrifies a swamp*

    • @Treblaine
      @Treblaine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Alligator: "there goes the neighbourhood"

    • @WindsweptBeauty
      @WindsweptBeauty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Laughs in New Orleanian 🤣 we get it

  • @savethedandelions
    @savethedandelions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1753

    "the 80s happened. let's skip ahead to the 2000s"
    cocaine built that skyline, yes?

    • @baronvonlimbourgh1716
      @baronvonlimbourgh1716 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      All of it lol.

    • @elwoodblues9613
      @elwoodblues9613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      "Miami Vice". Enough said.

    • @mrpw1402
      @mrpw1402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      GTA Vice City

    • @lngvly22
      @lngvly22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @MrGriff305
      I think they remember what they want to remember. They think of Miami Vice and the fun parts and not the fact that there were shootouts downtown, at the Dadeland mall, even in pinecrest and the grove from time to time

    • @organicsoulgumbo
      @organicsoulgumbo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      And sex trafficking 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @Kirschesaftmann
    @Kirschesaftmann 3 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    I'm surprised that the railroads were so briefly glossed over. The story of Flager and his railroad line throughout the state is also quite interesting and an important part othe state's development, especially Miami which was nearly named after him (he was alive at the time and didn't like the idea, so instead the "0th" street is called Flalger Road, where the street numbering system starts). The final section of the line ran to Key West, including the famous seven mile bridge towards the end. In fact the Keys were linked by rail before they were linked by road. When the big hurricane came, the bridge survived, but the rails were swept aways and it was decided to convert his bridges for roads. The original bridge is still there, but they built a much larger newer one that runs parallel to it. Some of his hotels which accompanied the stations also still exist, one is currently a University.

    • @elwoodblues9613
      @elwoodblues9613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I watched the whole video, and the influential Henry Flagler was *never* mentioned. Big whoops.

    • @jonathanatkin1312
      @jonathanatkin1312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@elwoodblues9613 There was a lot never mentioned: Flagler, for one: Additionally, the institution of penal contract labor to build Florida, unlike any other State penal system, set up to arrest people of color to provide cheap labor. Also nothing about the thousands of Bahamanians brought to Florida to do construction as well, And nothing about the role of Florida during the Civil War. A lot ignored.

    • @craigloschky9293
      @craigloschky9293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Right , Flagler's railroad was large part of the development. Think Fisher put a memorial to Flagler on a small island that's still there...

    • @alexanderfretheim5720
      @alexanderfretheim5720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jonathanatkin1312 The Bahamas is actually now the third wealthiest nation in the Western Hemisphere. It may be that those contractors kept some of the money and used it to improve life for their families in ways that echo to the present.

    • @prettyawesomejm
      @prettyawesomejm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jonathanatkin1312 My grandmother told me stories about how police would sweep the town to arrest black men for vagrancy violations, ie not having enough cash on hand. The community would pool their cash to bail the men out before they were shipped off to be forced to pay their arbitrary debt by building railroads.

  • @catchmyflow1
    @catchmyflow1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    Lol video starts off with the man wanting to retire at the age of 39..lol sounds alot like Florida to this day😂😂😂

    • @emilebichelberger7590
      @emilebichelberger7590 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      You’d be lucky to live to 50 back in those days

    • @josiah566
      @josiah566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The original Florida Man.
      Florida Man retires before 40 only to build a state fuelled by real estate bubbles and drug trafficking.

    • @mikebronicki6978
      @mikebronicki6978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Actually 37. He had already built the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and was responsible for the Lincoln Highway which ran from Jersey to California. After building Miami Beach he spearheaded the Dixie Highway from Michigan to Florida. The 1926 hurricane bankrupted him and he never recovered financially.

  • @charlesjakesamadan4008
    @charlesjakesamadan4008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +417

    This Answered questions that My School wasnt even able to do

    • @Alpine913
      @Alpine913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Most of TH-cam is like that. Hard for a HS teacher to beat PhD historians who spend their life studying niche topics. It’s like comparing a HS Bio teacher to a Cardiologist.

    • @ArtcoreZombie
      @ArtcoreZombie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      US History Exam Question #1
      Who invented Florida?

    • @kbee225
      @kbee225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Alpine913 careful there. I know some some PhDs that retired and went to teaching in HS.

    • @unstoppableExodia
      @unstoppableExodia 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      LoL the schooling of TH-cam

    • @josephvlogs3681
      @josephvlogs3681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Facts

  • @Dagreatdudeman
    @Dagreatdudeman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1463

    So you're telling me Florida didn't have to happen?

    • @jj_cars99
      @jj_cars99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Not necessarily

    • @geoffreycharles6330
      @geoffreycharles6330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      It should have remained a Spanish colony.

    • @mrike5651
      @mrike5651 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It almost didn’t

    • @redditstop1653
      @redditstop1653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @MrGriff305 I mean I rather have it just swamps then a suburban hellscape

    • @Powderlover1
      @Powderlover1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Why do y’all bully Florida so much... there’s Alabama, Mississippi, Ohio, plenty of shittier places to bully. The only reason Florida makes headlines all the time is because of the extremely progressive police report disclosure laws which result in Florida man stories. 😞😂

  • @agnel47
    @agnel47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +458

    In case anyone's interested, there's an excellent movie about Florida, its called Anaconda.

    • @ceezvelasquez932
      @ceezvelasquez932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lame

    • @DIOsNotDead
      @DIOsNotDead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      kinda short though, just shy of 5 minutes and filled with dirty singing. i wish it were way longer than that 🤔

    • @sami8398
      @sami8398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      10th comment

    • @missScarlatine
      @missScarlatine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I only know the song version

    • @ultracapitalistutopia3550
      @ultracapitalistutopia3550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I prefer the educational version of Anaconda

  • @ianbenitez7514
    @ianbenitez7514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +490

    Can’t wait for my condo in Orlando to become beachfront property in 30 years 🤩🤩🤩

    • @insectbite1714
      @insectbite1714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      The beech will have more plastic and microplastics than fish in 30 years also.

    • @ianbenitez7514
      @ianbenitez7514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@insectbite1714 ngl with the whole sea rise thing and climate change, I wonder if “small cities” like Orlando (and other inland American cities) will grow to the size of Miami or Atlanta once all those people are displaced

    • @ravigopinathan2835
      @ravigopinathan2835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@ianbenitez7514 I've heard people say that due to sea level rise, all of Florida will be underwater. People will have to move inland to places with higher elevation. Already much of what was once considered louisiana is underwater. So much of what you see is louisiana on the map is just marshy wetlands.

    • @atmosrepair
      @atmosrepair 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That is not happening man

    • @issac2112
      @issac2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      In 5,000 years

  • @Sacto1654
    @Sacto1654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    There was one thing you forgot that also drove a real estate boom in the state: the development of Disney World near Orlando, FL. Disney went to *GREAT* lengths to hide the land purchase to keep out other Florida land speculators, and only when Disney more or less completed the land acquisition (and the _Orlando Sentinel_ broke the story in October 1965) that it was acknowledged that Disney had purchased the land for what became Disney World. Of course, a land speculation boom followed in the Orlando area, one that dramatically increased the size of the city by the early 1970's.

  • @TomJohnson67
    @TomJohnson67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    I wonder why we keep building huge metro areas on land that we're not meant to live on. Deserts, swamp, tundra, literal water. It's a really weird human thing, like we want to challenge ourselves.

    • @didid3ksa
      @didid3ksa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      At least desert doesn’t have dangerous wildlife or natural disasters like in the swampy tropical islands

    • @PhilfreezeCH
      @PhilfreezeCH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      @@didid3ksa correct, deserts only lack an essential thing for human life.

    • @Vlad2319
      @Vlad2319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@didid3ksa the amount of water required to support a city in a hot desert is insane. It can actually put a strain on the ecosystem that the city is pumping from.

    • @sami8398
      @sami8398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      19th comment

    • @nicholas_scott
      @nicholas_scott 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@didid3ksa doesn’t Australia have the most dangerous animals in its deserts?

  • @alphavegas1
    @alphavegas1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Ummm they kinda missed the cocaine 80s that built the skyline.

    • @GUAPO-bg7bl
      @GUAPO-bg7bl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol coincidence that they built "high?"😂

  • @andrewcaldwell6166
    @andrewcaldwell6166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    "There was another population boom in the 80's." aaaaaand we'll leave it at that 😂

    • @chewy99.
      @chewy99. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don’t get it. Does it have to do with illegal drugs?

    • @callmeosho7792
      @callmeosho7792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chewy99. Miami vice my friend

  • @whitneyblack85
    @whitneyblack85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I remember when the recession hit in 2008 Miami had so many empty condos you could get one for 20-30K. Probably worth 300K or more now. There were entire buildings that were completely empty.

    • @thetrainwreck1469
      @thetrainwreck1469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Facts

    • @surfstarcc1
      @surfstarcc1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Now those same condos are worth 2 million. Miami real estate has exploded this year

    • @Shutdownoftheday
      @Shutdownoftheday 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@surfstarcc1 can’t wait for the next recession

  • @Zander2212
    @Zander2212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    You know, I'm always surprised when videos like this don't mention Henry Flagler. He worked for Rockefeller and was one of the first and most important figures in developing the Atlantic Coast.

    • @rappcu
      @rappcu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Kept waiting for him to be mentioned as I live in palm beach county.

    • @Zander2212
      @Zander2212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@rappcu Yeah, I live in Martin County, and we learned about him in Elementary. He's actually the reason why my hometown is called Stuart.

    • @donhuffer4637
      @donhuffer4637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Its because the cheese heads here don't know what they are talking about.

  • @TheOneCleanHippy
    @TheOneCleanHippy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    Amazing you made a whole video about Miami without once mentioning cocaine.

    • @tyronet.jackson7296
      @tyronet.jackson7296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hunter is that you son?

    • @DJRenee
      @DJRenee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tyronet.jackson7296 LOL 🤣🤣🤣

    • @simongill4715
      @simongill4715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or Gloria Estefan, lol

    • @chrisholland1504
      @chrisholland1504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Cocaine is so synonymous to Miami that it seems redundant to have to say both. Rather like having to say "the murderous mass-murderer" or "the senile Joe Biden".

    • @MrMannyhw
      @MrMannyhw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's not just the cocaine. Lol.

  • @dumbassocelot7324
    @dumbassocelot7324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    Remember people, do your research before investing into ANYTHING

    • @iansmith8016
      @iansmith8016 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      GME to the moon ✋💎🤚🚀🚀🚀

    • @mattandwill248
      @mattandwill248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@iansmith8016 we had a good run but it’s over

    • @sor3999
      @sor3999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      BRB sticking my life savings into DOGE COIN

  • @daveharrison84
    @daveharrison84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I remember where I was when I learned the news that Florida surpassed New York to become the #3 most populated state. It was January and I was in an office in Upstate New York and it was 10°F outside.

  • @CaptOrbit
    @CaptOrbit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "Real estate developers couldn't get enough" well, from here in Sarasota I can tell you they still can't.

  • @stereocilia
    @stereocilia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    This sort of feels like it's more about south Florida and not really the central and north parts.

    • @agme8045
      @agme8045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Does anyone even live there?

    • @_ikako_
      @_ikako_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@agme8045 im pretty sure no one lives in florida at all, just crackheads and aligators.

    • @Zzus321
      @Zzus321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Disney World is a SWAMP

    • @rappcu
      @rappcu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Palm beach, Broward, and Dade. This is the craziest place in America. We’ve got 6M full time residents in a 110 mile by 15 mile strip of concrete and sand. ( 9M in winter!)

    • @risannd
      @risannd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Orlando is in Central

  • @Odin029
    @Odin029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    "sink holes, flooding, and water bubbling up from the soil"... don't forget alligators in swimming pools.

    • @alexanderfretheim5720
      @alexanderfretheim5720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah but some folks consider that a positive. I know it sounds strange to people who have never lived in gator country, but you really start to become fond of the brutes after a while. (I actually lived in South Carolina, not Florida, but they have gators there too.)

    • @indigoesagain
      @indigoesagain 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They’ve been largely eradicated from the suburban population. We had one in the lake our backyard when I was 7, one was never seen again

    • @alexanderfretheim5720
      @alexanderfretheim5720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@indigoesagain Really? How odd! We had lots of them in Metro Charleston.

  • @callizoom3894
    @callizoom3894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    "cheap home loans fueled by the impending subprime mortgage crisis"'
    you got that backwards

    • @DJTKarlsson
      @DJTKarlsson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that's how they want us to perceive it.

  • @CuriosityStreaming
    @CuriosityStreaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +397

    This is a good show.

    • @wallacem41atgmail
      @wallacem41atgmail 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In 1946, I moved to Florida with my parents. What made possible the Florida one sees today was WHOLE-HOUSE AIR CONDITIONING!

    • @aroundtheglobe555
      @aroundtheglobe555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fuck yeah

    • @brandonburchett3292
      @brandonburchett3292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Darn right

    • @professorcranium4792
      @professorcranium4792 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ali Larkin is incredible!
      gorgeous / nerdy super-smart!
      ALL we gotta do is get her to broach the subject of the REALLY BAD THINGS our govt did that destroyed America.
      ex:
      we have the dirtiest LEGAL system on earth!
      ex:
      OUR MILITARY says 30,000 of our soldiers, RAPED THEIR FELLOW SOLDIERS!! (The worst others do is rape civilians!!)
      ex:
      I was BRUTALLY arrested in court on monday, and everyone (EVERYONE!!) said "it's NOT legal to use ppl's FIRST names, and NOT legal to point in a courthouse" (WTF!!!)...and the judge had me BRUTALLY CUFFED etc for "CONTEMPT".
      "I'm SORRY, ur Honor [Heil Hitler], I forgot I'm in AMerica, where FIRST NAMES are not free speech and pointing is ALSO a serious crime"! (He offered me 6 MONTHS jail if I used a first name or pointed again!!"
      NEVER FORGET:
      THIS IS THE EXACT SAME SYSTEM...that convicted the SALEM WITCHES.
      (Just a few miles from where I'm being railroaded by evil Gestapo Police!)

    • @kemp10
      @kemp10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not a biased opinion for sure lol

  • @UnknownFlyingPancake
    @UnknownFlyingPancake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That poor elephant :(

    • @lexagarvey6419
      @lexagarvey6419 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, that was so sad to see in video

  • @masterdriveroftoyotazupr4164
    @masterdriveroftoyotazupr4164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    50 years later:
    *"How 10% of Florida's Real Estate is Now Under Water"*

    • @donald6815
      @donald6815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Used to be 80%.

    • @isaacfernandez997
      @isaacfernandez997 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It won't. It is only the beaches, not the whole state( and some of the beaches).

    • @ManicMercurianAstrology
      @ManicMercurianAstrology 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Considering how Obama, one of the biggest pushers of the climate change narrative, bought a waterfront house in Florida semirecently... I wouldn't worry about it.

    • @ManicMercurianAstrology
      @ManicMercurianAstrology 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Lewtable yeah you're right. All these rich influential people pushing climate change and leading lives with yachts and private jets (massive carbon footprint lol) and mansions by the sea isn't a discrepancy at all.

    • @ManicMercurianAstrology
      @ManicMercurianAstrology 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My comment is wrong btw I believe obama bought land in massachusetts not florida but still the point is still valid.

  • @joelstalcup2464
    @joelstalcup2464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +401

    Why on earth would anyone think it’s a good idea to live on islands barely above sea level made up of dredged up sand in hurricane central territory is beyond my comprehension.

    • @baronvonlimbourgh1716
      @baronvonlimbourgh1716 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Insurance mostly.

    • @douglasphillips5870
      @douglasphillips5870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      They said it was foolish to build a castle in a swamp

    • @lonelychameleon3595
      @lonelychameleon3595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Because they can and will most likely be dead before the full effects come to fruition

    • @willperrymusic
      @willperrymusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      nice weather and low taxes

    • @annickbate3839
      @annickbate3839 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Because Florida is paradise

  • @jerrynoel954
    @jerrynoel954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    They forgot to mention the most expensive zip code in the country " Fisher Island" is also named after Carl Fisher. Lots of celebrities, athletes and just the well off own property there

    • @craigloschky9293
      @craigloschky9293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      and Fisher was one of the 4 guys that built the Indy 500...

    • @IsabelWilliams
      @IsabelWilliams ปีที่แล้ว

      Also forgot to mention Dana Dorsey, an African American was the owner of the now Fisher Island .

  • @lohphat
    @lohphat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    Let me summarize:
    "There's a sucker born every minute."

    • @organicsoulgumbo
      @organicsoulgumbo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s FL!

    • @BagoPorkRinds
      @BagoPorkRinds 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Successfully selling underwater plots in the middle of Tampa Bay is pure genius.

    • @DJRenee
      @DJRenee 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL 🤣

    • @maggiemae7539
      @maggiemae7539 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The rich do not stay or even get richer from the rich. From the working poor.

  • @juanhumbertogomezossa9076
    @juanhumbertogomezossa9076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The video doesn't mention the greatest South Florida developers: oil Tycoon Henry Flagler "The Father of Miami", Julia Tuttle "The Mother of Miami, George Merrick "Founder of Coral Gables and millionaire James Deering. All of them created South Florida in what it is today.

    • @bushmg1061
      @bushmg1061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Wtf New **snort** that's terrible!

    • @ecoRfan
      @ecoRfan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was going to say, Flagler basically engineered Florida as I know it.

    • @aspensulphate
      @aspensulphate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The video wasn't about Florida, it was about a man who had the idea of converting a swampy island into a bustling city. The rest was all gratis.

  • @kbee225
    @kbee225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    It's crazy how the US never cared about destroying so much of florida's ecosystem.

    • @jo-vf8jx
      @jo-vf8jx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      There was one who did very much so. Marjory Stoneman Douglas was best known for her 1947 call to arms, ''The Everglades: River of Grass,'' which was at once a natural and political history and a warning of what was to come if developers and other commercial interests were permitted to have their way with the unique wetlands that cover much of southern Florida.
      She did a lot to save parts of Florida and make sure it would always be safe.

    • @ericfranco5336
      @ericfranco5336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Well would you rather it be preserved? Or actually utilized to some degree? A land mass as large as Florida would be a waste if it were not developed.

    • @winnd44
      @winnd44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@ericfranco5336 it's not that hard to figure out that would be catastrophic to do so and why there are so many reserved forests and lands in the state. We have virtually drained most of our aquifers and the more they drain the more sinkholes we get. Who the hell wants to invest money in a state full of constant sinkholes.

    • @ericfranco5336
      @ericfranco5336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@winnd44 I would. Florida is only growing at a super high rate. Why would you not invest in it?

    • @pawelpap9
      @pawelpap9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ericfranco5336 I just did and feel great about it.

  • @josephyoung6749
    @josephyoung6749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    My family lived in Florida as farmers for generation upon generation... almost 200 years. We appreciated the natural beauty more than anything else. We were shocked to see the influx of people from the Northeast, and the destruction of the natural landscape has been something that weighs heavily on my mind always.

    • @chewy99.
      @chewy99. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      At least we still have some great natural parks. Central Florida still feels mostly forested too. Hopefully they don’t destroy too much more.

    • @maythesciencebewithyou
      @maythesciencebewithyou ปีที่แล้ว

      farmers are the main reason for the destruction of nature. You occupy and destroy most of the land. Not just the land, your run off is causing eutrophication of the sea, which leads to worse algal blooms.

  • @YouNeedToHearThis
    @YouNeedToHearThis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you, I was browsing Google Earth and got stuck exploring Florida's retirement communities on its SW coastline. They look so peculiar from up above. And I wanted to know when and how they were built like that, and here I am.

  • @trollingisasport
    @trollingisasport 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Born and raised. On the rivers I spent most of my days.

  • @larryrowe5259
    @larryrowe5259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    July 2021 update: Miami condo built with concrete (sand) and on top of sand, collapsed, killing at least 100 people.

  • @sk61181
    @sk61181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Every creature comfort at every magnitude comes with a price tag, what price exactly, is a matter of perspective.

  • @liliumjade
    @liliumjade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Watching this after the condo collapse, the last part especially had a different ring.

    • @debstrzelecki2485
      @debstrzelecki2485 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      IKR. I was thinking this was made after the condo collapsed, then I see it was originally posted in Feb. Prophetic?

  • @mutantplants1
    @mutantplants1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    You should have covered the role air conditioning played in South Florida's development.

    • @chewy99.
      @chewy99. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah lol no one could live here if there wasn’t AC 😂

    • @savage.4.24
      @savage.4.24 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They used to have shutters and swamp coolers.

  • @firstname3979
    @firstname3979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Who's here after the Miami condo collapse? 😔

  • @arislopes1924
    @arislopes1924 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    & this is why that building felt. It’s built on land that was never meant to be built on like most of south Florida that’s why when they built houses they need to fill in the soil with rocks & dirt & lift the ground like 4ft from the actual natural elevation of the region

  • @newhale07
    @newhale07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Born and raised in SW FL I learned most of this as a kid from family members, weird how schools don't teach this but there are some small museums that teach it

    • @jameswidner8205
      @jameswidner8205 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's right. Everglades city museum. Super informative. I went to elementary school there. 1966 was the first year of desegregation for the area. Looking back, I just gotta say wow. This used to be a cool place to live. Today, not so much

  • @jerrybishop2115
    @jerrybishop2115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Born and raised here in Jacksonville Florida and I really enjoy your channel💯❤

    • @grandmajane2593
      @grandmajane2593 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I lived in Jacksonville for 4 years. I remember going to Kirby-Smith Junior High School. It was an old building, it may not even be there any more.

  • @ProsperityEngine
    @ProsperityEngine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Now buldings on Miami Beach start crumbling as sea levels raise. Champlain Towers was the first one

  • @Whatsername868
    @Whatsername868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video! I've lived most of my life in FL but didn't know much about the FL Land Boom until more recently. Been sad to see so much of the natural environment disappearing...

  • @MysterSer333
    @MysterSer333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Growing up in Florida, being a Permaculturalist, And now getting into real estate-this is really interesting. Thanks for the cool video

  • @ChinnyChan1995
    @ChinnyChan1995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was most glad to see it at first. I would like you to make a lot of historical programs like this.

  • @WalkRobotFilm
    @WalkRobotFilm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Miami is my home and I love it’s history! It’s sad that a lot of this has been forgotten.

  • @weetikissa
    @weetikissa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    11:23
    "picturesque Mediterranean homes"
    *show soulless American suburban hell scape*

    • @glebsokolov9959
      @glebsokolov9959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Looks Latin American, not American visually. Not very pretty.

    • @ProvenScroll
      @ProvenScroll 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Funny thing is that that's one of the nicer neighborhoods to live in here in Florida, I actually wish I lived there

    • @chargermopar
      @chargermopar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mc mansions with concrete yards, Hear your neighbor's toilet flush,.

    • @user-vi4xy1jw7e
      @user-vi4xy1jw7e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ProvenScroll Why? It looks boring af.

    • @redditstop1653
      @redditstop1653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ProvenScrollugh can't live in a place where I have to use a car to go around

  • @PimStoit
    @PimStoit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The soundtrack, though. The music under the final two paragraphs is just perfect.

  • @TheCristallo83
    @TheCristallo83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One slight correction. St. Augustine is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the continental United States. San Juan, PR is apart of the United States and was founded in 1521, 44 years before St. Augustine.

  • @BenShutUp
    @BenShutUp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow, this video is so well done! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @SquirtleHK
    @SquirtleHK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was fascinating! I'm surprised how much of this I didn't know🤓 So many things like Florida deciding USA's elections feel like they've been that way much longer than they really have been. Thanks! Love the new Lightbulb Moment series!💡💡💡💡💡💡

  • @tlctlc3266
    @tlctlc3266 ปีที่แล้ว

    Clear message, clear structure, easy to understand, thank you

  • @shboi8103
    @shboi8103 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been waiting for this episode for soo long!

  • @fastwigreviewwithlisabee8598
    @fastwigreviewwithlisabee8598 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    seeing this is definitely interesting to watch how Florida had beautiful hotels and homes built. unfortunately, only one type was welcomed in those places. and the pictures and drawings even the opening of the program reflects it.

  • @realpilBMF
    @realpilBMF 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love my home state. It’s very enjoyable living here.

    • @Architect98
      @Architect98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed!

    • @TheGoldenGamerez
      @TheGoldenGamerez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Finally a sane person who does jump on the bandwagon of hating Florida for no reason

  • @Architect98
    @Architect98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent video really helped me with my school project

  • @sheliasimpson6048
    @sheliasimpson6048 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much it was very informative, and just what I was look for.

  • @vientomonzon
    @vientomonzon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    You know what they say
    When there's blood on the streets, buy property
    Oh wait swamp, when there's Swamp on the streets
    Oh no wait, when there's Swamp, and No streets
    Ah no, when there's swamp, and No streets, Create, property
    Ahh there it is, Where there's swamp, and no streets, create property
    That's the saying

  • @jaredlewis8689
    @jaredlewis8689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Original guy was like “watch me build a city on swampland knowing it’s unsustainable, just for the fuck of it”

  • @jamielancaster01
    @jamielancaster01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    LOVE THIS SERIES!

  • @truson5564
    @truson5564 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was really interesting, I wish for more stuff like this

  • @daveotuwa5596
    @daveotuwa5596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've been to the Sunshine State before! 'Twas when I was X.

  • @aarontyutyunik105
    @aarontyutyunik105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    “But the fourth one stayed up!”

    • @elwoodblues9613
      @elwoodblues9613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She's got 'uge . . . tracts of land . . .

  • @SleepyReaper75
    @SleepyReaper75 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "terrifying creatures like alligators roamed"
    *shows clip of the cutest alligator on earth*

  • @jkc-kp
    @jkc-kp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this series!

  • @TristanSamuel
    @TristanSamuel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I would know that the building are not always the best. A couple of days ago I saw the i-4 eyesoar.

  • @What_was_wrong_w_jst_our_names
    @What_was_wrong_w_jst_our_names 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My favorite thing in Miami is that one single family house in the middle of brickell. The house is probably worth 200k but the land like 5m

  • @paolopalazzolo523
    @paolopalazzolo523 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful professor. Took her my senior year of college!

  • @nathanngumi8467
    @nathanngumi8467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting, thanks!

  • @unassumingaccount395
    @unassumingaccount395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    You're telling me florida shouldn't even exist?? LOL

    • @maximilian6829
      @maximilian6829 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      No, neither should Las Vegas and most of Southern California.

    • @Vlad2319
      @Vlad2319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@maximilian6829 or New Orleans

    • @PhilfreezeCH
      @PhilfreezeCH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@maximilian6829 why southern California? People have lived in that region for thousands of years.

    • @maximilian6829
      @maximilian6829 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@PhilfreezeCH
      Yes, and Native Americans also occupied the swamps of FL as well. The thing is, they didn’t decimate the natural landscape and completely change the biomes that existed. LA should be a desert.

    • @sami8398
      @sami8398 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      5th comment

  • @chadleach6009
    @chadleach6009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can you do California next? I'd love to hear about the wisdom of building sprawling cities across a desert.

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds8581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's really a good idea when development uses dredges that pump in sediment to build up layers of soil to increase the height of the land above the sea level. I hope that in some way we can do something like that again for areas that need it. The Netherlands does this tactic too and it's really a good process of just using the natural environments resources to add on to land that otherwise could get swallowed up by the sea. It's crazy to watch the quick alterations that occured in the economy from the 20s to the 30s with the great depression that seems like such a short amount of time for so much changes and different occurances to have happened. Buildings, investments, alterations to land. Then to have things abruptly change and stop essentially overnight when the great depression hit.

  • @frankjones5770
    @frankjones5770 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im in love with this. Cheers to the person(s) that had this "bright idea" please do nyc. Or the 5 boroughs individually

  • @CB0408
    @CB0408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I don't think there will be much of Florida left in a century, unfortunately.

    • @polskiewinnipeg
      @polskiewinnipeg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ya we learned that to in school growing up 2021 miami was supposed to disappear well look nothings changed if you get a real education the last time the world was ice free the sahara was green due to the moisture

    • @CB0408
      @CB0408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@polskiewinnipeg yes, and Florida was underwater.

    • @MikeVideos327
      @MikeVideos327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Come to Florida. There is undeveloped land everywhere.
      We are physically massive. Plenty of land to spare

    • @CB0408
      @CB0408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@MikeVideos327 I know, Florida is awesome. Great place, I love it. My comment is not about what you're doing to you lovely state. It's about what rising seas will do to it.

    • @drabberfrog
      @drabberfrog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's a bit unrealistic. All the real estate on the beach is definitely at risk but once you go inland a little bit the land rises a decent amount. I live 3 miles from the beach and I'm 50 feet above sea level.

  • @flyingfool5215
    @flyingfool5215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So this is how the swamps of Florida became a solid price of land.

  • @chrism3784
    @chrism3784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice to watch, I live in west palm beach, fl, and it is getting way way to overcrowded. There is a land boom going on right now, and it's outrageous. I'm stuck here because of my job, or else, I'd be on my way out.

    • @rappcu
      @rappcu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Southern Blvd is an endless parade of dump trucks

  • @organicsoulgumbo
    @organicsoulgumbo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fisher island is beautiful and lavish. You have to board a ferry in order to access your residence... cars and all! Miami is beautiful, I live in Brickell Hammock which isn’t a bad place to live either.. 😊

  • @AaronCLB
    @AaronCLB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This video kind of made me want to move to florida

    • @drabberfrog
      @drabberfrog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I live in Florida and it's pretty good. Today was very cold, it's 52 F. I live 2 miles from the beach and really close to 3 good parks and Disney World is a 2 hour drive.

    • @user-vi4xy1jw7e
      @user-vi4xy1jw7e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@drabberfrog 52 is very cold? Lol

    • @ElectriKong-
      @ElectriKong- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@user-vi4xy1jw7e 52F = approx 11C which is probably very cold for Florida

  • @mattcook6868
    @mattcook6868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You should have talked about ‘the compound’ in Palm Bay. It is over 200 miles of paved roads that were abandoned when the development company went bankrupt. The company were advertising it as a paradise when it was more swamp. Now it’s used for illegal street races and many other crazy things by the locals.

  • @mamaken7689
    @mamaken7689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    6:26 The fact that I immediately recognized the Leviathan is really saying something about me,

  • @MsEKN
    @MsEKN 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video!

  • @nobilesnovushomo58
    @nobilesnovushomo58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    “ Rising sea levels”
    Miami: I’m still here and I’ll always be here to give the middle finger to New York.

  • @AudieHolland
    @AudieHolland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    One major misconception about the Everglades: it's not a swamp.
    It's a giant river.
    *EDIT: so the video is not about the Everglades. My bad*
    And since there is no stagnant water, there are no mosquitos. I visited the place many years ago and the friendly local guide explained that what most people thought the Everglades were, was plain wrong.
    Alligators are rather gentle creatures who will most times just doze off on the river banks or swim a bit.
    In a tv-documentary about 'the Alligator problem' in Florida, a gator had been spotted entering a pond in a park in a neighbourhood.
    The state 'gator hunter' arrived, looking more like an inspector. There was no sign of any alligator in the small pond. So the inspector got into the water and located the gator. He then attached a line to one of the gator's feet and slowly started to pull the unwanted animal out of the water.
    No gators or humans were hurt.

  • @cullenpeterson
    @cullenpeterson 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:32 that’s Davis island, I live there! It’s much less underwater nowadays

  • @3than369
    @3than369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this was so interesting

  • @alexanderfretheim5720
    @alexanderfretheim5720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "The Lincoln" is featured in the Marilyn Monroe classic "Some Like it Hot".

    • @hebneh
      @hebneh 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      While "Some Like It Hot" is supposed to be taking place in Florida in the 1920s, the real-life hotel that was used for location filming was the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, California. So, no, the Lincoln did not appear in the movie.

  • @Lemonnitenite
    @Lemonnitenite 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Atleast we know that even the creator was mad in this place

  • @crystalwolcott4744
    @crystalwolcott4744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow cheddar finally making good videos!

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The 1926 hurricane was particularly catastrophic because there was no way for it to be forecast with the technology of the time, so nobody knew it was coming - and even if they had known, the great majority of people were newcomers to Florida who had absolutely no idea what a hurricane was, or what it could do.

  • @yoooo7568
    @yoooo7568 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wait that’s bad tho, because wetlands are decreasing more and more each year

  • @DCMarvelMultiverse
    @DCMarvelMultiverse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Cahokia is the oldest. St. Augustine is the oldest European founded one.

    • @Zzus321
      @Zzus321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fernanda is the oldest city. There court house burned down and that can now longer claim the oldest European city in America

    • @TheSpiritombsableye
      @TheSpiritombsableye 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Zzus321 it doesn't need to have an old building, it just needs to be continually inhabited.

    • @treyhall9138
      @treyhall9138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cahokia was the earliest to exist (that we know of), yes, but it has not existed since long before Europeans arrived and now there are older continually inhabited cities.

    • @k8tina
      @k8tina 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm just surprised this narrator even mentioned St Augustine!!

  • @glorygloryholeallelujah
    @glorygloryholeallelujah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    7:52 .... those poor paperboys....😆

  • @mongul305
    @mongul305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Miami native. Thanks for this deep dive

  • @RogersMgmtGroup
    @RogersMgmtGroup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Dubai followed this model in the 90’s and early 2000’s. Build amazing hotels and attractions. Make land by pumping up sand from the sea.

    • @markrobinowitz8473
      @markrobinowitz8473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dubai will be the world's glitziest ghost town when the oil is over. No fresh water. Food?

    • @metal87power
      @metal87power 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Dubai esp. its artificial islands are sinking and architectural disaster.

  • @RuthCuadrado
    @RuthCuadrado 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I live in Miami and still avoid Miami Beach like if it was 1900.

    • @ArturoVilchez92
      @ArturoVilchez92 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂 100% agree

    • @ArcticArca
      @ArcticArca 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bruh same

    • @njv1234
      @njv1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haulover or Hollywood

    • @clowndriver5576
      @clowndriver5576 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why?

    • @lngvly22
      @lngvly22 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@njv1234 Haulover? Better get ready to see things that no man or woman should ever see

  • @hossenfeffer8383
    @hossenfeffer8383 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent.

  • @justinworkman9980
    @justinworkman9980 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in Florida now and I am a heavy equipment operator and the land rush of real estate is still going on today