Both of the videos on Immokalee were interesting in my opinion. It was neat to see how the community went through its hard times during its development. Immokalee, known as Gopher Town before, was home to the Seminole Indians. After the community had the water drained all of the animals the Seminole Indians lived off of died and the community became better for farming and brought railroads. The railroads in turn brought about many job opportunities and developed Immokalee. Even with more development today, Immakalee is still a farming based community.
I was born and raised in a Neptune Beach, FL which is a small city in Jacksonville, FL. While watching the videos they reminded me somewhat of Neptune Beach. The city right next to Neptune Beach is Jacksonville Beach which lately has grown a lot. Every time I go home there is a new condo being built or a new shopping center. Even though Neptune Beach is right next to Jacksonville Beach the community has come together to not allow for the building of larger condos or shopping centers. I feel like Neptune Beach is wanting to stay as a small community just like Immokalee and will learn to adapt in order to keep it this way.
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You know, I thought the videos were pretty interesting as well. I am not one that really gets self motivated to learn about history, but whenever I do have to read or watch it, in this case, it catches my attention. I've never heard of Neptune beach, I guess I'll have to Google it. I also think it's pretty cool that some small towns want to remain "small." It gives it that authenticity that's starting to fade away. I hate to see places, or even people, forget where their roots lie. The past is what makes you who you are.
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