Sans Souci a positive for the northwest Cape
To the editor:
I was never surveyed about the condo I guess called Sans Souci in the northwest.To people who ask me where I live in the Cape I respond, “In the north north west west.” That is because I live less than a mile from the western border and less than two miles from the northern border of the city. And, yes I am in favor of a nice condo project that would be right in my front yard. Maybe for that reason my signature was never sought and I am not a contractor.
At night when driving into large cities I enjoy the skylines just as much as I enjoy natures skylines. And personally and truthfully, I moved to the west coast of Florida because I did not have the money it takes to live elsewhere. I picked the northwest Cape because it was also the cheapest place to live at the time. Maybe it can be that the long arm of money might catch me. I hope so.
Rather than covet the trees on someone else’s property I have planted at this time 25 trees on my own property. In addition to that I have planted that or more at Jacaranda Parkway west of Old Burnt Store Road. I also maintain those trees at the Jacaranda.
If I were an environmentalist (and I am not) I would even have greater positive feelings about a condo project. It seems to me if you stack people on top of each other it might be better than spreading them all over using up much more of natures land. Most nice condo projects I have seen have very nice landscaping. It would be interesting to know how many tax dollars per square foot of dirt a condo is worth compared to a like single-family house. Some people would like to portray money as an evil thing but I am afraid there is a shortage in the Cape at this time.
What about the people who call condos their home here in Southwest Florida? How many are full-time residents? How many are part-time residents that bring their money here to be spent providing jobs for those that live here full time? How many people who live in those condos have children that go to schools that have to be provided? How many people don’t have children? What other questions have I not asked here that would put a high-rise condo in a positive light? Have you ever been up to the 30th floor in a high-rise? The view is magnificent in my perspective.
While I don’t have a Ph.D., I don’t think that that in itself is a guarantee of logical thinking. If I live long enough here in the Cape I will see Old Burnt Store Road much busier than it is now. In my opinion a high-rise project will not make much of a difference in traffic but can bring some real nice residents that would contribute greatly to Cape Coral.
Ray Wyant
Cape Coral