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Inside Florida’s Forgotten Middle

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Today, we visit a part of Florida that the media rarely reports on. Dotting the interior of Florida are collection of small, forgotten towns. We came here to see what life is really like in this overlooked region.

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0:00 Intro
1:18 Hilliest Part of Florida
1:40 Dying Citrus Industry
2:26 Frostproof
3:15 Sebring
4:51 Transplant State
5:05 Interstate Migration
5:54 Poorest County
6:05 Nice Trailer Homes
6:30 Moore Haven (Pop: 1,700)
9:57 Florida’s Poorest Town
10:40 ICE Raids
11:10 Immigrant Area
11:51 Man from Haiti
12:22 Local Lady
14:00 Tomato Capital
15:00 Young Man

Episode #64
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19 Comments

@Opinionatedengh 11 months ago

Ive sat and watched probably 5 documentaries in a row. You guys are making some of the best content Ive seen recently. No politics no bs, just covering whats going on. Thank you guys keep it up.

@highflyer72 11 months ago

It's funny a lot of people say "poor" but in a lot of people's realities, they are simple and happy. I get it, some people struggle but a lot are happy and rich in other ways. That's me... wouldn't want it any other way. And I live in South Florida

@actuallyitisrocketscience 11 months ago (edited)

It’s unfortunate, but these little towns won’t last long. Developers will do the same thing there that they’ve already done to all the other nice little towns in Florida. They’ll develop it. The wildlife, farms, ranches and groves will all be mowed down in the name of progress. Where I live, it used to be all cattle farms and Orange Groves 40 years ago. Now it’s all Walmart, Home Depot, Dollar General, and apartment complexes everywhere. The main road used to be a two lane dirt road, now it’s eight lanes of paved highway. It’s very depressing.

@debrasexton6050 7 months ago

Lmao the kid was honest he said I’m not really a hard worker. 😂too hilarious

@randyjax09 11 months ago

As a lifelong Floridian, I’ve learned to just take the country backroads. There are so many hidden gems you can find around the state. Some of my favorite state parks, forests, wildlife refuges, & conservation areas are ones that I just randomly came across one day while driving.

@DSTimelapseHD 11 months ago

Brit living in Florida here - Rural & Wilderness Florida is honestly stunning. I routinely go for hikes & runs out in the wilderness. Palmetto bushes, Pine trees, evergreen Oaks, sandy soil... it's very uniquely Floridian and gives off a very calming energy

@TheLawnCareNut 11 months ago

I live in Bradenton, home of Tropicana and people don't realize that most of the OJ is brought into the port of Manatee on ships out of South America. Sad.

@stevenpoynter9982 11 months ago

As a truck driver I have been through that area I was shocked at all the cattle operations I did not know Florida had that

@selfmade7411 11 months ago

@4:17 “not the klu klux” yet has an SS tattoo on his bicep… Sir you are the klu klux 😂

@harpersworld6549 11 months ago

It’s so crazy because my grandma is from a small town in Florida named Clewiston and the guy at the gas station is the reason I clicked this video because I remember growing up with him in Clewiston and when I used to visit my grandma in the summers

@AlejandroMendoza-df3lc 11 months ago

Immokalee raised right here. I been in Immokalee since 2004. I love this little town with all my heart.

@jerminator0688 11 months ago

I live in Seminole County. I drove to Naples one day for work, there and back in one day. GPS took me smack dab down through the middle of the state right to Lake Okeechobee. How incredibly rural it was, all the farmlands, it was like the midwest. It absolutely blew my mind. It was beautiful. Love to take that journey again one day.

@LuxAudio389 11 months ago

As a kid I remember when commercials in the late 80s and 90's used to tout Florida's citrus/Orange Juice.

@adriannamelzer7163 10 months ago

Not one mention about how this town sits directly next to one of the wealthiest cities in florida. Naples.

@damienfallon8980 10 months ago

This is the Florida I know as a 52 year old native. I drove thru Clewiston and Belle Glade many times. It is another world out there. Lake Placid / Sebring etc

@TutStore 11 months ago

4:04 that tattoo vs. what he's saying

@donovanhays 11 months ago (edited)

18:00 guy went from saying he’s not a hard worker to “if my dad passed away I’d work my butt off to preserve what he’s doing”, I mean that’s the definition of a hard worker. Doing things you don’t necessarily want to do because you should do them. Saw some good people in these towns.