“ DELTONA FLORIDA COMMUNITY BUILDERS ” 1960’S HOMER GROENIG REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER FILM XD50714

[@musicislove325]

Just as a florida native: this had to be past October 1971 (when Disney world was built). Also I grew up on marco. The house I grew up in wasn't built until the 70s, and they flew over it in the first part of the video.

[@atreb56]

This was quite the surprise for me. I lived in Deltona from 1972 to 1975. Deltona is now larger than Daytona Beach. Thanks for this gem.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Looks like gator country. 😳🙂

[@atreb56]

In some areas their were but I didn't live near water.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

@@atreb56 Hi Roberta. I heard Florida has a bit of a sinkhole problem in many areas. Crazy happenings with them.

[@CarsandCats]

Let's talk about that 383 Road Runner with the Air Grabber hood!

[@tehmtbz]

I grew up in Deltona. Moved there when I was 1 in 1987. How I wish I could go back in time. Everything was better in the 80s and early 90s. People knew each other in Deltona. I knew all of my neighbors. Knew who they were at least down the length of my street. And my grandparents street for that matter. Deltona, the tri city area, is a real dive now for the most part. Rentals comprise a large number of the homes now, so nobody bothers to know anyone else. Just passing through. I think the absence of community also contributes to criminality, of which there is no shortage now. Drugs and the crime that supports drug habits.

[@SpiralDesignWorks]

20:56 of video is lake mcgaritty in deltona. I own one of the oldest homes ever built in the area. Originally built in 1890, move to the lake in the 1950s 15 years before Mackles began dozing the area.

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

We just bought near Elizabeth Lake. I have an Aunt who has lived in Deltona since 1996 as well.

[@Chames_Chaikowski]

That’s awesome , I live right down the street from that lake and have caught some biggins over the years on McGarrity . For some reason I am completely fascinated with the history of this area and what it was like to live here before all of the development. There is so much cool and interesting history about this area that has been lost in time and most people who live here have no clue about any of it . If you don’t mind sharing , what are some of the things you remember about this area back in the early days ? What was it like witnessing the area evolve from unincorporated volusia county to todays Deltona ?

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

@@Chames_Chaikowski Every other video about Deltona, a lot of the comments seem to "hate" the town for various reasons. One of the reasons I laugh at is that it's too quiet or not enough nightlife. Sounds like heaven!

[@gladaseeya1706]

This gentleman had a great understanding Florida real estate and where it was going

[@bobpotts9993]

No they lost their ass with the Sunny hills development. It was way too big and way too ambitious.

[@jesseturnip]

That's my childhood on film 🎥

[@atreb56]

Same here.

[@highschoolbigshot]

We used to go camping around the many lakes in Deltona in the 1970s and early eighties now it's just overgrown bumper to bumper traffic insanity

[@CarsandCats]

Marco Island home then: 60k. Now: 1.3 million. I just checked.

[@publicmail2]

Then under 10k

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

Pisses me off that my family didn't think about this back in the day.

[@michaellinner7772]

This looks like a perfectly lovely place to live, especially if you are a mosquito. The houses are so wonderfully arranged, it's an absolute Smorgasbord. 😉

[@liamsammon6123]

Lol unless the lizards eat the mosquitoes

[@cricketshine1160]

@@liamsammon6123 i have mosquito poaching lizards hop on all the time, lol

[@liamsammon6123]

@@cricketshine1160 Lol I've heard they do that, I'm in eastern Florida

[@cricketshine1160]

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[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Very, very, very intelligent fella, very forward looking. Great altruism. 👍

[@drmarkintexas-400]

🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏 Thank you for sharing.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Seconded. 👍

[@scratchdog2216]

The Simpsons connection is so cool.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Post-WW2 USA was living a dream, but I think it all started to go wrong with Vietnam... 😐

[@MyzelleJenkins]

The cars date this as early 1970’s more than 1960’s…just sayin

[@jimmyp6443]

I agree early 1970" s

[@josephmartinez8803]

And the fashion is definitely early 70s!

[@alphaomega8373]

I use to Love love love Winn Dixie! Best off brand ice cream!

[@garymckee448]

I like the 71 Roadrunner

[@rapanotti]

Apparently, Homer Groening, born in Saskatchewan Canada, was the father of Homer Simpson's Matt Groening and Florida has never been more attractive.

[@janickgoudeau6126]

Epic!

[@missyandjoey]

This is awesome; I live in Deltona!

[@CarsandCats]

Did you know that Elkcam Blvd is Mackle spelled backwards?

[@missyandjoey]

@@CarsandCats yes indeed., pretty cool stuff.

[@SpiralDesignWorks]

Tivoli is I love it

[@atreb56]

@@CarsandCats Never knew that and I lived in Deltona for three years.

[@Whites0x4life]

I wish that Florida continued to grow like this. After the 60s, Florida developers began building isolated subdivision communities, that don’t connect to the main artery roads. This continues rampantly today, causing horrible infrastructure & a traffic disaster. You have a lot of 2-4 lane roads, that we’re meant for a rural setting, & they’re jammed with the ever growing population. I moved to Central FL as a kid in the 70s, & have witnessed the utmost change; both good & bad. After the 90s, they began building the gated subdivisions, which have created this busybody asshole mentality, that’s become all too common here now; plus it makes the infrastructure even worse than ordinary subdivisions.

[@SpiralDesignWorks]

Not an overweight person in the entire video. I want the VW bus camper at 17:20 of the video. Is it still hiding in deltona somewhere?

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

All these clips are amazing. Got any on US Motorsport, like Indianapolis, anything? And any other sports like NFL etc? I am a Green Bay Packers supporter in United Kingdom. Cheeseheads forever. 🙂😎

[@bonniegaither3994]

So, does this still exist pretty as is/was or have they built ‘over it ‘?

[@SpiralDesignWorks]

Deltona has around 30k homes, 80k people. The biggest problem I have had living here for 22 years is there is no "downtown". No town center to unify a community. Just a giant winding subdivision.

[@PamelaBloomquist]

Id move there if they allow me to build an arched cabin

[@jimmyp6443]

Prefab on a slab homes ,future slums

[@Nolibtards_allowed]

Isn't deltona a different name now ?? 😪

[@Chames_Chaikowski]

It used to be called “Deltona Lakes” but the people voted to incorporate the area into an actual city in the mid 90’s and they changed the name to simply “Deltona” .

[@Nolibtards_allowed]

Wheres the low balling bottom feeding PRs ??

[@roumyhranova9169]

Deltona use to be beautiful ,it’s horrible town now, lot of bad people moved here from different places, lot of drugs, killing, stilling, in every street there’s a drug dealer, horrible drivers, ready to move out!!!

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Florida is way too warm for me, especially these days, climate change deniers.... 🙂

[@new2000car]

Ok sun denier

[@nedsellars]

They went bankrupt