With its nearby beaches and attractions, as well as its warm weather St. Cloud can be an ideal place to live. In fact, according to the World Population Review there are over sixty-seven thousand civilians who have assembled into what used to be called a town but is now an ever-growing city. St. Cloud citizens have been facing changes in the city because of the population growth since the 1990s.

      St. Cloud has grown 182.4% since the 2000s, which has changed many things about the place. A surge of traffic, more businesses, and hundreds of new homes have been built. Parking spots are filled to the brim, fast food lines wrap around the building, and crossing a main road takes several minutes. People who previously lived in St. Cloud have seen these changes and have many different feelings about these circumstances. For example, having lived in St. Cloud for 20 years, Logan D'Amico spoke up about his thoughts on the changes, like how the population increase has affected his daily life, to which he replied, “Yeah, there’s so much traffic. The scenery is way different. And places have too many people.” He later elaborated on this claim, stating, “It’s just going to get worse and worse. It actually makes me think about moving.”

      St. Cloud, a city that citizens once knew and loved, has changed in so many ways to the point where for some it is a consideration to leave. This previously charming town has now become urbanized, which is a change many are not willing to experience. This city is becoming so populated that one day it may turn out like the bigger cities nearby: Kissimmee and Orlando, not the unique small-town people used to know and love.